The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-22

condition long. He believes in the prov
erb, Where there's a will there's a
way" and if it were too stormy for
him to go out fishing, he would remain
at home and mend nets.
Mr.. Armstrong is a tall and heavy
man, and for one who has such a pro
nounced motive temperament the brain
/ in size is well proportional to the
weight of the body. There is no super
fiuOus flesh. The bones are large and
muscles strong. He was built for
work, and would feel more at home in
constructing a railroad, boring through
mountains, or subduing a forest than
he would to occupy a professors chair
in the university or college.
These are the men who are the pio-
neers of civilization: who go forth into
the wilderness-like John the Baptist,
to prepare the way.
They Law the foundation for the
state. but they do not write its litera-
ture. This labor will devolve upon an
other class or type of individuals but
in the building up of a new country
in extending the boundaries of a city,
in coping with and controlling all those
numerous difficulties that are Incl
dental to the establishment of a new
commonwealth-all this involves labor
as well as brains; it means bone and
sinew as well as skill; it means tact
as wei as talent, and this kind of
labor calls for and demands that class
of men who-like the subject of our
sketch-have not only got good practi-
cal everyday judgment, but are also
we'll endowed with physical strength,
VIII power and force of character
Mr.. Armstrong is fortunately well
endowed with self-confidence. He has
faith in himself. He will not obtrude
his personality upon others, neither
will he ask anY favors. He has much
more independence than dignity. will
never show the least suspicion of con-
ceit, but has a quiet, unobtrusive con-
hdence in his own ability. and believes
with the Scottish bard that if his
Aunt Sally is not Just as good as
ANYBODY at least, she is no worse
There are few men who are so ca
pable of judging size, weight, form and
distances He has a retentive memory
of features, never forgets a person
once seen, though he may not so easily
recall the name; can Judge of bulk.
can guess the weight of anything with
in n ver-- triiie, can measure by the
eye with surprising accuracy and has
such an excellent idea of locality that
il would be almost impossible to lose
him. even in the dark and winding
paths of the Ontario mine
when i comes TO figures he will
need clerk. is not expert in mental
arithmetic, and as a speaker he could
make a very creditable showing if he
had cultivated the talent and would
allow himself to turn loose" He has
a very good memory, and a good com
mand of words. but his excessive eau
ton will often act like a brake TO a
wagon-it holds him in. He is always
AFRAID he will say something that would
be better unsaid, and his small contin-
ult| acting with caution will cause
MIN, as a speaker to take up subject
and then drop ii before il is completed.
He IS lacking in the power of concen-
tration. likes variety. will not use any
more words than are necessary to ex-
plain his meaning, or dwell unduly on
one point.
He has an abundant supply of ideas
they come quickly to his mind, but
they have to pass through certain
process before being coined into words.
and by this time he has come to the
conclusion he was cut out for worker
not a speaker-and accordingly sits
down. With his stock of information
and the solid facts gathered in
number Of years by close observation, !
he could become a very interesting
speaker by avoiding that disposition to
weigh every thought before it is ex
pressed 49,
For his own practical use, Mr.. Arm
strOng's library will be small. He is |
more likely to be master of all there is |