Show NORTHERN ORTHE RN NOTE on monday night I left ogden for a trip through the north in consequence of an accident to a freight train at our P a enrin was delayed about two hours behind the re regular gular time of starting we had therefore to poss possess m our souls ill in pat patience t till ill about half past eight when the welcome toot toot to o o t were given and we were off through shady groves and pleasant vales we go without delay B by steam froin bolling water ai on the U A N Raff railway ivay we sped along through the tile twilight which soon deepened into d darkness ar kness passius willard brigham and r ame of the wrecked wreck ed cars near calls fort up the steep hampton Hain grade over alio summit down the incline into cache valley reaching logan abent ono one this a in tit hero wo ave changed our t team and soon were speeding on our iron way again the gars ers retired to rest and sleep the first station at which wo we arrived a after the break of day was ONEIDA a former terminus of the road it now contains something near souls who aro are scattered over a wide are area orthis of this section of the country leaving hero here we soon readied reached BELLE MAR MARSH 1311 which as the latter part of the name implies ia is a law wet swampy bottone botto nf nr and st stretches ret elies along about 12 miles distance the sun was now risen risen as also had broad sheets myriad of small noisome insects chic which i aphea appeared red to be a kind of agn mat at millions of them also al o arose in spiral columns and formed a singular spectacle as they ap appeared ear t to bask in the earl early y suns sunshine line on thelast the east side of this marshy balley runs an immense stretch cli of rock ledge which forms a wall and is is in many places almost perpendicular di still further east is a long range ofil of high g i bluela while still more remote an and d running I parallel with these hi iii the same sam ning direction i is a grand rand stretch of the wasatch ran range ge of the rocky mountains ahia which with the rocky peaks and towering heights of the mountains in the west renders the scene picturesque delightful and interesting to see and contemplate twelve e miles hither further travel brings us its to rendered famo famous lisor or infamous by lic the robberies of the mail coaches ahse depredations i were vere of frequent occurrence and were also accompanied compa nied sometimes by the loss of human life by the hands of the assassins lassins sas sins sins in this canon carlon in former years wo we had now left the marsh and the gnats behind u us s but we found the mosquitoes by way of a change had ta taken aen a en po possession session of this part art odthe of the country for sometime some time hey they made matters very lively for the passengers these ests ats came upon us in full force inserted their galli nippers into our necks faces and gild hands bands and drew copiously odthe of the life current from our veins veins w with ith which they gargled carcases alie fight which ensued for a time was a lively one but by our energy aided by time and distance Hs fance we vanquished our foes I BLACKFOOT was our next stopping Dg place it is 1785 miles fam from your city and is travelers real teal rat on the route for here we remaina remain thirty birty minutes for within mine ind host of the keenay howse lie ile was form erly a 11 cili citizen zell of ogdan and a IJ joint proprietor r ortho of alio koency house u in that town blackfoot lias has at present a population of several hundreds some few business houses people here also enjoy the luxury of a weekly newspaper tho tha Blackfoot register breakfast over wo we now commence our journey onward for miles when we reach I BEAVER CANYON the next stat station fort where the traveler can obtain refreshments and having hating partaken partaker par taken of the hospitalities of our host mr ir vannoy we corn coin indence to ascend the canon carion whose varied scenery on oil either side is of die wildest grandeur and magnificence cencel I large towering rocks like giant sentinels rear their lofty heads abnot almost perpendicularly hundreds of feet high and monster boulders seem to overhang our train as we e glide steadily along beneath their cra craggy gg bulks and which the merest berest accident might inight bring down upon us with such crushing force that would annihilate us hero here the iliad of man can contemplate the mighty forces which have caused such tremendous upheavals of nature hero man can view but it would seem not unmoved some of the marvelous Works of his creator and hero here the mind can call look through nature up to natures god and bow in humble reverence to that power which built and sustains iiii the universe MONIDA Is the summit of the re rocky c k moun tallis s it is 2838 mil miles es from og den and film from dillon aiss icess its altitude is feet it is also the dividing line between Afon montana taun and idaho territories you will perceive that honula Mo nula 13 is composed of two abbreviated worda words thus mon for montana and ida for idaho idalio I have bave neither time nor space to do more than to speak of but few of the numerous attractions that call forth our admiration as we pass rapidly along through pa pleasant basant valley spring hill red rock grayling etc nor can I at present speak k of the nature of the soil and raca I climate binate as wo emerge out of northern idalio into southern montana suffice it to say they are many maily and varied in their climate but I I must say I was very agreeably surprised to find the thel road bed of the t to utah L Nort northern heni railroad in such uniform good condition from the initial point in utah to its terminal point in IN montana A better or easier track I have never passed over in this country at tonight we steamed into DILLON of which place more anon 11 II DILLON billon MONT may 31 1881 i |