Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-31

ulNt Eplllt t0lpI uupill'u MS lIlhIlN
breast. The whole made sort OF a
pedestal to a face that was simply in
dcscripable, a thin crop of whiskers
scattered over most OF IL, each hair
sticking straight out as II reaching for
n companion. lor II barber. The roots
seemed to lie well protected with a
sort of yellow parchment. covered
literally with various colored geyser
dust. a deep red promontory Obtruded
through just below two sort OF hole
ma blanket eyes, and above wide
cavity of II mouth. Above these eyes
was u shaggy lot of hair sticking every
way. "A SLOUGH hat hid what ] after
wards discovered to he n bald pate. No
where but in the park. where all
curlosities are sacredly guarded could
such specimen of humanity evade the
dime museum specimen collector
But here he struttcd in safety among
respectable humanity. | wns shocked
later 10 be informed that this mortal
had been seen not many weeks be-
fore,in a slightly different guise. in
very prominent public place in Salt
Lake city. A barber took him to
task soon after 1 viewed him, and in
an hour he was a perfect Adonis seated
at the table with colored gentleman
graclously tanning him and feeding
MN with the dainties of the park one
dollar meal
After a hasty clean up and a view of
retraced our steps that evening sew
eral miles in order to get good grass
for our horses
lTth.-We retraced our steps as far
as Norris Basin and passed on down
Giibber canyon camping at night on
Madison river. having completed the
usual tourist route or circle"
thoughts may now come out by way
of Jackson's Hole and Teton Basin. a
route OF magnificent mountain scenery
mat l should like to have seen
but we had heard severe reports of
bad bridges, steep mountain passes.
etc. so that we feared the result
on our horses, for unlike most
campers, We did not forget them in
our mad rush for sights and pleasure.
On the Madison there was good fish
ing. ana / had procured new pole
and tackle; for a while we did the
catching but finally "whopper"
caught us. carrying away hook, line,
ana two-thirds of the pole, thus
ended our fishing and my fish stories.
lsth--Weare aRain with the hospita-
bic garner on Henry's Lake" 1t
seemed quite home like with the good
Wlie complacently aiding two rosy
checked, bright-eyed. merry. stirring
uaughters,- was soon delving into
me stomach OF their splendid organ,
ntter reed that had partly swal-
lowed a slight bit OF hair that inter
concert company that evening, had
10 even once more impersonate the
olu maid Of ninety-fve." my only
chance OF sharing equal honors with
my young basso. Christopherson. who
has proved an immense fayorite every
where ON the trip,for his fine singing.
lsth-We return 20 Friend Kerr's
ranch, calling ON our way by the late
motel Orange-now summer house of a
g"niul gentleman whose name l can
not this moment recall but whose
gentle, kind. and refined wife.and him
self, VIII not be forgotten by us as
long as we have the power to reneu1-
Der Kindness and the lJveliest biscuits
ever tasted by weary wayfarers. We
were in quest Of bread for dinner with
money to pay but they would have
none OF our money 80 | had to charge
1t up to You by promising special
song for them by the Tabernacle choir
II they came to Salt Lake. Night at
Brother Kerr's, the same free welcome.
Singing ETC.. made our stay the more
pleasant ard n view OF his splendid
form made me sigh to be an "inde-
pendent farmer" until 1 thought Of
TO reap, and to SOW TO water, and
NOW,
To work on threshlng machine-oh
mo-
] fear would rather toll with my
little conductor stick after all
20th-We arrive Mt st. Anthony We
had passed here unobserved on our
way up, as we had done at most other
places, without dreaming that there
was anything out of the way in assum-
ing such obsCurity. But while at a
barber shop we We're discovered by
Judge French, who soon gave us to un-
derstand in plain English that we We're
people of great Importance. and in less
than two minutes we were made ac-
quainted with a whole colony of dig
nitaIies marshals, bishops, attorneys.
lawyers, prufessors-the little town
seemed alive with them and they all
seemed to swarm by that barber shop.
| was completely fioored, and Willie
became So excited he left the shop
without paying for his shave, return
ing later when he remembered. We
We're soon at the court house. and there
met more officials, among whom was
Il former University pupil OF mine, a
Mr. Bramwell, who In addition to do
ing county work directs n splendid
choir Of forty members at his home.
Parker's ward, four miles from st. An
thuny. We We're completely surround
ed. ReNburg must be warned of our
coming, so Il program was soon ar
ranged whereby we were TO remain the
guest of the genial judge and his hos
pitablc wife: drive to Parkers ward
that night. Horsemen We're dispatched
to warn the people OF our presence
and designating the meeting house as
their only place Of safety that even
ing. When we arrived about eight
o'clock we found the house crowded
and every choir seat filled. Soon
Bishop Parker was announcing Vari-
Gus numbers of an interesting pro-
gram that was given in manner that
would have been creditable to any
ward in Salt Lake City. Another
Brother Bramwell (brother to the
choir LEADER delivered speech of
welcome, and n most delightful even
ing was spent, as ne outcome of these
good peoples desire to honor your
humble representatives, proud only
in being such. There is delightful
stir and vim in everything here. and
the people appreciate their choir and
Its spirited young conductor. attending
rehearsals even by the score $50 l am
told). would 1t We're so everywhere.
May their success continue as 1t de-
serves,
2lst-We approach ReXburG with
both pleasure and dread; pleasure in
anticipating meeting with our kind
friends, dread to be seen In our III
looking, dirty garbs, for we had taken
no change Of outer clothing, and only
rough clothes at best not anticipating
being seen in public. But we We're soon
made to feel at ease by our
friends, Brother Durrans Get me here
correct and beg pardon FOR phonetic
spelling of his name, the line printed
In my News letter as follows, brother
Dern, mediant and Stake choir lead