Show accidental death croydon morgan Mor ganCo co eeb fob ad 1879 editors deseret by request it is my painful duty to write you the cause of the demise of an esteemed brother brothers thomas price while he was working work ing in the coal mines grass creek summit county on the ath of january a piece of coal about five cwt cat fell and struck his bibek from which injury he be died on the uit u during his sufferings h he was calm patient and a murmur did not pass his lips lip be he died as ho he had lived a faithful latter day saint well respected b by y all who knew him he re was a hard bard working mank mans man a loving kind and indulgent husband hu 5 and father also a good citi izen men ho he left an affectionate faith f rui rul wife and four children to mourn his loss he was wag born dec at Land fice south wales when 17 years old he joined the church of jesus christ of latter day saints emigrated to utah in the year 1851 for some years has been a member of the high priests quorum quo fuh fur yesterday a large concourse con of people assembled to pay their last I 1 respects by attending the funeral addresses bf b y F jal bo ohn john J hopkin flop kin elders B S edwarda edwards and E swann swaim atter after which the body was consigned to the i flient ilent tomb tom b to wait a glorious glor gior lous ious resurrection your brother in the gospel GEO K N B millennia millennial star please pease f copy odden CITY january 1879 taylor dear brother in accordance with your appointment I 1 left ogden city jan jau ath 1879 for the purpose of visiting the schools of morgan and summit counties bly my plan of procedure was as follows I 1 first called a trustees true tees meeting where a gramme pro could be arranged with the object of facilitating travel and ascertaining what echolls were in session at the clo cio close e of my tour in each county I 1 again appointed a meeting to which the tru trustees leacher teachers and leading men were were invited my afy object in calling this rne rue meeting eting was to tell the teachers nud mud trustees the defects of their schools and houses and to counsel with them aa as to what would be the best beat means of improving thein them rather than to publish a mans name or a district abroad I 1 take pleasure in stating that these meetings were always attended by the presidency of the stake the bishops bearly nearly all the trustees and school teachers of the county as well as men interested in the cause of education at the first meeting referred to we arranged to visit two schools a day and hold meeting every evening at the settlement where we visited in the afternoon these meetings were always attended by the youth and the aged by means ef of which we gained access to the ears of 61 the people which otherwise we could not have done the houses were generally filled and the people manifested great interest in the education of their children realizing also that the smallest and poorest districts were usually neglected on occasions like this I 1 determined that so far aa as my feeble efforts W were e r 0 co concerned I 1 would labor where the greatest amount of good could be accomplished and where the mot moot assistance was needed this thia of course ia required more time than I 1 at first anti ipat ed but still no district felt itself neglected morgan county as a rule la Is well supplied with school houses and taking into consideration the loss joss of crops year after year by frost and grasshoppers I 1 question althere if il there is any county in the territory any better supplied the smallest districts numbering only from 12 to 20 famile families sare bare are fur with nice commodities and mostly brick schoolhouses well finished on the outside and with an aperture in the ceiling for ventilation but I 1 am sorry borry to state that in many instance instances the child childrens rena reua comfort on the inside has been neglected and the house has haa been seated more for meeting purposes than for a accommodating mo dating the children at school this is of course wroe wi cwi when we remember that parents aie aio only occupying the house but a little over two hours A ours on the sabbath day while the children have bave to be in school bix six boura hours a day for five days iu in the week a ana and bd then we expect them to attend the sabbath school and all the rest of the meetings besides I 1 question if plain decent furniture would cost much more than forms and would beat seat almost as many many of the houses also lack charts globes and blackboards in such cases caseb he the teacher has nothing but taut the dry text book to interest his hla pup papua coupe with that an old time teacher teachers or a man who has never had bad any experience in teaching nor qualified fled fied himself forthe office by atten axten attending dinca dinga a school where he might get a good practical system and is it any wonder that in many instances we are bob bom compelled to drive our children to school with the nods rods rod where tile the teacher again receives them with frown to make a statue thrill and with a similar weapon to the former to bid them welcome welco onn onu why can we n t smile on our child children reif they in their innocent glees gleea are sent to us from thel the courts above and god will surely emile on us if we treat them hem as men and women in embryo the result from tho the first method is that our young men and ladles are not found there at all and only the little ones who cannot help thern themselves selves are immured between those dusky wails Oa mair maZi eho tho inside of the schoolhouse and get a teacher who will govern with kindness instead of the rod and who his profession as the mechanic must who undertakes to make a beautiful bureau and aad see if it we will not soon boon have a change the schools were all nil in session but aa as already intimated mostly attended by the little ones with but few exceptions the teachers were mostly young men and young ladles ladies born and educated in utan and what they lal ial lacked jacked ked in qualification however was generally made up in exemplary habits the best school taught in my estimation is the one at north morgan under the direction of miss rhoda slates a young lady who has bee been n attending the university for two years bhe she appears to have a natural tact for teaching by which she has won the good feelings and respect of pupils and parents president smith and the leading men are anxious to promote the e educational ducat ional lonal interests ot the county they have realized for some time the necessity of establishing a high school or seminary where their youth might be educated instead of depending on transients ts or sending their children abroad fur of course it is cheaper to bring a good teacher into the county and thus give all a chance of an education than to 0 send a few away from home subject to the temptations naw now existing in our cities without the parental care to guard them to depend on the university for teachers favery ia very good goods so far aa as it goes but we should remember that all who are sent will not return te teachers achere a man may be well wel educated and then be not fit to teach Eve hool chool the bishops and trustees were always present when we visited their schools except iu in one instance at Wan wanshin ship ant and all appeared to r real al ize the necessity of such an institution and I 1 believe ere long both morgan and summit counties will educate their advanced students at home the children appeared bright and int intelligent elligen t and comely in dress diess indeed I 1 never have in all my travels els eis in the new now world or the old seen any fairer faces or any brighter ter eyes nor any better dressed children than these two counties exhibited the schoolhouses school houses of summit county were rather inferior to those of morgan but the character of the schools was somewhat of a higher grade I 1 found more of the young men and young ladies enrolled and the students area arol think a little further advanced but like the former it suffers for the want of w high school where the leach beach era miga t tho the be educated to a higher standard with such men however aa as president muff duff elders johnf johnp boyden boy den ward E pack and others equally interested but too numerous to mention this county will soon take a step upwards and claim her position among the lead leading counties on educational matters in the territory steps I 1 was informed had llad already been taken to secure a good teacher and the object la Is to tit fit op up a large room loom in the court house for this purpose I 1 was pleased to find the Co coalville alville school hoase boase partly seated with andrews andrewa a patent desks campbl campsa maps globe oil pan tings tinga beautiful mottoes worked by the delicate fingers of the ladies of the sabbath school and framed by the trustees to ornament a vacant space here and there also a large bell in the belfry to summon the children to school there are two things however very much needed a decent sized blackboard and a convenient outhouse this county has been drawing on the B Y academy for its ral gal baj teachers from which source it bas baa as obtained very good results many of the students I 1 was informed are now attending there and at the university the schools were ora era all in season I 1 believe relieve Jel jei feve leve with tile the exception except on or of one and a pleasing feature I 1 noticed in ail all au of them namely a map of utah mr john JK hall fiall a well inform ed gentleman and whose example is worthy of imitation is superintendent of the former county while mr chas mills a wideawake wide awake and energetic man superintends super intends the latter both gentlemen labor for the interests In teresta of their constituents and hence deserve the faith and support of the people trusting that the future may find ns us as a people onward and upward I 1 remain yours very respectfully L F Arox cir clr sor soe SALT LAKE CITY february fth 1879 editors deseret news by request of the commissary general of zions camp I 1 forward you the names of these of said camp now living and those that have died in the vallies of the mountains yours respectfully THOMAS colborn captain of aad company of rangers bangers deceased brigham young weber beber C I 1 orson hyde amasa al nyman lyman john riggs stephen NN in chester cheater gad yale eleazer miller levi libeus coon ellaba groves grove s alvin 3 jedediah Jed edlah ediab id grant livings wilford W hancook cocks william cahoon zein zeia cole alfred brown Zerub babel snow royal barney salt sait lake city charles C rich bear lake valley thomas colborn P Pete bete eterson raon morgan county peter dopps farm inston ington navis davis county israel barlow joseph holbrook ful davis county 1 david evans lehi zebedeo zebedee coltrin spanish fork br holdon holden 1 cedar springs spring reuben mcbride McBrId mcbride chandler holbrook wife and daughter fillmore by hyrum rum winters mount pleasant john parker and bro thompson wan Ka arrab narrah Jacob Gates gateb bellevue solomon angel leed leede henry herriman and william chitister Chiti ater Washingto washington 6 solon foster fosters milo andrus and edson barney st george harri bon eon burgess pine valley dr riggs rigga provo lyman 0 littlefield fields smithfield littlefield I 1 hnry hoskins IT PS P esthe The camp left kirtland X may object the redemption of zion T C or t 0 OB DESVILLE jan 29 1879 editors deseret news we ar are aro estill still live live in of the way nook and I 1 trust awve auve to our duties aa as latter day saint saints our Y M M 1 I A has 6 1 mem mom members bers we meet every saturday evening the year round we publish a sixteen page journal writ written ten teb evory every alternate satur Batur saturday day dby supported by original from members of the association our Y jj M L I 1 A also meet once a last evening wo we had our first joint meeting of the association meeting iwas called to order by prest H VV esplin espin singing by the juvenile choir under the direction of brother wm R butler prayer by biship thomas cham singing by the juvenile choir address of ten minutes on the object of the associations by WC arrolI arroll eleeby juvenile choir choirs followed by prose and poetry reading dialogues declamations so songs and recitations by members ot alboth both associations speech of five minutes by prest HW lew esplin on the benefits to be re received from the associations and the joint meeting meetings speech of five minutes by bishop thomas chamberlain Chamberl aini nini in which he expressed himself eli eil well ell pleased with the eveni neg fenter tain ment though thought we wik inight might make thebe amusements innocent and instructive and that they would be beuter belter than all dancing hoped we might have many such entertainments choir sang night benediction by counselor carling very respectfully willand WILLARD CARROLL car CAK rolis BOLIj corresponding secretary of Y M M I 1 A bla bia cottonwood salt bait lak e county editors deseret news I 1 noticed in the battle battie Atoun mountain caf fai n Me lemenger messenger menger of january the following G Q cannon who is noted for his h is characteristic shrewdness like the lawyer who gave an opinion upon the claims of christ says that if polygamy be of man it will come to nought but if it be of gou god go d it cannot be overthrown s he has yet to learn that the voice ot of the people is the voice of god and their behesta he must obey we would like to have the editor point out with peoples voice Is the voice of god if he would tell us that it is the people of the united states we would ask what portion cf the people whether it be the or the republican jar party ty which voice was ms the voice ot god when the federals and confederates were the contending parties no doubt the british people claimed that their voice was the voice of god at the time they invaded this thib country in the revolutionary war they might also at the present time set bet up a claim with equal propriety BOW now that they are at war with the afghans also at the time the british fleet entered the dardanelles Darda nelles but these are questions of a very important nature j and again if the tho messenger would teil tell us that the voice of the ms majority orlay of the people is the voice of god od we ask him to inform us whet whether h er this argument would hold goo good d in the days of christ 0 when the jews persecuted his followers and put him to death ont on the cross it is quite evident that his bis doctrines were no more congenial to the majority of the people in his day than the religion of the latter day saints is to the majority of the people in our day da y the religion of jesus christ and aud bia hla apostles was denounced as ail blasphemy the religion of jes jeb jebus us christ of latter day saints is denounced as blasphemy by judos lud budos fies dies and who profess to be ministers of the century and again we ask if the voice of the af pf people ople in lh the days of noah was the voice of 0 god how many would have been drowned yours very respectfully WM H walker hll SDALE iron co utah jan 29 1879 it edita editors rs deseret oar settlement is located on the east bide side of the sevier bevien river and ten miles south of bao pao gultch and niso aleo on the road leading to arizona we have one of tho the best beat men tc to preside over us as a bishop that the thi country aff affords orda bishop seth seta johnson who is striving with all dill gence to unito the people in hib hit ward to a union and perfect love toward one another and in the holy hol hoi gospel our inhabitants are ali all members of the church of jesus christ of latter litter day sainta we have a good sabbath school m in fine running order superintend bup sup ed by broth r 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