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Show AT ST. GEORGE. Continuation of tits Southern J ourney. St. George, Utah, In my last I left you at Beaver. This ia one of the finest settlements in the Bouth. Everywhere around shows a degree of prosperity not visible iu other settlements; plenty ol watei and good. Thirty-five miles smth. of Braver, in the valley of the Little Salt Like, lies the pleasanlly-iituited city of Parowan.275 miles from Salt L ike city and containing about 1,100 in ha i -tants. Through this valley runs Cuiitrp , creelr, Biipplyiug water f.ir cultinry and irrigation purposes, and driving the machinery of oue grist mill, tw.ij tanneries, three Baw milld, aud ten lo twelve shingle mills. There are als-i ' two saw mills driven by steam pnwer, oue owned by William Holyoak, the olher by tho Parowau United M-inu ! facturing company. All of the.-te institutions are doing a good business, although not working up to their full capacity. A number of tlfe inhabitants inhabi-tants seeing the neosssily of bestirring themselvea in the matter of manufactures, manu-factures, and thus making themselves as far as possible independent ol out side aid, formed thermalves ioti a 1 cooperative society, under the title j of the Parowan United Manufactur-, ing company. This institution owns one of the steam saw mills, a cabinet shop, blackBmi'.h -shop, tannery and a boot and ahoe Bhop. The tannery puts through about forty hides n month, with its prcuent facilities, but the premises are being extended, so as to double that quautity at least. The inBtitutiun'ia under the direction direc-tion of W H. Dame and au energetic board of management, aud during the past tnelvemonlhs has been well supported by the community, com-munity, with every prospect of bug ooi-s. There is promise of a good harvest of hll oereals, still, the great cry is want of water so that more lan1 might be put uuder cultivation. Cedar city ia the next settlement of importance. It U a clean and well laid out town, tho inhibuauts seeming prosperous and deiire to extend ex-tend their boundaries. Here, as at other settlements, w.i'.er, water is the ory. Wo were kindly received aud ! entertained by Henry L'jnt and family. Soon after leaving Ced.ir we enter tho confines of "Dixie." Bjtlovue, the first place of any note, might aptly be termed the grapa g.irden. It is situated on a blufj full ol rocks, and boulders, capable of growing j nothing but sage. Here we ! found large gardens of gmpi' vines, in full bloom; also large patches of lucerne. This latter product is ; much sown throujhuu'. Washington county, realizing to thn growors four crops per annum. Washington city, abr.ut fivo miles from St. George, is the next. Hero ia situated tho fieiory, employing some 75 to 100 hand, aud in the vio nity ia the oltou farm from which the factory ia supplied. 'I he grapes and currants are much culti vated here; applet aud olher fruits taking a secondary place. From here to St. George tho road is a euccesiion of upe aLd downs aud around hilld till at laat turning a cor ner you look down up ju this city, the temple being the first building visible, standing alone. It is a magniti ent building, from the top of which a fine vie'.r of the Piirrnundinas is ob tamable. Tho Virgen ami S.i,ta Clara rivers unite in thin v !!v 'vn the 8upnl7 of water ia not en o n tor I the wants of the people. Hurt: ttin grape is grown in fihjndance, some nf the growers producing from 100 to 500 gallons of wine per annum. McE. |