Show FOUNTAIN GREENS NEW HEARSE T THE HERALD is always glad to toI THE JL I note evidences o or enterprise in flourishing cities It is a privilege privilege liege at all times to record Instances of ot the spirit of ot progress which should actuate every municipality Rarely Barely however have we come across an ex example example example ample so worthy of ot emulation as that which is furnished by the charming metropolis of ot Fountain Green Lo Located Located Located as It is in IIi Sanpete county far from the rush r sh and the turmoil of the busy world it would not be surprising if Fountain Green manifested a som as reprehensible r as it is peace peaceful peaceful peaceful ful Instead the thern very reverse is true We desire to submit sub lt in evidence a culling from the Fountain Green correspond correspondence ence published in our lively and es esteemed esteemed esteemed teemed contemporary the Mt Pleasant Pyramid as follows The town board has just purchased a beautiful hearse at a cost of being paid by subscriptions from the citizens s Theres public spirit for you theres enterprise of ot a kind all too rare even evenIn evenIn evenin In the largest cities of the country Fou ln Green has shamed us all There a city in the th land V that be better off oft for a few first class clasa funerals Salt Lake kc Is one of ot them and Fountain Green doubtless is another The delicate hint implied in the purchase of this beautiful hearse Is one of ot the most graceful acts The Herald has ever felt impelled to publish V to the world Now arises the burning question What citizen of ot Fountain Green will wUl willbe willbe be first to furnish a load for that hearse When the city fathers aided as the correspondent says by hy private subscriptions exhibit such a noble spirit they are entitled to an Immedi Immediate ate reward The hearse must not be permitted to stand idle in some lonely corral It must be used and used often ere it can be properly appreciated appreciated appreciated Six hundred dollars even in these prosperous times is a large sum to be tied up in an enterprise that returns no dividends The pompons that flaunt from each corner of the vehicle must wave in the streets of Fountain Green Any corpse should esteem it a high privilege to ride in the municipal hearse With all the gay abandon of ot the unregenerate we cannot refrain ain from descending into verse on n this aus auspicious auS auSpicIous occasion Our Muse V tells us is isto to say Your friends may not be sorry Your Tour funeral sermon sennon terse V But you cant help being merry In Greens new hearse h arse V V V V The glass It shines so eo V The pompons how they wave Sure pleasant is the journey V Unto the silent grave Some Sone SoIne towns may like the circus With wagons red and green sr cn But we like sombre colors Out here in Fountain Green Then come on men and maidens Come Coma good and bod bad and worse Hurry hurry hurry now And ride rido In our cur new now hearse V Now dont all speak at once Foun Fountain tain tam Green V |