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Show REMINISCENCES OF OTHER DAYS Good one on Frank, Logan's "Banker," I And How it came I Home to Roost . A number of prcsons engaged In Hf' conversation the other evening re- 119' called a number of incidents of H other days, many of which wore very I Interesting. One of the stories was of such Interest then that wo I believe 15 will bear repetition here. I About twenty years ago B. F. Rlter, Joe Qoddara and Charles Frank were In the habit of perpetrating Jokes on M unsuspecting persons, and not Infre- qucntly on each other. At that time I Goddard was a clerk in the Z. 0. M. I. I at about 75 a month, Frank was I Cache Valley's banking Institution I and Rlter of course was in drugs. I Frank, who was a rather susceptl- I ble Scandinavian, had answered an I advertisement In an eastern paper, I agreeing to furnish a certain formula I for the making of liniment or medj- I cine of some kind that would cure H every disease known to medical I science, and finally Frank had paid I a the necessary sum to secure the form- H ula. Thinking he had the world by H the throttle, the new medical man H proceeded to mix up some of the truck H and offer it for sale. Of course some H of it went alright and about this time H Frank was having Visions or rolling in H wealth. H One day he received a telegram from H Brigham City calling for the lmmedate H delivery of two" gross'of his' famous Hfc Elixir of Life, and with heart all 4HL aglow and his visions of becoming a F' bloated bondholder growing bigger H with each step, he made a grand rush H for Riter's pharmacy. Ilere he flash- H ed his telegram and in a lordly way H called for a half ton of this, that and H the other decoction, and proceeded to H dispatch that two-dozen gross to H Brigham, collect. H In a few days he received a notlfica- tion that there was a box at the H Brigham express office, subject to his H orders, that there was no one there H who wanted any two dozen gross of his medicine, and that he had been H duped. -H Frank came down out of the clouds H like a ton of brick and immediately H cast around for the scour ce of his downfall. At that time Hezckiah H Thatcher was usually around the Z. H C. M. I. and had knowledge of the H scheme Rlter and Goddard had put H upon the banker for It was these H two, of course, who had managed to H get a bogus telegram to him so hav-H hav-H ing compassion on Frank he told him of the authors of his trouble and they H two put their heads together for a B Tcturn that would be ample. H TUB KKACTION. L In those days the big lottery scheme Hfc, at New Orleans was In full sway, and KT there were not a few dabblers at It In m the far west, Goddard and Rlter be-H be-H Ing of the number who had bought H certain fractions of a ticket that was placed In the hands of Mr. Thatcher as custodian and this put an Idea into his head. As it was ncarlng the time for the grand drawing to take H place at New Orleans ho conceived the idea of sending a bogus telegram B also Goddard to be the recipient. I So, on the day the drawing took place, Goddard received a dispatch fiom New Orlca'ns saying that his fraction was tho lucky one, and "U I he was entitled tp a certain portion I of the grand prize, amounting to not less than 930,000 Well, Joo didn't U do a thing but whoop and hollow; he 'I Jumped up und down and cried that I lie "knew it would come," ho "knew H It would come." Without taking B time to grub his hat, he whisked out I of the storo und made u fire depart- I ment dash for his wlfo und family. With tears of joy streaming down his face, he picked up Unit dear little B woman, pressed her to his heart time I and again, and finally told her of his btraonllrmiy good fortune. i AhII tho relator is to be believed, ' j?P"9t,(,ar(1 was fairly dairy. Ho made H another grand rush up to tho Z. C, M. H I,, and resigned his position. , i H r AH this time tho elder Mr. Thatcher was sitting around with a quiet grin ou his face, and Charles Frank was following Goddard around saying under his breath: "Oh, you vill sent mo a telegraph vlll you," "oh, you vlll, vlll you," and when Goddard God-dard in his Joyousncss began to spend large sums for fine furniture and house fixtures, Frank's cup of Joy was full to overflowing. If "revenge Is sweet" then Frank had ou as much sweetness as could be extracted from four car loads of beets but ho couldn't hold In. God-dard's God-dard's enjoyment of his grand prize was two much for the banker and he mentioned the old telegram he had received from Brigham City. . Joe tumbled In a minute and, oh what a fall It was a dull thud and no mistake.' mis-take.' It took three doctors and a surgeon to gut him in shape and It was four weeks before lie had nerve enough to venture before the public, This led to a discussion of Jokes in newspapers and the sometimes unlucky un-lucky termination for tho newspaper. Reference was made to a certain episode epi-sode in which the editor of this paper was subjected to a severe (?) treatment treat-ment for having permitted his pen to touch where It shouldn't and that reminds me of tho time when Cum-mfngs Cum-mfngs was publishing the old Logan Leader," said another. "A Mr.Daines had Just married a young lady by the name of Hatch, and after a long and complimentary notice of the occasion and the young people, lie wound itup with "we hope that thu union may Hatch out many Dalncs." "What happened around in that vicinity the next day was a plenty," said the story teUer, and most certainly one paper at least was stopped. This story is of a hat, uot a 'derby, panamal stravr, felt, or crusher, but one of the tall silk dicers, tho kind King Edward now Jifts from his hairless hair-less crown. The possessor of th" hat is a well-known well-known Loganlte.who has amassed considerable con-siderable of this world's goods since the time of the hat in question. At that time, this gentleman was but a young man and a recent comer to Zlon. He is of pure English stock, almost next to the throne and not a far distant dis-tant relatlonof the Immortal Shakespeare Shakes-peare at least tho pride he took in his wearing apparel at that time might Indicate this and even more. Having become a convert to"Mormon-lsm" to"Mormon-lsm" the young man must come to Zlon as a matter of course. Whether or not Zlon's attractions or stato of civilization had been misrepresented to him, he labored under the impression impress-ion that all were "gentlemen" and that In the matter of dress the Latter-day Saints In the far west must certainly not be less particular then in London where all respectable males wore the high silk hat. v Vi So before leaving the world's metro-polls metro-polls he Invested In one of these unfailing unfail-ing indications or a man's social calibre. cali-bre. In order that ho might create the very best impression on his brethren he "blowcd"hlmseir for one of the swcllcst of the swell, with box accompaniment and then sailed for America. ne nursed that hat all tho way over the briny dcep.gloatlngon tho impression impres-sion he would make on feminine hearts, and received his first jolt only when he reached St. Louis. Here he was invited to take charge of an ox-team ox-team and drive it 1,800 miles to the west. Although a tailor by tradc,and having never handled as much as a harnessed billy-goat, ho was gamo,and said he would drive.. Hanging that dearly beloved silk hat up to the top of the wagon, ho gave It a longing look and grabbed the reins. The untamed un-tamed steers hitched to the emigrant wagons were enough to tax tho skill of veteran teamsters but this plucky youth hung on possibly In tho hope of saving that hat. Tho teams raced over the barren wastes, through tho mountains and Into the southern plains of tho State and by this time that silk hat was a joko to the young Englishman. Weeks of hard driving had given him other thoughts, and the sights on his arrival eradicated any idea of the greatness of silk top pieces so with a smile he stored it away. Just at this time It was the avorago young man's hglhest ambition to possess pos-sess a wldc-brlmmcd sombrero punched punch-ed full of holes and decorated with bright lacing of most any material, buckskin leggings with un extravagant extrava-gant amount of fringe, a belt tilled with shooting Irons and an extraordinarily extraor-dinarily largo bandana handcrchlof used us a muillcr or cape around the neck. This was such a different condition condi-tion from that of tho young Englishman's English-man's thoughts when he left'Jils happy hap-py homo" on the other side, that ho laughed frequently, and finally that laugh developed Into a grin that meant CONTINUED ON VAQK 4. Story of a flat, . ! Continued from First page. . something. The young man had resolved, re-solved, and by-thc-way not a small resolution under tho circumstances. He resolved to appear In public In tho garb of an English gentleman and he did so. With an elegant suit of the llnest material, a lino light vest and his extravagant silk head-gear ho ventured to church services ono "Sunday "Sun-day evening. And everything was "oil" with the expounders of religious faith. The boys stared, the men stared, and the women old and young Just feasted their eyes, possibly not altogether with aftirobatlon and tho services were closed one hour and thirteen minutes earlier than usual. And then came tho dcnouuicnt. The young men rushed up as young men will and gazed at that hat, then tried It on, Just to sec how It felt. They rubbed their hands over his broadcloth broad-cloth suit and toyed with his watch and chain. Ho was tho cynosure of eyes and the object of all thought. Of course he got out of It allrlght but never dared wear that hat again. Instead ho willed It to tho amateur theatricals that were common at that time and the silk tile played an Important Im-portant part In more than ono" blood and thunder production ". It was handed down from one to another, and even now is said to bo an heirloom heir-loom of a certain prominent nctor. We can't vouch for t,hc last but feel sure no other hat had such an experience this side of the Atlantic. |
