Show G travels almonr the cormons mormons Mor mons and reports in the bear lake me democrat the road from Wood woodruff ruffis ia bordered der i ed on each side by land and on orf one side the land is bor bordered derid by water this water ia is called bear river on theoLi her bide aide i is s bordered by more land and then mountain mountains there is only one house for P ft distance of beven aiesi nii jea and that n large barn at the end nf of as ven m miles i les there are three houses I 1 find the principal mccu pat the inhabitants of these houses ia putting up fence I 1 am old identa that at they have been engaged at thia this commendable work for about five fife yeara years and still there seems lots of room for more fence the land hereabout hereabouts is is covered with a luxuriant growth of wild sage tina ThI rare STare and valuable plant ia prized very highly as a nie medicine dicine taken Inward inwardly 1 it I is a ir specific foi all ull ilia ills especially ly chilblains t D taken outwards outwardly dl Y it is ia warranted antea to replace ali the hirsute covering on ori mair manor or beast no matter from what cause removed I 1 am told that a resident of this locality went to bed one night all ri right lit and d with ith an ordinary amount of hair b but it on waking the next morning he lie had bad lost it rt a all 11 f even to his eyebrows now the most remarkable thing about it is is that he moved out from the densely populated thoroughfares of the city and took up his abode among the aforementioned wild sage and to today day dy he is aa hairy as need be bald headed papers pipers plea please copy 0 L if die there are any atly people who wish further information upon this subject they can get posted by applying to any paper published in r randolph or to the publisher of the democrat I 1 As I 1 said Ie before fore there is plenty of land and sage and I 1 learn that at this season of the year the mor mons aro are not rabid and should they blueit bl will not produce more than a pas passing sensation not worth menti mentioning oring settlers of coming hero here are ard advised to arratt ge their 1 no y logs BO so aa as to reach here hero during durina the summer as 1 the beauty of thea surrounding rounding Bur country is greatly en during that season and ana the fragrance of the sage is immense just how long the summer lasts in this locality is not easy to ascertain but the chinaman is about correct when he lie said the year here consists of nine months winter and three months mouth sallee allee same 0 other ther sources of information equally reliable alej easy of acceus ac ces but we would recommend the unsophisticated traveler to apply to the only acknowledged authority on these in mattere ohn droit iq he i not a permanent resident ent here but fetaya with ta 6 nili nights 9 fin in 1 ll 11 the year I 1 did intend to these papers a sketch of the natural his tory of aliv ali country but everything baa haa borne the appearance 01 ol ot bein being ij BO 0 extremely natural up tu to the tile pre that if it would 14 be cruel cruet to disturb the calm and peaceful repose that r ii bialk h a thrown fl irown over everything even to the county town that we vre are jiow entering randolph is the capital of rich county it is is composed ariu I 1 ly y of adus houses the firel h ouse occupied ned by y a band of horses this louse 13 pleasantly situated inthe m the midst jofs of a rich and t pas lure ture is easily dincov ered emd 1 bytha by the a aps ilof afi a good glass glasband gl asand being in rich county it rich nothing extra fur for this I 1 donti charge for curfs 11 tha seem to td be bd the sole 6 ine r s 0 or r at least occupiers passing several more houses similarly occupied led 1 we ve reached the post here 11 re wc w take taken 0 rest test I 1 and alighting from our semi vertical quasi recumbent pos po lion stion we shake our feathers and indulge in a stretch a yawn two somersaults and a jump aud and richards himself aaen again thy they have a fine meeting house ou here e exclusively to thelMo tho Mormon mode motto of worship not withstanding the fact that there aro are several citizens in the suburbs who ira are not disposed td worship in taij thi way and who feel justly indignant ilie thereat reat the store storo belais here is mounted on the top ofaf of flig of steps to enable one to spend his money pleasantly he necessarily has bus to mount these steps I 1 suggested an elevator but I 1 am afraid masui my suggestion will pass unheeded a although I 1 charged nothing for it but being very desirous of intro d ticino reform among these poor deluded cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 aro willing to sarc anything on the altar of d duty t and phil philanthropy anthro so I 1 j the store stored 1 is lifs inside P aid 11 build building iii andia composed chiefly 9 merchandise although 1 I 1 did dia notice eov sev oral ral things that thai are not strictly merchandise I 1 V viz M promis promissory sol notes and customers loungers the icaro a aro being without money mong yanI andU hout price 1 V I 1 think this quotation am nt in any ri te 1 4 a t ku W cv i ed I 1 fe eu d ame nal 1 l hemore he tore haa ha an abow oilier name oa a i V A whereby it is known to its creditors creditor 4 it is coop co op I 1 do not profess to decipher these mystical letters but suppose they symbolical arc of something dark and bloodcurdling blood curdling appertaining r t ining to the M mormon ormon church si vo possibly s ly they mean charge our own price but as I 1 said before I 1 am not con conversant venant with these mormon hieroglyphics I 1 will here irate that co coop op means co op it has no doubt another m meaning ea ling but it is quite immaterial T this is meaning is the best understood by the people and what more is necessary Th there croIs is but one hotel in this place the tyson house this is a first class house but poorly pat ionized owing to the general depression pre apon in in business and the stagnation nati 0 n in stocks most of the people ir traveling aeling through here having h abing invested heavily in the U W K R 11 stock these bonds having depreciated precia recia ted to below par it is eard hard to get a good square meal ineal on their creel credit it I 1 found pound the principal banks had bad ius suspended eus til till after haying the amount of capital they wil will handle bandle this W alland and winterkill wint winter erwill will de pend largely u upon ion that crop there is a courthouse here but owin owing gio to the absence of the court the doors an and d windows are boarded up to secure the records and county funds from the incursions of tramps that might be led toabe to the commission of crime by beholding the apparent honesty of the citizens who seem to take little trouble to secure their own or the county funds the town is nicely laid out and con conspicuous oua to the eye are five tre trees of the cottonwood species planted with such artistic exact ness hat bat it matters not by which avenue of approach you enter the town you are tempted to exclaim beautiful the wealth of the tho town consists principally of real estate the truly trad real property though is more in the nature of personal property corner lots are not in det demand and other luts are a ready sale in proportion the personal property consists largely of young ladies and babies and the supply and demand are generally about equal there is considerable mining in interests here the we interest is much larger arger than the mines gold and silver is found here but not in quantities to pay it pays better to let it alone iron is ii found here in its various forms one kind pyrites sometimes called fools golds was in great demand awhile back ack but the rush is over owing to the fools giving out there is quite as much of the metal as ever goal coal mining i is a also an industry extensively carried on in visit visiting iov the principal mines I 1 discovered the carcass assof of an animal which I 1 sup poso vas was offered up aa as a sacrifice to to appease the anger orthe of the coal god who is supposed to have hidden away that coni commodity modify from the gaze and clutch of mortals at present pr sent the mines are not worked owing owing to the entire absence of coal the consist of small arnall grain I 1 and ruta bagas athe he former is bbown to sell eel the jatter to eat and pay ren rent t with w iab some fruit is grown here butov bauce of cholera the tile people do hot liot its production and it this his important industry is sadly neglected the nationality of the inhabitants i is s difficult to io determine deterline but most them hail bail from the old country in the matter of religion they are to the backbone if that term is sufficiently expressive 1 I had a very strong stong idea present itself tomy to my mind that 1 I ought to convert them from the error of their waya ways I 1 felt it my duty to convert the shepherd hepherd first and ind then the nock hock but I 1 abandoned the idea as iuds I 1 was told others had tried and failed their Thele failure was brought about by the convert agreeing to all they said and when they supposed sed him about won over he be would tell fell them he had been tax collector for a number of years and had become inured to all such piteous appeals and could listen to it all with a dry eye eyo and then add 5 per cent for loea idea of time I 1 did not cor convert vert him jor nor his is i flock and think who ever does dp X it will be deserving deservio de servin g of great credit there are some here who could be easily converted if the proper means were werd employed the means be owned here oitis is kept in evanston Eva naton and when a cupply til i obtained it usually acm BO ener jet icalla that the end does not vot justify the means and the con conversion conver vervion aion is is too sudden to last if this means could be admi administered nis i in doses to suit I 1 hank mormonism would receive a great blow ome have started out on this humane errand and with a bountiful supply of the anti mormon panacea bu buc have found foundss so many oh on the road desirous of conversion that the supply pl y has become exhausted before reaching here ifft if a remedy can be found to io suit this case I 1 think it will acom accomplish agrest deal edid idid I 1 did i to io discourse upon the manufacturing fac turing interests and the poi political situation Bitu atlon of this county but am my communication is too I 1 lengthy et athy already sa BO will reserve it formy for my next axt I 1 understand I 1 have to again divide after lei leaving vig this place and that the mountain air 13 13 so exhilarating on this divide th that a it athas to be experienced before a satisfactory description can be given please credith credi tm me i with what this is i worth on your books and bend send the democrat to my poor relations and if any balance is on the credit aide side send it to lake town care of f the city council t to 0 be applied to the relief of the poor yours indiscriminately bis his G x Rusl LEM nark mark RANDOLPH RANDOL Pir sept 3 1884 |