Show ABOUT HUMBOLDT fELLS NET I A Democrat Correspondent Collects I Col-lects Some Note of Interest While Journeying in the i i Sagebrush WELLS Nov Aug 3l This town is located on the Central I Pacific Ra load at the head d the Hum I boldt river and ip i so named on account b rvcr of a great number of natural wells in the vicinity They are the source of the river just mentioned and scatter over a considerable extent of ground Shortly after midnight the 26th inst we arrived in this burg and were much surprised to find so much going on in so small a place consisting as it does of a halfdozen places of business twice as many private I I houses a big depot and storage room and a lot of deserted railroad shops The I town does a great deal of business as it is the shipping point to and from a mining I min-ing district about forty miles distant and the central point for a large number of I ranch people to do their trading For a wonder the town is not over done by I more places of business than the trade I I legitimately demands so that prices are not down to a starving point by competition I tionOur Our attention was attracted by the number of large men in the place we never saw so many in a small town When in the presence of ordinary people peo-ple they look like giants among pigmies These big fellows are however how-ever social and intelligent men the foremost fore-most of them all being an old politician and a staunch good Democrat who was A MKMlinU OK THE CONVENTION THAT NOMINATED NOMI-NATED CLEVELAND i He is somewhat known in Utah and lion E P Ilardesty is his name I Last evening several gentlemen including in-cluding the DEMOCRAT representative were sitting outside enjoying the cool air I i and indulging in reminiscences We I were not surprised to see a tramp approach ap-proach the group but were considerably I consid-erably astonished to soon discover I in him an educated Englishman on a tour I II around the world From New Zealand he had made his way to California from I that State tr this one and on tlir innrrnxv he would again take up his journey for I the land of the rising sun and thence proceed to his own dear native land In speaking of the Californians he expressed himself in no complimentary terms say ing that they were not half civilized but he probably as tramp does every ap I peared but half civilized to the Coast people and therein is the sequel of his disgust i NEVADA LIKK UTAU IS IlLl OK HOT I 1 SPRINGS Principally sulphur Three and a half I miles north of Wells is an excellent one I is the property of the town A public bath house has been erected over it and being public property a bath costs nothing more than a ride or a walk to the I spring The bath house however is a shabby concern I would not be a bad idea for the good people of Wells to club together and build a decent one At a trifling cost a large plunge bath could be be made and i a few dressing rooms were added they would be far preferable to undressing in an old shed through which the wind whistles much to the discomfiture of bathers especially ladies while disrobing and dressing again Aq this improvement is witbont question a public necessity we trust that no exceptions ex-ceptions will be taken because made here The day weleft Wells a man was buried who died of delirium tremens The night be gave up the ghost a couple of stiffs sat up with him and having something II of the Irish in them they provided a plentiful supply of spirits the better to keep awake long before morning there I were three bid out in that room ono I I of them I corpse the two others dead t drunk In the morning four of the boys I j were detailed to I I i DIG THE IHAD MANS C1KVVJ j They took a naturally to the grave j digging as to a picnic evidently regard I ing the occasion as one of general rejoic ing By the time they had I dug the grave they were all I fl il Three of them concluded that i burial services should take place without delay One of them having laid down on the ground dropped off to sleep So the others quietly eased him down in the grave and as gently covered him with dirt leaving his face and head uncovered un-covered They then set up the most unearthly un-earthly yelling which started the fellow in the grave At once the three aboveground I above-ground disappeared behind the dirt thrown out of the grave and then waited i for further movements Uttering a few i I Bible words not constructed for Sunday i school classes he unearthed himself and with one bound leaped to the surface atone 1 I at-one end of the grave white and tremb ling As be did so fearful shriekes and I yells rent the air and without turning to j J see whence they came he fled like a wild I man A livery stable being the first I I place on his way in be bolted i THE KEAL BfRIAL TOOK PLACB WITH PICI ALL SOLEMNITY In keeping with the disposition to return to mother earth the last remains of a fel low mortal and the crowd returned to town Then the three began a search for their companion whom they soon found in the stables much to their surprise and I amusement astride of a saddle on a wooden horse whipping and spurring for dear life thinking of course he was fleeing from a herd of pursuing residents of sheol After getting him to understand sheol 1 was not riding a real horse the three had j I f no trouble to explain the rest of the joke I During our stay at Wells favorable VelR favorble reports I re-ports came in from j i TIn MINING DISTRICT j Of which we will write a separate letter i 1 t for a subsequent issue of the DEMOCRAT On the return trip from the mines we passed through Clover Valley This is said in lir i THE GEM VALLEY OK NEVADA And it certainly 1 is entitled to such dis1 tinction In productiveness of grain hay and vegetables it equals the best farming country in Utah I is a picturesque pictur-esque spot The west side is lined with the farms close up to the foothills along which are the houses of the farmers In the back groqnd there is I a grand picturesque pictur-esque range of mountains upon which He ridges of snow through all the hot months of summer At the south end of the valley is a placid little sheet of watercalled Snowy Lake and far to tho i i east stretch our immense hay fields j I i I and a splendid winter grazing for gzing range stock J Many of the farmers are from the States and most of them by their energy and thrift have become wealthy The farms t < three of which by the way BELONG TO JACK QILMER Or SALT LAKE j I Are well stocked with blooded horses and i cattle and have an abundance of the very latest improved agricultural ma chiuery and implements agriculurl together with the large farms and comfortable homes make their owner the most prosperous little community have ever seen in the west VVe cannot refrain from making special j mention of one of the places passed on the road the property of Mr C Lamp J proprt Lmp I man i TIt house stands by the roadside I i > i I and is of modern style and structure green vines have entwined themselves about the entire front before the house is a pretty clover lawn on the south side I id a very large garden of flowers of various f vari-ous hues The sight was both strange and beautiful above and behind are lofty mountain peaks capped with banks of i snow and below a large and fertile valley I stretches to view People when industrious indus-trious and temperate cant help out be happy healthy and prosperousMILOZIP prosperousiIILoZn |