Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-28


friends laid hands upon Brigham Young's
"utile old log cabin" but not to take 1t
away. however. The carriage that con-
veyed the first Mormons across the plains
was on exhibition.
A grand drive through the principal
street, fifteen miles long, furnished a fine
panorama of beauty aud interest. A most
interesting meeting was attended at
tyihing house, where the speaker gave
sketch OF the mistakes OF his own life as
warning lesson to the young, also Incl
dents of his conversion and stand for the
right, closing with temperance appeal.
Seventy five saloons in Salt Lake City, and
thirty i've churches-which is the stronger
power?
The journey resumed, Ogden gave a
novel experience-that of riding through
forty-two miles OF snow sheds. Over the
range of the Sierra Nevada down to the
historic grounds of the forty miners at
Dutch Flat, Feb. 6, blossomipg trees and
growing vegetables delighted the eye. AT
Sacramento the party made the acquain-
lance OF New Hampshire woman who
had crossed the continent eighteen times.
Here, too, the gift of delicious bunch OF
violets and fragrant camellas from the
capitol grounds was mailed by our tourist
to a sister In Southwest Harbor, arriving
in good condition.
At San Francisco the travellers found
much to interest them-notably the ia
nous Seal Rocks and the Golden Gate. A
Chinese joss house was visited, and served
to point a moral. A few days were spent
at Los Angeles, the "garden city" of
southern California, which comprised
among its special pleasures, first a Sunday
morning sermon of rare power and inter-
est; a visit to the chamber OF commerce,
where many wonderful things were on
exhibition, among them some huge vege
tables, one potato weighing twenty-five
pounds, a squash 160, and pumpkin 215
pounds. The orange groves and grape
vineyards were OF great beauty and inter-
est. Blossoms, blossoms everywhere,
surely land OF delight.
Leaving Los Angeles by another route,
the party crossed the Arizona desert here
a vast sea OF sand glistened in the sunshine
and seemed to roll along in waves and bill
lows like the great ocean. Dinner at the
station hotel in mid desert was a grand
surprise to the hungry party, for the bin
OF fare was far ahead OF the best city
hotels. A novel scene here was the rush
to the trains OF a crowd OF picturesque
Navahoe Indians with quantity fashioned
pottery to sell, also soft fancy striped
blankets, for anywhere from two bits
10 cents) to six or eight, according TO
| size and workmanship. They were iiber-
ally patronzed.
Back again in the Manchester home ut
Colorado, our visitor rested, visited and
| explored before setting out for the return
trip The Manchester boys In school
there looked up Harry Ross, former
Southwest Harbor boy, now young man
attending college at Colorado Springs. and
a valuable mem Der OF the college glee club,
and pi asant evening was spent in dis
eussing fremont news.
Mrs. Farnsworth's route home via
Niagara Falls was full OF pleasant expe-
riences. but the length of this sketch for
bids further mention. She has returned
so much pleased with her western trip that
she declares her intention To repeat 1t at
no distant day. The collection OF curios
and souvenirs brought home is very
interesting.