Show correspondence TRIP TO PROVO 1 t I G S L CITY oct ti 1853 1 EDITOR or OF TIIE THE DEsE deseret ret rec RrT NEWS i sir feeling considerably oppressed with at cold andi ands andiori and dori cori ret to the historians office offices I 1 to took ak passage on board the southern mail wagon leaving G S L city post I 1 office at 8 am a m on thursann Thur thursday sany slay the idia lost our cal convey n ey ance wis via an uncovered lumber wagon with a small box bos well jailed filled with mail mattery matters the seat rather low which with the addition of 0 dast dust and a rutty road rendered our mr ride not altogether comfortable but what wa ie lacked jacked in conveniences was made up with the pleasantry of f mr booth booths the driver drivers and that of the fello selio fellow w passengers ard and bd especially in being drawn by an excellent pair ol 01 mules after escaping the dangers of the numerous and wretched bad bridges ditches and mud mad holes bolea across the roads fathe lathe big rig field which it the attorney general of the territory could find time to attend to and prosecute a few scores of men for digging water ditc dite ditches hies fies across the mal raal roads without bridging them it would be thousands dollars saved to the people in the shape of wagon steam steams and unbroken shins not to name the numberless hard bard epithets indulged in on account of the negligence in this ihla matter on the part of field owners and others other sf ard and eu eli countering the constant darkness from frota dust which the north wind blew along with balth us and iol lol following lowIng the zigzag trade necessary to encounter the rost post arrived at it draperville Drap drapery ervIlle alle at I 1 found the inhabitants engaged ea in building their fort wall w which I 1 aich Is on a more permanent jer manent dlan plan than heretofore ado adopted after am amole jus tice ilce to ait ail excellent dinner jre ire prepared prepared pared by mr bb abben I 1 ezer drown brown we pursued our zigzag course course back again jumping water ditches to the state road which ha haare capre pre bently been opened in a direct line fro from in the pont point odthe ot the mountain of maln to lake olty city but the mail mall contract b gain caused us to make a detour of one mils mile I 1 to othe the rj right bt to 6 reach the post ofilio at lehl lehi where uncle sams saddie saddle bags bagg were a again gain duly overhauled the aroble work of the meeting house at leilli lehi Lehl all ail li 12 I 1 feet high higby and the materials lay round the building for fo r the completion of the wo work wort r k A large amount amount of excellent spanish wall fene fenie has boen been recently built by tib the ihk inhabitants or of lehi enclosing their large nem bell on the west sade of the city khe the the people of lake were eni engaged upon their city wall 1 nie rie the hie aroble work of the meeting house at Pleasant Q grot tove e Is 18 completed complete dj and it Is a very creditable lu ilg A con wik tide tlde erAble rable number of new private dwellings juve luve lan n ri re antly erected in these div diC erent settlements I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 arrived in provo at 8 p m my cold having no diminution from inhaling the dust and night aIrl air airi f found my family enjoying good health and with a plenty of weful and ornamental furniture in the shape of loom spinning wheels warping bars and other household gear tear which indicate to baythe say the least lead 9 0 healthy state officer of enterprise in my provo residence 1 friday spent the day in tv bebing manure round my toy fruit trees and irrigating grorud for pl planting inting arul i saturday was a general mu mw ter and anil military election reter peter W cono conot er was unanimously elected brigadier BrI gadler derl dell eral of the gutib co iiii illi atia talk about division in thih why the old ol 01 soldier ba haa had a not a single opposition voter vote and I 1 not pot so much oi of the that I 1 tendered ten dered lim him my services as in lis his hi attim BO so poon doon as tuey vere were all uniformed 11 i 1 was wai wa elected clonel 01 0 the he itaf 16 on page 2 regiment of oi utah atif infantry V drell drill drill master masten Fredi frederick rice rici collins wag waa elected A kw Ir a regiment ampre apprel elate his qualifications as a military teacher tache and byron pace was ii ile kit elected acte col coi olba of cavalry v alg aig e saturday eiren evening ingy by Dy request I 1 a attended a meeting ot of the provo dramatic association they agreed to build an addition to the bell folly hall for green rooms and to perform in the bail bau this w winter inter from there went w edt ent to the city council by lov loi tation of the mayor where bihy ihy opinion was bouc itelo relation reial ion to surveying survey iz the east part ot of them the city plot and throwing it open tor for settlement I 1 advised that the lots be surveyed and disposed ot of to the highest bidders for the purpose ot of building the city 1 wall wali ali ail all I 1 then visited the choir ot of provo singers under tinder the instruction st ot of elder eider they are making considerable progress in their knowledge ot of the science ot of music on sunday sundry morning morn ingI I 1 the saints in bell nali hall tor for an hour and a half on the subject ot of the fulfillment fill ment ot of the prophecies in the coming forth of the horkof vork fork of the last days in the afternoon bishop silas richards tuc lUc hards bards ot of union and nd elder john dalr bair delivered very interesting te discourses da scon rEes at 6 5 pm I 1 attended a council of the official members and prayed for tor several of the sick visited alexander williams who IS it very sick and administered to him kider hider elder eider samuel ewing ring continues very sick having no prospect ot of recovery preached in th the evening at the nail hall on the proposal ot of revising the bible by alexander campbell ol 01 bethany virginia Virgin lay laj which Is intended to so amend it as to have it answer the wang wana want of all religious denominations and showed the necessity ot of such a revision being made by inspired I 1 men the hall was wm densely hensely crowded during the three meetings on monday there was a general muster of the militia the governors late proclamation was read I 1 made a military speech to the troops and them that a person who came on the muster ground without his arms and accoutrements was as g liable to be fined as tho thol be he was w as not present presents for it a man has ha the necessary equipments it will be oe very natural for him to appear on parade with w ith hem general general anover also addressed the military on anthe the necessity ot of being prepared for tha the emergencies contemplated plated d in ln the governors proclamation the evolutions i t tile the day chewed a decided improvement in discipline I 1 had perhaps 50 enquiries to know why the wewt had I 1 come out dut irregularly of late showing that its appearance Is anxiously looked for on tuesday planted peach stones of the best tarl varl lin min win in the valley vailey I 1 managed to trench in 7 loads of sawdust dust aud and an equal quantity of well rotted manure among my fruit trees in a manner not to injure their roots hach I 1 thine think will have a tendency to lighten the clay soil ol 01 my garden I 1 the people are generally healthy and busily employed la in gathering their late crops and preparing for winter many ot of the people la in provo boasted that they had bad tad a 1 mosi most splendid crop of potatoes mr harlow redfield raised 45 bushels of onions on I 1 ll 11 I 1 rods ot of ground and altho aitho he has been confined to his bis bed with a broken leg legs most ot of the tl time m ep he has paid 4 12 1 2 bushels on tithing gentleman mang gardeners ar beners can you beat that wm E carter aaaron aaron M york have their corn com mill in successful operation and judging from the splendid samples ot of new hampshire bread and hasty padding pudding mush which I 1 encountered on my table tabled I 1 must give them the credit of doing ample justice to their customers james ivie irlo and joseph clark have each built a respectable two tn 0 story house on state street and a considerable number ot of good buildings arg ara in progress of erection in different parts of the city at 6 on wednesday morning I 1 again passage in the tha mail mall carriage and after a weary eary ride in the deist dast dust foulad found myself mingled up on emigration street in this city with a large company of P E fund immigrants with banners flying who had just from the states under the guidance of capt ulio milo andrus my nedith health having rather declined during this thir trip on nel rel reaching belching ching my residence I 1 was presented pre presented with a full suit of homespun home spun bulled ciotha clotha alch had been bem manufactured 1 aured from the wool by my wiser 1 with a little aid from ur sir gaunt in fulling lulling and from bishop callister canister can CaK ister lster in cutting yours respectfully GEO A SMITH |