The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-10

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Salt Lake City. the Mormon capital!
Let 10 look 1t it. Il liss dssp IN tie
valley. in . valley which h GOO lest
sbove the level Of the So To The
right, to the left, to the north, the soutb
the east and the west. mountains! In
the midst Of then the city. Amsfies
has no other like It. Surveyed from
the distance. it wears distinctly ON
entail appearance. So We Of the fer
West. Who have only dreamed Of the
the East. imagine how Damascus may
look. White houses hioing amid masses
ofgreep foliage. A dome. tower. .
spire, that may snswef for . minasst.
deep Rsrdens, bsildipgs With Hat seofs.
. faint mist Of dust marking the line
of . travelled strest. sky Of moro than
the Oriental softosss overhead, and IN
atmosphere % pure that 70 breathe Il u
Q luxury, and TO look through Il 10 70
gain such power Of vision that the pssks
Of the Wssstch Range, twenty miles
sway, sesm within fcach u the pedss-
TRAN who has i've minutes 10 spare. In
the city there are bread streets covered
With gravel. Upon each side vbses
the gutter should b there u . stsoso
Of pure and delicious watsr hurting
gercely along with the iopseus gained
Ct the top Of the Twin Peaks. Tbs
dwsllings Of stone, Of wood, Of slobs
or sun burnt bricks. ere far apart. sod
eDshrined among mighty trees. Shops.
here and there. thrust themselves out
to the edge Of the footwsy. and odsf
their wares to he psssers By. II 10 .
queer <hrohg thst is thus tempted.
Such ons a. on no other street in this
broad earth can gather. Here 10 q
Mormon saiDt, . patriarch With twelve
wives and 10 many children that be il
COMPELLED TO refer 20 bis DsmoSaudua
for q list Of them. Stout, rugged, and
COARSE IN nature and il festsse. he 10 ri
tho Kidd tbat ioand this valley . vii.
derness and transformed il into lbs
cious garden. There il Utah Indian
clad. perhaps. in . stovepipe hat.
bl,nket and buckskin breechss. BE
wears huge earrings. long straight hsir.
thick aud - black - @idoight. Here
is Mexican dsshing si,ng q break.
neox speed upon . shaggy pony. sHe
wears dress - picturesque - that Of
o Greek, and he 10 - 6ns hoess0sn
Is the Arabian Desert knows. There
90 two army officers. weariog blue
co ~. snd looking - II they wers Ia
authority. They HE 70 the camp on
the aiiIsids. from shich the gsas they
copteOl can level the city IL day.
Gentiie miners. With whisksrs. broad
hats. trowsers tucked in boots. and pis.
tolls thrust IN belts. swsgesr about in
search Of FIRE water. Mormon police.
men. quiet, reserved. but kesn - hounds
steod upon the corness. Huge vsgona
dawn BY six. eight and ton mules come
Numbering down the street. briugiue
frsn outlying settlements Of the ssintl
the tithss for tie Prophetic stssshe use.
Hurrying past them dash graceful snd
elegant pleasure carriages such - Hyde
Park might bs proud Of. But where
are the women! OF osn there srG
enough. Now and then . 0sotils 10
man .passss. but not often: and TIL
Mormon women appear still lee fire.
quently. II 10 Orieotalism in the q.
tr,ms Occident. There 10 the polyg
amy Of Turkey with % approach 70 ID,
custom which kssps the woosn ssds1
the veil. u 70 strange city. . new
city. born within the last half century;
. city Of its own kind; . city that y y
striking. - novel, - interesting, q
unprecedented 10 the view ol the Amer.
ican Sho lIveseast Of the Rocky Moaa'
tsins - il i to that OF the citizen o.
London.