| Show HARRY C SMART ON DAYS OF OLD LD Hurry C Smart who U Is I the for Joseph mid amid William J Setter ff p pon on ton r 11 n Is n a 1 veteran In the amusement liu lm Hi 1 Mr th Ir r 8 rn it I mite ri itt hll t ti with iii th in III i it til 1 fib fI in i hi In I ii ih I busIness unit c of ot the tho Hall i aI I l bike uko ke Thea ter tei t I duping lila his hI YoU Vou will no doubt be Oe when whon I tell you OU that I t visited Salt Luke III In 1860 1350 M yeans ago 1110 said suld Mr III Smart I was WIS thou then 11 Ii yearn ear old had it home In Iii IO lIch Mich smith and a 1 good one and amid no 1111 mm rood good reason tor for leaving It ox ex except thin the disposition general with boys to 10 have hA e their own way wa iia to zee see things and do quick Well Sell I had my may myown own way arid not entirely to my Iny liking but I 1 hud It II I went veat t young man oman manlong long bug before Horace gave cave lila Ills famous I found ot at the known at Mt St Jo Joe Mo Mc IQ the thin Kr l dt unknown the Iha desert the wild animals II III and amid the wild willi men all 1111 of ot which timid whom I yearned to meet macut and great slur an occasion arise arle do ami nd die with them I met In iii St Joe a IL man who If It rny my memory corves me flue right was WIlM named Sharp he Ime henn hIa nn a a of ot experience and hall hail to 10 do with carrying mall crOll the to the Mormon lormon which had been planted midst In III It tIme the 11 by 1 y Young and his hl follower By fly persuading 1 sue stir In convincing Mr du Sharp that tha t I could be lie of or use uc to him on oit a jaunt of oC seams 2400 tOO miles mile he wan wait about to undertake to 10 Salt Lake Ial e and return tie lie suit Bult I OIl ILK mounted on oil a mule and amid the of o life lICe in IU lived with that mule wan itI H 14 f vivid that It 11 blots troll from my lily memory mon all nil other Incidents Incident of ot that journey you ou know WOI a mule humid lila his con contrariness hits liln his hi long list lIel of or u well thIs mauls mulu had cm all mind and then Ihen some of ot life lite us its lived I with mule blotted out and left heft blank memories of ot billowy billow grAM gra grown frown own plain sand BlInd shifting mm lIun blister blisterIng Ing lug deserts desert bitter waters witter sagebrush steppes snow capped peaks peak bounding buffalo bubbling babbling roaring river mind and roving red I men maim I only lived for tor forand and have remembered the struggles with that lint mule And Ant do you OU know my may experience with that mull mule multi he had much to t do ci 0 with iti tim fitting mo zoo for tor tile the battle bettle of ot the life ot or a J showman anti and association with the Ie of or found tOil 11 11 In the time ranks rank of ot this Ihla profession with which my fly life lire has hal been associated My y memory of ot Salt Seit Is Ii dim anti and Indistinct a little fly 11 speck II ck on a c world of ot wilderness The rime walls around the time Church properties up yonder yond 81 that still stand today must mut have hae been there In iii 1850 for tor they IhlY are lire the most mOlt distinct of oC my roy recollections recollection of ot Salt Lake Mem Memo Memories oriel arias of that mule kept me mime east elUt of ot the theM M until ninth the railroad made mad Its 1111 tn way Wit across the continent and travel traveling ing shows how Mme come Into Inlo existence Then I hewn began to In make mok frequent visits to 10 your city I brought hero here Denman Thomp son lon Jeffreys I OlIO flee Knight and teeny many other othmer attractions Salt Sail Is II today latin arid And hiSs ha been over ever sInce Inre I have known It the heel patron of nr amusements of nC tiny any An city ell of oC like pop imp In tn this the country and far ar better belt r titan than some sonie of oC much larger population 1 There here Is I a II r m for tor this thill Theatricals particularly those thole of ot the Utter bitter I class cl have ever over encouraged In your city Ill there has lias h never to 10 my knowledge been any hostility of or churches to 10 the diversions In fuel timot my may Inform then Is I that the time Mormon Church oom mends not condemns them Then time tilt local here hiss ban Always Illas b tim n respectable and aim l responsible which was wart not the time ease case in many places previous to 10 toa toa a decade ago What do I think of oC th the theatrical trust truit tru tt what changes hAS hns It II brought to tho tIme business anti and have ha they been bene beneficial I would say a tho time changes brought about largely by hy the syndicate are ninny timid and on time the whole highly In Iii n a it f s nenie sense most mOlt and I think the artistic an tee II Pact peet of ot the tIme business s has hai h been od oti Anti And hind hall It 11 not been lItell en tar for time the bud b faith of oC others I might 1111 ht Ilk my amy friends law I have been a benefactor tor tar R a patriot nod a l patriarch I for tor my amy profession wall itoh I J am ama nl glad KI I the honor fell tell to them for COl they are Aro a f pair of ot One flue fellows oven ovon If it there timers are art some who pro less fees te not to 10 like them |
