The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-10
JUST WORTH HER
WEIGHT IN GOLD
Passengers on Marooued Train
Compliment Act of Well
known Salt Lake Woman.
MOTHER WHO WAS NOT
AFRAID T0 Do WASHING
Another Mother and Two Chill
dren Kindly Remembered
on MarOOned Train.
That woman is worth ber weight I'M

THAT woman is worth ber weight in
gold. her husband should be proud CT
her, and her five children should wor'
ship her. She makes the best OF the
world " The speaker was well'known
Salt I.akcr aud he was talking to The
Tribune "Wednesday, when a gentleman
aud Il lady passed upoG the street.
Il repeat what | said, continued the
Salt Iakcr. 8. She is worth her weight III
gold She and her husband aud five chIl
drcn. one of them only two months old,
and ! aud 2l2 other persons were on
one of the trains ON the Southern Pa
ciic. marooncd NJ Wiuncmucca and Bat
tic Mountain. on account Of thc flood.
VIC lust got here Yesterday. nine DAYS
on the road from san Francisco. Ihe
family | refer TO had come from Los
Angeles and had been -four days on the
road when We were tied mp,
Did Family Washing.
"The family was, of course. anxious
10 reach home. as all others were, but
when il was ascertaiucd that we might
he held up for two or three daYs, thls
mother said. Mac. YOU look after the
children: these tots OF ours have got 10
have clean linen, and we arc about out
That house over there looks good 60 me
aud | nm sure the woman OF the house
viii lend me washboard and tub,
and over she went 10 the house. y
wave Of The hand signalcd that every
thing was all right. the husband carried
over thc soiled linen aud it was n big
bundle. too Half an hour attcTward Il
clotbes-line swung in the yard. Chill
drcn 5 clothing was pinned thereon and
an hour later a tired, but coutcutcG ana
happy woman returned 10 the train.
Later in the afternoon the clothes were
taken down aud while, of course. they
could not be ironcd they could be fold
ed and put away.
AS ] said there were go passengers
ON our train aud every adult person in
the cars expressed admiration and com
plimented this Salt Lake woman for
doing as she did for making tbc best of
the situation. The entire train was in
love with her
There was another incident that was
pathetic. \ mother with two little ones
was oD the train, bound for town il
Wyoming, where her mother was dan
gerouslY i'll. She had but little money
and when Battle Mountain was reached
ber provisions gave out aud she was
stranded. y travelling man ascertaincd
her condition and five minutes later he
presented the woman a purse containing
SO. the gift Of others on the train. III
YOU ever saw gratificd person ii was
that woman. rs she cried over happiness
with her two children claspcd in her
arms.
" After all. this is pretty good world !
there are exhibitions every dav tba
demonstrate this. | am sure that every
ono Of the $50 passengers on our train
are firmly convinced of this and they
are Likewise convinced that there arc
corporations that have souls. for there !
Was nothing left undoue by the railroad |
officials, from the general officers down |
10 the section hands. that would add to
he comfort Of the passengers -
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