| Show LORENZO PETERSON pope says an ali honest man is the noblest work of god abraham lincoln rose head and shoulders houlde rs above all the men inen of his time because of the perfect the absolute the sterling honesty in ill his makeup make up As a boy lie he walked two miles to carry a lady a quarter of a pound of ten tea which lie in had cheated her out of by mistake as a man lie he acted on the same principle of honesty any man who follows that principle through life may at lifes end bild have pronounced upon him the highest encomium that can call lit be pronounced over ones flier bier ile HP arns was an all honest man mail it is most refreshing in these days of if grafting and cheating and misrepresenting and substitution to hear bear men characterized as being men of honesty men who will give you a square deal men whose words are arc as good a as their bond we are not pessimistic we have hundreds of men of this character in box I 1 elder ida founts we only wish we had more of them this paper meddle it ID politics but it takes lakes a strong and definite stand on the subject of morality we would like to use all the influence at our command to make every man that reads our paper as honest as the day is long all this effusion and moralizing moral izing arises out of an all attempt to give a short to one of out our townsmen a humble carpenter rr we have never heard anyone say that lorenzo peterson was aught but an honest man mad many people have volunteered the information to lo us that lie he is an all honest man mail that lie will do as lie he agrees 0 yes some say that lie he will do a little better than lie a arees agrees rees such a reputation is cert certainly finly very enviable no one could desire desir bi lii glicr ter praise mr air peterson is now 43 years of age 0 and we trust that lie he may bear through the remainder of liis his life the same unsullied reputation mr peterson is one of brig hams foremost contractors and builders his father was wa s a cooper mid and lorenzo learned as a boy to shove the jack plane under un derbis jus tuition As a boy also lie he worked wa aked considerably on his fathers farm when 17 years of age lie he began his apprenticeship with our well known carpenter mr S A sackett for sixteen years he worked under and with mr Sacket tp which is in its way a tribute to both of these gentlemen ten years cars ago mr fr peterson began work on oil liis his own responsibility and many are the houses in bri brigham that are products 0 of f his I 1 workmanship during the present summer with its building boom on oil mr peterson is constructing one ting eight of our commodious homes in addition to several smaller jobs of repairing and making improvements ile he has held beld practically no public office unless the position of inspector of building of city electric light 0 plant which lie he held from the beginning I 1 er of excavation to the completion of the work be considered as a public position lie ile lias hits not desired to serve the public in any manner aside from the he service rendered in liis his daily vo cation mr peterson runs a small farm as a sort of byplay by play though he does no farm work himself owns no teanis teams nor carmil far farming mil implements lie ile bires all the work done pays himself wages for tours of inspection and yet says his small farm of forty acres yields him a splendid interest louisa johnson peterson helps lorenzo to bear lifes burdens and their six happy children contribute much to lifes joys they live in a very comfortable home on tile the corner of first south and fourth fast east and will be mightily surprised when they see this article in the lie box elder news we offer fiffer no apologies for it |
