The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-30
OUR JOHN AT SALT LAKE.
Whimsicalities from the Domain of the
Prophet.

| Correspondence of the Sun.
SALT LAKE, April, 1S74.-It is lust a two
days run from San Francisco to Salt Lake
| City, but you should personally undertake
| to run it in two days, you'd find it takes
two weeks-that is, on foot. They manipu-
late pictorial paste-board on the cars The
| game requires only three cards. You bet
on the jack, and you'll find you'll turn up a
| jack-a jack ass. In playing this game,
the rule that applies to Napoleon on the
white horse, g You pays your money and
you takes your choice, is reversed, and
you takes your choice and pays your money.
To get to Salt Lake City, you leave the
Union Pacific at Ogden, and take the Utah
Central Railroad, and then take drink,
| and then you ride thirty-eight miles, and
there you are.
Salt Lake City has population Of about
22,O0O. The first party of prospectors, less
than 200 in number and headed by Brigham
Young reached here in 1S47. Five hundred
more arrived the following year. The city
is laid out in squares formed by very broad
streets. 1t has several good hotels.
The Tabernacle is the biggest meeting
house | ever got inside Of 1t is just the
shape of wire butter cover. 1t will hold
over Is, 900 people. Prairie schooners used
to be plenty in this section, but only one
brig has ever arrived at this port, and that
is Brigham. He is the boss of this town.
1t takes big piece of calico to dress his
wife. There is n section of this country
known as the Banana Belt, and that is the
only belt long enough to go around Mrs.
Brigham Young all at once. He must keep
a ten-horse power donkey engine to NIX
hash for his family. How donkey engine
ha hnrca
readers as a rebus for them to solve.
The city is situated in the loveliest valley
| ever saw, overshadowed by the Wahsatch
range. of mountains, their peaks visible,
capped with snow the year around. The
climate is wonderfully mild. About two
miles from the centre of the city, and owned
by it, isa warm sulphur spring. Swimming
bath houses have been erected and a swim
in that sulphur water is positive luxury.
Still further out from the city are the hot
springs. An egg will cook in the water in
four minutes. So will two eggs. Uncle
Samuel has military camp near the city.
There is one very large business house here
1t is called Zion's Cooperative Mercantile
Institution.
Salt Lake is some miles from the city. |
visited it. The name is apropos. 1t isn't
necessary to embalm man to make him
keep if he has ever been soaked in that
water. One teaspoonful once day taken
internally would turn q man into corned
beef in less than week. Mashed potatoes
dropped into the lake come up Goldfish balls
inside of three minutes, and an old boot leg
becomes mackerel in two hours. Three
barrels of that water make one barrel of
salt-that is, according to chemical analysis.
My Judgment, unsupported, would lead me
to suppose, from tasting it, that one barrel
of water would make three barrels of salt.
Its buoyancy is remarkable. Mr.. B. of
Il. c. IL. Institution says that he has walked
out into that lake until he has had fifty feet
of water under him, and he sank only to his
waist. Mr.. B. also informed me that in
disrobing he accidentally dropped his stock
ings; he walked out into the lake, sat down,
made clothes line of his toes, hung his
stockings on 'em, and sat there till they
dried. | remarked that it must have been
when he was buoy; but he said no.
There is q man out here, he is .ieweler
He is the very fellow who made the welkin
ring. | saw him making napkin ring.
There is demand for old horse shoes; they
are going to start a Chinese paper in
Sacramento, and they want 'em for type.
met an old New Yorker day before yes
CeIudy; he WAS once u prominent RepuDllcan;
he is now very strong Democrat.
Says l. {, What made you change ?''
Says he, SITS perfectly natural should
do So" ...+
Says I, "Why SOP
Says he, ''Don't man always, when he
gets tired of tying on one side, turn over on
the other side % 5E
Says | ''Good day, sir
Says he, Good day ..=......
4 fellow told me something. He says
'snot a thousand miles from Canal street,
New York, sign hangs over restaurant
door, George & Joe.' He was in there
eating some cooked meats the other day.
when two anti-crusaders. entered. They
walked up to the bar and exclaimed, give
us couple. "A couple of whate' says the
bafkeeper. . 4 couple of George and Joes'
was the reply. Why, gentlemen, says the
barkeeper, George { Joe is the name Of
the firm My gracious, says one of the
fellows, you don't told me so !; CAD knew
Tom and jerry was beverage, and hang
me if | didn't think George and Joe was q
new drink. ," JOHN.