Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04

ruraIurIafr Hu board. and ur arose in
HHhf 10 distant land no The day
IHWnsH ffv iu.11 o. m. $40 arrived nt
che "Ilw hnHiH that mark the mouth
NJ fhn THmar river. on ihe uDri1 coast
Hf TasmHHiH This river We nncenied
n n suHtnHrIF direction % dl4tuatn nt
forty mnr0 goo thN .liF nf L1uucrainn.
ihs Second in importance on the alnrd.
THH river ia. more ihHn anything llsa.
sn arm ~ the yea. and iefa out Into in-
Vulnerable bays lu fhu ruffIfurrH or
thn bills Hp that DO Dr. s1ucflmUf miles
in width IT, navigailon. however. o..
ponds upon tha tide flowing DOB from ile
srf and besides DO requires constant
dredging Do tnn upper portion. WhNn
che eide ~ down tha river f.f thirty 90
forty miles inland presents ihe appear
aure of great Nlf MUD slopes. nearly
meeting. AH fhr tide was luN. DUG
progress wac slow ir our course uu The
Tauar Boo fIri $50 had tu clft anchor
ana wait nn hour nni t h1lf Cor tha
tide The SCENERY un either side was
beautiful nri fefr0a nlnr Everything
on land looked grann Win Ernfs forms,
shrubs and bush excepting fhe gold
en- grain ~ the harvest fields ON many
u little farm fhnf nestled ORD rninn mol
ct nook uf valley. Or even extended or
up the steep foothills.
A. We approached the city ~ our
wv" "NNN|NN| .'||NN N|#'NNH N" 200 NN p
hN fhr magnificent r00nH 20 hundreds
uf houfes ionknE ever The river from
the steep slope ~ Cataract hni. 4 was
met at the wharf hv EilerF Scott W
Anderson ana WIN. ituhinrpu. Who took
We up tn their lligllfa ana before I
was aware had o. gathering NJ thH
Saints and friends assembled ready 90
greet me In little meeting LauncHH.
ton D. n town ~ about 1900 lnhahIfs
ants. situated at tho confluence 0f two
streams called respectively the North
aud South Esk. which theru combine o.
make the river lamar The town D.
nicely laid out. and presents "a heauil-
ful appearance. though 70 o. flr from
being "city ~ r. plain" on The con.
trary. % o. situated in great part on the
steep hlllaidrs that skirt hH urltu nf the
iva streams. u IL n quiet place. except
uu Saturday rFrring whom, HH IN an
the EnElish colonies. everybody goes
tn market. yet there are not lacking
many substantial though somewhat
modest Improvements both public ana
private W. have about tuentysaevon
baptized members DO Launcert1n. and
"a Few are actively invcatlgating our
teachings.
After about two dayu spent IN Lnun-
rasf1n. I boarded tho train ln company
with ELDER i.uhirnn Tor Hobart, the
capital ~ the colony situated on the
southern part Of tn Island. II was at
once Christmas holiday ana midsum-
ucr excursion. and We were given
special rates. Tasmania AFFORDS many
beautiful scenes 90 tho observer. There
De- hardly "a barren SPOT everywhere
something rruwa 10 D. certainly an ex.
ceilrnt sheep rrarlnE country. and
ihofr D. q good deal % timber. an useful
Tor some purpose, and some making
excellent saw timhur Al the native
trees. us IN Australia proper. are ever
greens. and "a large share ~ thcm. the
gums. shed their bark annually Instead
~ their leaves There arr several vafi-
cities ihey split into boards ana pailnEs.
With almost the FFuuneHH ~ sawed
timber These nre used extensively FOR
fencing. roofing and even weather.
boarding. The wood l. almost lnyaH-
ably very hard. firm ana heavy. A. We
rolled along over "a quite diversified
country We cav many villages and
settlements. and many farms. gardens
and orchards. There ARE many very
fertile spots. though tho ground on
The whole D. decidedly pHtchy. Yet all
appears 10 BE- claimed. and probably
used more or less. II Tor nothing but
90 Craze sheep and produce scrub um-
ber.
This u q good season for crops. and
the grain fields. Just being harvested.
presented the appearance ~ making a
good yield ~ very beautiful Grain
Prices Tor agricultural products nfr
hlEh. ana markets sur, ANA % seems
tn me Tasmania would Offer an excel.
lent opportunity fur becoming rich ana
independent 90 anyone with "a m0lety ~
The cnrrgy ana native SKIN IN this dircc-
ton, which many uf our pioneer people
possess The people herv. however.
seem not nH "a rule 20 have sufficient
push. hnrdlhnud ana Independence 10
$50 out and successfully suhdue and
possesses the colt Thero b. too much N a
tendency 60 look f0r weekly wages, ana
hang around The capitalist. who blcrda
N the soil 10 primitive way, and
takes most of the means out ~ the
country. n seema o. DO an excellent
country for grains potatoes ana hardy
ffuits, especially apples many ship.
loads ~ which are exported tu England
every year, and All the other colonies
AFFORD "a Ncr-fnlllng market besides.
A. ws got Ia the higher parts of the
island. we found the weather decid-
eddy cool fpr midsummer. In fact u
seemed Ike the fflgld gone compared
with the Hultry weather Ia Australia.
II occasionally gets very warm in Tas-
mania. however. aud then very sud
denly turns cold fn that they aro said
90 have weather % correspond Win
all four seasons OF The year Do ono
dnv.
Toward the latter part on our ride
~ Cne hundred ana thrty-thrrri miles
from iuuuCestnn Co Hobart. tho frnlu
shot through % tunnel " nearly mile
m length. passing through tho auu-
nit coz divide we spent two minutes
in fact. Boz darkness Tile cars them.
selves uto also rather primitive hclur
" tho ola style with doors on the sides
ANA room fur Fix or eight passengers
IN compartment which are ul-
vuys kept locked while Boo motion. An
Americana criticisms % these coaches
are somewhat cuustic, Hut even this
was NOT the worst Tho runduad d.
Ho rough and uhoundH in sn many short
curves, and 'ups and downs" that al-
ihuurh nn Hv'rarr speed was quite
Tow. our ride was decidedly shaky. ln
fact. several 0f tho pass fnrers became
very 'Heu sick ou account nl tho severe
Smoking ami Jerking of tho train.
~ we descended from tho summit Of
the island Go Hobart. the country pre-
srnts o. wonderfully broken appearance.
with many ieep ehaHms. PERCEPTIONS
hcirhts and agry outlines. Every
tninr however. a. covered with rrrnn.
ami there are many fertile spots, some
of which are made On yield ubunduntly
Zoe tho hushnndmnn. Presently We arr
rive Ht HrligewutCr. whore we cross
tho river bfrWrut beautiful stream
nf considerable size. This we followed
down some miles until b. becomes "a
verltUh'e arm ~ tho sea. moro urouer-
~ called % hay Than river. n was
hura wD ran into the city ~ Hobart
Hobart Is an od but quiet town, dat