| Show NEW LIFE lin IN tuis THIS is a volume of Notes of travel across the american continent from chicago to the pacific and baik baek back it L is s the tile substance of a collected series of the letters of grace greenwood mrs written on her trip to and id from california in 1871 2 esbe she is a lively spirited racy piquant brilliant ant picturesque wr writer itera a keen heen observer L and pungent 11 of facts and ail a ideas the v blumb 1 e lct LIT IT I 1 nicely got up neatly printed whited 1 oil on good paper and is weir worth orth reading bell being very entertaining and aud withal instructive tive J B ford co new york are tile tiie bublis publishers hers bers the work is ay inscribed to mrs rs AL mary raty byers of denver and ind mr sarah M clark clarl of san Franci scOy in whose homes much of tile tiie plat natt ter was written the divisions of the tile book are as follows chicago as ash t was colorado a utah navada nevada california Hoi homeward eward journey colorado in in autumn we give our readers some portions of her descriptions of her experience in utah some of our readers may bave have llave seen soi sol something of them before but many have harp hot and nd to all they are pleasant reading commencing with the exodus of the thie mormon red rod keople pie from inq illinois p t to 0 salt isalt la lake laue ka she says to one who even whirls over in less than four days time the route which this poor people toiled over through weeks and months there must come a new and wondering realization of the liero heroism ism of that emigration ah exodus into I 1 a land of divine promise but of sure peril ofil and privation of mystery of isolation they fought with savage 0 foes they suffered t hey they starved their graves yet mark the long iong 0 iong long way but they never murmured iio llo nor r rebelled nor entreated to be led back to egypt or iowa no INTO cloud by day and no fire by night led them on a as they tolled over ore r the mountain and crept across the plain but instead there shone be fore them perhaps a prophetic vision of this pleasant city of re fuge and of the great white tabernacle of the saints Anotn olous and afia anachronistic as 1 is the tho falth faith of this thi s people there is an antique fervor a rugged sine sincerity erity crity a stern persistency sis tency an unconquerable constancy about it which we just at sunset we took look the utah central at ogden for this thes city eity the tile views of the wasatch mountains and add of the great salt lake lakey all down this wonderful valley valleys are indescribably beautiful we stood out on the platform and gazed till the purple darkened and that strange lifeless inland sea glimmered and alid faded awa away y into the night 0 on arriving rr iving at salt lake city senator morton and party were wera received by a deputation of ok prominent citizens mormon and gentile among the latter gentlemen was our brilliant friend and relative honorable thomas fitch at whose wi lose iose charming house we are now staying senator morton was I 1 chinky welcomed by both parties at this critical time with much respect and confidence his logical mind and clear becu lierly fit him to look into ito this gra grave ve and complicated matter that is now drawing tile the attention of the world upon them 1 the morning after our arrival we wa 1 drove about town with aur our kind friend mr hooper and were c may Icon leon I 1 confess fess fesq it quite delighted with the tile general appearance of the eity city which had so often been held heid alp up to our righteous horror as a congregation gre gation gatlon of whited Sepulchre chres sOne one is first struck bythe by tile generous width of the streets and the vast number of oft trees few pew of the tile dwelling houses are elegant or tasteful bu but t they tiley all look comfortable and clentry homelike embowered empowered ered by foliage they have a singularly secluded air some of them might have moie mole more tidy surroundings and a brighter livelier more hospitable look but I 1 remarked nothing particularly ticul ticul arly ariy sombre pagan or polygamous about them the poorest and smallest houses seem seeb to me an infinite advance on the homes of the english and welsh laborers labo reis I 1 had seen abroad the little streams of clear mount mountain aint alft water r running through all the streets are a bright peculiar feature but pleasanter plea santer even than running water is 13 the tile appearance every evers liere here of quiet industry and brave enterprise ocise tc lse Ise order and sobriety briety let us confess confer that i thib this strange people under remarkable leader have llave done a great work in III re retelling cuing this region from tile the desolation and sterility of uncounted ages in causi causing nig fig beauty and plenty to smile under the of tho tilo dark mountains and along 0 the shore of the sluggish salt lea cea ea iii in the the old tabernacle we e yesterday Atten attended deda a nia mas nias s galled by the mayor to ralso ralpe rai raie c money for tile the relief of the chicaro chicago sufferers heie hele we c saw brigham 0 young and iliad must confess to toa a great e I 1 had heard beard mady many descriptions ol 01 hig his personal appearance but I 1 could not r recognize n iz e the tile picture 0 o often and ay elaborately m t els lly painted I 1 did not see a common gross looking person with rude manners and a sinister sensual countenance but a well dresse diesel die dle sed dj dignified old gentleman with a pale paie face a clear blear gray eye a pled pied pleasant dleasant sant smile a courteous ad address dress and withal a patriarchal paternal air which of course he comes corner rightly by in short I 1 could see in ollis milis his face or manner none of the profligate propensities and the dark crimes charged against this mysterious te masterly many sided and many wired man the majority of the citizens of df salt lake present on this occasion were mormons cormons some of them the very polygamists arraign arraigned ed for trial and it was a strange thing to see these men standing at bay with the people of the united states against them giving generously to their enemies it either shows that they tiley have underlying der lying their fanatical faith and nd their mohammedan practices a better religion of humanity or that they tiley under understand the wisdom of a return of good for evil oili just at this time it is either more christian charity or masterly worldly policy or perhaps it is about halx half aw and half human nature is a good deal mixed out here but I 1 do not suppose it will matter to the people of dear do desolate chicago wha tithe motive bioti ve was that prompted tile the generous ommie offie offerings rings from th this is fair city of the mountains the hands stretched out jn help whether poly gamie le or mono gamit are to them the hands af pf friends and brothers certain it is that the eSa saints ints seemed to give gladly and promptly according to their means president yo young ung gave in in his thousand and the elders eldors their five hundred each as quietly as the poor brethren and sisters rs their modest tribute of fractional currency there is to me I 1 must acknowledge in this prompt grid and liberal actio action n of the mormon mornion people something strange and abid touching the more I 1 see of this place the more I 1 am impressed by the wonderful wild beai beal beauty lity of its surroundings each of two windows out of which I 1 can joo jook as I 1 write is as the th frame of an enchanting picture tile the green aud and fruitful valley dotted with pleasant homes the distant shining el of water brown plateau dark canons mountains mountain S bold and rugged and snow crown ed with their blaek black slopes softened here and there theio thelo with lov iov lovely elf ply autumn tints the tiie mountains are far le less grand than those seen from Dp denver nver nger but blit they are much nearer and are seldom obscured by mists tilo tile cold coid season was waa inaugurated here bya by a furious wind rain and snow storm the tilo nights are almost wintry but the mornings are brilliant tile tilo days daya a dazzling dazil lill with mith keen keep continuous sunlight and the sunsets gorgeous beyond description on saturday we drove up the tile valley finding cli ell charming armin 1 1 nw views auevery at every dise rise or turn the 1 whole region has a singularly angularly foreign aspect strange and ancient and solemn in its its strong contrasts of gardens and ani waste places of busy ilfe life mid and silent desolation of hoary mount and arid plain it certainly independent of scripture nomenclature reminds one of palestine the tiie tile theatre atre is a large and anal handsome building a really wonderful structure considering the time when wilen etwas it was built before tile the prosperous days when everything had to be done by the tile hardest when all materials for building were fearfully expensive and difficult to obtain at any price heu lei when to uso use the strong language of a poetic friend the very stones es c t blood A 9 mormon gent gentleman lema iema i i tells telis me md that the theatre was built more as a necessity than a luxury to relieve the tile wearisome monotony and isolation of lif WS out here the leaders sagacious as indulgent saw that the people must M have some relaxation auld and recreation in those early days there was little bohey in tile the town towo and people were allowed to pay in almost any marketable commodity we attended Fer service vlee vleo in the yew new new tabernacle on sunday ju morning orning the building C was not filled it takes fifteen thousand people to do that but wt we had a tolerably good opportunity to observe the character and appearance of a mormon a aa brigham young you ng was lri III i n his ills bual ual place of honor lionor tut but did not preach tiie tile the services in that brodig prodigious 1 ious lous and portentous temple of this tills new old falth faith this strange conglomerate of christianity judaism mohammedanism were quite simple orderly and orthodox in character there was player prayer choir sin singing anil ng music of the great organ and a sermon from a text followed by volunteer discourses the last was by brother cannon editor of the ic Deseret news it was noticeable that all the speakers on this occasion were on the defensive fe in regard to both tile the chiv civil ii and religious character of their thell theocratic government and especially in reg regard ard to the i institution tion of polygamy there was a large attendance of gentiles and theare the present critical situation of the mormon church and its beloved and venerable head was touched upon with considerable spirit and feeling but bilt bithon the whole caution and ana moderation it is true they spoke of possible martyrdom of holds holdi holding ng themselves ready to die for the faith delivered to the saints but nothing was said or intimated sf of actual rebellion against the authority of the united states indeed there were stron strong a pro professions f assion I 1 s of loyalty an d a law af abiding iding spirit mr cannon eulogized very eloquently the general character of the mor mons claimed that before the influx of the gentiles they were the most peaceful contented industrious thrifty peppie popple on the continent that they were still the most temperate virtuous and inoffensive he claimed that women were more respected and safer from insult among tile tiie mormons cormons than in any other community that any any woman could travel alone through utah as securely and honorably as the fair lady of legend and song who though and rare were the gems she wore avore made a pilgrimage through ireland in Us its palmy and pious plou s days I 1 am inT inclined elined to think the speaker in that last assertion spoke only truth lir I 1 believe also that mormon husbands are generally kind in their treatment of their several wives though upheld by a sincere faith in this strange delusion they the mormon women have toward stran strangers goa gug a peculiar air of reticence and mistrust almost of re I 1 do afo not wonder at it their hospitality and confidence have hive often been abused they haxe have been intruded upon by impertinent interviewers and their reluctant answers to persistent questioning published bied abroad with startling additions and dramatic embellish embel I 1 sll sil in ants those I 1 have met appear to me I 1 must say like good and gentle christian WO women in they are i singularly simple in 14 d dress asa ass and in modest od in demeanor d As to the mormon man whom whon I 1 have bare met mostly leaders in tile tiie church and prominent well to do citizens citi zensI I 1 must say that they look remarkably carefree care free and even jolly under the cross virgil I 1 be liev llev elias somewhere the expression 0 three times and four times happy well that ia is the fay vay way fhy they look yesterday we drove out into the country to tota fota take tako kea ken a look at some of the tile farms tarnis they tiley have a in ing appearance with w th good buildings and show evidence of having produced fine crops the irrigating ditches are everywhere re beautifying beautify ing having more the look of natural j streams than those in colorado all tile the farmhouses farm houses are surrounded with foliage brigham young youngish Youn gisa is a great lover over of trees and seems to make their culture a tenet of his mil mii religion As the old lady said paid of total a d depravity its a good doctrine doca doea if well lived up to utah fruit is not of the finest quality as little attention has laid paid to its cultivation but it is grown in great abundance and considerably variety you you are struck by the great number of children everywhere here the houses absolutely overflow with them some tables are embowered empowered ered in olive branc brane branches hesy besy the different sates get along very well together generally faut that ia is little wonder after the miracle of agreement between the mothers polygamy does not seem to spare women t the I 1 ie care caie s of maternity I 1 know al a mormon formon household in which two middle middie a aged ed wives count about two dozen children cli ell ildren lidren between them I 1 took two little fair haired girls for twins and the they were a sort of twins gwim un born almost at the sama time in the same game house of different mothers many mormon wives sare are ilsters sisters and it is N said they get along quie quite harmonious harmoniously the very nature of women seems to be changed here heir and turned upside down and inside out an intelligent J first wife wire told a gentile neighbor that the only hicl wicked ed feeling she had about her husband taking a second wife was that eliat lie he iid ild lid did not take her sister who wanted him or ra rather ther a 1 I share in him she would llave have liked to have harp tile the property P ept kept in the family I 1 saw the other day a v pair of young wives sisters walking hand in hand liand dressed alike in every particular of the same height and complexion and of the same apparent age now orom from nil all I 1 llave have been able to observe and from all I 1 hear from intelli intelligent nt gentiles long resident here 7 I 1 am convinced that the mormon people generally are re mar kably quiet orderly sober and industrious strongly and especially espedal ly addicted to minding their own business however much the leaders may be given to the common people never intrude their peculiar peculiar tenets an and d ideas upon you but eu if f you enquire concerning them they will plainly and seriously answer your questions and in most cases while struck by the absurdity or revolted by the moral obliquity of those ideas you are convinced of the absolute sincerity of the ex As to brigham young we must all admit even in |
