The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-16

After the meeting was over the elder
told me he had never addressed a bet
ter-behayed and more attentive crowd
He added the opinion that the reports
Of lawlesSness out our way were great
~ overrated- A committee OF the best
citizens. saioonkeepers. bartenders. po-
ker dealers and others. accompanied
him TO the depot next day and gave him
a send-off that would have been an
honor TO a grand duke. 1 could see it
tickled him Immensely. Within ten
minutes after the train had gone the
card tables and bars were in full blast
again,
A Visit to the Saloon.
Next year l was removed TO Wat
rous. 100 miles away. and only visited
Los csrrilos once a month to preach.
One rough night when a melting snow
was-coming down in great sheets was
waiting for the Santa Fe train TO take
ne home The train was late. There
was no operator in the little station,
and no place to so eXcept The saloons
20 get warm. The train was somewhere
down the line. only the winds and shell
teTiess coyotes knowing its location. So
l walked up and down the streets. shiV-
ering. Once when l passed Bills sa-
.oon he spied me.
Come in and get warm, parson.' he
said
" I can't Bill; you know why
:" Yes. / know. but they shan't bother
you: you come IN an I'll hx il all right,
and he grabbed my arm and led me
into a big room where some thirty or
forty cowboys and miners We're drink
lrg. playing cards and telling yarns.
Riil raped loudly on the counter.
'Feilers,' he said, the parson laid
cut by his train what amt come, an
hes no place 70 so cept in this heah
Gin palace an poker parlor. He'll sit
round an smoke with us an swap tales
the right sort. you Understandable
thar'll be no drink sold over this bar
an no cards played till his keers come
liking long. He's our guest, Parson
Wheeler, gentlemen
A Sermon From q Card Table.
There. wasn't a protest from a man.
l was acquainted with most of them.
ard soon had made friends with the
others. We talked of lodes. pay dirt,
methods Of drilling. best way to break
bTonchos, liniments for healing gunshOt
wounds. qualities of the different makes
o. firearms, compared the veracity of
the Indian and the Mexican, and final
" il wound up by one OF the cowpunch-
ers from across the mountains asking
me 10 make a little talk on the sub
jet of my profession. ] wouldn't have
suggested that because as their guest
! felt the laws Of hospitality demanded
that follow their lead. but I was more
than glad of the opportunity the cow
man presented. l mounted one Of the
card tables. and in their own nictur-
esque language, as ! had learned it
from them. told of the Martyr OF Cali
Eary and the compassionate father. As
] went on they threw away their ci-
Sars and several removed their hats
Not a sound escaped them. They were
IN their honor, and | believe they
Mould have roughly handled any man
, showing the slightest discouTtesy.
Il don't believe 1 ever spent a more
| profitable hour i'm my life, or one where
the mutual enjoyment was greater. Ny
congregation was Justify singing Jesus
Lover Of NJ Soul when the whistle OF
the belRted train was heard, and the
| meeting broke up.
Within week a member of my sa-
! Icon audience shot and killed three
, inen. but il was in a fight he had not
sought. p-Gallatin (Mo), Cor. Kansas
City Star.