The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-11-07

view the beauties Of faith, hope and charity
forgets that II he would win souls from th
shadows he must first convince them sun
shine is better. He m az be very jealous 70
the cause Of Christ, but he has yet lesso
to learn from Him who said: LET him VIII
is without sin cast the first stone."
Like those politicians in the South VIII
are opposed to universal education, Brigham
Young knew that his power to control wa
founded largely upon the ignorance Of thu
masses; that he must keep from them, as ia
as possible, all knowledge of the OUTSIDE
world. But seeing railroad was inevitable
he let his worldly wisdom triumph and be-
came its chief owner. 1t proved an assaiant
for year by year its influence sapped his pow
er. Until then he had been able to concen
trate trade and drive out nearly all of those
who tried to establish themselves in business
The letters q. C. NJ. I. over doors meant Ii
ons Cooperative Mercantile Institution, ant
woe to the saint who strayed outside OF Zlor
to purchase his family supplies.
With the railroad came the worlds people
to look upon the City Of the Saints; capita
and enterprise had their eyes open, and coon
were walking the streets hand in hand. Fine
business houses were erected and filled with
goods fresh from the East; and soon the
pretty Mormon girls were saving their pen
MES to buy the nice things. Milliners follow.
ed merchants; bonnets went behind the
kitchen door and stylish hats took their
places. Tailors were soon on hand with new
goods and new patterns, and the homespun
garments, wrought by the skill and patience
Of Mormon wives, went to keep the sun-bon-
nets company. The ball was set in motion
and 1t gained strength as it rollea. There
are now more than 400 miles Of railroad in
the Territory and more in prospect. Salt
Lake has grown from village to city OF
twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and for
miles around farm Buildings dot the valley
SO frequently they seem to belong to the
suburbs of the town. The farms are usually
small, often containing no more than thirty
or forty acres, but with every inch cultivated
carefully. Fruit trees which are to be found in
all the gardens in the city cluster about
every farmhouse in the sp-ing-time, giving to
the valley the appearance of vast orchard,
wearing It's wealth Of blossoms and filling
the air with perfume. Picture for yourselves
this city with its broad streets, its streams Of
water, its strange church buildings, its hand
some business houses, its elegant residences,
its queer old adobe houses in the midst of
beautiful valley, green with clover and alfal-
ia and young grain just springing up; wild
flowers mingle with the green grass, adding
the charm of their brilliant colorss until the
carpet Of Mother earth seems almost gorge
GUS. Over the grass and the flowers hang
the dainty blossoms of the fruit trees-ap-
pie and peach and pear, mingling with the
nectarine and apricot; up through the BIOS
SONS we look to the grand old mountain
tops, gllstehing white with their perpetual
crown of snow. So near they seem we fan
cy we may reach them by walking = little
while, for we have yet to learn that the at
mosphere west of the Rockies is so dry
and clear in summer time that we are readi-
ly deceived as to distances. On our left is
the Wasatch range, in the distance the
Oluirr; both ranges have lofty peaks, some
OF them towering 1900 feet above the level
Of the sea. They are not like the mountains
Of the eastern States they are full of gull
ches and canyons, and they are constantly
surprising one with peak where there
ought to be gulch, and gorge where one
expects good point of observation. o but
they are grand mountains I looked upon
them every day for two weeks. I saw them
in sunshine and in storm, by day light and
by moonlight; and learned to turn toward
them as to the face of a friend. do not see
how men can be base and vile with those
mountains for companions. 1 could tell to
them my joys, and could pour out to them
the torrent of great sorrow and be COM
forted by their presence.
The development of the mines in Utah,
has stimulated all business interests and lin
creased the number of interpreting inhabi-
tants. In 1877 the produce of the mines
amounted to 1926, 500, and the yield for the
present year will be even greater. Even the
Emma mine, made notorious by the vast
amount Of dirt flinging INDUCED in by Eng
lish capitalists who claimed their American
cousins were too sharp for them, has gone
back on its reputation, and for the month of
April produced $24, 900 in bullion. Rich as
is the Territory in minerals, that alone would
not ensure her continued prosperity, for
mines may be exhausted. Her most perma-
nent advancement will come, as must that
Of all countries, from increased agricul-
ural wealth. In 1875 there were under cul-
tivation 1913, 395 acres of land; add to this
the extensive ranges Of pasture lands where
cattle and sheep take care of themselves a
good part of the year and Utah has no need
to be ashamed of her resources. Then, too.
she is specially favored by the relative posi-
tionsof the mining and agricultural districts,
alternating as they do home market is ere.
ated for the surplus products of the farm
and the orchard, the farmer having hardly
to go from his own home to dispose of every
thing he raises and for cash. In the mining
districts of Nevada, California and Arizons
all the necessaries of life are to be had only
at exhorbitant prices. for they canno. bt
raised near by and the cost of transportation
is very great.
In many respects Utah has the advantage
over other Territories. The patient, hard
working Mormons who first came there wer
quite unlike the restless, gold-seeking adj
venturers who are scattered over the Pacific
coast and known as "forty miners" The.
came to Utah to stay; aud the result of thei
labors is seen and will be continual bel
in the future. Taught the necessity Of he
ing self-sustaining, various branches of man
| ufacture have taken root and from them viii
| grow establishments which will consume thu
coal from their mountains, furnish narke
for the cotton and the wool, and furnhis EN-
ployment to those needing it. Iron furnace
will come in good time, perhaps mint to coil
the product of the mines and along with a
this advancement agricultural pursuits will
keep pace. and Utah may coun
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