Show par far off chats with old friends Friend so farewell to alic land ind alor mon inan west and wa ea ac Edit Edi onri tonal correspondence of tho franklin repository NO ail VIRGINIA cm JUNE 28 with all their faults I 1 left tile the land of tile saints reluctantly we had bad pleasant quarters at the alic revere house the best hotel west of chicago aud and kept by a gentile who seems to have no fear of the mormons cormons before his eyes and the beat bisonic shades fresh vegetables et delicious strawberries together m with the thousand novelties to be seen all conspired to make the visit a delightful one the mormon orman theatre is one of the best structures inside that is ie devoted to public amusements in ill the union it is quite large most tastefully u y finished has three galleries besides beside a large where only the saints are arc admitted excepting by special permission an excellent orchestra and the acting was above the average although almost entirely by amateurs the mormon services at the tabernacle on sunday are arc also decidedly amusing alunno and partake largely of comedy sonic sawa of profanity repeatedly brought down the house and his sallies of wit vit and s sarcasm ar often made the vast building echo with the merry peals of laughter which followed in elicit salt L lake city is a jolly place for the tourist and aa ik m osa it nor n L tedious journey over the black ranges and often sterile plains odthe of the mountains its pleasant features are arc the more keenly appreciated preci precia ted abut ihan ten days could not be spared to enjoy the 4 good things and curiosities of the saints and on the I 1 had to bid fai farewell ewell to brigham and his harem barem and the enticing shades sweet and ripple ing streams of the saints but although taking leave of tile great centre of we did not get away from mormon thrift and beauty for nearly miles m iles on our northward trip toward the mountains A A little valley bounded on the cast by tile the W wasatch asarch range and on the west by the great salt lake ranging in width from five to twenty five miles is thickly dotted with mormon settlements and has several cities of hom 1000 to 2000 population the homes of the saints all along the route have the earna peculiarities which mark their residence in their chief city evory every house is in iii a cluster of fruit trees and every g garden irden IS is green and beautiful with fruits and flowers flow cra it would seem to be a val pai t of their icci ton i to b beautify c y homo however humble I 1 andrii no single instance att ance wd did I 1 see the signs of dilapidation about their dittle dainis farms ate assigned to them by the bishop of tile the settlement and all of them ato aio quite small rati ranging ging from two to twenty acres as aa the new fanner may be hible able to cultivate it well let no one suppose that because the homes and gardens and field of tile the mormons cormons ate abc ever beautiful and fruitful they ate aio easily made so in ili no part of the entile union is the main depena cime of the Bett battlers lers knuyt the farmer toil so 50 long and so BO untiringly to make the caioli batth produce naturally it is sterile and boasts of oid only y tile the sage ago as its products it has to b be c cleer cd broken up with powei powerful ful teams and then daniea harvest harvout time to the unless he be is prepared to su supply its is with artificial lains buting the entire auni summer maer bea beason tion must lia have ve a main ditch to every patch level tile ill inequalities of the surface so that ava water ter will flow over it regularly regu lurly and then have num cious small di ditches telles to carry to every tiec tice or plant he aima to grow none but Mor cormons mormons Morro mons ous most of whom were slaves clayes of the old wot id who labored for thu the titled clas classes sea could have made tile f salt lake valley thus cast off its ii natural and clothe itself in the rich riel iverd verdure tire or of plenty at ogden a beautiful mormon town 0 of 2000 people we stopped for dinner and were well entertained in a large iii odein modem hotel presided oyer over by two wives tile the 2nd and and etli of bishop west yes and surrounded by bj si it garden bloom blooming ing with flowers and moat luxuriant kil ui iti it growth of vegetables one odthe of the eight cich t wives waited awaited 0 on n the table and the other aid the hon honors orsin in the parlor P k 0 on lier her part as ar the other was expert in the catli culinary 13 a r 7 art the master of the harem was not visible and probably dined with avith some one of the other six of his fair partners in addition to rebii 11 ll U g whiskey to the faithful it is his business to gather tile tithing for that rich settlement andic scorns in gordly goods in the performance of his hia office tic owns valuable mills and daims in maud aud about the city maintains eight C f families and gradually inci cases in in his basket and stoic as well as in his already numerous progeny and all this is done in the name of religion and the deluded followers of brigham young and his apostates sweat and toil from froin lay day to day and year to year and live often in poverty to enable them to deliver their tenth dozen doze n of of eggs quart t of strawberries ton 0 of f hay bay bushel of grain and every tenth acri fit of the increase of their hards to maintain tile of oatlie the church in their licentious bious debauchery they seem to like it however how everand and if they dont complain I 1 presume me that 1 should not but I 1 cant help thinking that most of the humble members 0 of the Sai saints tits who are but hewers bewers of wood and a A drawers dran ve is of water w ate r for the dignitaries come under Brigl brigham ihm youngs class of poor levils devils in ili his hia sermon that I 1 heard lie he divided the voiad into tanco talice classes viz gods pooi tho devils poor pool and poor devils and ni in ill tile the last class I 1 would place two thirds of his hie infatuated serfs who toil and egv and a iia reap while he be and his favorites I 1 enjoy tile the fruits |