The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05
TALE OF THE FALL
OF JOE HOWELL
Congressman DesCends From
High Rank.
He ASTOUNDS WELLsVlLLE
FULL DRESS RAItLENT AND
SUNDAY EQUIPAGE
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z OUR milk-WbHe stecdsl
a closed carriaSe rubIer-urcl
and lUstrous,
A coachman i'm fun livery with black
feather i'm his high hao
fellow toWnsmau in evening dress
within the carriage.
Lamplisht flashing back from silver
trappinss!
Small wonder that the good people
OF WellsXille were staggered!
The first public appearance of Con-
gresham Joseph Howell after his re-
turn from Washington last week occa-
stoned prof u1d sensation among his
constituency. The constituency have
not yet recovered from the SHOCK.
Alas. Poor Howell
Howell. Joe Howell. The man who
used to run the frieudHest store iu
Utah, A store where the WellsgiIIe
Society for the Philosophical Criticism
Of Past and Present World Policies
and Local Events mes of winter even
ings. cheWed loug-cUt, spaJ I'm the saw
dust box behind the stove and debated
political, literary, social. ecOu0mic and
agricultural questions until the lamp
burned OUT A store where the pro-
priet0r, i'm shir,sIeeves and long apron.
joined feeiingly i'm shaping the policies
of the society,
Joe HowelI Born and raised ia
WeIlsyille. Cache county, Utah.
Joe Howell. The pride Of the village,
The native son who was sent to con-
gress!
Alas,
There is no more Joe Howell.
This person with the huge white
front the spiSe-taiIed coat. the suede
gloves. the silk hat the shiny shoes.
the silk stockings. is not Joe Howell,
These white steeds never hauled
load of groceries from the store to the
customers house. This autgmat1u
with the knee breeches, pearl buttons.
high hat and feather never opened the
WCllsviIle store at q. IN every day
but Sunday This trIfug harness with
the silver rings. this glittering car
riase never stood in front of meeting
house or tabernacle of q sunday after
ncOn.
Cache County in Tears.
And sadness. mingled with beWilder-.
ment hangs over Cache valley
we do not understand they tell
you. pathetiCally.
Tt was just after the congressman re-
turned from Washington that Wells
Vile was startled
Bishop Vaughan is Congressman
HoWelIs father-in-laW. and the bishop
had a birthday The congressman at
tended, travelling from his home TO the
scene Of the celebration attired as
SEATED above in the eQuipage described.
Prior TO tina time l1e con gresham
ambition ina the way of turuOuts mad
not reached above a modest blackboard
or phaeJon drawn by the doclle sleeo
that drew the delivery wagon for the
store. The CCuRTCssuau's first visit TO
Washington did not have visible elects
further than a fresh coat or paint TOT
the blackboard. @ dressing of Uii for
the harness and a SCI Of mind shoes Tor
the h0rse-au being needed improve
Wents. His person remained stranger
TO The long coat, the nigh hat and me
patent leather shoe, white the dtess
suit was still am uneEplored realm.
Hence, Joe HoWells popularity con
tinued at the Hood.
bul 10.
Listen 20 me 1aleiii-'.,, s9-l g,' I..s
made Dy the ploHllil5iil " 1Ll9. l--- Nl-
zen VINO ATTENDED 'He e-lvo tl-o- o'
Logan the otheF day
we can AlaAe oot t--i7 Al-
ness abott joe N- an l-E -1 t.-e- g''-
why, man. kho-=A soc en- +. --.--
ne were q pdD@- lie E>--1. t'.-i. '+.
house on Saturdays ana go s." ihtilu
one o. my daughters IN wan" SO
ciablzs An even after he started 10
store me was jis- tn c3nHonest man
i'm Utah Why. man. Ne uEaie. g.
joe HoWeilS store DID ID cFthiH a-tH.
CHORES an slt tAete an aiioAe -t-t
chew ana talk py IN h9ui- An "ii1"
Jee How IL were nominated loi eo--
eresS. why man. we tis-.I! Ngl' wa
mere ih tatae t1"-t> -At "--l-
were elected toif-i eNH a ere I'D
pr7udest man ID Slcl-e COUNT.
But noW-"eii. ] ot"Ho- ms ,.'t.'-
nave emo OF Std3a'itn a7 an ~ .'i.l ,l..-
seem T. hurt Joe none las year 9-,
lately. J reckon. zoe nave gov
BIN up az HlSI titen ''F''i-'7.7 "'.-
runners az washington tth u pears
nave pump ioiHa' pa -o+
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Fl dunno. Never did think politics