Salt Lake Times | 1890-07-17 | Page 6 | Getting Information in Samaria

GettlnK Information In Samaria, I am freo to confess that I did not meet the proverll good Samaritan as I journeyed through this much favored country. If one ments a tiller of the soil he will sidle oil as far as the narrow path will allow, and scowlingly watch the traveler's approach. The offer of a piaster will bring him to a standstill. "How far is it to Nam?" "God knows," comes the fervent answer. an-swer. "How long will it take to go there?" "As long as Ood pleases," he answers, with a shrug of his shoulders and a pull at his pipe. "Shall I reach there by noon?" "If Ood permit." "But may I hope to make the distance in an hour?" "As God may direct," he answers, walking away. "Is Naiti distant, or is it very near?" "There," he answers, moving his linger through a wide arc If one extracts a more neighborly spirit than this from a Samaritan he must have the mysterious power of a dorvish. Century.