Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-23
SALT LAKE CITY.


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middle Of circle ofsnowy mountains.
How beautiful they looked, the morn
ing I gazed on them, shining like silver
with the sun CHANGING down upon them,
though only Tor 9 spell. Too soon
came On q snow storm. The streets
Of Salt Lake City are the first thing
that strike tho incoming party from
Frisco streets measuring 12O feet
across, and there are q hundred and
forty miles Of tho same, thickly plant
ed with splendid trees on either side,
and so constructed as to form squares.
The streets were muddy when / passed
through them, but not SO choked up
With paper and broken boards as
those in our own city. Evidently the
elders are way ahead Of the Supervi-
sors on the street question.
The houses are built in no particular
style of architecture. It would appear
as if every man had taken his plot OF
ground and placed a house on it &C.
cording to his fancy. Some are large,
some small--one laughing at the other,
just as they, do on Market street.
There are some fine residences, but
there is neither grace nor beauty about
any of them. A little patch of grass
grows before each house, in it's little
yard, but there is not the faintest
shadow of a flower or fiower-bed. All
how the perfume of the violet-laden
air of Kearney street fingered below
my oltactory member as / looked at
those dreary piles! Blinds down-not
a vestige OF humanity lingering about
the homes-all cold and dreary. There
was an air OF depression and oppres-
sion about the whole city which gave
me the cold shivers. It looks as if q.
curse foated over it day and night
The blocks are immense, being 600
|. feet square. On. one OF these blocks
stands the unfinished Temple, shining
out white and glistening like ghost OF
the past. Already thirty years OF
labor has been expended upon this
wonderful pile, and it will take eight
| more to complete it. The Tabernacle
is directly behind the Temple. Il
| seems to hold the place of clubhouse
to the vast structure, so close is its
proximity. 1t is 233 feet long, 1873
feet wide and 20 feet high, with d
seating capacity Of $4,000. There are
twentysi1 entrances, and the bee
hive roof is self-supporting, resting on
forev-nine stone pillars. Standing at
the organ you can hear a pin dropped
on felt hat sound all over the build
ing, the hat being at the extreme end.
The roof is garlanded with hundreds
| OF withered wreaths Of evergreens,
which have hung there since school
fete nine years ago. The most note
worthy thing in that building was the
soft-tongued, sleek elder who showed
us round. wanted to ask how
many wives he had, but restrained
Twas determined to see the interior
of some of the houses, and, with thai
assurance which stands by me to the
last, took our party to the Lion
House." and, boldly ringing, request
ed to be allowed to see the house and
family. The door was shut, and, aft
er twenty minutes elapsing, which
gave the inmates time to stow away
those who were not to be seen, ws
were admitted and called up stairs by
q tall, Manufactured woman, who
welcomed us, and introduced herself
as Brigham Young's wife, Harriet.
Here was luck. Harriet informed as
that the times were troubled ard
there were SO many spies coming round
they were afraid OF admitting stran-
, gers. She is a smart, shrewd woman.
and she and had long war OF words
on the subject of polygamy. She said
that thirty wives had resioed in that
house happily, and brought up fifty
seven children. Iasked her, "werey you
jealous OF the others?" "Not at all:
the thirtieth part of a man was
enough for me-" said Harriet. I said
it would not be half enough for me,
and that should prefer one entire
specimen OF the species to myself. She
informed me I was a greedy Gentle.
| Hanging up in the "prayer-room'
was a wreath OF hair flowers. beauti-
fully done, by twenty -four OF Brigham's
| daughters, out of their own hair, as a.
birthday gift for "Brother Brigham"
The house inside looked like g. con-
vent, every blind being carefully drawn
{ down. Very cold comfort, indeed,
reigned, and no one would ever mag
| Ire that fifty seven noisy brats had
| romped in those dreary rooms. Per
| haps they never did romp. Outside,
the walls around the house are made
| OF round, white stones and mortar,
thick and high, with small wooden en-
| trance doors. Evidently Brigham was
in perpetual dread, and kept his faAi-
lies we'll protected.
The people are kept in the greatest
subsection. The poorest must pay
1.-THE (one-tenth) of all they earn.
Thus ii q woman earns 50 cents a day
| one-tenth goes to the general tithing-
house" an enormous building full OF
everything under the sun, and from
this the poor are assisted. There are
twenty-one wards, and each ward has
a bishop Gust like our own ward poll
tician): How can they help being
! holy when there are tWenty-one bish-
ops capering about? Talk of morals
in Frisco (which are pretty low down.,
| why, the young men marry sisters at
| Salt Lake. There was such happy
reunion about q year ago, and both
the wives had little Mormons the same
week. How would there be sisters,
aunts, nieces all mixed up like broken
candy.
Twas glad to leave Salt Lake, which,
however, must be a lovely place ofresi-
dence in the summer. The water is
most delicious-beats Spring Valley
into fits,. and there is nothing to pay
for it.
A Boys Essay on Columbus.
The following story comes from q
school in the Midlands. The master
told the boys of the third class to write