| Show ac CATSKILLS A TO WASATCH an autumn journey journo from roof the flud soil to the joni jord in to with a visit to the fair and to some of the charming towns of utah and her capital bitor deret new news I 1 write you to day from roin any dissat east era bow according to my promise which was w made during my pleasant call at four your office a month ego ago today to day november will but now a grave question aria how ami am I 1 tu to write anything in trip that will at all interest Inte reit the i many reader readers ot of your paper it seem em 1 1 a formidable taek task and were it not mot that th 1 1 regard my nat not tike like piecrust madeko made to be b broken bro kenI 1 should indeed gife give it up october dawned dark and rainy al As I 1 looked from my on the dim usa catskill mountains aloe a loir a deep and nil full melby mot my gaze not a very pleasant outi lobit m for or the day on which dostart to chi cato and tb world a pair fair toden tod ln early la to the afternoon I 1 wa was on ny my way passing through the old ampire state of now york with buffalo buffet at the western point where I 1 was to change carr cart for or niagara fall falls ind and bridge which every tourist should top stop and fee of niagara fell falls so 0 o to any descriptions hare have teen written and by far 1 abler bier peat peas thau mine and have been read and d ung sung at nearly every fireside la in the zai land nd that I 1 paw pass it bj by with just ut this thought seemed it tome to me so a I 1 looked looke doit on be gigantic cataract 0 ot ale tr that it I 1 all my life lit had been an on infidels that alone would compel me to say there Is I 1 a at clod but on we go pacing through the bleak held fields of the I 1 o 0 lieuten li luten a dominion P stop for or breakfast at london not big london then through ibe the rolling bills and broad prairie till finally tta illy late in be night might of the day ne vie reach chi cago and indeed it ll 11 a great city with its lake fron frontage fage of twenty two milea ralles fitly fifty eight ight tolles on the rivers and the distance ite its northern and southern limit twenty four oar miles while at its it broadest cadent br point itsvan it ten and a halt inalee wile wl ie but cabas Cli liao baa labored hard bard to make the city what it ll 11 for rot many yr after it had become quite a town theone the one invincible inevitable thing about the town wai was rood mad the people were in despair since ilac nati w ill only run down hilland bill and part ot the tow ii warbelow wa was below the level ot of the like the first effort at an ex pertinent pediments la in act fact inny many were veto the experiments many were the fallu rem the whole prairie wai was at lault fault at laet last people awoke to the fact that nothing could tie be ot of any say permanent good hort short ol 01 raising the whole town at once a high grade was established to which all new now buildings were required to conform but this was not bith high enough a higher one wu was ordered orile rJ even thil this was not sufficient A third ralie raise waa was made ao so that now the city stands and nearly sixteen feet above the nal nit prairie think ol 01 the talk task ot of lifting a city like thi out 0 the knud and water bleb high enough not only to make drainage possible but perfect perte ct and thou again less ie than a quarter of 0 a century ago chicago ly jay a waita waste 0 of shouldering ilu ing ruina and only about three year years aeo ago jackson park wai but a bleaka bleak swampy place to day the whole world reco galton the transformation which converted the arami lalo the white city the city ol 01 palaces uch such ai as mankind hi his never icea seen before but list why by dwell OB on ChIcago chicagoans and the great k air no pen no tongue cam do it lan jug tice I 1 might peak speak ot of the woman building tb abe naval eibi exhibit bit the lagoon lagoons and gondolas Rond olaa the midway aliance ri Pl with its it cu curio rios and camel camels and the powerful power fu electric earch search light lights i but to be under stool to be appreciated it all it had to be le aeo 0 the day days passed all too quickly and th tho great exposition I 1 Is a memory and nl we turn our faces westward L city ity utah being our destination deloat loa and while our rj journey 0 urne y maeer was T 0 r aj amt with the mot most jovial ot of 9 companion companions yet we lound found ourselves weary and glad indeed when the trainmen shouted colorado two boar hours lot for refreshment 11 while ve bail had ou oaf 1 frequently aa as we cam along ret yet hero wa was an opportunity for mating lag and talking and walking and reit rest log and drin drinking kint tor lot two whole hours colorado springy lit for or the most part oo 00 a wide plain with level 1 1 yet it to I 1 only fifteen miles from thi th i coatee althe ariage to the summit of Pl kerak reeks I 1 where enow capped it lifto ita its mighty i head aa as it ta in silent adoration ol 01 ita its maker but bat ll 11 it ft not a carlou carious fact that the bringa from which thie this place takes tak if its name are luald la in Laul tou avo five or ata tx mila milt distant wet west the water ot at ebeo tpring sp ringi have a world wide reputation tor for their medicinal properties proper tit the cl climate innate is I 1 moss TOO and healthful tits the air dry ud a bluesky with a continuous sunshine UBi hIne I 1 doubt not ultra there are many other place places in the just as a one fine but colorado spring springs la Is th tho saratoga Bra tog ot at the U ell t and a name and imputation go a long v ay sy bat on we wo go 0 climbing tb this mountains with the impressive 11 Impress ivo and grand crand beyond description the rocky depth depths the towering height hellit far up to warda wards the sky kya we par pass aloof along wo we go through many little hamlet hamlets and town towns a unit la in among the catt lams ot of the mountain mountains from colorado into utah territory which we and so 0 o rick rich la in its it at traction and rei oarce the tb mountain and river clr systems are jut just grand stands the betted I 1 IeT ted regions rett lon oot not only store tor the moir moll tur to fort lIfts the adjacent low landi but they contain the mine mines of gold and silver 11 lead ad and mind ecal and other antal said nd mantral s god ha has dan done great things tor for etab utahan in great natural tee wcarl in the balm ot of lie its health divine and ani ing climate the boaden of ito it motia talus the sylvan be salles of ito valleys Tal lej and notwithstanding the necessity of irrigation crop crops of all kind kinds aw are A trong strong and fertile coil aa an unclouded say axy clear an a equable qui ible climate the cereals fruits and ire are of a try very superior quality lag a week weak with a C and his hi family at avantt city 1 a week I 1 boball never forget forge tach such warm beart uchi such kind welcomes As I 1 met with on every very hand leaves lear a warm warm which time cannot bce efface doing teacher char myself I 1 W wu only too glad to accept capt an invitation to visit the public school at manti with I 1 rot C elson at the bead head nt t it both la in ineth method of 0 teaching and plan of work thil this school Is equal to any 0 of its kind in any place east or went west the building a new one io I 1 o one well planned to do rood good work ork in I 1 can easily complot eu I 1 how proud and justly go 0 o too the be people ot of I 1 tab tah must be of their schools and school building buildings go back la in imagination forty dearal years think of how there these cople la in the I 1 valleys of the hav baro labors labored early and late cold and hungry willing to en lure dure isolation and privation to be ostra alsed only with thi this one thought in view to make I 1 I 1 the desert blossom like the roseto build home howes to rear their families to serve clod honor lionor all honor honors I 1 say ay to abe in heart and fie the honest in purpose from we go to sterling by carri affe age ilare found dear friends expect ing us u and it a bountiful dinner av awalt ailing lne us soon to gunnison where a pleasant saut visit and it good night nights reit found lie us re to threshed for A drive through the crisp moraine morning air to the sheep pen penh where our boys were looking after the sheep inter aits ate brorn here to juab where again we found frien Is looking for our arrival and after spending a night with then them we tart start lot nepal where kinared ki nored near and dear were also awaiting our one coming no e leave leava them thew reluctantly alter after A day in their pleasnat plea stat home homes and this ume tinis we retake take the I 1 iron horse instead of the carriage carri 1 ige for or salt lake city lity this city wu was not a it disappointment even la III cheerless Vo ov vember ember tor for it Is I 1 most beautifully situated it does indeed pos oi IMS elements of beauty in euch such variety and of such superior character as its are lound found la in lew low cities and there cluster clusters about this city matters of 0 historic interest which are peculiar to herself and will long continue to be a source ot of interest to all clashes of people but I 1 must narn li oni caa can only speak of a few point points la in the city etwas it va ray my privilege to spend a sunday there and to hear beer the hon ilon george beor 0 lannon cannon speak la in the great tabernacle which stands so uni ina la in construction with lt acoustic properties unequalled unequal led and its root roof probably the largest span of unsupported wooden soot la in the world orld with its great organ pipes and the scores moores and scores score sot of that are gathered eiith ered there and there too la in the dini dim light of 0 the afternoon artem I 1 listened to the th finest inest anthem I 1 have ever heard sane sung the gemple is a beautiful ure of utah granite while to the left the hall 1111 a buil dlag feet long with its central spire feet loot lu in height hut but Is to it not a rity that these really beau mitat buildings should loo b surrounded by a high wall which almost hides them from rim the IQ sight of who walk along the tree sly bialt to the city post was a very pleasant ono so p reec and complete are and Appoint appointments meLts Now no wonder Posit master general uanna sann maker makers during his hi visit there tall sali it Is oae one of the haest and best beat regulated offices in the united state states mr it noah nash tile lie city postmaster pot mater Is I 1 the right man in the right place bly brief call on the tribune the deseret news this ta woman womans Li were all very pleasant and slid last list but not least my introduction and a low air minute minutes conversation with governor att 11 cots ctt whom president deat cleveland with more than his usual rood good sense has returned to utah for or this bla hi second term but time tiles flies aud lu in the grey early ol 01 another day I 1 bid adieu to the th city with it its beautiful jordan valley iti lift great salt aake and take the tb union pa cefic road for or my far off home lly peals too wk weak I 1 cannot de deuribe cribe my journey from bait salt lake city to ogden avith the lake hukola I 1 a sight on jbv thweat th west and the glorious wasatch ravie rising in majesty and ur to ike the east I 1 change cars at ogden from rom which point on the benery scenery li Is grand vat vast elaste of perpendicular rock rocks tinted richly with ill all but baumol at brown and purple red and pink with now and then a sprinkling of gray lift op up their mighty wallai it seemed to me that the rocks were old castles and fortifications or solid masses of masonry whilo while the bent up heaved and twisted one ones only added greatly to their beauty As we pass pas on through U and nebraska with UM at green river and jul asburg the th scenery changes into ault valleys and fertile ferule farms farm santry an 1 early in the morning of 0 the fifth day the tb land load crows familiar and nearer our own horn home and while our out trip baa has been ona on of much plea cleasur sur and marked on every hand with kindness true ye la ill th language xa ot of the poet ire lye tee feel to 10 91 x claim home horn home sweet sweet homes home be it vr ever so 0 o humble ther there I 1 Is no place ilk home alta al TA witbeck N est it Cot greene county N V V Y |
