The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29

first allusion to the Babes through
out the entire screed
The manner of Artemus on the stage
caused as much amusement as the mat
ter IN hand, as he had that droIl eN-
preston of being entirely oblivious of
what he was talking about.
travelling west, he soon found himself
and his Babes in that then far away
country, Salt Lake City. Here he was
favorably received by Brigham Young
and his numerous household. His lee
lures were largely attended, and he was
given the freedom of the city. what
ever that implies.
Artemus was a good advertiser fully
equal TO the best of our advanced age.
When he appeared for the first time in
Boston, almost wholly unknown, he pa
pered the city with handbills as fol-
lows: "Artemus Ward Will speak a
piece, not even mentioning time or
place. Later in his wonderful career
his poster proclaimed the following an
nOuncefnenl-
"A. WARD HAS LECTURED
BEFORE THE CROWNED HEADS
OF EUROPE
ever thought of iecturing."
The next important venture was his
panorama and lecture upon the Nor
mons. which in the course of his trav-
els he delivered at Bryan hall Chicago,
before an audience of over 5000 people.
In January, 1865, he iectured for one
week at the Melodian in Boston to well
filled houses. The programme was a
sheet of four pages containing descrip-
tive scenes in his panorama and genu
inc bits of humor. We append a few
as a sample of the whole:
''Washoe, the. Silveriand-Virginia
City, game abundant. particularly
poker.
The Desert-In the act of bowling.
Wild goats abound on the desert. how
ever; their kids are white, and Arte-
mus Ward will wear a pair of them
this evening"
The East Side of Main Street.-The
state House and things, POstoffice also.
A few years ago an enterprising Nor
mon started an opposition postoffiCe,
and by selling Scent stamps for cents
tried to run the regular office out of
town. He is now a fiourishing Outcast
and owns oil wells i'm Pennsylvania.
Brigham Young and His wives
The pretty girls in Utah mostly marry
Young"
One page of the programme is devot
ed to answers to correspondents, among
which we find the following:
Inquirer am DESTROYS of becoming
Mormon; what shall do first?
First get good common sense, and
then you won't want TO be MCrm0n.
Having conquered his own country
through his miTth and humor, his am
bition again took flight This led him
wares TO the people of the city of Lon
don. This, at that day. was far from
being humorous proceeding, but de-
cidedly serious matter and many Of
his intimate friends, knowing the in
ability of the average Englishman TO
take joke. and perhaps mindful of his
somewhat too cornwall nature and del
icate constitution, endeavOred tc per-
suade him to abandon the voyage. He.
however, persisted, and his option
quoting from a letter written by Albion
Chadbourne of London. former towns
man, to Daniel Brown of Waterford,
an uncle of Artemus.
He says: II was especially interest
ed in making his debut a success, and
! took with me a number of my friends
with the view of encouraging and ap-
plauding his efforts to please: but when
We arrived we found the hall so we'll
filled that we could hardly obtain seats
for our party. His reception was a
grand ovation. and he soon found him
| self the lion of the day He was at
once admitted to membership in the
| Club of Authors and Artists, and while
in London spent many happy hours
with its members. But his public eff
forts and social requirements soon
proved too great strain for his deli
cate organization He could not go
| the pace Illness overlook him. TO
/ which he soon succumbed Thus passed
away i'm the prime OF life. mOurned by
a vast constituency Upon both sides OF
| the Atlantic. one who had done much
tc drive dull care away and smooth the
wrinkled brow"
AT his death his remains were
brought from Southampton to London,
and were removed to the house of MI
u Willard. che of the leading members OF
4 the club, where they lay in state until
7 his burial. His funeral took place in
the chapel at Kehsel Green, where all
/ that was mortal Of that sunny nature
! was laid in a tomb. Later the remains
were brought to his old home and in
! TERED in the beautiful cemetery at Wa
| terford city, where a monument has
F! been erected to his memory. by the fam
] ily.-Portland (Me.) Express