Show OF benevolence is a characteristic of the mormon people visitors to vitali have often mentioned the charitable fooling that prevails toward strangers the prova community is no exception to the general rule here we lind big hearted men over ready to extend a helping hand to the needy this common feature of charity is often taken advantage of by the transient individuals of society by way of example we will bring ap a case five or six years ago a tramp came to provo where ho came from few persons can tell and being in the common condition of his kind without money ho was given board and lodging at the expense of como of provos generous citizens to cut a long story short their influence secured employment for the tramp that it was a mistake 0 o lend him a helping hand can be proven by the more mention of the individuals name bo is no other than HEMENWAY abo character of unsavory re anto in order that people may not doubt tha fact of this individual having come hero under the circumstances named wo herewith produce an acknowledgment know from the tramp himself to the presidency of bluh state of alon BROTHERS SMOOT CLUFF AND JOHN this memento of three months labor of a tramp whom they befriended is respectfully fully and gratefully subscribed by the tramp himself C W HEMENWAY provo city july 21 1885 tho above is found in a book made a present to the gentlemen named and written by the tramp himself over hiis own signature after having fed this tramp when ho was hungry clothed him when naked he like a cur that snaps at the hand that fed it has turned to repeatedly abusing his kind benefactors and has heaped upon them the most vile calumniations having married himself into the poCo sion of a little means he now squanders the same for the purpose of carrying on the work he most delights in that of lying in the last isgro of tho bhelt which the tramp sent forth from the little board shanty where he lives with his wife ho attacked atta aked PRESIDENT A 0 SMOOT in a most vicious manner on the strength of the following letter FIRST NATIONAL BANK provo CITY UTAH oct HOLLIN SAXE esq ogden utah SIR after my compliments to yourself and lady permit me to call your attention to the fact eliat the cow that you sold to mo under a guarantee before several witnesses that she was in every way sound and would give on extra feed ten gallons of milk per day lias signally failed to come up to your guarantee ant on the contrary blie has barely sustained her calf on brood and care and lias lost flesh all the time at that you also guarantee one efty dollars for alic calf at two months old in part payment for the cow now mr saxe I 1 am prepared to make you this proposition viz you can have the cow and calf for 37 credit on the note for you hold against myself and iteen trusting the above proposition will meet with your approval and in considering it you will bear in mind that mv patronage and influence gave you presume in this county and aided you in making sales I 1 remain yours truly A 0 SMOOT tho sentence which the slanderer trios to make a capital of is and in considering it you will bear in mind that my patronage and influence gave you prestige in this county and aided you in making sales the tramp calls this a caso in which PRESIDENT SHOOT uses hia influence as president of the stake to help gentiles to do business with the cormons mormons Mor mons for says he it is well known that the venerable presidents influence is derived solely from his holy church office the tramp knows knows anything that the letter above produced does not in any particular bear evidence of SMOOT having used his ecclesiastical influence in favor of the stock dealer mentioned and when ho says that the presidents influenza is derived solely from his holy church office be tells a deliberate lie PRESIDENT SMOOT is known all over this territory as a shrewd progressive business man and be it it said to his honor bis word has great influence with business men not of this county alone but throughout the whole of utah and neighboring territories those who know the president can the better judge how utterly without foundation is the malicious lie of the tramp whom he kindly befriended in a time of need and there are none except of the most craven intellects who would presume a man of honor guilty of such des pic Eblo practices as haa written up from his own corrupt imagination agi nation and charged to one of most worthy citizens V the celebration of a eliy is fb arly spring hail its origin in gei many it ib supposed to havn apo mystic rite performed in tho darl hady baasi fort of abes i nort t 11 1 I KT 1 l and beauty the act seemed 1 g lall allta juit be ing done aw iv with by the u tro of christianity VA adopted by the new ared and dis in all christian lands fo day we lind not alone tha western or boman church maliu merry on the first of ma but the greek catholic churco in eastern lands as well do homage to spring on their firt of may which nc cording to theia calendar comes twelve days late than the same day with western na eions the druies druids who found this happ custom may not have been learned lear after the standard by which we judge intelligence today to day thir may have been primitive and rude their features stern and hard yot within their bosom beat a kindly heart filled with a love of nature and all her beauties time may ahne changed our mode of life our stanard of learn ioK may be different another style of dress may now be in fashion but time cannot change these traits of our being which would se us from the love of the beauties of creation the light zephyrs of spring the lovely flowers tho verdant meadows the rippling rills and the warbling of the birds in the green tree tons are all as beautiful to us today to day as they wore to our forefathers hundreds of years ago we love to make merry on one day of the glad spring as much as did the ancient donds who instituted the custom |