The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-26


villa seems to be aound; DR.. Ander.
sons has also stood firm, and the
house owned by Mr.. Charles Read,
or s'Msrguerite Cottage" to follow
the inscription on the door, where
we have established our quarters is
clean, cosy and as little weather.
beaten as the hotel itself.
The time since our arrival has
been variously passed in arranging
our stores, and in constructing such
conveniences for cooking, storing of
lsrder, etc !, as might be satisfactory
to the housewives; newly chopped
pine boughs furnish us mattresses
that Barratt might envy; clFsr
stream running past the cottage,
and so cold that the hands snd faces
ache after each addition, has been
utilized for dairy purposes; wood
sbounds in plenty; milk OF the
cheapest and richest, is to be had by
the painful al. Bright0n's; we have
visited old camping grounds, and
lived summer campaigns over again
in viewing ruined boweries, old tent
sites and the black spots that mark
our camp bonfres; each evening we
take a EoW in one of Brighton's
boats, over the beautiful surface Of
Silver Lake, ami that through, we
are glad to hurry back, shivering, to
our books and our kitchen stove;
the.duties of wocd.chOpper are taken
day about, and such il the morning
and evening temperature, that that
Office Is very far from being a sine,
cure; all day yesterday, (Tuesday,)
with the sun shining brightly, we
kept fire going. and outside doors
carefully closed; blankets and quilts
are at a premium, with strong ten
dency upwards towards morning;
our literary pursuits are divided be-
tween Wilkie Collins and EugeneiSue
we have come ont you see
solely for diversion. and
instruction and cultivation are
allowed to go for the nonce. The
only disappointment we have SUI
fered thus far, has been in the non
arrival of Tuesdays HERALD, a
fault for which we are uncertain
whether to bestow our curses upon
your mailing clerk, the D. & Il. q.
or the postmaster at Alta; the only
paper we have seen since Sunday,
was copy of THE HERALD left
upon our cottage floor by the LAST
occupants and be ring the date OF
August 10Th, 1882. Reading of the
reward offered for the recovery Of
the body Of j. d. Farmer, the ar
rival of the Commissioners in Salt
Lake, etc, is therefore all the con-
temporsneous literature we have re
Gently INDUCED il.
at Brignton's Hotel every ar
rangemeuE has been made for the
accommodation and comfort OF the
yearly caravan that seeks this spot
as refuge from the heat and dust
of town; porch now sdorns the
front Of the hotel proper, and new
cottage has been added to the little
line that faces the pasture and the
lake. Mis-. Brighton and two hired
help hustle about the kitchen and
dining room; Mr.. Brighton and "the
boys" alternate in hunting and fish
ing to supply the table, and in max.
ing the rough places smooth in the
Alta trail; the fare is reasonable,
SO per week for board, and So ad-
ditiOnal when bed is added horses
are plentiful at So per day, and as
visitors never leave without riding
up to Lake Mary (three mlles) or
over to Park City eight miles) the
animals are kept for the most part
on the go. Stopping at the hotel at
present are Mrs. Leviburg, Miss
Duke, Mrs. Duke, Miss Marshall,
Mr.. II. A. Van Praag and Mr.. l..
L. Van Praag, all OF whom rode
over from the Park yesterday, with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Spencer and Mr..
and Mrs. n. G.. Whitney at the
Read Cottage. You will see the
season at Brighton Beach has now
fairly opened, and that the canyon
does not lack for life or company.
Mrs. Tuttle and friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. j. Beattie and Mr.. l.. D.
Young are among those shortly ex~
pected.
Wea are reminded that by the time
this reaches you we shall all be III
the midst of another oath OF ] uly.
The spot on which We are camped
is not without it's memorable asso-
Citations III Utah history, ana the
the oath will form an anniversary
here as we'll as Sin the valley" 1t
will be twenty-seven years ago to
morrow since the early settlers OF
this Territory, celebrating the day
among the beauties of this enchant-
ing retreat, first heard the tidiDgs Of
the approach of the famousJ Johnston
army. Mine host Brighton has
founded mis- hotel on the spot where
the large dancing floor was laid on
which the pioneers tripped to Terp-
sichore, and his mind is stored with
anecdote and reminiscepce of every
scene and locality surrounding. We
were shown the tall pine from
whence the stars and stripes were
floating on that oath, twenty
years ago; the peak on which an
other flag was at the same time
flung to the breeze the great
rock unon which President Young