Show A cincinnati LEWISTON FOLKS BECOMING AQUATIC LEWISTON CACHE COUNTY utah april ath 1884 editor deseret loews last fall the ground was thoroughly soaked with rain before it began beian to snow then the snow f fell feli ell eli two f feet beet or more and afforded good sleighing until the first of april when it began to thaw the ground being already full of water it could not take in the melting snow the result is that we are in a miniature sea from one to four feet deep all over our vast flats I 1 cannot get from my house except by having a wagon drive to the door steps I 1 have driven a mile today to day to observe the situation and find the water the depth before mentioned and many houses surrounded by it six inches additional rise will bring brin it on to the first floor and the next hoor floor is on the roof the situation looks gloomy for fall fali all sown wheat which it is fear edwill be killed before the water runs off Lucern may share the same fate one great trouble is that the ground is so level that the water does not know which way to run my boys have built a raft today to day and have gone some miles it is truly a novel sight the water is filled with wildfowl wild fowls of various kinds the old settlers settler I 1 s say ta that at we shall have good crops er s this t h ear war year but I 1 will be satisfied with witt one 0 e similar r mila miia r to last a st years result MILO ANDRUS |