Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-22
FROM A MISSIONARY.
san lake 10 Chattanooga. Southern
scurrF THE National C,mctcry.
"A View from Lookout Mountain.

The following Is from a private le,-
tsr itom Elder Angus *. Nicnolson,
dated at McComb CITY, Misaiaippi,
January lob, ls0E
Ny Journey here ara subsequent
fay Boo this village has heuu marked ~
many scents nnc rcl-l..gns which
have lgit n dUep impression upon my
niud. The change In manners and
cuitn.ls and Ia the scenery with
which We afu familiar Il 10 woa dur.ul
In ne COMPLETENESS ha 10 be scarcely
credible TO one who has not brhelI
10. Here the wealth of energy and
''pueh" of tho westsrner arc no longer
ilstingulshable. The people are almost
entirely without ambition, and de.
play a doafth OF liie and Industry " hioh
must be cnorvating In tho extreme.
The tall and seemingly endless woods
which stretch far beyond thu vlalon'a
fartheti flight present picture which
often have / tried 10 grasp but never
yet had realized. Majestic oaks ani
towering sycamotcs are 10 bo seen On
every hand. Here aud there are
blgH and maishy regions, from which
tnu giants Of the forests rear their SAP
lees forms or spread iofth their hollow
trunks In mute appeal, Pine trees anu
oaks rise side By tide and seem 10 run
O. giant race that one might cap the
others topm0st b0ugh. The oak Il
vanquishCu. Straight TO "a height Of
five acore feet tho naughty pine tree
speeds, then spreads n viclor's crown
which hristIes, green anu sharp, ike o
ptodiglous pOrcupiuo. The beaten
ed nsuts 10 as last, aud then spreads
.0uh his gnnrled b0ughs rs II 10
hide Within their shade the doep.lald
shame tina, gnaws within.
But leaving things descriptive, /
shall tell you something OF my Journey.
The trip TO Chattanooga was, ~ the
society papoTa woult have it, u "mUBt
enjoyable affair" Brother Mosluy
proved himself Au intelligent gentle.
man and desirable companion.
Tho sun anu bleak wastes OF WyO.
Ing wore thoir usual appearance VI
GgbulallUD, which waa probably H.
creased by thu snow which lay In
heaps upon The gruuud, aud the howl.
ing Of tho wind. At Evanston a
group OF hilarl0ua boys composing a
football team entered tho car and nl
once broke IN upon the even tenor OF
our dreams. one Of them accidentally
shot on "a revolver. rhe bullet passed
through the seat anu gra1ed his knee.
Ten minutes later / saw him eating a
banana with much guslo.
On the day after our arrival at
Chattanooga, we were visited by Elder
George A.Smith, whom lave learned
10 hold IN high estoem.
On the following day We visited tho
National Cemetery, In which 1886
Union soldiers, v no Tell during tue late
war Of tho rebellion, Ito NJ rest, The
entrance TO tue cemetery Nv marked by
uu immeuHc stone gateway. The
burial grounds arc beautifully planted,
and though it 10 now mldwinter, inc
scene prrhent d 10 ong OF sylvan beauty
tlch rs | have scarcely suup rquAilru
t.seWhvru. Inc white grave stones Of
the fallen heT. o. rise clear and bright
30 the midbt Of lmiling lawns aud uu-
dcrneatn the shades Of peaceful ever.
green's and rel-iauei holles,
Giving way 20 that atmosphere Of
tosmnity aud saduhss which soe,na 10
hang over tho burial ggoundB OF the
deaf, i wandered nimlrlsiy among the
winding paths WhiUn iutruwino upon
the lawn, 10 miugle AT With nature.
While thus engaged, the thought
suddenly struck mu there might nc
some ono buried lhoru who bofo the
same name as ourselves, hal not
gone more than ,hfeo stepd farther
when / deicried the following iatcilp-
ton; "a67i. Nell Nicholson, u. =. q.
T." ltseems singular that 1 should
md this, which IL probably tho only
gIaveElone In the cemetery bearing tue
s,mo name. The leAves which 1 on.
eloss are from the cemetery tTees, anu