The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-28

MIR, EDlIDts- VI nv SNyo
| have been seeing and taking In the
great city Of zion, or salt Lake City,
founded ~forty.cne yea ago by Brig
ham Young. | am pleased to say 1t Is
one of the iiuest and cleanest cities,
save Denver, west of the Missouri Riy.
Of. The streets are one hundred and
fbir,y-tyo feet wide and bOrdered on
boil, sides by handsome shade Trees with
rurp streams Of mountain water con
s,antly running down each street.
MANY magnificent buildings adorn the
street, all built of granite taken from
the mountains close by. The finest
farms and best crops | IA west of the
Missouri River are in this territory of
Utah.
| wondered why so much difference
should exist until l found that all OF
the farms were irrigated. Yes, l went
to see the great Salt Lake, where it is
impossible to sink, but as the weather
and water WAS so cold no n was In
bathing, and | did not care to make an
exhibit of myself to the many tourists,
that were standing around. did not
take any bath, although, my only OBJ
iect in stopping off at Salt Lake City,
was to take the bath. The area Of
great Salt Lake is $500 square miles;
main dept 20 feet; specific gravity l.107;
length of Lake l2G miles, and breadth
| 43 miles. 1t lies II miles from Salt
Lake City ard is reached by steam cars.
I also had the pleasure of visiting
Fort Douglass, garrisOned by 800 OF
Uucle Sans troops, under command Of
Colonel Blunt. | saw the Boys in Blue
90 through their drilling and different
manual of arms, &c. | had Il good
look at the Temple built of granite at a
cost of three millions of dollars, but
not being a mormon, of course, was not
! allowed to go in. The highest point on
| the temple is 22ll feet and above that
| stands all angel. The Tabernacle is
open to visitors so, | took that in. 1t
is an immense building, holding eleven
thousand people and the acoustics are
| so fine that you can hear a pin drop 200
feet away or hear Il whisper the same
distance. This building cost three hun.
bred thousand and the organ cost n
hundred thousand. The choir consists of
five hundred voices. The organ il
| by water power from the mountains
near by. | had the pleasure of hearing
two pieces played on the organ and it
WAS grand beyond description. At the
same time | wa sitting in that grand
Tabernacle listening to such elegant
music, my thoughts were at a place
called PENIS Grove, N. j., totally un-
| known out here, only by myself.
| shall leave here on the oath of Sept,
for San Francisco, which is owe 300
miles from here and from that point l
take the steamer TO 60 up into the fruit
lands, there to test the new process of
artificial fruit eyaporatiDg &c. The
weather is still cool. The mountains
are ali covered with snow and you can
make all the snow balls you care to by
going to the foot hills at the base Of the
mountains.
Salt Lake City contains $4,000 in
habitants, One-half embracing the NOR
mon religion. Plenty of men have
from three to five wives, but only live
with one. 1 was talking with several
mOrmoDs and they all hold fast to Brig
ham Young's and Joseph Smiths doc
trines. They seemed pleased to talk
about their religion, which they thought
was Just and right. Every place that /
have stopped off at l have been treated
very courteously and was given any in
formation that was asked for. More
Anon. G. ID. SHANNON.