Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-17
AMONG THE HORIZONS.
Judge Bradstreet Has Many Remin .iscences to Relate.

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 Former judge of the district court A. F. Bradstreet has returned from q delightful and interesting trip of four weeks among the Mormons of Salt Lake City. The lake whence the city derives its name is about fifty miles long and is about p per cent salt, so that in parts it is impossible to swim in it, while it also is Impossible to sink. It is always easy to walk or float in it and is therefore q wonder in itself. The Mormons own every thing in sight, the lake, the railroads approaching the city, the banks, public conveyances Municipal ownership IS the embodiment of it's government sys- tenn.
 It would be impossible to relate all Attorney Bradstreet has seen during his visit among the disciples of Brig ham Young in a newspaper article, or in any other kind of an article in fact, without some preparation, and good deal of it, for all that a great many eastern cities are trying to have their respective legislatures adopt is there in full swing, and the people, even he man with score of wives, who in this part of the country would be jailed for the rest of his natural life. seem to be enjoying themselves to their hearts content. Here are few of the strange things seen and ascertained by Attorney Bradstreet. The largest dancing pavil- ion ill the country is in Salt Lake City, for social life is a prominent feature among the Mormons, and it is said among some of them that the life of Brigham, the founder of the sect, was one long song and dance. There are two floors i'll this great pavilion, the lower one is used for dancing and the upper one for concerts and promen- ades, and both are free. as the air.
 The crank who is forever crying out against taxation ought to fly to Salt Lake City, for there they have no taxes to pay. on account it is said, of probable difficulty to collect them un- der the law. It will be recalled that Roberts, the Mormon representative in congress, was expelled The city is developed and maintained, therefore, by voluntary contributions, and every one gives according to his means, and a special contribution has never, so far as Attorney Bradstreet ascertained, been asked for. ,
 In the center of the city is a statue of the founder of dthe sect with his right hand outstretcheds apparently, to bank situated on a street corner. It is joke that Brigham died asking the bank for funds. But the significance of the attitude of the statue is said to be that whenever Brigham desired to raise money for public use he had revelation, and to carry out the provlS- ion of the revelation he had to have money The railroads entering the city are owned by the Mormons, so is the lake which gives the city it's name. This body of water is let flow into ad- joining fields and when the water IS absorbed by the sun ridges of salt six feet high, mile or two long and vari- ous measurements wide, from fifty to 200 and 300 feet, are left. This salt is thoroughly dried and packed into bags and sent to the refneries.
 The tabernacle, one of the greatest sights of the city, is the object of ad- miration and wonder by people from all parts of the world. There is noth- ing like it in the whole country, and it is marvel of engineering. In its en- tire structure there is not an iron nail, wooden pegs having been used instheir stead. It is an sextrefhely5i ar&e edifice and q pin dropped by pefsongat one end can be heard plainly by a person standing at the other end. The church is dome shaped internally, while eX- formally It may De seen miles distant, its myriad spires glistening like so many diamond fingers. The organ used in this church, or tabernacle, as it is called, is the largest in the country.
 A strike has never taken place in Salt Lake City, at least among, among Mormons, and for this the Gentiles greatly admire them. Why the. city has thus been distinguished Attorney Bradstreet did not ascertain, but he supposed that it was because the req sons on which strikes and labor dis turbances are built are not to be found among Mormon employers M