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Show TO PR0V0. "Wrong Fount" as an Excur- MOllLSt. Aud What he Saw- Salt Lake City, Sept. 6, 3 877. Editors Herald ; Yesterday morning the Utah Southern train started out from this city, composed of ten cars, on board of which the Fireiueu'a excursion was temporarily located. It was a gay company, quantity, quality and color. 8omebody was left behind of course. I put it as an impossibility in events for an excursion to start out without leaving behind one, two or three puffing, perspiring, prospective participators in the picnic. Anyhow, we started, and the first few miles southerly, with the roadbed made in a bee line from Third West street, gave us a maguificent view of our garden city. Excursionists joined the throng at each station as tar as Lehi, and Borne original passengers le It at each various Btation. One thing ie always noticeable in an excursion train. The travelers J are often of a class that travel only itemi occasionally, and every time the engine makes half a halt oft they jump and rush to see e very bod v and everything, Bhaking hands through the window frames, swinging hats at some distant friend, and trying a joke with the nearest neighbor, until artificial reserve is forgotten, and ' they all By "they are out for an nut." On the "regular" trains tbe majority ot the passengereare sedate aud full of busi nets they are on business bent, and an earthquake could hardly disturb the equilibrium of these "rugulars." The country between this city aud Provois "growing" rapidly, the bench on tbe we4t aide of Jordan ia showing the beneficial effects of the West Jordan Jor-dan irrigating caual, and south of the Point of the Mountain the beuch is being cultivated up to the very foot ot the mountains. Our farmers are wisely and widely extending their pas ture land by extensively planting that king of grasses lucerne. The Tenth Ward brass band and the Martial .band were in separate band cars and discoursed music alternately alter-nately on arriving at and departing from the dtntionB on the route. We arrived at Provo. Some got oil at the depot, and some rode on a little fur-tber fur-tber for the "grove," which, after wading anu jumping aud "burring" was reached. A few tunes were played by each ot the bands, and then the folks went fur town; llio bands serenading many of the principal persons per-sons of the burg, finishing up with the Tenth Ward band playing a high-toned high-toned air on the roof ol the Provo factory. fac-tory. Of course the fireman took iu the factory, which we found waa running to nearly Ud full capacity, turning out about twelve hundred yards ol cloth daily, besides blankets, shawls, yarn, etc.; we looked through and on top ol the court house; we visited the Brigham Young academy where we fouud Prof. Mauser busy as a working and intelligent bee, with his primary, intermediate, grammar and academic classes; alio with a normal and academical class for the sou there counties; we peeped into the En quirer office and saw our townsman, Mr. John C. Graham, wielding the editorial pen in accordance with tue announcement at the head of tbe Enquirer columns of John O. Graham, Gra-ham, editor; we were ohapnroned around by J. B. Milner, Eq.; we saw the blooming countenances of R. Q. Sieatur aud Joe McEwan, who used to bfl upon arm mil vnur nflfir: unH generally had a busy time seeing and being seen in Provo. Many very fine brick buildings are being erected at Provo, and among them we must not forget to mention the elegant and commodious school-house school-house being built by the residents of the 1st ward. The citizens ot the 2d ward having outgrown the capacity of their old BChooluouse, now use the larger rooms of the Cluff factory for meeting and school purposes, tern porarily, we presume, until the residents resi-dents erect a large house west, adjoining adjoin-ing their old sctaoolhouse lot. A view ot Utah county from the top of the court house or the factory in Provo is one of greatness and grandeur; the varied hues of the hay farms, the wheat farms, the lucerne and clover patches, the immense stacks ol grain doited here aud there, the broad expanse of Utah lake, the large city of Provo, the string of verdure-clad settlements as far south as Pay son, make a picture that the artist's pencil could not trace, but which from the mind we cannot efface. The excursionists passed their time pedestrianizing between the town aud the grove, until dusk, when the fire men, the bands and the general public pub-lic marched from said grove to the academy, where the social, orowded dance wound up the programme of exercises at midnight. About 2 o'clock this morning (Thursday) a special brought in a large number of the parly, aud the other part came home by the regular train this evening, even-ing, apparently well pleased with the out. This is the first excursion to Provo from this city this year, and many a Inenuiy acquaintance waa anoraea the opportunity of shakug hands at "cheap rates." The members of the brigade who formed the committee had long and arduous labors, as their company, with the bands, was scattered over bo much country from the sides ot the north of Provo to tbe south of the grove, and thpy are fairly entitled to the thanks of the party for the commendable com-mendable way the affair was carried out. Tony are entitled to this puMic demonstration of thaukB, if nothing more. W. F. |