Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

was taken the great fire has swept
across this portion of New York, and
lett smoking ruins In It's track, instead
" the closely wedged edlilcese Of the
uay before II Is a singular truth. thai
tine mere shadowy image Of a building
on the frail material OF paper. which
might DE annihilated In an Instant Is
llKely 10 have longer term Of existence
than the piled brick and mortar of the
building Take q print Ike this at the
head of our article, aud an edihcc Ike
he large one on the right hand corner,
and the chances are that a century
hence. the print VIII be as good as ever
while the edihce. though II may not
lave crumbled beneath the weight Of
years, viii probably have been torn
down 20 make room FOR modern i'm
provements. or utterly destroyed By
fire. Should posterity know whore the
proud structure stood IL viii be- In
dpbted for It's knowledge to the wood
cut.
"To person Of quiet and secluded
habits, whether he live I'm the country
o.. In a retired street of the metropolis,
there can be no pleasanter ramhle than
to the vicinity Of one Of the principal
vharves He finds himself as n Were,
i0 q different world, and takes note of
everything around him with the miu-
uteuass Of a traveller 20 far distant
lands The great ships that have come
speeding night and day from the ute.
rost parts of the EARTH and are now
mOored In the dock their enormous
hulls rusty and sea-staiued, and their
irgIng torn by the gales; other yes.
acls displaying their snowy canvas and
IToudly marching from the strand, to
visit ports that are half the worlds
width asunder. on perChanCe 10 go
down into the ocean depths; the pack
cts with their places Of destination an
nOunced I'm huge letters on their
yhrOuds. some landing their freight,
some slowing It away in their capaCious
lu'1s. some mastering their passengers
FOR departure. the bales and bags OF
precious merchandise, and punchrons
and casks of choice liquors. and barrels
ID -four stamped with different brands,
which lie scattered along the wharf,
as II any poor deyil might have them
for the picking up, the mounted iron
cannon. presenting IFS gaping mouth at
the stranger as If TO utter tales Of
pirates In the West Indies or OF Malays
IN the east; the other cannon which
has long ago sent forth its last peal Of
thunder, and now. with Cos muZzlo IN
the earth and It's brecch In the air IS
converted into a post the rumbling of
heavily laden wagons, the clash and
clang of bars Of Swedish iron, dragged
on trucks over the pavement, the quick
rattle of gigs, and the slow rattle OF
handcarts-all these particulars, and
many more, attracts the Observers no.
lice, and enter into his recollection Of
The scene He snuffs up the scent Of
tar 10 which his nostrils are less ac-
Customed than are those Of sailor
to the perfume Of the Spice Islands"
such We're the thoughts that this
View Of Coffee House Slip" inspired
IN the mind Of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
There is nothing In the ugly. lifeless
picture itself TO suggest them TO other
Observers and that they should have
flowed from his pen Is the more re-
narkable when his dislike for the work
he was doing Is recalled. He stuck TO
II for only six months and IN the num-
Der for August, 1895, appeared his note
OF farewell to It's columns.