Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08
BISHOP Of RIPON
CLINGS TO PANTS.
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old, bur looks much younger lie has
% rugged kindly face and that broad
and short figure which constitutes such
| au excellent human packing box for
| high pressure. Vlgor aud vitality, He
| is sun au enthusiastic cycIist He be-.
! gan bis career as cumtc ul Maid
stone. aud was there in 1856 when the
cholera broke out The vicar Was abb
sent at the time and did not find Il
convenient 20 return until The epidemic
had spent ITSELF but young Carpenter
stuck Il out working as hard ns any
Of the doctors and freely rskod his
life The people were taken hy SUR
prise" he said in relating his eXperI-
ence Of those dreadful days "and few
precautions were taken There was no
organized system of nursing them The
women who were Gent 10 attend the
cholera-stricken people knew nothing
about nursing They drank the brandy
Intended for the relief ~ the suffer-
cre I went into q house TO see
woman, The nurse WHs Intoxicated
shortly after the poor woman died.
When / read the burial service at The
grave side stood the nurse still suf-
ferlng from the effects Of drink
WHEN HE BECAME BISHOP,
lie was AZ when. IN 1884. he was con-
@cuted bishop Of Rpon ana since
then bic reputation ds one of the most
strenuous sons of the church has stcud-
ny grown. II is an abundance OF
the saving grace Of humor-an In
htrltance from his Irish mother who
was a Miss Boyd Of Londonderry
which enabled him 10 get through
40 much hard work with little fatigue.
10 Is fond of cracking his Joke. and his
own name sometimes serves the pur-
pose we'll once he married young
couple with the assurance that he was
not only Carpenter but Joiner
when about 90 lay the foundation stone
N n new yicarage the architect handed
him the trowel, inviting him to become
IAN operative mason for a few mo-
ments"
II would rather remain a working
Carpenter was the prompt reply.
WRITER on RELIGION,
He has written a great deal on re-
llgious and literary topics and has pub
llshed some poems that have been well
received. but in his lighter moods he IL
fond Of dashlng On epigramatc verses.
Americans recall with pride how when
that memorable hurricane devastated
Samoa and swept the Trenton 20 des-
truction her sturdy tars unmindful If
their own plight, manned her yards
and oheered the British cruiser ms she
made her escape from the harbor IN the
teeth NJ the storm. When questions
we're asked IN parliament as 10 what
h0nors would be- conferred ON her COM
Captain Kane. In recognition
Of the pluck and good judgment which !
saved his vessel. the first lord Of the |
replied that Kane had only |
done his duty. and II he had lost his |
ship he would have been c0urt-martial- |
ed. Whereupon the Bishop wrote
What shall be done for Kane,2
Who brought his vessel safe through |
wave
with skllful hand and heart as brave; |
What shall be done for Kane2
What shall he have? we solve the
knot
cries the First Lord, impartial;
o1f Kane had failed ha would have got |
our pickle rod-court martial"
Then talk no more OF praise Or gain,
our English principle is plain;
When storm winds rise to hurricane,
II Kane escape he 'scapos the camel
If' n ''-lftf 1f taflf ~
A GENEROUS SALARY.
As Bishop Of RlpOn Dr. Carpenter re-
,eives a salary Of $4,000 year and a
handsome house TO live In, rent free 1t