The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-05-14


is six feet high, portly, weighing abou
two hundred, in his sixty fifth year, an
wonderfully well preserved. Ills FAC
resembles that of the late Thomas II
Benton, though with suggestion o
grossness abont the pulled cheeks an,
huge neck, which Old Bullion never gave
His face Is fresh and unwrinklcd, his stel
agile AMI elsic, his curling auburn
hair AMI whiskers untinged with gray
Is he, indeed, new Ponce De Leon, VIII,
has found in pologauIy the fountain o
perpetual youth
lie has greysh. blue, ,secrctivc eyes, eagl
nose, and mouth that shuts like vice
indicating tremendous firmness. Iii.
manner is cold and egotistical lie use,
neither tea nor coffee, splits,ror tobacco
speaks ungrammaticully, is very rich
owning the most desirable property il
Utah, and universally popular among thC
Saints, whom he rules with utmost ease
lie has great knowledge of human natur,
and rare business capacity, Is kind hear
ted, and said to be just in his commercial
pay one tenth of their incomes annually
to the church and, 80 far as Gentle
can see, brigham is the church and the
church is Brigham.
His enclosure of several acres is in the
very heart of the city, surrounded by II
high s'one wall. 1t contains his two chiei
residences, the Lion House and the Bee
! Hive House, where most of his wives
reside though n few of the more favored
ones occupy separate dwellings outside.
1t alsJ contains his school house where |
saw about thirty Of hls offspring engaged
in their studies They are peculiarly
bright and promising children though in
the ward schools Of the city, which also
visited, the average intelligence in low
Their tuition costs from four to ten dol
lars a quarter. 1Heye are no free schools
IN IIdL
Though brigham has buried eight sons
and two daughters, he has fifty surviving
children and several grand children
His wives number about thirty; he in
crcascs the list by one or two additions
yeirly. The first and eldest is mairony
and wtll looking all the later ones saw
are exceedingly plain and unattractive,
though some of their daughters are pretty
winning and graceful. Among the pre-
far more intelligent and cultivated than
the women.
The Genfiles relate many stories at the
expense Of the leading patriarch of the
Church. He is the grand Supreme Court
OF all his people to lin they carry
their troubles for rellet, and their difficult
ties for adjustment. There is legend
that one day woman went to Brigham
tor counsel touching some alleged oppres
SION by an officer of the Church. Brig.
ham, like a true politician, assumed to
know h r; hut when it became ncccssa-
ry 10 record her case, hcsitaicd and
sad:
''Lct me see, sistcr-I forget your
name
"My name" was the Indignant reply
"why, | am your wife J"
"When did | marry your
The woman informed the "President,'
who referred to AN account book in his
desk, and then said:
"Wcll, believe you are right / knew
your face was familar"
Brigham's ample and well shaded
grounds contain an abundance of fruits
and flowers, and many indications of that
lndustry universal among the Mormons
Twenty miles from the city is the Great
Salt Lake, forty miles by one hundred
and twenty, containing several island, al
OF rugged mountains, and its surface for.
ty-twU hundred feet above the level of the
sea- Though four frcsh-water rivers
flow in, it has no visible outlet, and is
bitterly salt. At low water. three gallons
OF ITS iluid produce one of clear, fine salt
No fishes are found in the lake. II one
be careful to keep the water out of his
eyes, nose and mouth, it is delightful TO
swim in, though SO buoyant as to make
it difficult TO walk in the shadows 1t is
claimed that one cannot sink hut its
prcgntn mt waters must render s,rangulation
very easy. Lake Utah, thirty miles dis
tant, i a clear, shining, mountain cnv.
ronid body of fresh water, twenty miles
by thirty. The river Jordan has its or-
GIN here, and flows across the beautiful
valley like a stream Of silver, into Salt
Lake.
Tepid springs abound in the territory.
A mile west of the city a stream, redo
lent of suphu1and large as ones thigh.
guShcs from a hillside. The water is so
hoi(one hundred and two degrees) that
one shrinks from its first touch, but soon
finds it delightful After ten minutes of
plungng and swimming, he comes out
cleanscd from head to foot every muscle
relaxed, every nerve pervaded 10y deli
cious languor. 1t is claimed that the
stream possesses rare curative virtues for
Two miles further is the
Hot Spring, spouting in column larger
than the body OF man, and hot enough
to boil an egg. Among the ancients its
sulphurous, smell and great clouds of mist
and steam, would have declared it
mouth Of Tartarus. Besides it is a
lovely little lake, fringed by green pop
lars, with background of purple, noun
tains, bearing soft, white coronets of
clouds.
From these springs we rode back to the
city in glorious atmosphere, under skies