Show pleasant grove points the tha scourge of sick sickness I 1 with which we have been afflicted eor some bowe months month is now abating and nothing ut of a beriou a nature is infesting our burz the water question bai baa been ted tad for some months in aur our community and steps are being taken to settle the controversy contro permanently Yesterday in compliance w with ith a notice issued by the school trustees of this district our citizens met to te express their feeling hv ballott on levy levying 1 n g a 2 perk per cent tax for fbi the coming year ve a r to complete the llie school house which is in cobrae e ot 61 construction only two rooms colfs of th Es e new house can n i birbe used and the trustees thought the paltry sum of sufficient ent to accomplish their deafens could be rais raised ed the expression of i the people however bobev er waa wa F qui R a as the vote stood about 20 favor of the tax i while something over one huldred opposed it the general sentiment seems to be in favor of bonding the district to rasa the required amount the sense of the was for the trustees to ascertain terms at once on which the means can be procured this will be done at once winget which rather intimated by tenor ten or twelve inches afinow of enow and mur cury from 5 to 15 below zero a few weeks ago that it had come coma to stay until s ring seems beams to arve yielded its stubbo stubbornness anness gome somewhat what to tle ing rays raya of the sun ran until we now have weather unrivalled bv that of february or march our oar sleigh riding is all gone and the public seems sug bug keive of boat riding christmas with its thousand charms charm a end unbounded dreams of wonder and merriment has calan dered itself with the piet past the day was very pleasantly spent here the whole of which was devoted to sunday school ex exercises e belse s A grand and pleasant peasant time lima was wag enjoyed oar meeting house boase was elaborately decorated as the walls presented one grand panorama of the life and nr aaion of our savior during ane forenoon the tha house was darkened for the purpose of giving thu the decorations the benefit ot of the magical influence of an artificial light the tha effect was electrical and greatly enjoyed by our juvenile band all day the house was fall of that one important topic the songs brecita eions sketches in fact every exercise pertain pertained rd to and drew draw tho the mind aut out upon that one grand awe inspiring subject for which the day is commemorated several interesting socias will be pai in during daring the coming wee week of which you will hear bear later meanwhile we wish all our sister cities farand far and near a merry merr y christmas christinas and a happy and prosperous new nety year Gi dec 25 1902 |