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A CALIFORNIA TRAMP. 



The town had about five hundred people in its borders, 

 mostly of the lower class of English and Danes. There were 

 no Irish, but there was one family of Africans, who seemed to 

 be held in esteem. The foreign element, having come through 

 New York without stopping, , had retained their dress and 

 manners. They wore wooden shoes, and were coarsely clad. 

 The houses were on roomy lots, and were mainly of sun- 

 dried bricks, and had few adornments inside or out. 





Through the Streets of Lehi. 



We left in the afternoon, and after night came to the town 

 of Lehi— a name taken from the Mormon Bible. This was 

 surrounded by a wall twelve feet high. We experienced a 

 strange sensation, driving through streets between lighted 

 houses, but we enjoyed it. The gate- way, as we emerged from 

 the town, was so narrow that I was afraid my wagon might 

 play the part of the rams' horns on Jericho, and send the walls 

 tumbling about my head ; but I got through without hubbing. 



