The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1886-09-22
MORMON TOWN.
4, interesting Communication From
Salt Lake City
pr Crur Fellow Citizen, VIM. f. Walton.
SALT LAKE CRY, UTAH, !
September 18th, 1886.

Continuing our journey, we lett
nenver tor Salt Lake. Denver has
, population of $1,000 and they
claim for it the finest ''resldence'
cty in the Union.
Our route was northwardly over
ne U. P. r. R., passing Greedy and
o,her towns, arriving at Cheye nne
an main line from Omaha to San
Francisco, and were attached to
through tram and started across the
Rocky Mountains with two engines
to pull us up the steep grades. We
reached Sherman on the summit,
S.,oo feet high, at 10 O'Clock at
night. Next morning we hreakiasted
at Green River, 1914 miles from
Kansas City.
The country here Is worthless
only alkali flats and low ranges OF
mountains for hundreds OF miles.
Our road is along the old California
uall, passing Laramie and Brdger.
We are in Wyoming, where women
have the largest rights, viz: to vote
and compel husbands to tend the
baby while they sit on juries, etc.
but we pass irto Utah where their
rights are linhted-at least they are
divisabe by the number of wives
their husbands have.
On through Echo and Weber
Cannons, noted for beautiful scenery,
we reach Ogden, a Mormon town Of
5000, and our car Is attached to a
train on the Mormon road and we
start south for the city.
Soon we are passing through Salt
Lake valley, thlckly dotted with
small, well cultivated farms owned
by Mormons, and running between
the mountains and the lake we ar
RYE in Salt Lake City. Next morning
self and wife started on a tour OF
Inspection around the city, and soon
found several blocks containing abou,
four acres each and enclosed with
solid stone walls twelve feet high.
Inside were the Tabernacle, Temple,
Assembly Hall, Endowment House
Tithlng House and Brigham Young
tormer residence.
The Tabernacle is turtle shaped
building and seats 1900. Th;
Temple was begun in 1858, has COS
three million, is built of granite anC
IS unfinished. Away up on til,
Temple in gold letters appears
holiness 10 the Lord" "Th
House OF the Lord" ''Built by tn
church of Jesus Christ of Latte
Day Saints"
AT , O'Clock Sunday afternoon w
attended Mormon services IN tn
tabernacle, lasting two and a hal
hours. The audience was compose
o. about 5000 Mormons and 100
0entiles. Here everybody not Mo,
mons are called Gentiles. Service
opened bv an organ voluntary, ,playe
On What they claim is the secon
nrgest organ in the world. The
an address by a young Mormon, 70
o~ed by a sermon by bishop. Bot
were good speakers and Shove
earning and ability. Eliminat,n
l nom their discourses, references I
Joseph Smith as 4 prophet, and tt
! most orthodox christian would II,
cnticise them.
ihe masses are plain, industr
Jus and economical people, large
u 'oreign birth. Their church serv
4 ses were tree from ceremonies. ST
4 uns IN the midst OF this immense COZ
gegation OF plain and unmistakab
a0nest and Jealous people, l forg
ior the time being ! was among ii
"spised Mornons. During servic
sacrament OF bread and water W
administered to the congregatio
using water in place OF wine. Th,
unes were old and the singing /
" the organ and choir of 1