Show WEBER CANYON ft traveler lo 10 ATTENTION sublime scenery and the finest accommodations for the traveling public A gentleman who cited ogden city last spring writes u very interesting descriptive article which appeared m the memphis appeal among other things ho says ogden has good stores hotels and a striking public building or it lias a thorough business aspect and is couched at the foot of mountains that stretch summit beyond summit in grand prospective it is feet the sea and 1725 miles from memphis the furthest point away from home that is reached on the trip we are describing iho distances given arc of course of the route taken by the railroads we are now on the union pacific railroad which we entered at salt la ke city and which will bear us to kansas city again we find a smooth road delightfully light fully easy for travel the cars all that can be desired and the moat courteous attention from the conductor and railroad officials never did we find an eastern road better but wo have traveled on some abines where the roadway and other matters acro far lesa agreeable the stopping places for meals were always unexceptionable and the food excellent tho mountain beef is a treat for an epicure we are now among he mountains again and are soon entranced with the wonderful combination of beauty and grandeur that present themselves in passing through the celebrated weber canon the sunai mits are very lofty as is shown by their shroud of silvery snow but near at hand there is less of the stern that awakens almost dread and more of the charm of the picturesque tur esque of the play of color and and shade on the changing views it had in the night and the dissolving clouds glistening white in the sun johine absorbed into their trans faient haze the highest summits with an enact indescribably beautiful the blending of snow clad peaks with the shimmering radiance of the clouds raised the fancy that if that gorgeous path of light and beauty and mingling hues that maikel the steep ascent could be mounted and that pure veil of misty cloud be penetrated there would be seen the pearly gates of paradise with tho iridescent glow of crimson gold and violet mantling the heavenly sight with a halo of glory bright as righteousness and pure as the beaming of angel eyes there surely roust be the abode of peace and love a shelter forever from the rude shocks and harsh vices of the world that with all tho evil that dims and shadows it yet presents in its favored recesses sights that raise the soul above the world and tell that hu manity is capable of layher aspirations than earth con ever how words fail to picture the scene the glistening of the sunbeams on rocky steeps and crowning snow belt crags overhanging walls mounting toward blue vault above stupendous granite masses hoary and broken into fantastic shapes lofty pinnacles whose tapering tips slender as they are are fully distinguishable in the pure attenuated atmosphere which renders every detail perceptible to the pleased eye all are displayed amid a repose that no natural round and aara mounted here and there by the fan forms of alie billowy vapor that like a virgin crown encircled boine of the most elaborate summits to gaze and soul enraptured was a delight such as is vouchsafed rarely to alie plodding beautiful gorgeous weber canyon we pass from you with regret but with gratitude that we have had the leee of gazing upon your sublime entrancing fascinations |