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Show ; . W Editor Gibson has a Warm Spot in his Heart for J. W. Carpenter. Springville Independent. Joseph W. Carpenter was one of the most unique characters in Utah. St. Goorge's isolated position tended to develop de-velop and bring out in him every ingenious ingen-ious trait, in the struggle to secure in that out-of-the-way locality all the necessaries of life and some of the luxuries. lux-uries. In spite of all his varid occupations, occupa-tions, Mr. Carpenter never become wealthy, and would not do so had he an income of $1,000 a month. He would spend it all in devising new machinery with which to aid the march of civilization. civil-ization. The writer hereof spent nearly four months in Mr. Carpenter's employ, and was for most of that time a member of his household. We always found '-Joe" a kindly-hearted man, ever cheerful, and do not remember having seen him angry in the four months. Joe's principal prin-cipal business then was that of printer, but his shop was always encumbered with spinning wheels and baby carriages car-riages which had been left there for repairs. re-pairs. Every nook and cranny contained con-tained watches, guns and jewelry which he intended to some day repair. The man who read proof on Joe's "Union" was supposed to know the difference dif-ference between the impression of a letter and that of a watch pinion or wheel. To Mr. Carpenter probably belongs the honor of being the greatest scrap book fiend in Utah. In his library was a ton or thereabouts of old papers carefully care-fully preserved, all of which he was to cull and work up into the volumes of miscellaneous information so dear to scrap book makers. Brass band instruments in-struments hung on the walls, and a family of accordions cuddled down be-tweeu be-tweeu heaps of song books and stacks of reports from the government printing print-ing office at Washington. Joe had been a choir leader and attempted to teach us to sing, but only desisted when he learned that the process was not taken kindly to by his neighbors. Joe's library contained volumes in Chinese, in Greek, Latin, Spanish, German, Ger-man, and in the now" obsolete Mormon alphabet. That portion of his establishment- would be a treasure house for the State Historical society. The Independent man wishes Mr. Carpenter abundant success and prosperity pros-perity wherever he may locate, and hopes he will in the future pay more attention at-tention to money-getting than to new mechanical devices. The writer will always remember the day's spent with the genial Joe in Sunny St. George as among the most pleasant in the time of his wanderings in guest of hesith and fortune. |
