The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-30

regularly laid out and run at exAcs right angles 10 each
tsher Aolg The sides Of come OF them run small rs'i
The children have fine sport throwing stones at these
Utah lake are filed with these sS, whose weight ranges
nom five to twenty i've pounds and average about Ten
ANY h s ~. rs rSe
~ ct this place beautiful and grand indeed the scenery
alepg this entire valley u infinitely more attractive than
be found between the Muddy and the central
part Of KADsAs rbe horizon ia every drecon from this
town s rotched and capped with mountain ranges or
into lhs peerless sky but ree four miles distant 70
the south and west their dim outline traced in the blue
Of @
aorss The nor!h q The city, from |. caaon in The
feet deep. y flow. into the east side
pouring about equal volume OF water souhward sixty
or seventy miles 70 Great Salt Lake. This chain Of wser
Communication very interesting feature OF the couo
hy especially when the proximity OF largo bodies of per-
fecty fresh and pungent sa waier-ted together by
rolli5 & food Of the former-is considered.
squatsed through the town OF Provo, and for mites
aor its northern and western borders, families from
the north, IN every conceivable quality, form sod ma
terial Of habitatops Many live the bodies of the
by merely taking them of the wheels and placing them
uren the ground. A cooking stove, deposited in the
open air; prepares The food Of the family A few
families have canvass tents many moro live IN tents
built Ia Indian, but thatched with straw others live
In hole dug in the ground, with brush piled up either
side santDgy till connects 1t the top and forms SORT
Of roof other brush placed at either end 70 suit the
ceeeties Of the weather 6ome families have erected
board sha1ties. ALI tho temporary hsbitaons Of emil
grants very open and much exposed TO the weather
This does not matter much at this OF the year. but
the weather cold the people would suffer severely.
In the wresched little cabins tents and sheds have
noticed the women busy engaged In carrying on all the
duties that ordinarily pertains 70 country mstrons such
a. making but cheese, raising stock, poultry spnbing
&C. Brigham has square block the centre Of the
city uron which he keeps his harem high close board
fence has been built all around the block. Whatfr? A
temporary wooden shed, two three hundred feet ,og
abeustweve wide and eight feet high 70 the caves
fdiraTy inclined roof has been BULL bordering upon
str eet en- this square, There not window 10 this build
ing on either the ends side toward the street. Why
no Some Of the sistes" tell that the rooms inside
OF this mansion only lathed ak feet. every
WORD thai spoken In one room be heard In the al
joining They also represent that the interior Of
shed at evening Is worse than lunac asy yea tbn.
1t equals Bedlam in commoton. The building exceed
ipgly crowded contains not only Brgham's wives aad
children, but also the families Of many Of his sons aud
IONS inlaw So when the multitude Of children has to
be tied up" for the night their squalng rolls
TO end Of the building like the deAeupg Of harsh
pet The Prophet must then have good opp ytouy
Of enjoying the sweet and holy calm OF divine sop
II sss about seven O'Clock yester morning when we
drove up to the only hotel in the place. The fos rng
sign, elevated conspcuousy on pole, drew auen-