The Penn's Grove record., 1896-11-06

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Summit which is about $4,000 feet
above the level and IL took a long time
to get to the top for the grade is very
steep. On top of the Summit the snow
was about ten feet deep and it was
quite cold. There is a place along the
road where the train goes along the
edge of tie mountain where you can
look straight down 10000 feet out Of
the car window.
Some of the mountains are all solid
rock, not a tree on them. There is a
lake between mount Summit and
another mountain which is about a
mile long aud quarter of a mile wide
1t is a very curious kind Of a lake as no
one has ever found any bottom 10 ii. 1t
has a large stream of water running in
il all the time and it has no outlet, but
lie water does not rise at all, but stays
one height all the time. No n can
tell where the water goes to.
The scenery along the railroad is
very pretty. California is a place every
one ought to go who can afford it as it
is one of the prettiest countries in the
world.
l arrived in Truckey the afternoon of
the 9th and left there that evening. 1t
is a very small town and had a number
of old mining camps at Ii time. 1t is
where the cars change engines and is
also the beginning of the Great Amer
lean Desert which is about 600 miles
wide, very dry and hot. In crossing
the Desert the alkali dust is so bad that
you have to keep the windows closed.
All you can see on the Desert is big
white mountains Of sand and sage
brush. at night time when the train
would stop to take water L heard lots
of wolves aud mountain lions growing.
They would come up so close to the cars
you could see them. The wolves out
here will not harm any one but they
can make enough noise to scare you
pretty badly, if you do not know what
they are. They are not called wolves
here but coyotes. They are about twice
as large as a fox, very pretty and I'M
ming. If a dog gets after them they
will run a little ways ahead of him and
sit wait until he is very nearly caught
up to them. When the dog got tired
running after them aud stops to rest
they will come up close to him, sit
down and grin at him. 1t is line sport
to see them.
l arrived at Ogden, Utah, on the IA.
1t is a small city of about 10000 popu-
lation and is nearly surrounded by
mountains. On the West Side of Og.
den is the great Salt Lake. In the mid
die of the city is a hill which is called
the Bench. 1t uns from IL end of
the city to the other, is about ten feet
high. The edge OF it is straight up
and down, like a wall IN the top it is
level like a table and nearly all the
pretty houses are built on this bench.
On the 10Th a very heavy wind swept
over the city and did lots of damage.
1t blew down houses and the roof of
the hotel where 1 vas stopping. The
house was a three story building and
the sitting room was on the second
story. The wind blew the chimney off
the top and it dropped onto the roof of
the sitting room. 1t did not stop there
but came through. The room was
soon vacated, and we did not wait for
the proprietor to invite us out of the
room
One big waie house was blown down.
It had a lot of matches in it and set it
on fire. The loss was about $4,000.
The streets were blown full of tees.
The cars were stopped for three days.
1t is only three miles from Ogden TO
Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City is IA very pretty place
and is called the city of zion by The
Moimons. On July "a, 1S47 the pio-
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