| Show AS SEEN BY AN excursionist ids ida aug 16 1897 Th thinking linking that perhaps a low lew lines from this part of the worlds broad damalo would not be amiss to the many readers of your valuable paper I 1 take my not pen penin in hand band to L the a low few item which I 1 hope beg pardon mr editor I 1 did not loot in toad tend to worry you with those hackneyed introductory phra phrased sep so BO often blue penciled by yourself youre elf and colleague but aa 88 1 I have rather inadvertently written them and have not an erader at band I 1 ask aak for brur io in dul genee and kindly request that you jet per er go a violation of your rule role to the contrary I 1 was waft one of the ex unionism unionise uni onise who oft left salt latec lake on elm saturday evening northward bound over the oregon short line to becek OIL a haven of rest and recreation mid amid the craggy peaks and grassy graney dello at fair idaho our oL clourse ourse as aa you no doubt well know lay jay by way of og 0 don den brigham 4 cy cache junction camero omoro Ox orl pocatello blackfoot idaho falls market lake and a dozen or more intervening hamlein bad and villages at oden the gait bait lake wall wae augmented somewhat Beme whai om bybe adul LIOU of provably prop ably fifty or more hungry hungry let for pleasures plea eure not otherwise while of the capitals gay and bliff low took in the union depot doii afta all pr proper por appurtenances there unto ato belonging not lot the tbt so acda water stand where an ordinary orink drink is IB dished out tor for a dime BB am a special inducement per haeft to go grose bent on a 8 tilot ajao with trie the temperance ordina ordinance nce with one eye closed and the othet other for far from open the party resonel atty arty to 1 due season ah how long have I 1 outing in thy shady ebady got or X summer t adoka land overburdened over burdened orchards but bit I 1 could 00 oo 1 I yur prestige prea tige lor for all ah that to is lovely exhilarating and aad divine ha oft times driven me to i 11 be bat all in n va vain yet withal I 1 have been privileged eged to gaie gage upon you and to ig gut laate of your good things even though it were ji in i blindness ebu at au ati hour hoar when all good people should bave boon been at rest brigham by p a coene aleon of divine loveli cuveli f nose aran but candor prompts me to remark teat her people are tuo whole too liberal and by far over ovel ing just juat think nearly twelve clock and her urchins at the with Jisoo ned baskets of fruit ready to pence benoe to the huurre crowd on pleasure bettt bent peaches distributed in ID abian abundance dance a dime a duzen luscious juicy ault ty and sweet while perhaps there are some things thina which h better untold speeding AWRY away WO we were at ai ensue junction the locomotive gateway to logan and the matly quiet though rural retreats ret reata ot of abat much blessed lo calY Joc locady alny here not a low few aj of the be the conductors change cars care pl as aa their lay off in the vicinity 0 the points lastly justly referred to while ghook remaining enjoyed the of a ride through boo groat great tunnel at kh gh bear river narrows cannon a little sear near the utah idaho bowe bie andary idary win was a stopping placa but not dot a vest great many of the pleasure seek ore are paid homage to it as most moet of them had gone to the land of dreams where whistle toots and all aboard 12 have found ue place and where aboard an elewaut chair oar the muscles become entangled atle in the lullaby and cold chilla run ran down ona back bach at pocatello the passengers changed oars cars and a ter an brur brurs s watt wait during which time ilme a gait bait lake quartet filled the ibe air with harmonious barmo niona melodies and the hungry bengry and thirsty site ate and ami drank to their hearts heart ia cot content tent the he train grain again pulled out on a slow elow careful gait to we the blackfoot where two or three gera gt ra said au an 11 and left to vial rial relatives and idaho falls was the next important stopping place and several of the party dropped oft off here to upend their in what appears to be a I 1 vely and prosperous little town then we go on to market lake your corres nation by rail as well as that thai of the greater part of the contingent this station was reached n 6 and 7 a m and soon aboa all were scattering to tj their respective conveyances vey ances 8 which awaited them as a means of f transportation to rexburg Bex Rex burg reton relon basta and yellowstone the former city lies a distance diat anoe of tweety iwo miles frum market lake the road a comparatively good sadly adly in need ot of the be sprinkling cart laying all premature sold and speaking ad one woo pro losses veracity we trip by wagon is ie a ep ap eudia OLO ole running as it Is does doea over a rich neb agricultural table tableland lani plentifully watered and carefully sit attended tended to by tiie thrifty husbandman the mana man forks ol of akie sake and its ite tributa tributaries ries in weir present a picture beautiful to look jouk upon while out aa far as aa the eye cai ca see eee to all points of lbs com compare PaiS lf if one vast garden of anu thrifty between lake and Rex turg the town of menan intervened inter veneE a premising lalni ising locality Jooa lity with perhaps a half thousand while at burg the visitor fedeli cappy and justus happy bappe because of 01 h bort abort lay ver aver sud aud joyous that be bud himself amont among a cis olaaf of people hospitable in the ex rome reme and oval ready and willing to bu bid him we welo we cue and partake of their bounteous sture rexburg is ie divided into two wards ward to t e first elret presided preal ded over by thomas E rick bilkei jr the second having as aa ie 10 blob p a lormer salt sail liker an i son eon ot of a utah pioneer timothy J winter rexburg on all sides presents pre aenis a picture if f cons comfort fort and happiness liao lne blance of the locality its ite richness lie in its resources its aaman lagic for cattle raising raiding and th act that there la is plenty ol of room to grow and a foundation already laid for what will yet pel be one ot of the strongest and most prosperous communities in the intermountain states the country offers every inducement to the badue seeker and its ita social conditions are stion buon as to stimulate and encourage the growth of Mot morality allty therefore making it sti au ideal place lor for the raial og dg of families the people up here acre own their own oat eat their own vegetables milk their own cows cow catch their own fi fl fib b and mind their own business they y me are loving and agreeable and always conduct themselves as beo bec lat berday saints saint which the great majority of 0 them are Bs baa a nook stake prex pre sided over by elder thomas E rieke bleka dr is ie in a healthy condition and its ecclesiastical offices and officers oera are all alj in good shape a cindi condition tion that can be truly attributed to their obedience obedie oce and adherence to the lave lava ordinances end and requirements of the gospel As ae stated before a big share of the salt lake excursionists excursion lete oame came through this way en an route to the he teton basin and yellowstone park the country is at its best bes at the present time and salt labere are out this way in ex marshal brigham ed sheets boosts and others went vent t brough to 60 be park yesterday while your leorr expects to leave for the basin in a day ortho or two then look out aut for flab fish I 1 A B JR JB |
