nome HOME ITEMS r I 1 SAIM salm SABBATH ATIt nga yoA spoke at some length relating many incidents connected with his early experience in the church and instituting a comparison between the tolls and sufferings of the elders who labored to spread the gospel in the early days of the church and i the advantageous circumstances under which i the elders go forth now to preach the gospel to the nations ile he exhorted the people to put away frivolity and all light mindedness and cleave unto the lord with full purpose of heart afternoon i elder 0 A smith gave a very interesting aci count of ills his recent tri trip p to the southern settle ments drawing an encouraging picture of the feeling faith and condition of the people south their p prosperity in the midst of many aging difficulties pres B young treated on the principle that we have haxe to learn in till 1 life liow how to live so that i we m may ay 4 do 0 the will in all things hence j the variety 1 of 61 instructions which are given to us relating ld to avery every thing connected with our life and duties temporal and spiritual as we progress in jn the knowledge of lifland life ilfe and the principle principles of truth ile lie exhorted the saints to sanctify themselves be bedore before faye the tile lord keep his i commandments and live faithful before him that they them may enjoy the ile hie lie bleh bleb blessings sIngs of the gospel i j FATAL on monday afternoon alth inet br dr win 3 nichols met with I 1 trl tri a fright abright ful agel apel accident dent while at it work with a threshing machine in bountiful bountiful davis co which de prided him and cast east the gloom of melan choly aver over the whole whore j about 4 inthe afternoon tie fie d while working at the mach machine lne ine step steg stepped ped up on lil ill lie lle topas supposed to I 1 clean dorthe dnn the grain in finishing up work 1 when j his accidentally slipped down int into the i 1 thresher thres herthen then going at full ruil speed which tore and mangled lils ills foot rind dind leg nearly to the knee in a horlib lopan manner iier tier anil anti cupped the mot motion lon ton of those prem pre ent ant M nt ha hastily atily rals rali cd the cylinder out olit and nd conveyed c him to lis its house hou hon ilaf by fiere liw everything that could be done dane bibis hyt his friends fiends to alleviate his sufferings was wa db twenty past eleven jan yan tM Aarne night wuen lj he 1 e ex expired pyra pyna ir A FOUR horst const 41 thrashing machine tor mile wile saie sate by bishop MI raleigh elgh ward our theatrical notice must be necessarily brief this week a press of other matter crowding upon us on wednesday evening the hunchback was performed mrs dean haynes julia was exquisitely played the dumb belle followed of lich nothing need be said for there is little of iny anything thing in it on friday evening lean leah was the attraction we would like to notice this play at length if we had space but can only say that mrs haynes impersonation of the forsaken hebrew maid was vividly real her imprecation on rudolph for his faithlessness was terribly withering the fool of the family was repeated for an with its previous success good houses each night witnessed the performances on saturday evening fazio with mrs mry bayn as bianca blanca and taming the shrew with tho same lady as katherine drew an immense house in both pieces she received much well earned and merited applause ap of mr waldron we can briefly say his master walter was too impetuous and irritable throughout D ut peculiarities which are only manifested on once ce or twice in the play more particularly where his deformity is made the subject of jes his rudolph and fazio were fairly rendered the other members of the company do not grow in public favor with one or two exceptions mrs leslie and miss douglass play with considerable ease and vivacity and mr mortimer has acquitted himself creditably in one or two characters last night love by Sher sheridan sherilan ilan idan llan Yn knowles was presented with mrs hayne as the countess followed by the swiss swains tomorrow to morrow evening Shake shakespeare spears beautiful tragedy of romeo and juliet will be presented with mrs hayne as juliet followed by a laughable farce f THE tur WEATHER has been extremely hot during the past week except on saturday afternoon when ben hen a brief thunderstorm thunder storm accompanied with rain passed over this valley talley from the southwest to tho the northeast north east A very perceptible change in the atmosphere cool and agreeable was felt during the afternoon and evening the thermometer having fallen from loo in tho shade to 80 in a couple of hours THE immigration aby by telegram to pres young from elders thomas taylor and jno G holman dated wyoming july ri th and received on the dinst we learn that they I 1 expected to start the danish company of saints on an the soth july and the english company on the ath of august for the plains they will travel by the north side of the platte NATIVE CURRANTS we WO have received from br bf thomas fenton ath ward nvard some of thre tire finest native black currants which we have seen of delicious flavor and many of them nearly I 1 an inch in diameter he has a large quantity ty of them we understand with plenty of rooted cuttings raised from seed planted by himself SCHOOL exhibition by letter from br walter thompson ogden we learn that the summer quarter of the ad ward school of that city mrs F A brown drown and her sister miss R canfield teachers was closed with a highly creditable exhibition of the progress and acquire ments of the pupils in the tabernacle on wednesday evening loth lust pres pros IA farr bishop C W west the tte the parents of the children and a large number of interests citizens being present the exhibition opened with a song kind friends we bid you welcome here tonight to night sung by the school after which they were exercised in reading recitations singing etc man festing testing a gratify gratifying ing proficiency towards th they close a beautiful tableau was formed on a 21 te term tern m horary stage erected at the west end of the tabernacle by thirty six young girls dres white forming a double sen semicircle semi d circle circie and representing the different states in the union each wearing oblique obliquely Ir across her breast the name of the state she represented while in the centre in front of the semicircle semi gemi circle cincie deseret was represented by miss bliss sarah farr the whole calculated to imbue the minds of the young with a love for our coji and our mountain home the proceedings throughout gave great satisfaction and reflect much credit on the teachers such exhibitions are an incentive to progress stimulating the young to increased exertions to auald proficiency in their stud studies les ies C agot bot LOT BACH BAM elder eider geo A smith got back to the city on tuesday evening dinst from an extended trip through the southern settlements of the territory somewhat at fatigued but in good heal beal health th and spirits elders A M lyman ly man silas hilas S smith and samuel white were in company with hini him most of ol the time tho report ot of the celebration of eliw alij pine rine stated was forwarded Mime time ago has hat bof come to hand accounts for it iti non tion ap bearance pe arance in the NEWS 4 J BR BEST wants hilred bis his ved ted and white cow rhufus linen lines items elder eider geo A smith furnishes us some interesting items of matters in the southern settlements gleaned during his recent trip in which he visited a great number of settlements traveled about GOO miles and attended some 26 meetings the people in the south have never enjoyed aa good spirits as they do at present they llave have gathered an excellent crop of wheat and have good prospects for cotton their fruit suffered severely by an early frost which almost destroyed the peaches apricots and apples but three orchards bore anything approaching to a crop of peaches namely that of br dr riggs at santa clara where there Is a good crop and that of dr J hamblin adjoining who will have about bushels instead of some W bushels he fie about a fair yield for his orchard br dr joel H johnson of north creek kane kane co about 6 miles from virgin city has hm a splendid crop of peaches making the third Gra grapes are doing exceedingly well with one exception the isabella varlet variety yin in br dr staplers Sta pleys vineyard at To kerville has been damaged by a fly the only thing of the kind that has been seen in the southern settlements and confined ed to his vineyard the california grape in the same vineyard did not shaw any signs of olliav loav ing been attacked To kerville appears to be taking the lead in grape culture some 16 acres of grapes were planted out there in fields prel pre pro to this season In dependant of what was planted in orchards and gardens and br dr john C nail nali set out four acres more this spring which are thriving finely A few figs growing showed that the culture of figs has com cob commenced commenced mencey k tile the second crop of corp planted after the first crop had been taken onn off was about a foot high br dr smith had heard from st thomas st joseph and beaver dam also from windsor berryville Berr ac c on the head of the virgen the reports were encouraging and cheering the country is productive and the feelings odthe of the people excellent pres E snow Is traveling amon among the settlements and laboring assiduously for the welfare of the people who have never been more united than they are at present splendid water melons and luscious ripe peaches were enjoyed by br smith and companions on the july they had attended the celebration of the in washington I 1 county held in flap pine pino valley away up in the mountains as far as teams could coald get where about 1000 persons had assembled all an evidence was furnished that the people are not being starved out there nor becoming effeminate through living in a mild climate in the good things prepared for the celebration and the powers of endurance manifested in prolonged very prolonged and animated dancing which was one principal feature of the celebration mechanics are loudly called for by the people south blacksmiths seemingly being most in demand the people there have had to labor under and contend with very serious difficulties one of which lias has been the sweeping away of the danis dams erected for irrigation purposes clouds will burst up in the tile driest locality in the mountains and swell the river with such rapidity that it will rise ten feet in as many minutes sweeping almost everything before it still they struggle on and hope to overcome this and other things that stand in the way of their more rapid pro program grem grel A sort of green bug appeared in the wheat in iron county this season which destroyed about 0 if of the grain there I 1 L HARMONIC SOCIETY Through the kindness of br geo A smith we ahme have from a letter to him particulars of a harmonic society at parowan carowan Pa rowan organized nov 1861 and consisting of 40 male and 24 female members the society gave a rk co concert lacert on the ad dinst when a variety of sin singing ing comic and sentimental solo glee trio quartette etc was executed ina lna in a creditable manner the choruses being by upwards of fifty voices the tho financial condition of the society is very flattering they have already expended for music music books etc have forwarded through br calder caider for a cabinet organ and have a balance still in the hands bands of the treasurer we wish them every success and all the concord requisite musically and socially for their growth to increased ex ceu inee tuce llon AV 11 hoorer offers for sale 0 ori oui reasonable terms at eldredge Claw sons buckeye reapers readers and mower mowers woods mowers aweigh an eights to horse power a 0 isile lac of ste jar arr lir air i aj tak 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