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Show WELLSVILLE NOTES. On Saturday last, we drove to Wellsville, and remained there till Monday morning. This gave us an opportunity to witness the exercises of the Sabbath School, of which Brother Robert Leatham is Superintendent. This Sabbath school will probably compare favorably with any in the Territory for its admirable arrangement, organization and management. The recitations by the various classes, the singing by the choir and school, and other portions of the exercises were, in the highest degree, pleasing and interesting. <br><br> The average attendance at the Sabbath School is about 250. There are about 30 classes in all, and this number includes classes in the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Voice of Warning, Key to Theology, Juvenile Instructor, &c. We congratulate the Saints of Wellsville on having a Sabbath School which is probably unexcelled by any of this Stake. <br><br> In walking about the town we saw many fine vegetable gardens. In these Wellsville seems to take pride, and to excel. The intense cold of last winter killed many fruit and shade trees in the Settlement. Farm crops promise well. <br><br> An interesting incident occurred in the settlement, during our stay. At a late hour on Saturday night, two ladies were very much frightened. The man of the house was absent from home, and the ladies had retired and were sinking to sleep, when the heavy tread of a man was heard outside. He walked around the house twice, and then stopped at an opening in the wall near the bed, and looking through it, demanded to know if the man of the house, naming him, was in. He repeated his question, and his tone and manner began to frighten the ladies, one of whom answered in the negative. He then ordered them, in a peremptory manner, to open the door, and admit him. <br><br> There was a lamp burning low in the room, and the ladies hastily rose from the bed and began to dress themselves, and prepare to make a defense. The man outside repeated his demand to be admitted, when one of the ladies seized a knife, and, though terrified with fear, thought it best to assume a little courage, and went and opened the door. The man outside had heard what was said by the ladies about weapons, &c., and, when one of them opened the door and looked out, he was no where to be seen. <br><br> The two ladies then went to the house of a neighbor, where one of them had a good cry over her fright, and where they remained until they mustered up courage to return and spend the remainder of the night at home. Whether the man really meant to scare the ladies, is uncertain, but in either case, a severe lesson administered to him, would not be amiss. His identity is unknown, as he refused to tell who he was. |