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Show jlTHMC l'LKASntK UltOUNDS. I Hilt Lake (.'itv, Nov. 2, 1S78. FJiturs ltinitJ: 'I ha Sixth wurd oq nitre ori)(iually lu 1'jngcd to Hit city, ao one ol tho public failures of the snmo. Bo mo yeuts it whb uuld to Hun. A. O. Bniout, who in turn sold it lo Uio lato 1'rORulunt Ymiii, Now, it uppnnrti, in tho diviuton of Iho t'atale ofllioj luitur u'i'tli'ian, tho Kiiare liua coiuu it.to (ho poom haion of one ol hit none, who viIhh to dinpotin ol it to! tho L'iiy. ami tlie city aulhoritim hcom inclined to uu into ut-uti tit ions in ro-Kni ro-Kni to rt'tuijBfttoiuy the aijunro. Tlicio ure two principal quettiuiia Lo be cotioidtTt'd ill the purch&eo tho tinaiiCLil and tho tuithutioal. Of tho drat I any nothing; tho city authorities-should authorities-should know niuet about the bcarina oftiiut. A reurds the other (upb-Lion, (upb-Lion, it nmy be titkuu for granted thut the publio would l&vor the purchatic, nd would be highly plottattl with it, Corlaiu blocks in the city word oriKiual ly net apart for puolio wptarce, :iud uiany ol tho eoplu havu a Jli-j- i suiiU-d cttiiviciiLiii tliMt thooe (uuria ehou Id bo ri'iuiiitd in tbo urigiuul purpoai', and ulilm-d iu that wtty. I'll ia city ol Unity yaro' &a and Iwouty or thirty lliausiind inhnbitrtnte naa not ono public plo.uuru r'.utid, not a nin-li buaulilui purli or Und--frtpu bunion or place ol pubho report whtra the IimJhu cud tike ibnr bi'Her il not llu ir better lia vt-n atjd r:iplurmtoly tlt'laim, "len't iLal luvriy '! ', iu'l it vppt '!" Tno t?i.u entn wurd etitiart, I bt'liuvu, ia lu-Id in thut view, in iu procces ol i in prove men I, aud uuiy bo t en Li tho public i itiu-tiiue. Liut, eitinr front t:ir f liborateut'is nl l!iu derin, tin' , llianilude of ll.o prcparaLiry wurk, thu sluwnfe ol eiccutini; U, or U r Kima other rt-its n, thi-rn il iul tppciir any prom no ot liiat n iro b.:tiK uetJ no a public ploamri.' ground a prt'scnt. Nor drw a view uf it Ir.mi the elrrt-t iniprtss one vrry nvorably ttiu' it ni l be an enchanting en-chanting pluco lurwme yonro- to a-itif. I nt t.itth ward djuure ban bti-n rpt t.t-rtd Ktvenilly at.d eucctnjivc!y t i emigrant, cucou!1, bio bail, crick el, etc. The Sixth wurd Kjmru one of ihe thu Wl b!",'ki in t'u--it, itnl ninny pe.'pic ihmk it (-lioulJ in- In !d by tU city iirr tho pliitfure tnJb-tntit ol the iiibab.tatits. It 'm gi-id, rich BJil, is lulutAbly level, ami ilut e nut ropnro a rtcaI dual ol j tr. If the ci:y ta abio to re-u'.i(cl'- it. w: J nut ilotvi, at:d have it convi rttd in.n a ub.ic I Ifiieurtt rLlutiil, lor whii'it il id aJtn.rably ;nter.' il It W-. rO l'j bo nO a;poiut'I. IQ liiu I It ret p!.i u i;od teuce would to ro-ij'jircJ ro-ij'jircJ amui.d liiu block. I f it woro i.ol lor Hie t;r cat expeust I should Bfty no orinnuutal' nou frnre, aj t 'i1 li(tudrH.mt-t t ing l;i il ecu id r-t r-t iioii ii t ol. lint lb.it wou:J lu ton c-.f at first and fiTanumb-r ol yari, A cood picket fence w.itild do. phiiH-d aid piloted, to look cii-n ar.d ikceijl. 1 f.i pa.nltJ, ut wb:tc-w.i&hc-!, nti wuilcwafi) io co-irao nnd l.j.r.-.f.li.- i.Hn ki.l un..n n.l find barnyardy, woen laid upvtn wikJ, and ntatt' t tti an cxtrsordiuary degree is one of lb" iuvaiu:tbly leeauiin to le in rulcted by pub.ic pleaauro jjrnunds. '1 in y BiiuulJ iwaya have their Sunday h-ibii on. Natura hereabout gn.wa roui;ii and wild and rugged. Wnat is iietlt'd cuhivation, art. Lot eorne r.p'i-ittl pornot.!', al It .lsl. o( n:i(iire'a uee lo wdehrd frtijiPtitly 1:1 thii dry :ind dtisly cour.'.ry, mid be thavc-n Ld Biurn, and Iht rn;;gtd and dia-hevL'led dia-hevL'led locks In-chppt 1 and combed aud b;u;h(d into eonit-Ui'.lig Iiko neat-i.teii neat-i.teii and ln.na, by way of pleading contrast. Tncn arrund tbc fence a: d ui-iiIb of it two or lliieo ft, a hi dge, of oiitge orange, bom-y Il-cusI, ewetl biiar, or privtt, might be p ;uiUd. Or there might Ic a tabou o! green graes a ft-w (eel w.de le?wein the ii'l el at.fl Li1 hedge, wh:cn would t (ilt:i:k.t Irotn Uio btlftlH. Ihe h'ligf euuuli hi- k pi in aliy.clippt-J, unu ol" gulliic tortn s-nneiiiing Uio tuc iutlge nl Mr. D. O. CtlUer'e rcei-dence rcei-dence on tho 1-li.b wn'd b.'ncb. Uut I wuuld r-iaiii ti.e pitkr-t tt-nce in geixj or.b r or.i- d-- uih IiUi', t i pro-led pro-led it, fur the bidg sbuuid be kep' an w thing of bt-au iy, mid as one ol ihe rbit'l allracliona ol the place. But il the hfdge ie uol to be well kept, do not biive one, for a ragged hedge ia worfe than none. Bcvcucr kuowu thnt to nil sorrow, though bid rugged hod go was militia Iho aspirate, and ali iho mure piorcing lur that accident acci-dent I tvv hedge not lor a fence, or a defence, but fur two other pur-po;Q: pur-po;Q: beauty and mystery, both ol which are strongly aUracliTO element?. ele-ment?. A well-kept hedge iu always bt ;inUful. Tnere is also a litllo mya tcry about a hedgo and what there is hjuiud it, aud a spice ol myatery ie a wuvs more or le,-d fascinating. U:r!s. ure beautiful and also somewhat mys-terioiii mys-terioiii creittures. Uut, aa nil the yi.utig men know, to their tost and l.ici r forrow I whb rashly going to Bay, bin perhaps I ought uottotayil well, ilien, as all tho young men know, '.t ii tbia dueling beauty and tins divino little bit of ruyalcry with which girldom, big gitldom, is invested that eo wonderfully wonder-fully strengthens the ffticmatiug lttrihntcs of the last created Bex, by which irresistible attributes the first created aex ia so easily led to unconditional uncon-ditional surrender, and to perform divers autics otherwise unuccounlnhlo loan ordinarily rational mind. Then, again, look at that strange sort of iu-(aiuntiou iu-(aiuntiou which ibis paeeing week led certain gentlemen to eugago io eemi-farcical eemi-farcical and aemi-frantio wreBlling with tbo "Mormon" marriage mystery, mys-tery, which baa beon the uiuo tUys' goosip of tbo city, and ako the ac conipanying and similar struggle to get to tuc bottom of and unfold the ondowmnut myetsry, mauileatalions of pitialh human woakuess, in the way of consummate folly, desecration of things sacred, aud ebullitions of i; a.;n.ln acino ilisguetinir conduct variously having furnished the favoring occasion, tho said gentlemen, however, being bo hopelessly mystery-struck m to lorget liiat ii waa aunounced by the highest authority that bo who pushes bis preseucu into the fold any other way '.bau by the door, the same is unwel come and he ia looked upon in the light oi a trespasser, an interloper, or, in p'nio, uuviunished scripttiro phrttaeology, tr.e same is a thief and a rubber, endeavering tj obtain that to which he has no lawful and rightful tille or claim. Perhaps nothing less ipciofttinR than a bit of mystery iwnld have made auch business pos-aililo. pos-aililo. But such ia the mysterious powor of myeteiy, even in small doses. By the by, don't you think a broDCO weman hard lo tame? I Now, (or the rest of tho block wo Bhould want principally three things ! feraee, roads or walks, and trues. First, tho block nitMt bo giadird po lur no is luK'ifsmy or ilt-Hir'tbln. Bui li ii wn re of loo much "luudecape gurtit-ning," if you wish 1 1 avoid iindno ('ii)onne. lluve no elnh jrato disign lor the lirpi yuirB uo lake, uu mounds, no high banks, no lilllu hull, no rolling propict, no inulti-tudiuouj inulti-tudiuouj narrow wa;ki with endlei-B crooks and turns aud general twntifi catiiJU. All Ihcau things cost money, or its equivalent, and a good deal of it, especially ul tho t ipnvali nt. llavo a plum and niinp'u plan. If you have ttio ground ua ll.tt ao a rueailow to iitvo e'lpfiiho, no matti-r, A well ktpt, lnvel ninadow is Very boautilu). llavn all oown to grass, except a lew winding gravel walks. I tiuy gravel Walks, bicniitiu they are Iho b(:ot that i.'jiu bo Inid tit a iiHuferoto cost. At-phull would bo butter, but Ihu eipeuso would be lou great at tiret. It might comu along in alter yi-ars. I'ju't bavu t Uu walk luo narrow. Lovers iu each other's company utLd a wide path, aa they aro not the slraightitil w;i kera. 'J hey are so pre-occupUd pre-occupUd wilLi each other that the wid lu of the road may trouble them moiu than thu length of it. Thvu let Iho people- have pltmty ot room on the road a, mo trial they will keep olT the grand, or yuur Rrana will nut be much U look at. A lew plain, neat, painted beaUi might bj scattered over tbo tipiare. Jtp:d growiug ohade truea should be planted rather liberally on each side luo walks, nl least in places suiiiciuiit (o give shade, but not to obticuru the view, or obnlrucl it tco much. Ilio gran Bhould bo kept in go id lawn onler always, legulaily inuwn and naiered, t-pnnklid to waeb r.fl toe duel, til.- lici'4 aud h'-lges weLied aUo, ro tliit (buy witti the (tram migni ever lui-k Ireeli and bngiil und bo ;i biajlilul sight to mm, worlii walking lrum any part ol the cty lo lok at tin in. A lew shrubs and a It w (.lumps or ribbons of ll jwero hem aud ttaru mjuld bu very useful to relievo re-lievo and vry and brighten liie s:ene. Fountains are ala.iB li.-au-tilul, m.d one a fixture would be neceni ry . M urw cuu i J bo hud as kuoii aa deemed ndv .-tb!e to incur that expense, hut the nvi-ral lawn pprmklt-rs would help lj nipp y toe waul. VViiti louuuina, the liret ex-pi-n-e in all lor many ye trr. Ti;e main thing ta lu (.izliew lu) mil; b cahwrali.-u ul ilc-igu at ural. A'i'-r ymr, c'-.u..l bring mLre fljULro a:;d bhruln, exleuiv,i grten-huut grten-huut b, mmilure win hng like, morn fix d lou n hi ins, and nil the t'lit'orulo iruprnfmrnti dt-ii dt-ii ruble. Bui the ti rrt t;nr:g are grasses and road- and trecp, Willi a Jence. tiraw could soon be bad, but lieea uke years to grow up IHO w dt-spreading dt-spreading bf-auty. No one tbir.; in an nature is no t-eautiinl aa an emerald emer-ald R ratify eipanni', large or email, u.ii is regularly cut and kept in the bed unltr. Ihii ul ir-tll iMine ot the in Del ex.pi iile detent to i b eye ltj.il rwlni rt-t rtJrnl bt-.tiiy Next lo Ihe giattj mini' Ht'ic, nt.b'p, grdCflul, i.i hi in i.;ng trein, lojtli I r beauty jdI fur geueroufl i:de, TLen. and wi) inilll alnmel t;iy bitly, COtne Itjwors and inrube, and all to enhance the t-eauiy of the scfr.e. But, even when well at le to (.ay lor il, dnu'l overl'i.rden Hie grounds with these !!: I am ilntigs. But shade we must hve in tins not and sunny country, J ho npiaru as pleasure ground -ht.uld be open tn ttie public every day, excepting in vi inter, lirxx order ohoird be inpi-led on and determm-! oviiy maintainfd. Tne pntes eb'.uild be c ofd and luekid ail the dark hojrn ni tin twen')-! mr, in the interest inter-est ol inori- hly. fSlay a in itiieni! 1 aru liilking about a.l lui rt! prtity and pleasant things ju-t as it we were going to have them right away. 1j ytm really thiuk we i-ha.? Or s'ua l we all grow old and ugiy and decrepit tir"? i he lad lie ab-ne excepted, a.-lhe a.-lhe r.ver gruw c Id, or uuly, cr de crept, but U"iirish in immortal youtti ami ideoni ai.il hejtity. Bli a- (er us men k 'Iks, we Hie tnmpf-d an Hebiti.i d:tJ rently. Tii.n flial! wo go u;i km we are doing, wituoul tiie.-e beau 1 1 ttil j It-artira grounds fur our wive- nd s et I hear la to Mke u" tn at in. I d.iy tuiu" itfti i t i er lime?, t-li we ad ii -ilrvi-lti.it jy M.ilt trom the buoyant buoy-ant i xpi i I'uicy fii yoHib into tlie orru- vuitiiy ui i in' prime ol lite, l hen iiiiti tiie l-nu anl eiippen'd p-in-lalii; u, ai d, bully, mtO St CMui c'.liid-hood, c'.liid-hood, mere oblivion, eanB leetli, sun" even, sans hi-ite, sans everything? W: o know:? Nt J. J.' |