Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
deserts of Sahara. Dropping down here from the
mountains, we found a Mormon dignitary surrounded
with many blessings, (not in disguise.) Some of them
were living and moving, while others were the wealth
of a productive soil. We soon had unmistakable evidence of the latter-the first truly "square ineal,"
without even the edges taken off, for two weeks.
His youngest, black-eyed and black-haired wife, done
the honors of the table, equally well as we done honor to her bountiful repast.
The driver informed us that his churchship was
very destitute just then; some of his former helpmeets had left him, and he could then boast of but
three. From his cheerfulness, I thought he classed
them among such blessings as brighten when they
leave.
A Mormon farming community has settled along
the valley, giving evidences of an humble prosperity on their farms, while their little one-story adobe
houses show unmistakable evidences of that kind
which the good elderly lady had, who it is said once
lived in a Shoe! Beyond is a larger house; a richer
man lives there; three doors to his residence. He
is favored with three wives only; where the man
can afford it, each wife has her separate apartment.
Still further on, is one still more wealthy; he has a
large story-and-a-half adobe house, where he lives
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