Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-07-10

still the chorus singing and the organ
playing would not compare favorably
with some that might be heard in
many of our Eastern cities. We Wis
tied the Amelia Palace and the Bee
hive, once the harem of Brigham
Young. That is, such an establish
ment would be thus designated in the
Orient, and I don't see why it should
not in the Occident, Or in Washington,
d. c., if our newly elected represen-
tative from Utah is allowed to trans
fer his there. From the run down
condition of the buildings it seems
evident that such an existence was
not considered sufficiently desirable
to be continued after the head of the
establishment departed this life, and
yet we are told that eleven of his
relicts are still living. We didn't try
to hunt out any of these to condole
with them for the loss of the twenti-
eth part of one mans attention and
affection, and the fraction might be
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the favorite. And the fifty orphan
ed children we thought couldn't be
SO very lonesome without their papa,
who probably didn't find time to give
them many bangles apiece on his
knee. The two million dollars he left
behind, if equally distributed between
The widows and children, presume
would easily console them for their
loss. How revolving to every true
womanly instinct is the thought of an
an intelligent woman like Ann Eliza
sought freedom from it through the
divorce courts. The only wonder is
that she could ever have endured
such state. We visited the lone en-
closure where Brigham Young lies
buried. Although large enough to
accommodate many, if not all of his
numerous family, yet there was not
SO much as a mound to indicate that
any one else was buried there. Who
ever designed the stone which marks
his grave did we'll. A granite slab
resting level with the earth. AS his
doctrine was of the earth, earthly, any
shaft pointing heavenward would
have seemed very inappropriate. We
did not scale the high, iron picket
fence to drop a tear on his grave, if
he did emanate from our own beloved
Green Mountain State. He was bright
enough to leave the State when he
wished to propagate the doctrine OF
polygamy, for such absurdities don't
take root SO readily among her sturdy,
common sense sons and daughters.
Salt Lake City, with population of
fifty thousand, is pleasantly situated
at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains,
and the popularity of it is the noun
tains, clad in glistening white, shut
down SO closely to the city limits it
could not spread out much farther in
some directions without climbing the
mountain sides. Should think it
might be quite an interesting place to
visit in summer. The streets are very
wide and bordered with shade trees,
and at their sides streams of pure
water flow. The hotel accommoda-
tions are excellent. Within a short
radius of the city are the Little and
Big Cottonwood Canons. Then the
climb to Ensign Peak would
give one fine panoramic view of the
surrounding country. Then drive
of eighteen miles would take you out
to Saltair, where there is a magnifi-
cent pavilion for bathing, fine music
and a pleasing variety Of divertise
ments. The building occupied at
present as State House, is very hand
some and would do credit to more
populous state.
MRS. j. N. WEBSTER.