Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-16

1 cFts uOtuinG out Sanu nfltS 70 bs
seen except range of mountains q
which We ran q parallel course al
afternoon. This was all We saw ths
remainder Of the day, sometimes
travelling for more than an hour at q
time without catching sight Of liv.
ing object either animal or vegetable.
The heat and dust were oppressive
Arrived in the home Of the Nor.
mons about midnight. quite tired
out, and were glad 70 get to our no.
tel the "Knutsford" which, though
the best in the city, was not especi.
ally good. The next morning we
toox Q drive around the city, visit.
ing the Mormon Tabernacle. This
building has one Of the largest un.
supported domes in the world and
VIII seat about l0,eJ0 people. Ii al.
so contains one Of me finest organs
IN the world. Went all through this
place, but were not 50 fortunate
when we arrived at the Temple as
we learned that oaly the high Off.
cias $, OF the Mormon Church are ad-
miited TO thas building. Il Is said
to be, with the single exception OF
st. Patrick's Cathedral, New York,
the most costly religious edifice in
the Union. There were also a num-
Der of fine looking churches OF other
denominations, and the Catholics
were then building a very fine one
indeed. Saw several of the houses
where Brigham Young had kept his
IS wives with total of 81 children.
There are Eve of his widows yet liv-
ing. Several were pointed out to
us. If I've been properly informed,
the highest number of living wives
he had at one time was 10. Ny
opinion is the old scoundrel must
have had troubles enough ofhisown
here as some men find il hard to get
ON with one wife.
The next day, | saw my compan-
ions on their train for San Francisco,
and, in the afternoon, started on
my long journey homeward. But
I'm getting little ahead Of my
story. for in the afternoon ofthe pre-
ceeding day we took a trip to the
great Salt Lake the nearest point of
which is IA miles distant from the
city. The water of the lake is actu.
ally SO salt that IL is impossible TOR
a person to sink. ! tried it myself
so know whereof | write. 1t was
quite warm in the city, but you have
the extreme satisfaction of being able
to look on the mountains not great
ways distant, and see the snow glis-
ten,ng in the sunshine. Ny trip
eastward was over the same route
we had followed going out, until !
reached Pueblo, Colorado, then, in
stead of coming by way of Chicago,
came via st. Louis. For description
OF he scenery in Kansas, read that
of Nebraska, for there is no differ
ence in it. Missouri resembles to
some extent our own Maryland.
Passed through Kansas City, Jeffer-
son City and st. Louis, but did not
stop long as | was bound for home
by the quickest route. Left the last
named place al 2 q. m, Saturday for
Louisville, reaching there at noon
Saturday. Left there at 6 p. m. !,
travelling through Kentucky, West
Virginia, Virginia and finally old
Maryland, arriving in Baltimore,
five O'Clock, Sunday afternoon hav-
ing travelled about six thousand
miles and traversed fourteen states
in few hours less than two weeks.
And in conclusion, viii say, ifyou
are as tired reading this as was
after my four days ofalmost continu-
Gus travel, why murder me at the
first opportunity. BEN.