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Show pm ra PAGES VOL. L NO. 304. OGDEN HOARY LONDON FAKES THAT FOOLED AMERICANS ?A -- g IL r That the Famoua Flat Street of Henry VIII. and Cardinal Kl Kind Vat Travallng Amaneana oa They Do at tha Old Curiosity Described. Flaca Wondered at aa a Forman Pal Woolael" Waa Navar Anything of tha Spend a Let o Money Thera, Juat Shop, Which la Not the Ono Dickena ' Uold-smi- P th pew-lik- time-honore- ' Hal. (Ooprrifht, 1904, by Curtis Brown.) And, though It seems a pity to upert Not long ago a Arm Oct SO a pleasing tradition, If, investigation waa official fares laaa tlgatfcn or mora proves that while The Old Cheshire into tha hlatory of tha pirtur- - Cheese In afreet, Fleet may have been caaoa Fleet aueat barber ah op that for visited Dr. Samuel Johnson, tt alhsa beefr described by ha pro most by oortainly waa not one of bla faof prietor aa "formerly tba Palace vorite haunts and not the scene of bla Cardinal and VIII. Wolaey. Hamy and famoua symposia with Boswell findTha lareatl gating oommitteee Oliver Goldsmith. Yet probably nine ings" Juat have bean made public, and out of every ten Americans who visit they prove concluslve'y that tha place London make a point of either lunch-lu-g saver waa a palara at all and that or dining at the Cheese' In oraer d aoverlgn saithar the to see Johnson's seat there, Juat aa prelate aver lived nine tar bla much-tria- d out of every ten pay vlalta to and there. Increase the revenues of Tha Old an uncommonly intereetlng Thli la of Shop" and the "Jalai Curiosity of maana It berauae that development, VIII. and Cardinal Woluey. tha three London eatabllahmenta that Henry So far aa the Old Curosity Shop" la Americana practically aupport because has they believe them to be Interesting eoucerned. Inquiry proves that it with tha paaf two are absolute not. even the shadow of a claim to bo jinks -And It baa been pointed out a Dickens relic. Concerning thia point fakes. fa the London pros only rerenilydh.'h tha writer was told by a grandson of while the third of those phu.Ha baa real tha late nnvellat that not only waa the claims to historic interest, ita right to Lincolns Inn shop spurious, but that home of Little of no exa' t original of the distinction on tha strength whleh it has been a gold mine to lu Nell ever existed. Afid this Informant much-marrie- T, B . SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER year wholly at the tavern I And if it la true that Moawell fails 10 mention the Cheese because he never went there with Johnson, what of the following paragraph which is to be found In the to this introduction volume? We can see Johnson In hia favorite seat, mouthing and talking as who should say. 1 aa Sir Ora, Is. sad wlien 1 ope my mouth let no dog berk, and there Boswell may lie sen. with eyes fixed leverentlally on me Kan, drinking in every one of hie word to serve as material for that umlylug life of u I All who are 1 uteres ted quency with which Juhnaon is supposed to have visited the Chrelre linos and that a rather discreditable one can be found to connect the lexicographer with the place. Thia la one Cyrus Jay, who perpetrated A small volume of reminiscences in H13, or a quarter of a century after the death of Johnson. And sevJay merely claims to have kuown eral old gentlemen wlm used to meet Johnson at the t'Wpire Cheese. Hia value si a witness, however, caa be Sheared when It la said that hla Ut year seems to have beea devoted lo the consumption of gin and water, which finally killed him. Even Baedeker refers to Johnson a Cheshire chair at the alleged And although the Johnson Cheese. Club, which la composed of admirers of the lexicographer, bolds its annual dinner at tha Cheese." it la, ao the clubs secretary states, because the pine really la tha last of the auclsut London taverns, and not because of Ita supposed conection with Johnson. Whether or not. however, Dr. John son was a visitor to the Cheshire Cheese, them la on particularly Ironic circumstance In connection with American patronage of the tavern. And that la tha fact Dr. Johnson hated Americana i am willing to love all mankind except an American. Boswell make him my In conversation with Miss Seward. And when the Indy raplled, "Sir. tula thei we aw always ia an Instance moat violent against those whom w have Injured." the lexicographer waa, Boswell continue, irritated etlll mors, and roared out another tremendous might fancy could volley which on be heard acrosj the Atlantic." However. at ewch tlmv tha Irascible Doctor said a goad deal mare than he meant. HAYDEN CHURCH. w In conserving Cm-gras- latter- -bend. Earb section will be conducted by a Chairman who will be recognised ns an eminent nuthnrity in bln line, which insures a thorough expositltm of the respective subjects through the presentation of papers, addresses, and dfarns-xlo- n by the most eminent men inter-eoteIn forestry. Irrigation, climatology and thrir correlated subject. It is confidently predicted that the Homing Luugiiat wm lie luma login uisirucuve null euie naming inns any PEOPLE Gongraa o o Wiuch ng propound it lbs waswru liwiropulit of lu Lua mar emm, uu uu uio buiari Ad Enao, Feb oohxkoiv main. whici AMEBICAXI PAX TO BEE. fm Bavdfkw Dasnlbm It as AltoM. ail Thn Ia Xt fact Tkas tka lozicusr.rear Brq NOT MENTIONED BT BOSWELL. To folk who have thrilled at tha alght of Johntons chair and comer at the Cheshire Cheese it may aeera almost like sacrilege to question the But tha genuineness of these "relics. lacV remains that while there ia only one reason for believing that Dr. Johnson may have visited the Cheese occasionally, there era quite a number of them for assuming that he was not one of Its steady customers and that it was not the scene of hia cauaeriea with Boswell and Goldsmith. The burfor several years ly philosopher-di- d live only a short distance from tha tavern. He had a house lu Gough square, which is at the end of another of the quaer little alley leading out of Fleet street, of which Wine Office court, where the Cheese stands, ia another. Consequently he may bnva gone there sometimes. But if he went there 0 often and ant in the same place so regularly that hla wig smudged the wall, why la It that Boswell, who recorded almost every aiovement of hla idolized pairon and who is supposed to have gona there with him), makes 00 mem km of the fact? Bossy goes into details about the Fleet street taverns which he and Johnson and occasionally Goldsmith visited, but he says nothing And about the Cheshire Cheeso. what la rather striking, neither do two the doctors other biographers Hawkins and Crocker. From Boswell one would gather that the Queen's Arms Tavern, which used to stand In 8L Panls churchyard; the Cock Tavern In Fleet street and tha Eaaex Head, close by, were steady haunts of Samuel Johnson, and that hla favorite hang out waa the old Mitre, also in the street of newspapers. For here it was that, as his he nays, Indefatigable biographer loved to alt up late, and often made The Mitre by head ache with port wan. In fact, the scene of Boswells first anpper with Johnson, at which, He called out as the disciple says: to me with warmth, Give me your And hand, I take a fancy to you. Boswells account leaves little or no doubt that it was at the Mitre that Cohtamith and 8!r Joshua Reynolds ao often Joined them. Nathaniel Hawthorne knew this and, when In London, he made a point to Mitre, which dine at the modern stand near Temple Bar on the site of the ancient inn. SOME CONTRADICTIONS. In thin connection. It la rather natural to turn to the eomrwhat laudatory volume about lbs Cheshire Cheese which the visitors thereto have the privilege of buying and an ace what it has to any. The result is rather amusing. The tavern 'a press agent baa to admit, of course, that Boswell doesnt but he gets mention the Cheese, around It by declaring that hia biographer did not meet Job neon until the latter was an old man, or, la other words, until after he had left off visiting the Cheese But a few pages oa. Sir Walter Beaant, another believer In legend, la quoted to the effect that Dr. Jounaoa spent the. evening of hla last . f'w nm mm uaiEi imsp intt L Imuv R Wm Im Avtusa f lbs kM. c truer la open to a TD tha thousands lot of doubt, of Americana who have visited and palroulxed the quaint little waste paper establishment In Portsmouth street, Lincolns Inn Fields, that la called "The Old Curiosity Shop Immortalised by Charles Dickens, It may be rather a shock .to hear that Ita proprietors assurances to tha contrary notwithstanding the building la no mora the one where Little Nell and her grandfather H veil than the Fleet street barber shop 1 a former residence of Bluff King -- g, 1a I A LACE. claimed to have bees a AMrims rstsaisi Iks rtsss m cs'led my Attention to a definite atale- meat by Charles Dickena the younger which settles the matter for all time. Thia waa once made In the course of an English magazine article and runs aa follows: With mere unintelligent and unsupported fable I do not Intend to trouble myself with the absurd credulity, for Instance, which Induces some travelers to believe that the house In Portsmouth street, Lincoln! Inn, which baa In some Inexplicable way come to be labeled aa the Old Curiosity Shop, ha anything In the remotest degree to du Xnt.Ttossss the fake ttiiiositt shop" iu livcolit tax field. CUto Be tks (Ms "liMilM m castas vucm"- Dm cases Um. a ut j Ogdan, Oct. 25, 1904. Supplementofflcial call fur tha ing the National Irrigation El Texas, at Paws I would rail upon tha paopla of Utah to respond aa they always have dona, by sending their most representative and enthusiastic Irrigators - aa delegates, that they may aid In making tha El Paso congress tha best of them all. When we reflect how much good has already resulted from the Eleventh Congress, held at Ogdan, it is not too much to any that the El Paso Congress will surpass all previous congresses held, aa a new element will be introduced, especially from the .Soutbara states, whiah section baa on aeeouat of Its rice fields, a deep interest aa wJ aa the regulation of lu rivers, by tea holding in check and reserving the flood water at the heads of the Missouri and tha Miaalaaippl riven. El Paao ia making a supreme effort and thia congress ia aura to have International Importance, aa tt will lu all probability bring up International question lu tba settlement of waters of Ih Rio Grande. The citizens of El Paso are now erecting a hall specially for tha congress and are raising large sums for entertaining their visitors. I am advised that tba delegates front Utah consideration will receive marked Inasmuch a they were our guest s a year ago, and they feel and are anxious to reciprocate and ahow tia that inspired by our doings they will not only try to emulate, but excel na If we have at Ogtien succeeded to obtain recognihave tion, and our puny effort dona this much as to inspire all the arid country which la manifested by State Irrigation Congresses held and patterned after us, how much must be and will be arcomplUhud at El Paao, Texas. where we will nil be received n southern hospiwith ibelr a tournatality and will be treated to for which ment of oratory and debate, the south is celebrated, and which will and reclamation keep Irrigation, storing the floods and preserving the forest in the van. na the now foremost question before the American public. We of Utah should have a brilliant Hotel and numerous represent tion. facilities and entertainment will be first class, the railroads also making low excursion rates. The Colorado Southern will, ao I am informed, place at least two Pullman rare at our disposition and If necessary will give us a special train. Now let us all pull together and make a good showing, beeping ever hi view that Irrigation means more to Utah than anything else. Respectfully yours. FRET) J. KIESELl Member of National Executive Com mlttee from Utah. Twelfth Cou-gre- . e'en-know- National Irrigation The Twelfth TexCongress will be held at El Paao. as. Novea.bcr 15th to 18th, Inclusive, line ui uid Mexico, is maxing prepm-guufor largest uongrawt ui point 01 atteauauce, winch nave aver UsML general committee of iu ablest ciUxeim, supported by the unanimous program, tor tha eutoruuuniuui ui tint too deiegaUL which would requite large g apaue to prim In Uu Call, but la so unique la cuaiacier as ui be in-- lr resting aud enjoyable to alL A eotuprchenalv exhibit uf tits pro-- - Irrigation In various phases will b shown, which will include mechanics aud alectriaal machinery aud VJfOlIj Ll OUl OX Retail Business apfiU-anee- Ample hotel aceommodattona ras be assured to every delegate. baas Special railroad rates have mad to apply from all parts of tha United State to this Congraaa, tba ret being the lowest ever made to any convention. Apply early to your nearest railroad agent, so as to Insure tha raise being made applicable from your auction. All newspapers and other pnbling-ttoare earnestly requested to give wide publicity to this Official Call, and to impress upon their readers tba far of thia Con reaching importance grew. The Vtacprealdeoi gad memtor of the Executive Commirtee for each State are urged to make tha provision of thia Call aa widely known aa pns elhle, and Insure the largest possible delegation from their respective Statee. Every state In the Union la vitally and directly Interested in the subjects to be diaruiiead in .the coming Congress. In the various Sections, Information will bo dlvpemwd regarding the Increasing of production by Irrigation lu tha Atlantic St etc as well as lu tha Pacific sartlou: forestry problem la New England, and aloug the Appalachian Chain, aa well aa along the Rockies and Sierras: engineering applied to protect from tlia dev ml I loo by floods; drainage of the submerged aresa; directing and conducting tha watsr to Its moat benefice! use; climatology, with aiMvlal reference to the service of the Weal her Bureau throughout the Halted States, and rural with special reference lo tbs disposition of The Surplus Man TUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, By C. B. BOOTH, Chairman. H. B. MAXSON. Secretary. GENERAL COM. AT KL PA BO. By W. W. TURNEY, Chairman. A. W. GIFFORD, Secretary. Approved: W. A. CLARK. Praririent A Member Executive Committee. Being crowded for room, we are compelled la close out ot r retail stock, sad after January 1st will dungs our entire attention to ths manufacturing department and tell our goods at wholesale, and for this icasoa we am ottering $20,000.00 worth of imported Knit Uontba of all kinds, to Ut retail trade at lass than wholesale prices. Eve ns rythtag Going at Cost Remember tha plaao UTAH ffOBKS KNITTING 2354 Washington Ar., Ogdsa. TOOTH TALK . settla-gnen- Make Teeth Crown Teeth Fill Teeth Extract Teeth L The Best Kind of And guarantee all wot to b ntrietty s. Why should you pay others a a big tea whsa you caa get walk at ths following low prices: first-clas- flrst-olaa- Full Set of Teeth $5.00 22-- k Gold Crowns 5.00 . tooth. &00 Bridge Work, per Silver Filling .50 .50 Painless Extraction Gold Filling $1 and up. Consult ua. Wa wUl ADVISE YOU p. ax FREE. Hours: S a. aa. to Sunlaya, U a. m. to I p. a. Economy Boston Dental You caa find la la ths aaisctloa of a butcher of known ratiabil Itv. Everything that leaves our market Is rcacUy as rapreaeat-c- d. If It's not, or youre dlasat-beflewith your purchase, your money" bank and tha goods are oura. Come la and gsi bettor acquainted with our meat market d Parlors A. LWEATHERBY Wholesale and Retail Butcher. OGDEN. 245S Wash. Ava 2441 Wash. Are. (Over Brownings), Y . When You Want Your the Farthest Dollars In Clothes Buying come bere, where the greatest values ever offered in Mens Btylish clothing can be had Here you will find represented all the new styles, fabrics and patterns in Mens and Young Mens Autumn x vSmtsand Overcoats A f Select your new Fall togs today it will be a wise thing to do, as our style assortment is now atTfft'bcut. Well be careful that you get just whai ydifvjvant aud that the, clothes fit you perfectly, before leaving the store. Heres just a hint of some of .the extraordinary values awaiting your inspection: H-- style, mada of Cheviot g gnfi Tweeds in fancy pnt rn MENS SACK SUITS, g manner;' regular new colorings; brautlfully lined and finished throughout la strictly IM Ita ( only g IHMlStlilMug (ll g,g elngle-breaMwf- l' high-cias- $15 and style made of fine Chevl-ite- , Tweeds, and MEN'S SACK SUITS, Worried In farhlonnble patterns hi tfae new brown and grey colorings: nrtinttnally lined and throughout; $11 would be the right price for them that's what they ask at other stores for ti.i eea a mm See Vee ffll quality; our price only eesoaeeis single-breaste- double-breaste- d hand-tailore- d ai ttiitsia ' $15 MEN'S FALL SUITS hi n greet variety of atylse. to all the most fashionable fabric of the finest Imnew patterns and colorings. Every garment shows the highest ported and domestic weaves. In all the cUm workman whip and could nut be equalled under $35 by a good custom tailor, nor enuld yon buy ... ,,, sa. suits st other atoms tha equal of these under $J2.50; our price only ... ... 14. All who are interested in conserving the great natural resources uf the habitable ths country extending area increasing the products of the land Insuring greater stability of prosperous conditions making occutha pations upon ths land attractive comextension of internal trade and merce, and a wider knowledge of a great econenfic movement which has fm-- ita ultimata object tha upbuilding of au empire within the borders of great' nation, are invited to attend this n u ; j gras. tha great natural resources of the Congress The organization of thia Congress will ha as follows: Tha wrmanvnt officers of tha Coo-wincluding the Chairmen of the Sectinns Members of tli United Statee Senate and House of Ucirwenttlvaa. Governors of Slates and Territories Embassadors Ministers and other rapresautaUves of foreign nations and colonies. Members of State and Territorial Ir. rlgaliun CuumistJons Tau delegates, to be appointed the Governor of each that and Terri-by tory. Four delegate to be appointed by the Mayor uf each city of mure than 25.000 population. Two delegates to be appointed by ilia Mayor of each city of lea than 25.000 imputation. Two drlegates, each duly accredited 2 ay Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade. Commercial Club or etber commercial body. Two di legatee, each duly accredited by any regularly otganlzed Society of Engineers. Two delegates each duly accredited F any agricultural college, or or university having n chair collage of engineering, forestry, or other subject related lo the general DariKMte of the Congress It fa respectfully suggested that In tha appointment of delegates persons should be selected ho are sincerely Inter eatixl in and purpose attending the Congress, and that appointment be made aa early as pomdbla Please have full name and poet office address of delegates mailed to Executive Chairman, 12th N. I. s. Kl Paso, Texas, that they may receive special Information which will be mailed to daiegnta not later than October Mh, 1204. The work of the Con grans has been ao greatly enlarged through tha Interest in matters pertaining to Irrigation, that tba Executive Committee have docided to systematise tha work of tha next Congress according to the provisions In Articles S and 6 of our Constitution; consequently the work of the 11th Congress has been divided Into five Motions, their titles and chairmen being shown oa thin 1F ss ducts of Irrigation will be Installed the great Conreatiun Hall. pacUlly cmistrurted for this Con- - as Perhaps It Is rather signlfirani, too. that despite all tne diary writing .hat waa done In Ihna days and of the fre- GUI! PRICE FIVE CENTS 1904. 1W4. hla" Cheese, only one 30. The Twelfth Natiuual Irrigation Congress will be hel l at Kl Pain, Texas. November 15th to lath. Inclusive, g with the story. Parhaps it fa only Juat to add that tha Shop, thuugh In no way connected ifh Dickens. Is really quite old. There being reason, in fact, to bed eve that It datea back to tha reign of Charles II. WHERE JOHNSON SAT. Tha Americana who borrow through the little Fleet street alley known aa the In which Wine Office Court Cheshire Cheese stands and, ensnm-ae- d e In Ita seats, d dishes, partake of the are shown not only I)r. Johnaona former chair" but his favorite corner, with a smudge on the wall behind it produced, supposedly, by the g.'case from the great leiirogrspfk-- i trig. The corner teat la marked wltfi a brass tablet which distinctly states that Dr. Samuel Johnaqa waa in the habit of sitting there, and as every'oiie knows, the old legend la to the effort that he' with hla faithful satellites. Goldsmith and Boswell, used to be among the beat customers of tha place. la tha summer month the Cheshire Cheeoe hardly can accommodate all the transatlantic folk who want to ant where Dr. Johnson did. Moreover, few such customers escape without inIn the many vesting rather heavily souvenirs of the place which are 0:1 books Include which and sale, giving lu history, postcards, beer which cost leas ILna five rents pipes, niatth safes and severs! other things; all. of course, bearing pin urea of the Cheese. The present writer doe not pretend lo know what thia tavern makes every year out of Its American patrons, but when Ita present proprietor acquired the place some thirty years ago It coat him $100,000, and the valuation which he now puts upon it la said to be $200,000. Cheshire Cheese Wonh inorlraa Patronage, Too, Han Mada tha OldClaim to Interest la Probably a to Ita Owner, Though its Chief Myth Doubtful If Dr. Johnson Ever Visited the Place Regularly and .Almost Certain That It Waa Not tha Beene of Ilia Uuuta With and Boswell Not iirntlo ad by the latter in Hia Life, Though He Uuaa Into Detalia About Other Fleet Street Tavern a. $20S,-OO- . CITY. 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