Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15

men were more SudTueu III Tic use "
their languagethanis usually the custom
before a justice of the peace. From
what 1 could learn, the. governor and
the leading citizens are well pleased
| with woman suffrage. The object o
woman suffrage in a territory where
| there is only about II woman to ten
men certainly must be to bring women
to a high premium aud induce the over.
| plus from the states and crowded cities
to come thither.
In Laramie, 'sTheG lem of the Rockies
| spent several days. This is a beauti-
full place; the high elevation and excel
lent spring water brought in pipes from
the mountains, and good schools, are
some of the characteristics of the place,
where The Boomerang is published,
the paper made so famous for wit and
humor by Bill Nye.
Sherman, the highest place on the
line of the Union Pacific, noted for its
natural monument of granite and sub
lime scenery, lis a resort for the nimrods
of the eastern states.
After passing innumerable villages OF
prairie dogs, 1ocks of antelope, clus-
ters of sage bush, with now and then a
a g hen, resembling the shrubberv in
appearance, we come to the coal min
ing town of Evanston. ltWas Sunday.
The sun shone brightly upon the prai-
ries and the village. Here the fertile
lands produce succulent grasses, and
are dotted everywhere with cattle or
sheep. The village church bells tolled
the same sound as in the days of Il
fathers. Bright-eyed boys and girls
greeted us with bouquets as they gayly
went to the house of their devotion.
From here we left the Green river
valley and entered Utah, the best agri-
cultural territory of the west. Ogden
is the first town that has any Norman
tinge. Here we took a Mormon road,
the Utah Central, whose employees are
of the Mormon faith, a courteous, kind
set of fellows. Here is no swearing,
whisky drinking or smoking by the
employees. We soon found ourselves
beyond the Jordan close to the "Temple
of Jerusalem and the "Tabernacle OF
the Lord, Pin Salt Lake City. A man Is
paid a thousand times by visiting this
place of religious fanaticism. A pecu-
liar people, a peculiar place, of necessi-
ty, have ways widely different from
others. The city is large and well
built of the excellent GRANTEES of the
surrounding hills. l spent several
days here. Every tree here is fruitful,
bearing either fruit or flowers. Purl-
ing streams of clear water wash eth
er side of the street. whose banks I
embOwered by almost every species of
fruit bearing tree or Towering shrub.
The study of agrOnomy becomes more
pleasant as the student passes the limits
of the city where the orchards are load
ed down with ripening fruits. Peaches,
apples, pears, nectarines, apricOts and
plums are in abundance. StraWber-
ries, curraDts, and every variety of
small fruits are raised here in abund-
ance and sold to the Montana markets.
Wheat, corn, rye and barley are largely
cultivated. This country is consldera-
bly, settled up, a country interspersed
with hill and dale, woodland and
prairie, and is no longer a wilderness.
The MOrmons are, generally, farmers.
Some few have gardens. They all
know that the real wealth of a country
depends much upon the interest the
people take in agriculture and hOrtlcul
ture. They pay but little attention to
the rich deposits of gold and silver
within their borders. Utah is not d.
vided into counties or parishes as some
states of the union, but divisions are
called "stakes,' peculiar to the peculiar
people. The annual yield of wheat is
very large, in fact all crops are good,
but undoubtedly Utah's best crop is
babies. The census of this crop is
taken annually. The last census esti-
mated upwards of 10000 babies under
five years. AT present there is consid-
cradle commOtion in the religious COM
munities of the CHATTER Day Saints"
All p~olygamists are arrested, and no
man is sanctioned by law to have more
than one wife. OF course many men
are in Jail, many guilty, and perhaps
some innocent. 1t is a tact that pOlyg-
amy is doomed. The last nail is driv-
en- into the coffin lid, and it, cannot be
resurrected. Public sentiment, both
outside and within the Mormon camp,
is absolutely against it. The blood of
tool many innocent men massacred, is
cry ing out against it.. Hundreds of
women who have languished in the
harems, some herOines to suffer their
lot in silence, others to declare publicly
against their wretched lives, have now
the sympathy of courts and %juries, and
their conditions are we'll weighed in
the scale of democracy and Justice.
Within the city limits of Salt Lake
City the Gentiles will soon have the as
tendency. The farmers are so largely
composed of the Mormon element that
the officers of the territory are as
strongly Mormon as Missouri is demo-
cratic.
From Salt Lake City and Ogden l
went into Idaho, a picturesque and
wonderful country. Here are many
things interesting to the naturalist.
Here l could remain a whole year.
Wander among the lava beds, which
have the appearance of recent fire, but
no doubt have been cool for centuries.
Among the lava beds are myriads of
large rattlesnakes. These snakes hold
the fort. One day l ventured to the
top of a crag and discharged three
loads of shot among them. The shaving
of a few companions did not arouse any
great fear iii the living inmates. In
place of the few heads that | shot at |
could now see more than could count,
standing out from the assures as so
many sentinels. There was not a cow
ard among them. In this way | left
them.
Leaving Idaho | entered the immense
territory of Montana and hurried ON to
Butte City where | was engaged to
keep the books and pay rolls of a min
ing company. Here have remained
ever since, except a few picnic excur-
sions, a visit to Yellowstone Park and
Flat Head Lake.
Butte City is the metropolis of Mem
tana, situated on the Silver Bow riv-
cr, five miles west of the main range of
the Rocky Mountains. This is said to
be the liveliest mining camp in the
world. 1t has a population of Ii, OOG,
and the boon still rising. We have as
good printing done here az is done in
New York City. Here are three dailies
and fOur weeklies. Churches and
schools are good.
Butte City is in latitude 46 degrees
6 minutes; longitude H. degrees 80
minutes; with an altitude of nearly
5000 feet our climate is one perpetual
spring. We are so high that snow
storms may come at any time. The
last week in June the sno was ten
inches deep in the streets. The nights
are always cool enough to sleep under
two pairs of blankets. This place is
about 1000 miles west of LAFAYETTE
county, Mo, 500 miles farther north,
and more than a mile higher, and has