Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-10
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
w ARLINGTON Henrlet-
wv Ia Hanly was visiting IN one
w of the ambitious New Eng
land towns where one OF our
citizens had caused 10 be erected "A
library building to perpetuate his name.
All the wonders OF the surround
ing country and all the points with
pride within the town, had been shown
TO her by kind relatives. one evening
seen shimmering through the trees Of
the park, they took Aunt Henrietta to
view the library. They explained every
nook and Granny 10 her, and finally
she asked
why are those statues over The
doors. Are they in memory Of mayors
Of the town or who2"
Those are not statues. Aunt Henret-
ia, explained Daisy bennett, They
are busts of distinguished people, That
one over the main entrance Is a bust
OF Shakespeare. This one TO the right
Is Hawthorne. This one to the left IL
Henry Clay. This one over here Is a
bust OF John Milton. This one
John Milton John Milton ex-
claimed Aunt Henrietta "a she darted
off TO get a closer view.
THAT amt John Milton" she said
very positively when they came up
with her.
ooh yes. Aunt Henrietta" said Daisy.
that Is very excellent bust of John
Milton. IL IN the work OF a superior
artist, and IL known to be an excellent
likeness. too"
well, II is possible that you may
be right, but a young lady never for
gets the face OF man she has loved.
! That likeness may have been taken in
| his old age. But. when 1 was l6 years
old, he was not quite so, and he was
pastor OF our church. and | fell In love
with him. He told me that he loved
me- too. But. John Milton was called
/ TO a city church, and he never came
back after. Well Well. I'm glad TO see
| John Milton's bust anyway. He must
| have distinguished himself"
II had been announced by the tele-
graph operators that the mail train
| was IN hour late and the gathering
at the village store-postoffice began to
| ladle out the gossip Of the week Final
| ly the village sexton buged to the lore,
and they listened to his tale Of woe.
| He said
| Digging graves don't pay we'll, and
It never will pay. Some folks Seem 60
think tina. a grave digger ought TO
| work for charity. Last winter / buried
a man who was quite rich I was IN no
hurry about sending In my bill. /
| never bother the rich But OF course
have to go after the poor, right away.
One day not long ago ! met the widow,
and she asked me for her bill.
| Well, said /. L had to hire man
to help me- because the frost was IN the
| ground. Then / attended the funeral
and did everything necessary for the
burial, and | guess | VIII have tc
charge YOU about S.
| That's just like robbing his grave
she whmpered, I could have had II
done at the grave yard on the other
side OF the ridge for 49,
Well / let her off for S. Here's
another example, A woman died las
April and / buried her good and prop
er. Sodded the grave afterwards, anC
set growing flowers around it. Tn,
widower Is well-to-do man, and
really expected some appreciation. But
appreciation will never come TO III
grave-diggers s'pose. He came for hi
bill last week, and when | told him j
was $40, he flew up into the air an,
shouted;
I'm pay that bill this time; bu
mind you, I'm done doing bushes
with you. I am to be married mex
Christmas. and. IL you'd "a been fai
with me in this bill, ] might "a COM
to you with the next job. But now
WON'T"
And that reminds the narrator Of
man who had seven wives ant
had them all buried In on
cemetery lot. After the seventh on