The Genteel Gentile, Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857 - 1858

Genteel Gentile, page 084

the &me whde I am all alone here I " Wed 30th-Walked out alone m the sdent c,ty' Went towards the first branch of the mountam, where the great enmn~u~ stream enters the uiy-tossmg & iumbhng through the North Temple Street m three streams Instead of two, as m most, If not all of the other weets Every two or three rods it becomes a waterfall, wth a descent of from one to two feet, & lust below these httle falls, people can, rf they XVIII, catch fraui for breakfast In this part of the city are the dwellings of nearly all the leadmg men I met a sahtary & sad lookmg man ganng mto the water-& as he looked respectable & melan- choly I begged hm to tell me who owned the dwellmrs & gardens around me. Heber C. Kimball'-This was a (m&y) dwellings-enclosed with a hirh stone wall-verv nicelv built. & about 14 01 16 feet high' ;went an the other sidc'ol the street (,t E 130 feet wde) to endeavour to count the houses wdhin the enclosure by then roofs, but what with the wall & the trees, I could not count them I'hmeas Young s house was near-& a large house once occupied by BrIgham-a large dwellmg wth a great sheep (image) over the gateway-& an inscription from the Scriptures. This also is &closed with a high wall. BriEham's present residence is on the sauare below. Alfred returi,;d from Provo at 3 A M 84