The Hickman courier., 1873-07-26

At Cof414e1 the second station, be-
yond Ogden, we found the circus had
pitched its tents, and people who never
like to be late, and who never can look
upon a Gil Gus without feeling of awe,
were already clustered about the can
vas waiting for the ticket agent and
Monday. afft ~
Corinne is purely Gentle. No Nor
mon runs the risk of the Judgment that
is sure to descend on Corinne, and so
the place is wholly given to the unre-
generate and their evil devices. There
is not much room for anything else. Co
rinne smacks of the plains. It is sandy,
new, business-like, and comparatively
unshaded No Mormon had anything
to do with building that place.
At NPromontory was formerly the
junction of the Union Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific roads. Here in 1869 were
the parade and pomp incidental to the
completion of a gigantic enterprise, and
perfectly appropriate on this occasion.
The last tie laid was marvel of em-
bellished log, and the last spike was of
pure gold. Itwas dark when we reached
Promontory. got off the cars to COM
mune with the hallowed associations Of
the spot, and to look for that spike.
It was not so dark but that I could
make out the layof the country. There
was not house to obstruct the view.
The faint sound of nothing was heard,
and heard distinctly. was disap-
pointed. Promontory, which, for a
day was the most conspicuous place in
America, was now a deserted wilder
ness if you know what that is-a mere
wooding station. There was nothing
more to be seen of the country. We
were still ascending, but almost imper
ceptibly, and everybody looked up to
the heavens, because there were more
life and animation there than on the
earth about them.
srhe next morning awol1e 10 Iace
the plains again. And all that day the
only relief to the eye from the interim
nabIe sand and sage, and low, uncom-
was L1uLADOANlb OtAAOBs
where some of the most singular rock
formations on the line are seen. The
stations on the road are about ten miles
apart, as near as can remember with
the memorandum in the other coat and
an absurdly insane foreman dancing
around for copy. When you have seen
one OF them you are heartily thankful
they don't occur oftener.
There is nothing about them to re-
mind you of the east They stand out
boldly on the plain. There is not tree
about them. The only evidence of re-
fined cultivation is an occasional hoop
skirt or pair of patent leather boots.
The main street faces the depot. In
many instances it is the only street.
The business places are one story and
two stories in height, with gable roof
and square front. Liquor saloons with
Intoxicating names, and boarding-houses
with equally high-sounding titles pre-
domiAHe. Some of the houses are
built of rough boards, others of canvas,
others again of sods, with the floor un-
der ground, and once in a while there is
| a brick structure.
Liquor is freely drank by the masses,
but little or no drunkenness was per.
ceived. 1t is so all through the great
west. Boston cannot show as clean &
police record as San Francisco. If
had the time I should analyze this pro
position, and show you why it is thus
but I never shall have time, thanl
| Heaven.
In one place, five of eight business
places, all the village boasted, were
liquor saloons. Cheyenne has nin'
hundred population, and saloon fot
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