Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-21

stronger brothers, They sat upon ju.
ries. and exercised their privileges in a
manner which reflected honor upon
their pure judgments. and helped to put
down vice in every FORM" 70 use the
words of the mayor Of Laramie.
Although Sherman is the highest
point on the road. the divide" as it is
called. is lss miles further west. at
Creston here the waters Of the noun
tains cease te flow toward the Atlantic.
turning instead to the Pacific. Itmight
be called the back bone or ridge of the
continent All around is desolate enough.
aud we rejoice to think that we are now
on the down grade. over which We speed
along until Green River is reached.
where We stop for breakfast Every
thing was cold enough the water tanks
were full of ice. the air we breathed was
raw. and cut our throats like knife.
There wasn't much to see-Only the riv-
er. and the bluffs which rise almost per-
pendieularly for nearly two thousand
feet, and remind me of an immense
marble cake" with layers of yellow,
dirty buff. brown. gray. black, etc.
Sage brush and alkali. alkali and sage
brush, met the eye on every side. As
we get lower down the earth seems to
be all fine powder. and we remember
the dust which
Sat upon and nlled the train,
/ The dust upon the beasts, the tent. the plain.
And dust alas on beasts thai rose not up again ="
The old emigrant wagon road fire.
quently crosses our path. and fancy
brings before my eyes the picture of
their weary toiling.
| Soon we cross into Utah, and in the
canons We catch glimpses of the little
Mormon settlements, outgrowths from
the main one which is ahead of us. At
every station the houses of the section
hands are grouped tOgether-Often only
rude huts, yet sometimes with a sewing
machine at the window, or plants turn
ing their green leaves out toward the
sunshine.
At Castle Rock, near one lone house,
| saw little grave, marked only by a
wooden cross but it made my heart 60
out to the mother who, far from home
and friends. beyond the skill of ply
sician. perhaps with no kind neighbor to
close the eyes and cover the still form
out of her sight, laid her little one to
rest beneath the shadow of the over
hanging rocks, and with broken hopes
turned back to her dosolated home.
We are now among the castellated
rocks which are composed of yellow
sandstone. Castles they seem, indeed,
with tower and turret, battered, time
worn sides and high, jagged roofs. The
grand old Cathedral has its place, toe,
and we half fancy there must be the
richly stained windows. the altar and
the incense.
But they are only rocks, and we 60
swiftly by, to other points of interest.
The Hanging Rock is said to be the
first pulpit Brigham Young preached
from in Utah. Six miles further on. and
so high up we can hardly see them. re-
main the fortifcations erected by the
Mormons. when, in 1857, Buchanan sent
General johnson. with small army, out
against them.
Entering Echo canon we are surround
ed by grandeur. Mountains. rocky and
bare of all vegetation, rise on every side
Snow-capped peaks, cold and glittering
in the sunshine. stand out against the
sky. while the lovely valleys nestle be
tween them. Echo river, with its watel
the color Of the rainbow, is a changeful
narrow stream, meandering about, re
gardless Of the expense Of bridges, put
ting itself in our way 50 constantly w
cross it 81 times in 26 miles.
Devils Slide is little further on il
Weber canon. and after seeing that,
have no doubt His Satanic Majesty i
still in the world. if be slid down Their
and had to return over the same path
Coming down would be an easy feat
returning. something like climbing
creased pole. quote C. G. Fulton
description Of it, which is very accurate
"Imagine a mountain 500 feet high
composed Of solid, dark red sandstone
with smooth and gradually ascending
surface TO its pinnacle, and only eigh
or ten degrees from being perpendicular
From the base Of the immense red noun
tain up its entire height is the Devil
Slide. composed Of white limestone.
consists Of smooth, white stone foo
. from base to summit. about 3 feet wide
as straight aud regular as though lai'
! with line and plummet On either sid
, Of this smooth. white line Is what aF
! pears 70 the eye 70 be a well laid. Whit
! stone wall, varying 10 height from 10 {
) 30 feet"
We reach Ogden Friday night. vher
: we change cars. The city proper l. ~
miles away, and the -City Oftbe Saints
: he chief attraction 10 Ctab. lies thirty
: SIX miles south Ia winter the taberns
: Gle il closed and there Is little 70 attrae
( the traveller. 30 we defer our visit unit