Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-03-17
a TRIP TO THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
By REV. J. Il. LISEEACK
NO VII.

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them being nine feet wide and
opening outwards, which enables the
immense AUDIENCE to get out in one
and a half minutes. The accous'
tics are wonderfully perfect anG
one is asronished to no small de-
.aree, yhep witnessing those prop
,srties. EA-pin was dropped on thc
floor blythe guide at one ehd, when
l at the other end, caught the
sonnd as readily and distinctly as il.
! had dropped it just at my side,
and this at distance of 233 feet.
The organ, standing just back OF
the Triple pulpits, ie'~ $50 say the
Mormons) the third largest in
America. 1t has nearly three
Thousand pipes, the largest being
32 feet long and 8 feet square on
tho inside. The blowers are work.
ed by four men tho entire struc-
ture is So feet high, and except the
metal pipes, was wholly made CT
Utah material AS time would
not wait for me aud much remain
ed to be seen, l did not loitre long,
but pushed forward and came to
Brigham's s'bec hive" which is a
number of small houses or cottages,
in which he used to keep his wives.
The old gentleman must have been
of Jealous disposition. as the whole
'shive," with another, and larger
house are enclosed with q high
rock wall. The openings are pro-
vided with very heavy doors having
locks on the inside. Brigham S own
dwelling stood in the corner of the
same block. hut was open and un-
obstrueted by anything more than a
nice iron fence. On the oppisitc
side of the street from this building
stood tho "Amelia Palace" This
was for his youngest and most be-
loved wife. Amelia, and was ct the
modern architecture. Part of the
lefty is built on a bench Of the
mountain, and while strolling along
in that vicinity | could look over
the other portion, and see nearly
every house while in the distance
lay thousands Of acres of the great
Salt Lake Valley. | extended my
5 tramp up city creek canyon, e. gaI
r in the mountains) down which tur=
bulently flows the water supply ot
the eity. Like in Nebraska, here
, it never rains, and at dlHeren
points along this stream, irrigation
bitches lead off to various portions
of the city. The creek has gyea
fall and hence as the canyon is en-
we may look far up the sides of th'
mountains, and zee these bitches
!, In my small collection Of memen-
, tos, [ have stones gathered along
: the banks. Many very prett.
: flowers decked the mountains, a
stated in No. g.. The formation i
: songlomerate, and here I had th
i opportunity to examine more salts
n factorily the many large Jumps tha
Z had been washed down. Whe1
under the water the particles ar
: more easily separated and eyel
!. when once subjected to q soaking
they seem to adhere Tess firmly
Turning back | walked to anothe
part. bpt saw nothing worthy c
note.
/ The shades of evening were be
ginning to hover when / left th
suburbs, and then my strolls wer
d tmDfned to'a smaller Compass !; bu
: before entering the main city
! looked in at the mill where. th
d salt from the Lake is ground fint
:; and in conversation with the opt
Z rator, Isoon found that he was a
y old North Carolinian, frem nea
81 mi9gtonsk The miflsis situate
- sity ofeek, the stseaS4, whlc
Z nsniehes al the water, and at v.
points along thesstream,
a came neutrality-suspicious., leat
p ing to different Rsrts.
I next Visited city hall, the car
:, itol, and was shown around by
. very courteous policeman. In til
main legislative hall hangs a lii
As size painting of Brigham. Fro,
y the clock tower which sprmoqp,
): the building, had very fine vie
= 4 ann set, and What was MOI
= Gratifying. than all Was-thc sever
;. spires of other and eyangelic
be =, churchesr. HefeetingT the glorio,
It light. Minister'S Of sother denom
nations t0sid there, and some pu1
~ icatlons are issued by them. Al
* sec noting that is calculated
e eradicate the erroneous practi,
characteristic OF the mormon fai
DO 'S % much as the we'll directed, y
y Ijad'cions efforts ola higher al
g more rsfu>d psineiple, II es,
o., morality to ssJ nothing Of refigio
l was informed that the dauyhtc
), Iof exen some Of the of6cisls
their church arc becoming aware