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Show A Ramble in the North. Salmon City, Idaho, July 19th, 1S79. Editors Merald: To-day I crossed the mighly Salmon River and found tbe end oi tbe road for teams. A monster mountain stands impenetrable acro1 your path, eave only by a packer' trail. The rushing, roaring stream washes the base of ibis mountain and rushes on to the unknown. There ia a little town of tho usual concomitants of a frontier burg. The irrepressible pioneers Methodist school and parson, are here. Tbe town was placarded announcing announ-cing tho coming of Belle Douglas and ber troupe. The "Serious Family" and the "Fool of the Family" were ihe nroposed viands for the dramatic (east. Napper, Wilton and Murphy are the cherished histrionio namea. Prof. Kennicott resigned his musical notes at Butte in favor of the mercantile mercan-tile one, aa a bookkeeper of a bank their established. Iu a beautiful suburban sub-urban retreat, ten miles out of town, ivere encamped, near a limpid stream, these heroes and beroinea of tbe sock and buskin, awaiting the passage ol the intervening Sabbath true economy, besides so pleasant The music of tbe stream, the hum ol the mosquito, lent active charms. Oue other feature of interest to tbe town was tbe arrival of a pronounced murderer, named King, of one named McLane, done in Bonanza, over wine, women, and no wealth. The expectant visit of Bishop Tuttle of the Episcopal church is -much talked of and eagerly looked forward to, He stands a pillar of his ohurcb . and ita conservative policy. i I had hoped to have reached Challis, 160 milea from heie, I cbd procure no guide even for a horseback ride, hence must forego. Uncla Sam in nrnfnap in hia neistal (avorB. None need them more than these western pioneers, and tbe places ot deposit of mailing matter is somo-time somo-time unique. I noticed by the side ot the road an oil can elevated on a post and an enquiry found it was a place to post letters that some utitquious mail driver or postmaster would take out and forward bs directed. Bleas Uncle Sam. Twenty miles on the back track brings us to the hotel. At the table d'hote I am promised a feast on a salmon of twenty-five pounds weight. These gentry of tbe finny tribe jump and make obeiBance as you pasB their sylvan retreat. At a cost of $1 you can enjoy the steaks of these brain-giving brain-giving denizens. Nor are you deprived de-prived of the steaks of the deer, if you will only Nimrod yourself over the bills in quest thereof. The tramp relieves the monotony once in a while, as well as your larder, and presses on in queBt of fields and pantry new. He Bays there are bo , many more workers than work that he deepaira of ever finding employment. employ-ment. One I saw got a good breakfast, break-fast, waa invited to the woodpile, sawed one stick ofl and passed on, Too much work. On Saturday next I hope to be seated in one of the Utah and Northern North-ern Railroad's luxurious Belf-adjuBt-ing chairs, on my way Utahward, lor tbougb my back has been turned on bor a few weeks, yet I aet my face for her again. To do this I must pass over again the slaughter ground of Bix persons, the scene of the demolition and burning of tho Holy-don Holy-don freighters' train in July, 1877.. I shudder as I contemplate the scene. What a feast of canned fruits these fiends must have had, made more i fiendish by the contents of the barrel ol whioky, whoso bead they quickly stove. I reached Kamas, the present terminus of the Ulah and Northern Railroad. I ride 160 miles in twenty-four twenty-four hours; but what of this? I have seen the elephant some and learned lo love Utah more. I had a pleasant ride with a Jehu named Tborne of the same type and shadow of your own Tborne of pleasant pleas-ant memories of the boards of Salt Lake City. From -him I learned there waa an aristocracy of "the whip." He thinks the reins and silk are sometimes entrusted to anoba in the art of divine driving in these degenerate days. I was indebted to bia excellent driving one entire night and safely lauded at Junction City. Adieu, dear Thome, may you drive a four-in-hand team for ever. D. 0. |