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Show Mountain Tops, j 1 A Bir-ls Kyo Yie.v of S- i IVt V.ille.. i The Marble 'nnl Ii.r4.1rt! Knoll S;iin j -, 1 ; Water WorJis. 1 : i Elitor Iiwuw A 1.4-1 f.nn-r, ! who lives in Hi's e i : p irt ol M inti, and (who !i 1; r t:i e.i' --r i .4 1 .-Jert 4'. with 1 itenii-i 1 jfr. ; ji v mm ; ti'! veil if i front I'jak'i C mv i'i sp.t.u; d-;siriug to J nu!;e -1 p I ;r n 1 t t is s,::.ir, aid ; to locate tlie re.-ov ir 11 u'.ions I. invited invit-ed y.) ir cirrji 10 I .it t' ; :i mv her. I h.ul often I ''; -I 't tbi forest cr r.v 1-i 1-i e.l peak a'.i vo ..'ir city wim l.n;i 1; 1 eyes, s j accept ! ilic inv't.ui in ;1 1 l!v. j the iiurnin? of l ine 1 ills, nt 4 15, I we set out, the l.uly I'.irmer spoken ol, i ai.uc-.i v. ith a iioe to nifi.d the bleaks in toe s,i;io d-lcii, a. id y ur cures- J : pon.leiU v. ith a le.id pencil I and a I.mcii 1 basket.' 1 fopin 1 1 2''t a full view of the v.illev uor.t liom the K.Jk-r 1 Mill to a ,1 5 .tilth and east of M.m:i iOiic th;ii.: that 1 aiiht and held mv .'U-! .'U-! teuti-t.i was the s-.varnii inojqiiitoe, and I co (1.1 not tiolp w jiu'-.-iios w'l it ' lii'.-v I1.1 J liV'j.l on h"f oe we i-.i'ne. About J ot a m i; l'i..!H to-; st.utni ; ; uomt we cru-wi'd the P'P- wh rh is to jciny water fr.iu .Maible s.-ino to the ' I citizen m tiii south part of Mauti. Tliib ; I ill ivir.-iilent 1-4 oik- ol ihe must pubic Upuited and cjinaK-nd ibte en'erpi iit:s ' that has Ihx'h set in moti.jn in Manli lot I some tun 2. The gru vth and prospetityi i of our beaut, In! c ty leu;iidi Lit m ne on ; ! .ihtainin puie water th.oi anthiii.: tl-:e ! !ju-t uo.v, an 1 jvt to.-ie .ne ni-.':i ! joikI, intvllieut, aod .iltnctaer Worthy j citizens who have dilined with this the., iv. The feasibility nf pipinsj tho spiin.-;!! h.is been .1! set .sed ni.,ny a time ami oil, but lb; co;u liav-aiuuvs de'.etie'l ! I'r.uu any s-iioii; attempts by j -,;liu iti'-ij oiiv. who f ivoie 1 .111 t-fi ot If r aiiesi.iii w iter. Tii-j tuiuoiiiy wli 1 1 hel 1 oilier e.v-: ie'iou.;d 111 th;a way: ; 'l'here ate three doubts ill the ai lesion I water school..-; hint, cm v. e boic thiotth ; (ihe. iir.c-ivcnine; cobble stonis winch wei j know to bo at K-.ijt I jo led deep b V j ; iclu.il espei ineic? (!.i.i we ;et wa'et ; jwheu we have b.ueJ tin iii.h? and wnl j J tlie u I'd tii-ii o!:.i'ned be a ;;ood qoal-rti? qoal-rti? Tiieu the expense, i tliee vety ' I inicettaint es, could O A b'-- rstim.iled, Work mcilit h ive to be all be.;nu .nic-n-ai sonu olh"r n 'iot alter thoin..uni if j d illau liad bet u spent. ' : j On i(w ulii.-t h Hid, toe w ater in tin- j Mplu'.,: it all that could lie ileole! ; li tU .11 il 1 in I IV and inalil'.; the pj.'-n; Ipiainly p.inile, aiKi liie 1:0:.:, lnoa:: 1 !iu. e;e, could be hj- red d w u to a d'M l.u, an III nioiu.y eiioii,'h could not lie ! obtained in one year, seveial ysats Could be pii'Hed over without 111 itenally iiicreajitiiK the coo, or canceling wh.u li.ulaho.idy bseu expemleil. With lhn view of tlie ca e a c.jino.uiy u.is Untied, Composed liil'-eu-oiiiceied and n. lined j 11 ..llois; "1'h.fi M.iible and Kean.l Kin.'l Sjjiin-jf Valvi' Coiup my." I i 1 ; 4 j l.owiy, jr., Pie ; Andias t tusoii, Sec; J.uue Criinfoivl, ir 1 Ttc(4.uti, 'I a y ' expect U iiici.)lH.il:ite, ihe Ji pi ivhettt t rr 1 it lay hale, but tho w4tr it 111 it. 't be i'il'-'is' ahead, 1 i.c lti.cl lci. mj rji.a ta tumti ;.d i si - w. j ll.Wli..'Jnw.ormt,.tii llifl(tTi-I. i M.:.ll...l.!l.tfoJ(! btie of il.. L.'.(... Now from wh it I hd enneiienced, it seemed in ne approjii a;e t Kay: ! '- 'Vo - -n l Ihe mountm l.tii i'.i ,; mJ ' 'I r, ksI l .lt'P 1cl rwiii t;,ar tr-ri 10 .r.v.l It Ih y .ar t. a-.e n H.nb lo (j. e d.f5 .1 ' 1 b.- II -u:c I ;r.i f.i-.k ti never If b g.x j Bm 1 ii nut true r,i , ,, i,-. j di to.i!, Ii it .v aild luetf -n ,, . , , . , ; basket an 1 pernil a; inil.v , , r : ances but my Inend adinomslurd me t'l H j , I w uid be -la J to have bt! ht-n w -i ,-e.icbt i liie 5iimi!i:t, and ft it piov- !.; At oi.e i nut of ti e road a lu;e r i tl; ! i 5ii .ke .iosuy our path leasiply ai j i U b..i.tenna U5 for a li.lit. Hecrexim ' , " '-'-biit very obligingly Idi ,., I j ii-ii.liiiJ otit. s; w e c-jiil.J count I115 i at -1 tale;. hfy were ten in number, which ! establi.'ieil h.s cIju.t tl, Slj,,,,uei , : lUOt.Si we passed on w ithut niulcstin-- i I, i;o . ; 1 Vj i;ad now rt-acheda vfry hii-h level, aiidtuiiuii.i to uuk, saw oneof tiie ! j lairtst ji etines iiw.i,:iiieaL!e. The town ; bad d.und:..d to a meiesput l.ke'an am ' II. il, the leluplfc itself looked bke a! child's card bouse. whde the western hills . aio.e uiberr.ed ui.lulativ,n,t.;w in row,! (and in lilt- noilliwi-si. Mount Neho I loomed up, still siiiuuded in Ins royal lobes . I sn.ov.ai.d loiked d.mn beniuiib ' on our iitactial vales and liunlu! field i ' oi ban lele; while !.ntlu-r oil tlie maiesiic ' m nil, tarns of Spiin-viile sm Piov ,, ;' arose in p.ctuiesque tioups; and ; slietchiu out oil the h.rwuu silll l:e-i yoi.d weie dim blue lines of mountains ! their eiles just tlescejiiable iumaiiy; Undolataji.s. , We wtiewtll uiihin the belt of saw j limber, ami but fur the liue stumps j staiutiiis heie and there it would be tasv j to inia,-aie that no foot liai ever pressed the c.-iith beneath the sUf.ely tiees. The ! is. latioii Irom human sounds, the deep! iiiipifvsive solemn graitdeur, bioatlu ! . hack to my mind that in comparable i liiodiiction, "Tiic groves were (Jod's; liist Temples " ' t ' We ..aind Ihe ditch and the owner i tiu-ieof mended the breaks in it wh.le I j rested, and told her just how to do it. At last we reached the jjoal of otn desires, What had seemed the summit when we weie at tile loot, but which only proved to be the stepping stone to olhei .,nd IjU.er-ia.4t-s beyond. Wheie the) sii'iw bid resled l.pt two shuit weeks! t)i-.,ie, w all a in.ble tiee foi a canopy ni j li.eiid took a nap, bin I was too restless, : and uoialeie-,1 about until lelieshed, she aniiuu.-ictd hen.elf leady lot dniiiei. j We shd home the neaie-t way winch , to)k its liirotili the tain where the jn.iipe ol spini.i known a4 I'uukS ! spunks aie located. I hey, as well as tiie ; j M ii hie '.p: n-s, aie le-r.nnkably 1 i'v l.u; ; the time leal, iii.d especially so when ; j tiie liu'i w.iier of ail .jui stleanii is con- I I sid.ii eil. The thud and largest, bate! in my evidences ol lae lecen! exc.vainiiis ,010 led by the c;y, who have bad it j mr.in'.ne.l wuii a view to pip.nj; ii, the ; .low is 3 o fallens to l!.e iniunle. I l'bo liitt spot was f uind f.,r ihe ! i lesoiv.'ii, a small c-icuii.r tcoop in ihe il c.e of the .1 tell , wi.ib, a eiy smali ap to block up, anil a I) tkwurd slope t-..w.udilie nionnliiiii btliind it, which Aid in tlie event ot mi oveioliiis (blow the we:;;hl if ihe water iij.ninst the mountain instead ot ihe dam. due road ' -ceiiied to be aliiu si ;iei ,t ndxalal iioin lins point h me. ; We ai lived at In tne a .',: 15, j-il le!ve hoiiu iil.tr .in Ut-.-aituie. 1 asked a! i'eii'leiilai. h.ov l.'.i v.e had wahtul '.t! J he vaid aooili f en 01 .jy lii.l, .liilt 1' think 11 v. as iioe.:ii r 1 w tjiiiv. ! i::.n. Jauisan. ! laid is a in ... in bs-util, a i l c m $.3 .. d ill.us, laid di.vn at C les'.ei. ii.i-hrin ii.i-hrin ;s it ta ttiti lo,i . f Hist east street smith, ivheru tint eoitiiiiv pioiioie t . c:c;.:i a i in!-:, 'wr.il a cuacuyuf fiom u.ooo to 15,000 gallons, U ha cost the company about fa.oou alieady to e,et tlws water to thn- toji of the sneiO, and X'.-jilu, h.is been en; i;;e.l toe ma mill look alter Ihe lai iu; ol tiiew,..-v-r mains Irom reservoir. We cr -ssed thin li--, and .1 J n it f... low I 1 the s unco ol tiia Maibhj S.uiu, in older to obtain tha sjilendid view my C ..mi.iniiii a-i.iiired ne was ta be had at in tievalod flat lit which wo were aiming, Anivir.j at the su-iviiii, however we 10 i al ih-j in u niiii; too m'.siy to d.sunct-iy d.sunct-iy l.ica'.j I'anview, Mount I'lea.sani, or Siiio. City, but Moroni mid all be-tw'e.jii be-tw'e.jii that and M.inti, and a jrood many ill h.s a iii'.h ol it, lay like a s:;i oil tjeloie ourecyi. S j 1. nea ol d irk jjreen "raiii, and brown patches of summer fallow; the s.i;jei;i;u co.nso of tlie Suiiitcb; the biead mead o'.vj, and la?!, lut not least. Mi be main! t -mm, d nilv s.ien in the north; M.iuti down nl our feet, and tiio Toiii.ile. i;leaiuiii p.nely wh le ibrou jh the eailv lihi ol nioiniiiij. We hukai iu vain foi a glimmer of liie water fron the aite.siuu wells, and, from whcitf we then weie, lbs bruad flats ovei Sioipilch dwindled 10 a mere Hue. id, Wh.la wo were soil admo Ii tiie prospect pros-pect the s in beiu to glint 011 the opposite op-posite p -ak-i, b.iajn; out the s ipeib cuives of tha tr.t.is ite la.lu tVest Mountains, lihiiu tip tho valley, and ijliilin.; the Ironisol tiia houses till Man i looked litio a collicib. m ol jewels set in the d.islcy cieeu oi her oic'.iauls and fields. W'e wended our way Mill in shido.v 1 1 R nul l kn .11 spiiiijj, 01 a 1 it is oiteu called uiiper mirble sp:i;rj, ;i:ivi;ij ai half past six. Hsra wj oarto ik ol breakfast, undet Hie dense cool shadows, and diauU and lu.vuiated in the sivect pura 1v.1t r dipped dip-ped Ir jmthel'oiiiil i n al.nost beloie it saw tiie li ;!it. We d d enjoy it veiv much, but our ple.tsme would have been en chanced by iha absence of the nus-iiiituos. nus-iiiituos. There were a doaen different vaiaiie ; from the ple-hian ms.iiito who would just as s o;i bite the do,', to the dainty panic 1111 who tu n id up liis n se litems; we were not iu Parisian cosiu v.e. "I'll sy spoke l.uty languages, san j w.ti ions and d pped tlietr heads in b ood. Never unt.l liieu had I Riven the I liniesl credence to the s ory of tlie ni os uitoes of l'loiil i being biij enotigii t sit 011 tha liees and b.uk; but the enotmous size' and astonishing voices of these fellows compelled nu t admit ih.it some of these lies that are told on tlie southern people and the.r in ' quitots milit be line, li any eiiltipi is.ug ice cieam nun 01 w n 111 uanU to save expenses on ice all they've got to do is to niuve then p.nlui up to lh.it spring. . Alter leaving tiie spring- we cut obliquely obliq-uely across tiie hills in a ii.tttti-easterty diieciini towards Funk's spi ing b.it keeping veiy uncii above as u waa out intention to vuot tiie spiiii on the s un nit taking iii Ihe last mimed gtetip 011 1 111 return. i'iieie il a'.Mohitcty nflt Space ill yout piper, for n proper des tr p; ion ol the var ed, magnificent, and ultoj' ether un-siupassed un-siupassed II ia of the iVn i" tc'i hiili. My c inip.iuioii ass ired me that t'l : display dis-play was not ne.nly 50 profuse as usual nil-ill1' to the Iron rejoide;i i; y nir first nuin'.ier. The o iks heie weit coaled with it s. blighted leaves, altli m!i they were living to pat out a sec.ui 1 crop. At tuis st iajeofth; j iuiuey, lln g ui to ivondei if tiiij was a At.', whit kind of a thine; a ; ;wtiiirt iva-j and ityror.s rem.iiks came into my mind though in a l.tile d Heient slupo to ii s letsion. Ha say: |