Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-19

move tbs box on another elk !sot aud
30 repeat, mlnding to bronx i3lnl.
Tdese were tho largest adobics
ever saw, being ak feet
by twen,y by twenty inches,
We waited long enough ior the slow
operation OF passing tie cuiloms--to
learn the traue OF mud ,tucs making;
then We went to to Il { rooted custom
mouse 10 see progress, l.atning that We
might DO detained fof ovor two houts.
one man waiting Tor his turn
~ come tsid the custom cflicgrs toll
him ho would not get away until night
anu he ssksd him why no 'hould have
10 walt 10 long. "Wby," tail they
"wo must eat" That inoaus with the
Mcxicans eat, sleep nns rest In tbs
warm part OF the Jay two hour; then
n they did not get quito thrnugh,
"muunAh," that means tomor foH.
Learning this We, NY guide nnd l,who
spoke some Spanish, looked after n 90,
nut tue Mexican would nos have M
unleas We stripped of as they we're,
aud IL WAS too cold Tor US 10 no, %
We took look over another kiYd ~
fence made OF sort OF cacius, wLich
grows IN punches, sig % eight Feet
high, and some twiea as laige ~ big
waking cane. rhcss, liko everything
which grows ~ this climate, Hic tull
Of briefs anu tnotn', sharp A. ncUdirl.
rhoso ato gatuuful an sut 10
the graunI and twJ iittlO tlim
poles, one on each eide, tied together
with rswhlde stflngu, uIakrn what
they call fence, Tue devil would 90
around II bei0r, he would 20 through;
nud 4 do MOI believe ovUu @sNicsu
would Try the latter.
Now comes tbs word W. Noulj pass,
he, into OH Mexico. Soon wo turned
southwest, making "A V aud then
turned hgAin into u u. When tus muOu
came ~, | vss 90 completely turned
around, % ,sl m0Iu Cnmo up In tho
Wusi. We spuu on snall stream
called tho bygA irauJt-ihr only QUO
We have tcsu fora long iluruUy. We
were lofty miles from DlnZ Hud siXty
miles from Deming, anu no Casa
Hotel" ns tho Mcxicans say. some
quilts were spread down, our coats did
iuT pillow, some blankets 10 cover us
up aud handkerchief ties over cur
beads, We SAID prayers, aud listened 10
the howling wolves, u send M Oh ~
sleep n that could No ~. THIS put mo
In MAD VI forty years ago; but II Ia
many ysArs-i csuuo! remember JUST
how many-liuuc latd my bYJy down
10 sleep In this way. % now glai We
were 10 500 the peep Of day once more.
About . O'CLOCK u. M. my companion
ami | heard what wo tupp0'od was u
gtoAef go aaOlhet SORT OF Mexican
wAlkiug down the road toward our
horses, which were grazing on tho
hillside, we watched HIM uy tho light
of tue moon. lie turned t1wari camp
until ho came apparently u got n rOpu
to steal onB OF our four huTHUs, which
we could but lily spare In our lonely
condition. Finally no came very near
our all outdoor bed. l Thought SUI
nccntly and HnoJmiOttably close,
when hailed him with "WhaI do you
WANT" The reply wa. "YOuT mOuoy
or your wite.D We knew the voice;
II was no other than thst OF our old
| friend, William w. Gaibfaith, former.
ly Of ksysville-our STAGE driver who
~ kindly came 100 mlieG b Stage rs
over the rough f0a1 10 tho colonies.
/ We lot our careful wAichmau of by
making up n good ire, sitor which we
took n little nap, aud up at $3.50, break
fast, pTaytrs, AMI at n. M. started,
drove twenty.iOur miles by II u. IN.
And took dinner with cowboys
- cur Mormon boys who are
rounding W their stock, onc bunch Of
which consists OF HeaTly 1000 head In
charge Of J. n. Smith Jr.,ou their way
to Deming 10 Brother Taylor, VINO Ia
there selling or shipping them Tor tho
btethten-this being ono OF the sources
OF revenue OF the Mormon c9l1niAtl.
Here We met some irIuud'-J. n.
| Smith, Elder Beck anu OtHyra amt
drove past another ordeal OF MrXigE II
liues, sixteen mllpa 10 Digg, a Mormon
colony Ia tho midst Of great plateau
| Of millions OF acres OF excellent sol, but
scarce Of water OF which wo will bsyt
( more 10 say hereafter. ThDro ve Iuul
Elders Lynn AMI wins, who arrived
late lest night with two little mule.
and n buggy, sitter siEty.milos drive
| Bishop Johnston OF DiEL SAID 1t va,
hard to say which was the most tired
lho brethren or the mules. Our big
stage coach, IA which rode 100 miles,
uid remarkably wull; Tor IL rocked mt
fitst ~ the night th0n leis, ag4!n Tor
ward lheu back, ~ that II kept us on
the ohanRo ana We had not time TO gu,
/ tired. but We enjoyed the ttip very