The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
GOSSIP OF TIE TOWN

Professor ]. ]. Mcclellan. the young
! musician who gave the organ recital at
/ the tabernacle for the benefit of the Bur
! lington passenger agents Friday seems
to have made An instantaneous hit. 1t
was his first p-blic performance on the
organ and no ore was prepared to hear
an organist with ability TO make him a
dangerous rival for the honors held by
the local masters, but they did and the
LEGAL people present who were in posi-
ton to contrast pronounced the per-
tormance very little, II any, behind the
best efforts of our other best or-anists.
Since that time Professor Mcclellan has
been the talk of the town. musicaiiy. He
was formerly a Payson boy and has now
just returned from Ann Arb0r university
where ne graduated with high hoIcJrs.
7. b. Carson, agent of the Commits
sioner of internal revenue. arrived in
Salt Lake yesterday to look after the
business of the department here. There
are number NJ cases VI prosecutions
for conducting illicit dist,lleries to some
before the federal court ard TO look
after them forms the chief part of Mr.
Carsor's mission. 1t was under a cam
paigr OF his direction that the stills We're
discovered in southern Utah laSt October.
g. Nebeker are old friends. They met
At the Knutsford last evening and had
a pleasant visit
Freddie's mother took him to the
matinee at the Grand Thanksgiving
afternoon. He is quite an ob5erv- ng
young man though less than SIX years
Odd and II has since develoDed that ne
Is something of an imitat0r. He had seen
the heavy woman WT.the in anguish over
The backs of other furniture and heard
arces of "Oh, Cod etc. Now Fredu.e
isn't the best little boy in the world and
sometimes has to be Scolded before he
will say his prayers. The mother was
upon @etting him ready for bed that
evening, he suddenly dropped down upon
char and commenced. ''Oh Cod
That's a good little boy" compi.-
mented the mother before he got any
farther, TO begin saying your prayers
without having to be told"
isn't prayin' " he replied, rs
When Freddie goes to the theatre next
time. he viii stay at home.
>
The employees in the Office of the Salt
Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric Light
company had whole lot of fun yester-
day al the expense of two of their num-
Der. Newman Spencer and Mr.. Davis
The latter a few days ago, when it was
reported that an Englishman had been
victimized TO the tune of a few hundred
dollars by the well-known sharp, Charles
Chapman. at game of cards. expressed
establishment that anyone could be so
green as TO be done up in that way, and
declared that nobody could fool him
The foreman, Mr.. Aiken, didn't believe
il, and said so. and waited for an oppor-
tunity TO catch Davis, and the opportun-
ity came Mr.. Aiken announced in day
or two that he was going up to the tenn
pie to inspect the electric lights Mr.
Davis and Mr.. Spencer thought this
would be an excellent opportunity to
gratify their desire TO get into the sacred
edifice and sec the wonders therein. Mr.
Aiken told them that it could be worked
all right All they had to do was 10
dress up in overalis and personate line
men. and they would be admitted with
cut question at O'Clock yesterday morn
ing.
They jumped at the opportunity, and
although neither was famed for early
rising they appeared at the works rugged
out with overails and so forth in the
most approved fashion.
Mr.. Spencer was given a heavy ladder
and a load OF tools under the weight Of
which he staggered and labored until he
arrived at temple gates, but the door
keeper knew him not and Of course
knew nothing about an outsider inspect.
ing the temples electrical system when
that is run and owned by the church
Spencer couldn't understand it. but
waited around for Mr.. Aiken TO appear
with the open sesame, but he didn't come
ard finally 1t dawned on him that he had
been fooled and he picked up his ladder
and tools and went back. L. IL, Davis