The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-25
GOSSIP OF THE TOWN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

will you proceed against John NJ.
Zane civilly for damages for the as
sertions he made against you as jury
MANI" asked reporter of one of the
eight good men and true who tried the
Hynds case.
No was the reply, Il for one will
not. What's the use? He would get
back at me in a way that l could not
avoid. Some time in the future L
would be called as a witness on case
where he was counsel for the opposite
side. He would lead me over my
whole career and then would say:
Let's see; you stole a horse some five
years ago, didn't your 1 would an
swer, No, sir, 1 did not Then he
would say, ON your oath, your solemn
oath, do you tell this court that you
did not steal horse?' To this 1 would
reply in the affirmative, meaning that
did not steal the horse. Then he
would say, Aha, then you admit that
you did steal the horse; why did you
deny it in the first instance Then L
would get all tied up in my testimony
and would cross myself seven or eight
times in getting untangled. and when
l got through there would be ten or
eleven damphools in court who would
say: Well, he says he didn't take it,
but Johnny must have known what he
was asking and there you have it.
Sue an attorney or newspaper? l
guess not"
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The Herald is pleased 10 announce
that the gentleman who sent in a big
iron dollar to be sent TO the CubanS,
has changed his mind, taken The Her
AIDS advice and donated the same to
the Orphans Home and Day Nursery
fund. Some frouzy-headed urchin Will
look at big stuffed turkey and fixin's
this afternoon, and the joy which wells
up in his little heart will be better than
all the prayers for the donors saliva
ton that have been offered by his
friends for a year. 1t is more blessed
to give than to receive, but when the
recipient is hungry baby boy, the
blessing is twofold and one which re-
fleets great credit on the donor.
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There is one banker in this, city who
has reputation for being little bit
fiint-hearted and close. To name him
would be a breach of confidence, and
to verify an opinion which may be
wrong is probably an error of the grav
est kind. Yesterday he distributed 100
turkeys and the edibles which go with
them among as many poor families. He
did the same last year and the year
before and nothing was said of it.
The Herald gets this information from
the commission man who furnished the
birds, and the grocery man who de-
liyered the sugar, tea, coffee, flour,
cranberries, celery, and not to speak
of candy for the children. Here is a
case where the right hand knoweth
not what the left hand doeth.
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Senator Arthur Brown will eat
Christmas dinner today in the city of
magnificent distances: so will c. E. AL
len. Next year both gentlemen will
put their legs under their own mahog
any in this city, while Hon. W. H.
King and Hon. -- = will
do the dining at the nations capital.
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1t is perhaps needless to remark that
the electric light on Second South and
Third West streets was an hour behind
the others last evening, as usual.
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At the Pioneer sampling works at
Sandy yesterday the employees were
mas turkey, as well as other gifts to
four or five others of the oldest en-
ployees who have been there nearly
since the time that the mill first
started, some "A years ago. This same
custom has been kept up ever since
that time till it seems to have grown
to be a fixture of the mill itself Well,
NIL 4tdthInlOSn may QcpSuU UPON IL
that these things are appreciated by
the men at the mill, and the same old
faces have been seen there for about
20 years and more. Mr.. Cushing's resi-
d<nce is the scene of a little gathering
each Christmas morning, when all the
employees meet for an hours social re-
union, and this morning the old custom
is still continued. Long may it grow
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Some Young hoods did a charitable act
last night and incidentally had a rafting
good time. The blind and crippled Sean
dinaVian who some years ago was the
victim of a terrific mine explosion, and
has ever since been grinding out doleful
music from a wheeZy hand organ on
Main street, was the beneficiary. The
bowling swells spied him last night and
two of their number carried the organ
down Main street, while a third turned
the crank and the balance solicited aims.
They got the ducats, too. The old organ
seemed to catch the Inspiration and its
airs had a rollicking ring that was ire
sistible. When the boys had filed up
the cup with nickies and dimes, the out
fit was returned to the battered relic
of humanity with cash enough to buy a
big Christmas dinner.
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The employees of the firm of +. Auer-
bach e Bro. were all made happy last
night by receiving Christmas checks for
SO each. This custom has been followed
for many years by the firm.