roceeded to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
At the latter place we casually met several gentlemen of our
acquaintance, especially General Harrison, Eli Murray, Governor of
the Territory of Utah, and General McCook, who commanded the post
in Salt Lake City. We spent a day or two in visiting the post and
city, and found a great improvement since my former visit. In the
evening we were serenaded by a band from the post, and several
gentlemen were called out for speeches by the gathering crowd. I
had been met during my stay there by many people who claimed to
hail from Ohio, so that I began to think it was quite an Ohio
settlement. In the few remarks I made at the serenade I eulogized
Ohio and spoke of the number of Ohio people I had met in that city.
General McCook was called out, and as he was from Ohio he had
something to say for that state. General Harrison was called upon,
and he said that while he lived in Indiana he was born in Ohio and
was proud of it. General Murray was next called for and he said
that while he was born in Kentucky he lived so close to Ohio that
he could throw a stone into the state. So much had been said about
Ohio that Judge Strong took offense. They called upon him to
address the crowd from the balcony, but he would not. Finally,
upon my urging him to speak, he rushed forward and said: "I want
you to understand distinctly that I am not from Ohio, I was not
born in Ohio, I never lived in Ohio, and don't want to hear anything
more about Ohio!" This was vociferously cheered, and the old
gentleman closed with very proper remarks about love for the Union
instead of for the state.

Since that time I have visited Salt Lake City and have always been
impressed with the great value of that region, not only for its
mineral wealth, but for the possibility of great agricultural
development with proper irrigation.

During our stay we bathed in Salt Lake. The water was so impregnated
with salt that our bodies floated upon the surface and there was
no danger of drowning. The history of Salt Lake City, which owes
its existence and wonderful development and prosperity to Brigham
young, is like an improbable romance. I have already mentioned
Young, having met him on my former visit with Thomas A. Scott. In
the nine years that had elapsed the city had nearly doubled its
population. Pure water was flowing in all the streets and the city
looked fresh and clean. The air, at an elevation of 4,000 feet
ab