The Newtown bee., 1895-03-15
In Fairfield County.
MONROE
OUR CALIFORNIA EXCURSION.

states. Leaving Boston and New York
 on January s, small contingent, the
 balance were picked up along the way | Many having occasion to go West two
 weeks before this, arranged to join them
 at Omaha, Nebraska. They arrived
 tht re as per schedule, January 10. Our
 route was via Chicago, Rock Island and
 Pacific to Denver, thence via Denver and
 Rio Grande and Rio Grande and Western
 Arrived in Denver, Friday, the 11th, at
 a. m. After breakfast at Windsor hotel
 we visited various places of interest in
 the city. At the mining exchange from
 the top of elevator we had grand view
 of Denver, the snow clad Rockies and Pike's Peak. We visited Browns palace | hotel, the Equitable life insurance build- 1 ing, said 70 have cost $2,000,000 the | Metropole hotel, Broadway theater, 'rriH- | ity Methodi~t church and the state capi- tol. The Legislature was in session. The three female members thereof looked very much at home in the body of the members. We left Denver at l,30 D. m. for Colorado Springs, 90 miles south. Six miles south Stark Brothers have a 300 acre apple orchard. At Palmer Lake, 52 miles south, and 5000 feet higher than Denver is headquarters for the Rocky Mountain ChautaUqua association.
 Arriving at Colorado Springs we made halt for visit to Mantou Springs and the Garden of the Gods, Colorado City. This was formerly the capital, and is the oldest city in the state. The scenery at the base of the Rockies ard in the Gar den of the Gods is wonderful. After leaving Colorado Springs we enter Senas- see pass, TO- 40S feet elevation, We pass ed through the Grand Canon from to 10 D. m. IL was clear and moon was full, so we had an excellent opportunity to see the scenery in it's grander-, through the Grand Caron and Royal 1orge, through which flow the Arkansas, the Eagle and Grand rivers, passing through this na- ture's roadway, with mountains rising peTpendicularly nearly half mile in height close to the edge of railroad on one side and the mountain rivers on the other side plunging headlong down the narrow cause way, which is very crooked. It presents a sublime spectacle. The Denver and Rio Grande is called the scenic route of America Senasse pass is only 142 feet less than two miles eleva- tiop, yet is called a comparatively easy one us such things are classed in Cobra do.
 Just 356 miles from Denver at Glen. wood Springs is the famous hot springs and the Raymond and Whitcomb hotel, which cost $500, GOO. This is between very high mountains, is great resort for invalids. Miss Webster of Hartford, who had been staying here for some time, joined us here. We are now nearly through the heart of the Rockies, we pass them on the right and occasionally on both sides of us all the way to Salt Lake and in fact to California. We find great
 nSpfto i1 fln lar the foot hills. Immense herds of cattle, horses and sheep all tn ough Colorado and Nevada. At the stations Indians were out begging from us, Leadville, the great silver town, is on the western slope of the Rockies about 400 miles from Den- yer. Rich gold mines have recently been discovered there and the place is four ishing. Our party were lunched at Min ton. Rocky Mountains. Prof Taft of the Michigan agricultural college and Mir Nj 0nroe of Grand Haven, Mich, joined us at Grand Junction. Profit Taft said there was 40, ,000 apple trees here of five years growth, which produced five bushels per tree, last year. This part of the state is destined to be great fruit section. The altitude is from 4000 to $500 feet. The climate is mild. The Utah state lite is reached 270 miles east of Salt Lake City. If you are on the lookout you will see the names on the mountains to the right, Colorado Utab, marking the boundary between the two states.
 Salt Lake was reached Saturday even- | ing. We stopped over here for 8 day. l This is lovely city of some 65,000 peo- pie, in a valley at the base of high noun tains, is regularly laid out six blocks to the mile: Salt Lake City, or Zion as it l is called by the latter day saints, is beau tifully situated. The approach thereto I is delightful. It tcovers wide expanse and l is em phatically city of cottage homes. | It has over 100 miles of streets, two swift l flowing streams of mountain water pass through them. The lines of shade trees, with groups of fruit trees and luxuriant
 gardens make the city seem one mass oi
 foliage. There are copious sulphur | springs near the city, and rich silver mines are in the mountains 20 miles dis tant. The Mormons have here the As. | sembly House, the Tabernacle and the Temple. The first is a much smaller edi flee than the Tabernacle, but finished I more elaborately and is used mostly as 2 place of worship in the winter. It con l tains an organ and numerous frescoes de I picting scenes in the history of the Nor
 mon church. The Temple on the righ
 fronting the main street cost $4, ,000, GOO <, was dedicated in 1893 Visitors are no
 admitted to it, only to the Tabernacle Other Mormon edifices are The Zion, Be,
 Hive and Cards houses, built as resi- dences by Brigham Young, the tithin,
 house, the gigantic cooperative store : Camp Douglass, United States arm, headuuarters, was visited, which is situ ated upon plateau east of the city. W :. attended service in the Tabernacle at r :. m.. Sunday. January l3. There wa
 probably 5000 people in attendance. One
 David Mckenzie, a lithographer in towr l addressed the people. His talk was ea 9 cellent and good catholic spirit wa
 manifested toward all ldenominatioss,b ,bu
 we were not converted to the belief ths { either Joseph Smith or Brigham Y0un
 had received new revelation from GnC
 Aside from this absurd belief. the Mo
 mon doctrine as set forth to us are a
 right. They are very devout peopl r and now that polygamy Is no more opel t ljv tolerated among them are quite tole D ated by the other denominations in th a city and state, and every other kind al n represented there. Indeed, the Mormon
 are in the minority in Utah now. W
 left Salt Lake City on the afternoon {
 January l3 We passed by Salt Lax ]. our journey westward through Utah ar 2 Nevada was through mountainous cou It try. with several stretches between. co 'f taining large stock ranches, with plenl s of Indians thrown in to make variet st We reached the summi of the Sierr, | about midnight, the l5th, where the mo e was l2 feet deep and at s a. m. we four | ourselves in Sacramento in 2 warm z