Show LOCAL correspondence it matters latter S aud and bilings at manti MA MANTI september 15 1852 news I 1 have often heard it stated that the valley of san pete would not produce melons me this story has probably originated from the f fact act that the breth brethren have heretofore not succeed ed in bringing melons to maturity this has been laid to the door of jack frosti frost but mis is not the I 1 sole cause for it is well known that while there are from one to five hundred ris in our midst during the greater part of the summer and while they are allowed to travel over our fields gardens ae unmolested and unrestrained we can do but little in I 1 the way of raising melons this season many of the brethren have their city lots fbi fenced leed and are living on them those that are thus situated are blessed I 1 I 1 hii wih h fine melons squashes pumpkins tomatoes ac articles that have not been raised with any degree of success previous to this year I 1 had a squash from the garden of bro holden a few days since that tha was equally as good as any that I 1 ever saw in G S L valley bro edwin whiting showed me a number of i heads of cabbage il a few days since that hat equal any that ever glew arrew in Bunko buncomb mb N C he raised ills cabbage from the seed last season aj 5 cut the heads from the stalks and buried the stocks in the fall so as to protect them from the winter frosts in the spring lie he took them up and set them in rows f from rom 20 inches to two feet apart after they had started the many shoots that usually come out on an old lie selected the healthiest and most thrifty bud or shaft and broke the others off on the buds so left have sprung into large hard white while heads beads of cabbage in fact this cabbage is better headed beaded than any I 1 have ever seen in the valleys bro bra whiting has tried this experiment two seasons with good success and recommends this process of raising cabbage very highly we have lave had a light frost on the bottoms but none to injure any sort of vegetation in this city as yet we had a very seviere severe hail storm in this place this borni morning ig but as the harvesting is almost over it could have ve done but little damage after the hail it rained a fine shower which will hasten the growth of turnips ac I 1 am yours AND L SILER SIL ER COTTON KAYS WARD davis co oct 16 1852 EDITOR OF THE N WS last season I 1 came to the valley and brought with me two or three dozen cotton seeds which I 1 planted on the of may and to my sati satisfaction s f action it grew and matured mature cL before the frost interfered it must be remembered e that all the farms in the valley will not mature this crop from the fact that the frost makes its appearance pe arance very early on the low lands my farm is ir situated on the bench near the mountain where the frost did not make its appearance up to the ath of ct to injure the most tender pl plant ant there ir ie bench land enough to have one thousand gaites af f growing every year and if the sea sons are like the present or previous ol 01 ones it will come to perfection from the to the lath of may is the time to plant the seed seed is the only difficulty and even that can be remedied by I 1 sending to jo john brown and have a few bushels of seeds forwarded next season allen alien taylor would plant five acres if lie had 1 th the eseed seed I 1 will have a pint or more of seed w which J will be planted next season ason I 1 would be glad when I 1 return from my mission to see the high lands ov cov I 1 ered with cotton resembling the snowy mountains for whiteness there are men that understand raising cotton that will take hold of the business as soon as they are assured it will grow I 1 believe from what I 1 have seen that it can be made a profitable crop croli respectfully yours REDDIN A ALLRED that the cotton can be raised in the valley is beyond I 1 quest question iori it has been raised and can e again and if there are those who will go into t he be I 1 business no time need be lost any one can I 1 write to their friend for ii a pound or as is many I 1 I 1 1 pounds as they please to be forwarded this winter by mail in tin boxes which will cost only 11 i 1 per ib and a few pounds sown next spring will produce the bushels our correspondent proposes to be had through I 1 mr brown and save the cartage I 1 to pay the postage and probably 1 postage this fall will be worth more one year hence than 10 cartage next season As soon as cotton grows we c can an have all the comforters quilts batting jac 0 3 we need with no machinery more than the common wool cards and coarse euarse yarn for carpeting ac on I 1 our common wheels aho who vho will begin it now is is i the time thile dont lot ono iliae ji mail pass will without s your orders 1 CEDAR IRON COUNTY october ath 1852 S PRESIDENT RICHARDS RICHARD I 1 SIR the weather has been very cold lately october 1st ast nearly all dayi day left about two inches on oil the ground very sharp sharli frosts since our peaceful little settlement has been a little annoyed of late through 11 I 1 it california emigrants that have been passing I 1 iwas was informed on ona sunday evening that a small company of three men arid and two wagons had drove off a two year ol 01 old 4 colt belon belonging king to br george wood I 1 immediately called the brethren together after a few seconds consultation six horsemen were soon on the track of the thieves they returned the day following after pursuing pin pui suing them for 30 mil miles e s brought back the colt and add recovered 30 dollars fa for expenses very y mercifully allowing thein to wend th their 1 I way to their golden god the prospects for manufacturing that all important article iron is excellent I 1 would that we had good men at this time to developed dev elope tile the rich resources of this beautiful vale and I 1 am satisfied that iron to almost any amount could soon be manufactured tile machinery is of the best kind and works well and would to do for a much larger f furnace arnace than what is up in ili haste I 1 am yours ac H HENRY ENRY LUNT ALARMING occurrence RE R REMARK MARK ABLE interposition OF providence from the liverpool mercury of july newport tuesday last evening an alarming ng accident occurred in this town which occasioned the most frightful apprehensions apprehension ns as to the safe safety ty of nearly mearly lour four hundred antu men women and children the latter day saints who form a verv large proportion of the population in wales having been holding holdin their conference here within the past few d days ays to this gathering had assembled many of the elders of the fraternity some of them have held rank as prophets on the hanks banks of the salt rifer lake great preparations were made to celebrate this conference on an extensive scale and among other means it is said that promises had habben been hold held out and believed in by the too credulous welsh pe people 0 that miracles would be performed yesterday afternoon a large building named the sunderland hall in which the body had held their services services for a long period past was filled to overflow j S lay 7 U di 10 aff alot dl v their lain Ules who reside in newport together with considerable numbers of the people from the hills bills the colliery ironworks ac c it is supposed that about four hundred persons were liere here assembled about to join in partaking of tea after one of the services of the day several mormon elders had given out the blessing and some hints were thrown out that that day might witness some of the great and miraculous powers of the saints scarcely had tea been commenced when without a minutes warning exactly one half of the lofty and beav heavy y coaling odthe of the building fell with a sudden crash for a moment all was blinding and confusion then succeeded the most ap paling shrieks j and the most terrifying clamor and amidst the din and horrible confusion that ensued people rushed from all the surrounding houses apprehending that some great calamity had occurred fe fearful adful screams were again heard bursting forth presently the win dows of the hall were dashed out and affrighted the creatures within flung themselves through the broken sashes to i 0 the ground below some were observed clinging with extreme tenacity to the window frames and sills apprehending death within and fearful of mutilated limbs inthey if they fell the doors were burst open from without as well as the piles of people heaped upon one ana another ther inside permitted and ingress being at length obtained the sight that presented iteld was enough to appal th the e stoutest hest heart beams beam and batters ratters raT lers whole patches of cel ceiling ling amidst clouds cloud of dust lying upon scores of people do op I 1 e while the tea tables afT affording protect protection io n to many were crowded below with numbers crying I 1 aloud for mercy for protection and for a miracle to t ci save them the u upper PP er end of the hall where the elders had been seated was unhurt the ceiling above their heads was unbroken immediate exertions were made and in the course of an hour the wretched creatures were all extricated I 1 from the ruins rains and on a minute search being instituted not one was found missing and what is still more remar remarkable kahle although the beams and rafters were heavy and some with huge pieces of entire ceiling fell dire directly cily upon the tables and others in adire a direction ebion that appeared to insure inevitable death not a single mormon was injured though it was intimated that two or three un believers who had gone thither to revile wd and sneer at the true followers of joe smith received slig slight gh t injuries which may serve their consciences as remembran cers when the party were all extricated another hall hal was obtained and there the remainder 0 of f the e evening was devoted to an ail oration odthe of the eld elders e and Z d the prophets who had wrought the anticipated miracle miracle f of causing a a ceiling to fall upon the heads a of 11 the 1 e saints without injury the mccury occurrence e n C e lias has occasioned oc C a remarkable sensation in the town I 1 newspaper hoax ED 1 |