, 1877-12-24


j,ouses In The place. Nobody lives there but
those queer little animals, the prairie dogs, and
their cnupan1ops, The rattlesnakc and species
OF white owl. Theso three creatutcs-beast,
tion % hoe t,ag oto te I sfde or T top of mo,nd
OF earth, Tbtre appeared to b. moro than a
hundred Of these latter. II Tho train had been
running lust tftfe slower l could have count
Tho praIrio dog resembles a squirrel: lie IL
about fifteen inches long, OF a rcddlah-gray
coIof, and fat enough to tako prtzn at an agr(-
cultural fair. lie u not at ali hhy, and rs tho
,g d moved o.s s"s. chs " @ 1 1e;a yf' on Of ss s
tal-entls With theft front paws ia the atr looking
As compliment and se'f.satlsaef1 as though they
owned tho real-tslnta thcs occupied aud there
Certainly. in no part of The world can one
travel so far and encounter such monotonons
scouery as on this overland road. For mora
than Thousand miles there Is scarcely anything
to be seen except great p1ains almost de7otd Of
and sani.hl,ls; and suppose some parsor's
would not regard hand- -h.!sas vegetation. That
10 because so1ne persons arc particular. That
guidcbook contains sotne beautiful pictures of
pHER, BUFFALO, ANTELOPE, COYOTES, AND IN
piass, -,
and mora than ntnts that all these thinns nre to
be seen from tho eas.wfndows expected to
sec them, but did not sec any Of them And
aean r.s seIsa t IN spF a X tE bu after
smoke and birthstone III It vas,-i bad enough
Of snowshe'ls. Some OF these stFu:tnIes l:tgI aro
xe '0pT saa saans !, 'ese%ss st19 to
more. Standing on tic rear platform, I
locked into the muzzlc Of onc Vi thctn Just as
the train emerged. and say great convouted
uously as though they had been bolched forth
from the crater OF II volcano.
During tho third dag out from Omaha l
Learned that, Ia addition to Nr. Rooney, there
namely, Oraon Pratt and Apostle Smith tnot q
descendant Of Jbscphl. who were returning
home from a proselyttn9 mission TO Mother
Europe. They had been su,nmoncd to take
part IN the clcctlnn Of q successor TO the place
Mr.. Smith had with hin q vile, pretty, bright
eyed woman, and an equally erl9t-cyed .:lttlo
Guild: Iho 1oafth mcmoef OF the party was
Mr. klcnans,
During the courso Of IN interview will, this
latter, he informed me that his father WAS ono
81 Inc fs r' ~ uen a narty mp Was
snIn ~ H." ,taa. is,oar,s stfa ~ m;i,rn.
losheu " tac Slass naLas. "'tT ~ ~. cati,,.
vefs warm md hearty. and everybody kissed
everybody. !he sa!utations over, tMe tilfee
apostles sought quiet place, at,si, viii. hoatls
on rhfcfly IN HhIsnct.. AZ Ogden tho waoIa
party left tho train for Salt Lake City.
on reuciine Ban Francisco went directly to
tho Baldwin House, ard On entering tho Office
was at once met by that genial gentleman mud
prince OF hotel mannEcIs. john A Rice, for
incrly Of ol1r own Grand Pacific. lie Ind Just
taken formal posscsslpn Ut this finest aud best
appointed hotel icrc,-nt,tl onc Of the granleat
In The wor,d,-anl with 'his knowledge of the
art Of making hls quests comfortable t,o will he
nbIo to confer happiness OF, tho thousands
tens OF thousands, trust-who Huy bo fostu.
nnio enough 10 gct under Ills root. Ami It docs
him 10 much good to sec = Clleukuani |
When ha looks In the faco Of uuy ono
from our modest clty smile cuu-
mcnccs 1t both ll!s ears. runs forward
to tia nose, and spreads at last over his whole
couptcuancc Ia much less time than 1t takes to
til about It.
AID oxofu1 FAssgrr
Ia here, too; imported from Chicago expressly
to man0ue tic "frutt," George was lust as
smooth and nfiabto As ever, and lie obly looked
eaff when son1elJody oskcti him for Information
about tho city, tfe could not give It, tnd It
pffoycd him. Ills opportunities had been too
1imiinti. ani ba tjIt not know apy more with ro-
rari to the streets and things hero than u
Digger Indian does Tho use of q Ana.tootlcd
con,b.
III" Rtcr iptrn1uced ma to tho proprfetor of
this marnllccnt hotel, Nr. F. j, DaldwIn,-