The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-15

and Reno, and when those lines were
discontinued, he took the ribbons on the
Lake Tahoe line for Doc Benton. Hank
never seemed to be in much Of a hurry.
and some have gone so far as 10 say
that he was not remarkable for his
habits Of industry; but, however that
may be, no one ever yet rode with him
who failed to get through ION time"
Monk always took his passengers
down the grade at the same rate Of
spSed. Many amusing incidents are
TOLD Of Hank, and the visitors who went
to Carson were as curious to see Hank
Monk, s,ud him drive them to Lake Ia
hoe, as trey were TO see the lake itself
The time Horace Greeley rode with him
he made the distance OF 100 miles in
ten hours. but Hank says he could have
gone it in a much shorter time if the
horses had been faster.
At the time Of the Greeley ride Monk
was in the employ Of DR.. j. NJ. Benton
OF Carson City. Monk and Benton were
close friends. and when the stage driv-
er died in 1883, his famous watch passed
into the possession Of DR.. Benton.
Monk is buried in the cemetery at
Carson. A plain sandstone slab marks
the grave and in a niche in the stone
is a portrait of the man who got"
Horace Greeley in ION time"
Monk, as will be remembered by
every one who has read Mark Twain'a
"Roughing It." was the driver who was
in charge of the stage that carried
Horace Greeley into PIacerviIle one
evening in the SOS. Mr.. Greeley was
booked to deliver an address in that
mining village at : o'clock. The trip
@e1=
gan to fear that he would not reaeI
Placerville in time. to keep his en-
gagement. He leaned out of the stage
window and asked the driver, Hank
Monk, if he could not entice a little
more speed from the horses.
Keep your seat. Horace, III get
you there on time"
How Hank Monk kept his word is
graphically recorded by Mr.. Clemens.
Probably no trip over the mountains
was ever made at such break-neck
speed. The distinguished passenger
was tossed around in the bounding
stage coach like corn in a pepper. and
there were those who declared that
Mr.. Greeiey's head was forced through
the roof.
The trip was the topic of the entire
coast country. and some admirers of
the celebrated driver bought him
handsome gold watch. Inside the
case appears this inscription:
~ &A&A%&AAAA
Presented to Hank Monk in >
commemoration Of his Celebrated y
= Drive in landing Horace Greeley =
= on time. Keep your seat. Mr.. =
= Greeley III get you there on =
= time"
%&&A&A&%+& y
He did not look like a jehu. this
Hank Monk One to sit and watch his
/ face would have said that his soul was
/ so lost in melancholia that he didn't
care two cents whether the sun set at
, noon or staid up until midnight. once
4 he entered the ladies' sitting room at
/ Cobb's hotel at Glenbrook, and walked
up to a woman whose husband had left
/ the room about ten minutes previously,
and calmly inquired:
! Madam, your husband went out to
! see the lake, didn't hep
yes, why? she asked, turning pale
in an instant.
He was a tall man, wasn't hep
He was" she replied, rising up, and
turning still paler.
"He had red hair2"
He had. Oh what has happened ?''
Weighed about $50 pounds"
Yes, yes, where is he2 Where is my
husband?" she exclaimed.
Couldn't swim, could he?'
Hes drowned! he's drowned, my
husband is drowned she walled.
Had silver chain2" continued
Hank.
Where is my husband-where is tbs
body2 o. she gasped.
do not get excited, madam. Dix
your husband have on gray suit?'
Yes Oh. my Thomas! my Thomas
And boots?"
LET me see him. let me see him.
she cried.
Come this way. madam. but do no
get excited. There. is that your bus
hand across the street. at the skatin'
rinls?n
why yes. that's him. tFaFs IN
lhusbandi" she exclaimed, jovfuliv Sc
ti'c7ght ven said he WAS drowned
NO. madam. I only kinder tho0eh
that for so old and dilapidated a Gus