Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-07-05
Salt Lake CITY, u. 4.
June 18th, 1872.

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Ems. CHRONICLE:
Taking Utah Territory as whole, with
| its numerous deserts of sand and Sage
brush, and its broken and austere noun
tain sides, often capped with snow, we do
confess to not liking it at all. But il
there is one redeeming spot to which we
would resort for relief and comfort, it is
Salt Lake City. With the exception OF
the Mormon Temple, few buildings, and
the residence OF Brigham Young and 9TH
or dignitaries of the church triumphant,
this city has nothing particular to recon-
mend it in the way of grand and imposing
edifices ;neither is the soil particularly
deep or fertile; in fact what we have seen
of it consists of but few inches of loan
on very gravvlly bottom. We believe
that the char u of the place consists prin-
cipally in The novelty of its construction
and its natu. al adornments. The streets
OF the city are very wide, and by some
means or other, pleasant streams Of cool
and pure water are made to flow from the
mountain and wend their way by every
sidewalk Of every street, and thus furnish
an ample supply of wholesome water for
stock, and also for all ordinary household
purposes !; and to heighten the beauty Of
the place, profusion OF thrifty trees, such
as white pine, locust, mulberry, &C., are
planted all along those rippling streams.
Thus is provided not only pure water, bat
grateful shade to the passer by, and the
strolling kline that nip the tender grass by
the limpid streams. Another beautiful
feature in the plan of the city, is, that
with the exception of a few business
streets, the majority of the residences are
separated by large and luxuriant gardens,
well planted with apple, peach, cherry,
mulberry and other trees. Many gardens
arc also ornamentally laid out and planted
with flowers, vines, and shrubbery Of
many species and of every hue. With
the river Jordan and Salt Lake to the
west and northwest, the Pacific Railroad
and hot springs to the north, the snow
capped mountains on the east, and untold
riches of silver and gold to the southwark.
and--Brigham Young and the Latter Day
Saints in the midst of her. "Surely beau.
tiful for situation is Zion, the joy of the
whole EARTH"
In common with other "Gentiles," we
rejoice to see that other religious denomi-
nations than Mormon, are gaining sure,
and we trust a permanent foothold. Since
here we have attended the religious servi-
ces Of the Congregationalists, Presbyteri-
ans, EpiscopalS, Mormons, and Methodists.
We had the pleasure of attending straw
berry festival at the Methodist church,
last Friday evening. 1t wassa pleasant
affair, and We came away with the i'm
preston that its members are refined
and highly cultivated people. The Meth
odiSts here have quite respectable look
ing church In course Of erection they
now occupy the lower story, which is am
pie enough for its present congregation.
We had the pleasure Of meeting with
William and Joseph Vincent while attend
ing at the NJ f. Church; both are old
citizens of Dodgevils. We have also met
with Charles N"ursc, another foi citi.
zen of your town. While here we have
attended the services at the Temple Or
Tabernacle twice. The congregation is
generally addressed BY two or three Of the
Elders, or Apostles. They seldom open
the Bible to speak from any given text
but deliver kind of wandering, windy
harrangue, in the vain endeavor to prove
that the Mormon faith is the very perfec-
ton of all other religions. Daring the
speaking the Stewards, or Deacons pass
around bread and water, which is their
communion service, and to avoid confusion
in the administration of the service, the
Gent e" hearers are seated separately.
This Temple is a stupendous affair, ca
pable of seating $4,000 people, and can be
emptied in less than ten minutes, by
means of great many doors. They have
an excellent choir, and their organ is an
immense structure, IS feet in height, and
believed to be the largest west of Boston.
The entire thing was constructed here
among these lonely mountains.