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Show homo rule or statehood with "qual relish. Statehood, of course, would be more acceptable, hut as that has been 0 ol'ien tried for ami has failed evory lime, the horuc rule trick more naturally natural-ly bommeadl itself, because that means statehood iu everything except in name, and then if the saints shall be able to conduct themselves decently for a year or two, statehood will surely conic If llie last two deals played upon L'ncle Sam shall result iu turning up something some-thing as inferior to a joker as a deuce, what will it next play for? a The American Fork Independent refers re-fers to the thriving little town of Spanish Span-ish Fork as "a small Hag station down the road." According to the i'yramid, a "chicken fever has spread" among the citizens of Mt. Pleasant, and matters were kept at a fever heat by a mammoth poultry show last Saturday. "Iliiigham Is to be incorporated. Will Knrcka, Utah's greatest camp, be the last nn the list?" asks the Miner. The president of the Sanpete mormon mor-mon church organization, it is reported by the Manti Sentinel, made use of the following language at the tabernacle last Sunday in that city: ".Judging from the looks of this congregation, con-gregation, there isn't a democrat in the house. If there is one, they don't look like tho democrats in Kphriam for they Kphriam democrats are funny looking people." THK I'KKSSOF UTAH. The Onden Standard says it has never opposed the Faulk.nek-Caink bill, aud In the s:ime article it attacks tho Salt Lake Herald for advooating it. and animadverts ani-madverts upon the Herald's course as not being "democratic."' Well, the av-erage av-erage gentile here can see that the man-:: man-:: ement of both papers pull the same string. i Lawbreakers at Lehi had better have a care. The lanner in its rVrt of tho last session of tho city council says: i'oliceman Jones was present and aked to show bis pistol to members, it was condemned ami it was unanimously unanimous-ly agreed to purchase a new one for him." Reading between lines in tbe coun-try coun-try newspapers on the "repiiblican'' and the ' democratic" side, it is clearly nj'parent that the brethren will take saw I |