Show editorial correspondence fortt FORT BRIDGER I 1 monday may ad 1864 41 j leaving Coal villu villo in a most quiescent state and prosperous condition at ata 5 p arn rn your correspondent pursued his journey by stage to this place of very special import boccut red to enliven tho the trip always excepting the fact that I 1 found the fasci fascinating fascination r mustering merln officer from camp douglas on the stage wrapped in au an inanity of buffalo robes and blankets blanket aad and winning most benignantly between tho jolts ot ol oar vehicle on the road we ne passed a largo number dumber of ox trains belonging to the church wending their toilsome way to the missouri river to boar bear back the new prose pros lyles elIes of mormonism from europe the trains this year are not so large or numerous as those of last year not more than three hundred wagons leaving the city while last spring pring five hundred were wen sent by the faithful we also passed several trains of a half dozen wagons each bearing from the land supposed to 1 flow with milk and honey boney a number of families who disgusted with salt lake mor monism had apostatized and rejoined the Josell josephitis bites poor as they undoubtedly were and hard as appeared their lot they seemed to be happy in the thought of getting out of utah and bick back b ick home 1 indulging the fondest anticipations of the joys awaiting them in illinois the new canaan towards which they now bent their tardy steps just so they probably looked forward to tho the paradise ioe a awaiting waiting them by the great lake of salt ly when lien coming hither ion long years agone 11 with wife and little ones they matched day by day across tho the burning plain so it is ever as the poet irith hith said man never is but always to 0 o be bi blessed ossea speaking of milk and lioney honey reminds me as uncle abraham is wont to say one day shortly after my advent into utah I 1 queried of a shrewd and somewhat worldly saint how bow it came that abat they so BO often when abroad saoko of utah whose arid plains and alkali deserts were so difficult of cultivation atalic as jho land lowing flowing with milk and honey with a 13 point to the surrounding hills bills ile he called my liotine to fair probably maidens driving drivie down the aoi cows s for the evening dairy work there said he be it is behold the milk flowing down tho the hill and behind it the blooming maid typical of I honey 11 cows conns and lasses the veritable representatives of milk and honey our land abounds in these things we thought we could see sec the point and let that chap pass since then we never contradict the assertion that utah fills the scriptural saying to return once more nothing more serious occurred than the breaking of a kingbolt king bolt at the rise of a 10 lonehill lony n hill the only consequence was wh what it wo we find too often in society y between nun man and wife a little separation a gentle un coupling but no very serious break down our coach co icci like many a blooming bloo bolog I 1 widow was speedily hod and easily re coupled and nd what the driver joined together gether tog no man or accident after put asunder we to wit the fascinating and jovial companion nho was ivas benton bent on mustering that man into the service and your correspondent arrived fadely at bi adger about noon of saturday last the fort looks fine at t this season of the year many improvements have been m aade ade since my last visit isit the splendid cavalry and Q M stables are completed new fences are being be ing constructed in rear of the officers quarters and in front a row of shade trees has been planted by major gallagher Galla glier post commandant the season is ig not so jar far advanced h here L re as in tho the valle valley y in in i consequence of the greater altitude yet the grass is springing up and already the range furnishes furni hes good feed for the stock ollile the parade ground is covered with U ith a new nev mantle of fresh spring grass notwithstanding the fa fatigue 0 of f an all night coach ride we ia could not resist the fas fascinations cina I 1 of a ball in the evening given in honor of officers of co al and 2nd caa C V which fine company 1 was as oi 01 the eve of departure for camp dougl don 9 I 1 is a and nd sont southern bern utah the T h a ten en was given given in tho the hospital it tal wardroom war droski a striking on the salubrity of tho the climate theio being be T not a single inmate in tho building eve everybody in the fort being in a high state of health good to temper toper moreover tb the c scene of our and od enjoy enjoyment pent happiness furnished a fine opportunity for the aforesaid mustering official who you know is such a funny fellow to gravely lemark that this was indeed a practical illustration of tho hospital aties of stidger 11 on being remonstrated with by the commanding officer and sympathizing companions our filand begged to be pardoned he be coul dInt really help it but hoped that by the morrow he be would find that man 11 when his energies would be devoted to official duties and pleasantry be laid aside iris ills contrition was so evident that grieving at the depravity of human nature no mo more re was said wo ile were suran aed it at the extent of the womanly WOM society of bridger the fair ones actually outnumbered nambe red us lords of creation even as they outrivaled out rivaled led us in grace and beauty and there were always eight couple on the floor the music was good tu two 0 violins a guitar and a banjo badjo and the hours flew by rapidly until near 12 when the approaching sabbath broke up the scene today to day monday co M capt G F price andrieu tenants conrad and weed took their departure before leaving the company was drawn up in line on the parade ground and briefly and affectionately tiona tely addressed addi cased essed by major gallagher Gallag ber 3rd ard infantry under whose command they have baic so ion long been at this post the men nic aie universally sorry to leave bridger although an anxious bious for more active duty thin simply garrisoning evon even so pleasant a post as this The stages from the east are each day loaded to their utmost capacity and we are arc therefore blockaded at bridger As there seems no prospect of any 11 let up 11 major gallagher kindly proposes to send us its mr munk paymasters clerk jocelyn and your correspondent in an ambulance on the morrow this NN ill lake us three or four days to make the trip to salt lake but well probably hac ha c to try it there is rimy now left at bridger cr only company I 1 ad infantry C V lt kittredge commanding on the whole our trip has been a delightful one and for the courtesies kindnesses and unremitting attentions shown us by major G and all tho the officers at the post we cannot but ever be grateful bridger continues to maintain its reputation as tho the most hospitable aud and pleasant post on the ni estern side of the continent long may bho bhe wave I 1 |