The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
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: ANECDOTES OF PROMINENT
: PEOPLE.

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Father Ducey is Iaughingly relating
2 recent experience of his He was
walking along FoaFth avenue when he
saw little boy crying bitterly AS he
stopped 10 inquire the cause Of the
tears he was forestailed by a small
girl, Who asked sympathetlcally;
What ails you. boy2 why are you
cryins 50 haroE
Because moshers gone to heaven"
sobbed the child.
ooh, don't fret so. replied the girl
eonsolingly, sure maybe she hasn't"
/ whenever I hear man who is very
/ careful of the details Of his evidence"
said A. :. L. Shields, the criminal
lawyer Of Philadelphia. Il am always
reminded OF the experience of a certain
/ friend of mine, and watch TO catch him
tripping. The friend I refer to had been
to either the lodge or his club that
night, and when he came home in the
/ wee sma' hours he thought he could
allay the suspicious Of his wife by ask
I ing q very pTCsaic question. So when
/ he entered the house he called up
stairs:
Jane. is there any milk in the
/ hoUse2'
Yes. dear the wife replied, there
is some in the pantry
Is it tied up in anything said
my friend a bit uncertainty, or is It
just lying around loose? %
zone of my constituents showed the
ether day what il is to have presence
Of mind" said George D. McCreary,
who represents the Sixth congressional
district of Pennsylvania "A part OF
nay district is the Twenty second ward
Of Philadelphia, better known TO fame
as Germantown. The man I speak OF
was returning home in the dark, and
trOd on a loose board that covered an
empty well En- his yard. Down he went
and as the well was about ten feet
deep. he could not climb out. He did
not relish the idea of staying there all
night, SO, after moments thought ne
began to shout Fire" az the top Of his
voice. Windows We're thrown open,
and some one ran to the alarm box and
sent IN the alarm. When the firemen
arrived they found no sign Of fire. but
they stiu heard the frantic cries. At
last a stalwaTt fireman found the man
! in the well. and. lowering IRE hook,
dragged him out
What do you mean by shouting
''FireY' demanded the fireman In an
/ angry voice.
oh said my friend. 1t il all right
now, for 1 am rescued. But who would
have paid any attention to me If / had
! shouted ''Wen"' all night long?
Ex-Gov. Bob Taylor OF Tennessee.
tells of an exasperating incident that
occurred on one Of his electioneerinS
tours. He was billed 10 speak at Cleve-
land, a station on the Southern rail-
way, one afternoon. and at Benton, a
: mountain town thirty miles distant,
the next afternoon Benton was TO be
! reached only by private conveyance
After the speaking at Cleveland was
concluded, the governor and his travel
ing companion. the Hon. James n.
} / Bible, decided to start that evening, go
: part Of the way, spend the night at
/ some farmers, ana 50 reach Benton on
the morrow in time to give the COVER
! nor a much-neeGed rest before time for
! him to begin speaking. When they
reached the home of a well-to-do far
mer, about dusk, he gladly welcomed
such a prominent guest as the COVER
nor.
} Upon supper being announced and
/ the guests and family Of seven seated,
the governor noticed the meat platter
| contained Just seven pieces Of inviting
looking country ham, and, as his drive
had sharpened his appetite, he could
! almost taste the ham while his head
was bowed IN honor OF the grace Nj
Bible was saying. Immediately on
raising his head at the completion OF
Bibles thanks for the boUntiful things
Thou hast set before US, he saw with
CONSERVATION thai the seven pieces OF
ham were Teposing in tempting splen-
der on the seven plates Of the family
Of seven. The old farmer was equal TO
! H. "a COTS
said:
. Gentlemen. help yourselves to the
gravy: my family are ali such fools
, they like meat the best
J. p. Morgan is easily the most pom
derous. impressive individual IN Wall
who has ever talked 10 him viii appre-
ciate the feelings Of a certain young
[ clerk who recently was sent to Mr.
Morgan on business for his firm OF.
; the clerks return one Of the senior
? clerks in the Office asked;
We'll Harry. what did you feel ike,
I talking to Morgan"
+ Feel. like? / felt like two spot in
a hand with four acres. New York
: Times.
The late Amos Cummings Of New
York used TO tell this story OF his firS-
assignment as a newspaper reporter
| He was sent out to write up an acci-
. dent where an Irish hodearrier was in
e jured IL fall from a building. BE ar
Z rived Just as two officers were assist
= ing the injured man into the ambu-
: lance.
. What's his name p" asked Cummings
4 OF one of the officers, at the same mo-
: nent pulling out his pad and pencil.
I The IrishmaTs heard him. and mistak-
ing him for the timekeeper on the JOB,
? exclaimed. with a look Of disgust cover
: eng his face:
ssIsn't it trouble enough to fall three
: stories without being locked for the
: few. moments lose gOin' 20 tn hospi-
: taI?''-Philadelphia Ledger.
s Evidently news Of Helen Keller has
q not peTmested the thick walls of the
L Boston custom house. From time 80
: time Miss Keller receives from England
T books in raised print or braille, which
# are made for her by the British and
- Foreign Blind association of London.
Single books come by mail. but largo
bundles come by freight. The customs
agents at the PostOfiCe have learned O.
let the books go through, for they ar
not subject 10 duty, but when PACK
ages come b. freight through shippihs
+ agents, then the red tape begins 70 ruil
{. off the custom house reel.
n The other day a bundle containing
IL Wordsworth's poems in four large vol
umes OF braille came to Boston, con-
x sigred 10 Miss Keller by freight from
? London The shipping agents sent