Show HOME correspondence G S L CITY olty march 31 ISM 1855 1 DEAR CARRI on thursday the I left this chiy altyn tin mr ur dalays mall mail stage stages which was heavily loaded the U S marshal the clerk of the supreme I 1 and first district courts mr Bau baudler viers a merchant at provo and mr lyman jyman wood the indian interpreter at Springy springs oey Mey lle ile lie were my fellow passengers the roads were bad from the effect of the late storms mr booth booths the driver drivers in compliance with the U 8 mail mall contract with mr daley daisy having astop 0 o top at all the post offices within five miles of the road our progress wag was necessarily slow it 11 was laughable to beethe seethe see aee the persevering and untiring booth packing the maii mall bags ailed with newspapers and other mail mall matter on his back halt half a mile from the road to find a post office marshai marshal Hey ney heywoods woods health being very poor be he was under the necessity of leaving our company at pleasant grove we arrived at provo 9 91 12 1 2 pm it being court week wea a grandeury gran grand djury jury had bad been in session since singe monday waiting the arrival of the hon lion leonidas shaver to administer their oath and give them th the solemn berou charge required by law and time honored cu custom stoin storn but learning that the judge was ticks sick the jury dispersed as soon as marshal heywood neywood arrived and settled their fees I 1 lad had like to have skid said it was lucky that the court was no not t much needed only an appeal case rase that I 1 have beard 0 of sand and it in no hurry burry law must take its time next pring spring term will do as well weil wells perhaps it if not better p in fact facts the people had not time to attend court courts unless there was something very exciting on band as the season Is advanced fences to repair wheat fields to gow sow sow BOW new fields to enclose city wall to build streets to repair water ditches to clean on out oui t and bridge BO so much on hand that a court of two weeks would have been bon owanda omanda tho th wands of dollars damage by hindering the people from ther their work 1 1 I 5 set e t out in my garden some peach and apple trees planted out current bushes bashes and grape vla viner and repaired I 1 ahe the fence and received calls from a couple of dosen dozen of my ply friends who came for tor counsel saturdays saturday went down to examine the fence that encloses my meadow meadows direct the making of repairs thereon the burning burnla ot of old gra grass crass to prepare the ground for the new crop ap pp and aid to make mate arran arrangements tor for the construction of another string of fence fenee in the afternoon the mail arrived in provo from california in the evening I 1 went to a play 0 of 1 the Drama dramatic tId association at the masic music hall nail palled failed the rent day and followed by a aroe tames james arce the sketches in india the house bouee crowded stars stare chone shone bright P M westwood west wood the two Nutt alls and wm aldenj alien allen are arc hard to beat on a stage in facts fact the pla play sho bho showed ed a display of talent that was interesting as was manifest in those who had bad little experience mrs ke kelar ang miss misa clarbon Cl arkon andine and the other ladies ladles did extremely well sunday sundays sleepy in the morning from being late at ht the play went to the meeting hall ball at 10 1012 1 aam 2 am found it crowded cd elder J terry was preaching when he closed I 1 followed with an address of one hour lour on the recer sity of union and perfect oneness among the saints in the A afternoon a general council of the seventies composed compo sed eed of delegates from every sett settlement leme nt in the county met in the meeting hall ball they meet on once onne ce a month to report the condition of the the branches also the is landing g i 0 ot f the seventies and other business after their business was over I 1 addressed the seventies on the subject of exerting themselves to enlarge the subscription list of the deseret news and upon the necessity of the young elders observing the word of wisdom recommended the elders eiders as far as consistent to dispense with the ube of tea spirituous liquors entirely at 61 6 12 1 2 pm I 1 addressed the saints for an hour and a half on the subject of celestial marriage the meeting was crowded and although the house home would contain people as many went home as got in the room the brethren in provo will have to wake vp up and build their meeting house bouse as the only chance to secure a comfortable seat to hear bear the instructions of the elders eidene monday evening evenings attended a council with the elders in the new council room at lake like city oits 19 ft it by 22 21 1 comfortably finished nini finI and neatly furnished we dedicated the room to the lord as it had been recently built by the subscriptions of bishop harrington and a few of the elders and furnished by the sisters la in good style for the purposes of a council and prayer room tuesday tuesdays by the ponte politeness ness nesB of mr robert nobert I 1 rode with him in his bis carriage and arrived in this city at a q quarter after 4 1 GEO A SMITH the readers of the newa nawa would doubtless be much pleased with reports from the monthly meetings of the seventies tn in utah bointy will the clerk of those meet ings ln report forthe bor not dottena roT tena timie tiro and cir clr gora toia stances atances will permit ED W 41 43 kcf 41 |