| Show A POETS impressions A FEW months since joaquin joaq aln miller the doted poet paid a brief visit to this city he has lately been giving publicity to his impressions pres pre alons of salt lake through the coli colli nans of shenew the new york independent dent one of his papers giving an account of his trip over the D B R Q G and B R G W to this point has already appeared in these columns he is acquaint prose writer somewhat frenchy in style his productions being cut up into unusually brief paragraphs here is his introductory flash if you enter salt lake city hy the denver fc rio grande you are continually reminded of the plains of lombardy and half expect every moment to see the marble towers of cathedral and the horses of napoleons plungers ersin in th tha air from their lofty marble arches for here in this industrious city of less than fifty years you see all that may be seen in in the suburbs of milan the long long lines of lombardy poplar trees the laden orchards the coming and going of laden wagons the patient people herding to their work from daylight to dark the dust and the sweat of devoted husbandry me hae dairy ranches and the laden fruit trees then back of it all the everlasting mountains of snow just like the mountains that rise beyond and about amo surely it is dear old milan the kindly heart of the poet leaps out here and there with pleasing prominence and perhaps the genial old gentleman feels a little twinge of remorse at having done injustice to t the wormer people in his play of the Dau Daut ites tes he being the author of that unjustifiable dramatic production when he comes in contact with the saints a new light 13 seems eams to break in upon him and he exclaims you fall in love with these people poo ae of salt lake as you approach the the nearer you come to know them the better you come to love the them ikas 8 the long haired man and themert M rort ort haired woman who wants to lecture tua on mormons cormons Mor mons land and mormonism niam that dont know a single thing about this people or their work who dont like them let these same fiame people first plant a tree one single tree among them all where these people have planted thousands and tons tens of thou wads in the desert and then the land may listen to them with a little ps patience but until they have at least tried to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew bib before fore 1 be a bit patient adient with a people of whom they enow know nothing at all of whom they are actually incapable of knowing anything any thing at all yi 1 I As if he be had bad not sufficiently el pre pressed ased himself in this direction he takes up the point again and portrays nis file disgust for the idlers and sensationalists who write books and deliver lectures about the mor mons follow ng up this idea he says ant blat all such go to work wark as hard as the mormons cormons work and they will have but little time to meddle dl in things that they know nothing about and care but little about except as a matter of profit salt lake city is building right along taking ji A practical turn as he glances at fort douglas he exclaims out yonder is ia a great fort with a full ra r t in I 1 in its barracks it is beautiful to look upon it adds to the landscape the officers are manly fellows thay treat me with great courtesy but I 1 tell you they are idlers every one in this great beehive of a bation nation I 1 say let us have a there in place of this fortl fort it would cost less far less and see what good we e could do with a school or if the lo 10 lovers of brass bands and of lanterns still insist on keeping their costly loy why 1 let them but lot let us have the school bof f mines also 19 0 mr miller states that after he be hd had published the canites Da Dani Ity london congress sent for him and repaired hion him to say 0 o a committee what whallie he would do to suppress I 1 01 his reply was dont give them bullets give them hooks books we make a further extract having been told that the th e turrets tr rots a and nd walls and battlements that tha surround the old newspaper office offee and the beehive and other of the old brigham buildings was to be torn down next year I 1 went to the proprietor to protest but these mormons cormons are an extremely practical people the man inan told me that the six strong stone buildings now half up would quite overwhelm him and the old houses walls towers and all would soon have to go well what did you vou build them for in first the place indians no no we never had trouble wih any of the indians indiana people say brig bam young wanted the walls t keep his wives at home but the truth is ia the walls were built to get the stones stoned off the ground and then we needed watts in the first place to keep cattle out i prosy practical candid and truthful was as this dent mormon kormon in his tillio with me and I 1 bought a low few of me his books all printed on paper made in salt lake I 1 bought some paper of him bim half a doll dollars arPs worth and I 1 WM was compelled to either got get a cast cart or leave the biggest big est half behind ta ahja p paper on which I 1 write this letter is pai liked this mans man Is proud an way w a y of speaking and dealing v ne and as I 1 stood there with my bundles in in my arms I 1 said can you tell me in 6 a 1 few ew sentences what in the world yo you iu mormons cormons believe in besides po agamy g a m so that I 1 can write it down anaa adya dya and send e u it to my friends the person addressed handed the poet the articles of faith over the name of joseph smith the prophet which are appended to the paper published in the independent |
