The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-09
MORM0NDOM.

peSrHnce and DeDOrtment.
Salt Lake city Uuly 2N Bdttortel Correspondence
Washington Star.
Mr.. George Q. Cannon, editor of the Deseret
Netos who has kindly aided us to see the prin-
cipal objects of interest in and about Salt Lake
City, took us yesterday to see Brigham Young.
We were received in his private office, opening
to the right of the tithing office, and situated
between his two residences, known as the Lion
House and the Bee Hive House. The office is a
spacious room, divided In the middle by rail-
ing and carpeted with ingram, and with furni-
ture of walnut scroll pattern, upholstered in
brown reps. The front part of the division, used
apparently an audience chamber, had chairs
and lounges and in the centre n stand holding
vase, a foot high, with an immense bouquet,
built up in the shape of Il spruce tree, OF open
dens. On each side of the inner room
was a desk, one occupied by Brigham and the
other by his secretary. The furniture seemed to
be mostly OF pine, with some pretensions to
carving or cabinet display. The desks were pc
cuar in shape the table being supported by
what appeared to be verd antique pillars, but
really wood painted in imitation of that stone.
All the furniture is made here, it being the policy
of Young to use only home manufactures. On
the walls, near the ceiling, were suspended por-
traits of leading Mormons, including those of
the present Quorum of Twelve Apostles the
post of honor being occupied by the pictures of
Joseph and Hiram Smith. The portraits were
evidently painted by native artists, the like .
nesses being fair, but the execution of the sign
board order Lower on the walls were pictures
of Andrew Johnson and Ben Halladay, of stage
line fame, sent to Brigham Young by these
worthless.
The mantle of Joseph Smith fell upon Brig
ham Young, as all good MOrmOns believe, and
consequently he succeeds to the title of the Pro-
phet. When we entered the Prophet was seated
in the rear of the room, and he rose to receive
us. Naturally we took a scrutinizing look at the
man who has occupied SO much of the public
attention for many years. As l have mentioned
already, he is more insignificant in figure than
pictures of him would Indicate He is about
five feet eight and half inches, but is said to
stand an inch shorter than when ten years
younger. His head is pear shaped, heavy at the
base and narrowing towards the top; and the
resemblance to that fruit is considerably
heightened by his wearing his sandy hair in the
form of a roach. He has full beard running
below his mouth, the lower part pretty grey and
nesting in his capacious neckcloth. His eyes
are a greysh blue, cold small and more than
half yelled by dropping eyelids. They are
badly mated orbs; for when he unbends
to tell jOcose story the right eye lights up with
considerable humOr, but the left, perhaps from
some defect of the nerves, utterly refuses to obey
the helm and remains as unsympathetic as a
| glass eye. A seam across his face, taking the
place of lips, divides pair of massive jaws, and
when opened discloses a set of impeTfectly fitted
| false teeth, the workmanship probably, of Salt
Lake dentist His blonde hair fair complexion
and light clothes were all in a ''concatenation
according" He wore yellow Russian duck
pantaloons, white duck coat white Marseies
vest, black necllerchief, and heavy hair watch
guard, from which was suspended a number of
| charms, made mostly of hair, the most prominent
Os which was a wOmans gaiter shoe, fashioned
of hair, with golden sole, beneath which was a
tiny skate, also of gold A puff-bosomed shirt.
fastened by substantial pearl buttons, and heavy
calfslin boots, completed the costume of this
latest of the line of prophets and patriarchs.