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Show AND THE CITY. 91 the city would not be equal to the demand, if the water ran through all the gardens at the same time, which indeed is unnecessary, so it is furnished to a certain number for certain specified hours, and is then shut off from these to supply others. Taking the city as a whole, it presents more the appear ance of a New England village, or the suburbs of a south ern town, save in the style of its buildings. The curiosity of the visitor naturally leads him to see, first, the President's Block and Temple Square. The for mer, on South Temple street, fronting south, is surrounded by a ten- foot wall of cobble- stones, set in cement. On the southwest corner is a large building, where the " Deserel News" is printed, and adjoining is a row of one- story build ings, where a few favored ones are allowed to live within the inclosure. Next comes the " Lion House," a long two-story building, gable end to the street, with the representa tion of a lion, cut in stone, nearly life- size, over the en trance. This is the Prophet's harem, where the majority of his wives reside. Whether or, not the lion over the en trance is indicative of the ferocity that would be visited upon the head of a Gentile who dare enter there, I am unable to say. Next beyond is the Bee- Hive House, so named from a representation of a hive that surmounts the centre of the roof, which is the Prophet's own residence, and adjoining is his business sanctum, and the general busi ness office of the Church. Between the Lion House and the Bee- Hive House, is a large gate- way which is the en trance to City Creek Canon, and over this is the figure of an eagle. City Creek Canon has been conveyed to Brigham Young by an act of the territorial legislature, notwithstand ing it is unsurveyed Government land. In this canon is all the wood to be had in the vicinity of the city, and the Pro phet requires one load in every three that are cut for the privilege of collecting fuel on his property. Last in the row of houses, and a little further removed, stands the residence of the " first wife," who lives in great seclusion, and is but seldom seen by any one, Mormon or |
