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Show 8o FROM WANSHIP A few miles below Coalville we passed another Mormon settlement of more recent origin, the name of which I did not learn. From Echo Canon to this point the land along the river is fenced in, though but little of it is cultivated. Crossing the river we marched to at hird settlement, called Wanship. CHAPTER XL FROM WANSHIP TO SALT LAKE VALLEY. WANSHIP is a Mormon village of about three hundred in habitants, and is located on the overland stage route, near the Weber River. It consists of houses along both sides of the road, and the gardens attached to each, like in most country villages, causes it to stretch out to a considerable length. A German has here established a lager beer brewery for the accommodation of travellers whose Tuetonic tastes lead them to indulge in this drink, which, by the way, is fast becoming a national one in this country. I took a glass or two, and I think I must have done so simply because it is called by the same name as the good beer in St. Louis, of which I was so fond certainly not because I relished the poor stuff. Near the upper end of the village I stopped at the house of one of the settlers, whose garden presented a fine appear ance, to replenish my stock of vegetables for the remainder of the journey. I was received by a stout English woman who treated me courteously, and signified her willingness to accommodate me with a portion of anything the garden produced. She called for " Sister," when a much rougher looking Danish woman appeared and accompanied me to the garden to gather the vegetables. I afterward learned that |