Show THE mm WE UY IN the well known lecturer relates an incident which occurred own observation which will illustrate the ignorance 0 the average american in regard to the scenic attractions of his own country A party of americans were traveling in europe and while mailing a trip on the chine mot a gentleman whom mistook for a german to him they enlarged on the attractions of tho valley and of the continent in general deprecating tho fact that everything in america was tame in comparison have you ever made the trip ap the hudson inquired the german no they never had nor been to thoE mountains nothey had not in fact they had never seen anything of their awu country well said tha gentleman who happened to be an american 1 I advise you to go back to conr own country and see what it offers in regard to scenery and you will never say again that america contains no scenery this illustrates very finely tho con of most americans they are so busy at home that j never see their own country or know the wonders with which it abounds utah is no exception to this rule our whole thoughts are to take a trip to the east or west where we will admire sights not a whit ahead of thoad we have at home it is a curious fact that the novelty ol 01 something strange always makes it more interesting but this is no excuse for us for not knowing our near surroundings for example tourists from afar delight to view the magnificent salt lake temple they come probably hundreds of milea to do so and children who have grown to manhood and womanhood within its very shadows have never taken the trouble to step anaide to it wo dare eay not many can tell how many stories high it is while not one in a hundred can give its size we mention this just by way of example but many other illustrations might be given for our profit such as our knowledge of the mining pursuits of the territory irrigation the geological formation of our mountains the indigenous forms of vegetation etc all of this information is absolutely necessary when we travel abroad and converse with intelligent tell igent people by all means we should be acquainted with the section of country in which we dwell |