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Show The Jubilee oyer and we at home we now settle down to our work once more, feeling well paid for the time spent in sight seeing. bio cntcrpriso on tho part of thoso engaged in our homo industries. The sample of leather manufactured manufactur-ed by the St. George T. k M. Co., was equal to any eastern manufactures, manufac-tures, and we beliovo will wear equal to the best Oak tanned leather. leath-er. A nice sample of wine and grapes were also on exhibit A bale of cotton was also of fino ! quality. Fine specimens of tho various mineral products were another feature that appeared to advantage. Fruits of various kinds were on exhibit, some few varieties being still on the vines or limbs of trees. The silk industry indus-try was not forgotten. The words "Our Products" were made with different colored cocoons andlooked quite neat and was placed on top near the back of the float. A model of the plow used by Wm. Carter to do the first plowing in Salt Lake in 1847, was in front on top. Samples of reeled and spun silk were exhibited in a glass case and spoke for itself. Also a piece of silk cloth was exhibited. ex-hibited. It vas warped and put into the loom by Mrs. John P. Chidester and her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Sprowl, of Washington, Utah, and the first half yard was woven by J. W. Carpenter, of this city, and the balance was woven under the direction of Mrs. James Waters, of Washington the article having, been contracted for and furnished by Mrs. Orrin N. Woodbury, Wood-bury, of this city. The Joshua, Cacti, Yucca, and other wild products were well represented. The fire works on Saturday evening were the finest that have j seen in the State ond will be long 1 remembered by those who saw tnem. The sports being over we started j for home by Sunday evening's train, landing in Milford kornday morning. Our team arrived from Minersville so that we left Milford about noon and arrived home on Wednesday evening, July 28. On. our journey home we stopped a short time at the form of Peter j Anderson, just south of Bellevue, and the kind host showed . us through his orchards and vineyards, vine-yards, and we were highly delighted delight-ed to see the excellent fruit and taste . tho lusciousness thereof. Mr. Anderson is putting himself in a way to be ablo to furnish his northern neighbors with fruits that will equal or surpass that supplied from any other source. Wo were liberally supplied with a quantity of fine Peaches to eat on tho road which were a grand treat. He showed us one tree that Was not 15 inches high that had 5 large sized Peaches on. We expect to see a large canning establishment erected' at Mr Anderson's An-derson's soon, t 1 On the Washington County Float appeared several home production that how consider-, |