Show franklin items EDITOR JOURNAL I 1 thought a few items from franklin would be interesting to 3 our readers the principal event here way was the alie 9 gathering ath together of all the old folks folk and widows N of 0 this district hy by S II 11 parkinson sons at the resia resi deme ene of S it parkinson where the tere ere ignited to sit don down n at the table anil and partake of the bounties of life everything every tiling that could be thought of to tempt the appetite had been furni furnished Ebed about persons sat dorn and partook heartily after which they went elit forth in the dance and one lady aged so 89 years yeara lanced danced a jig with an old friend and sabbath school worker T ii 13 nash and a good time was had by all brer present ent 7 ahe he old folks and early settlers talked over the early times limes of franklin w when lien they fought tile alie lud indians ians snakes and grasshoppers grast hoppers many old songs were sung by foot smith whitehead lov lowe e and many others too numerous us to men mention t io n at a late hour the company were ere taken back to their homes feeling to bless their host for his kindness in thus brid br ingine ing them together the people are looking forward to the future with greater interest than usual on oil account of a large majority of them having just received the right of franchise of which aich they have been deprived for some time and are affiliating with the various political parties according to the dictates of their conscience so that in tho future there ii mill ill be no mormon or anti cormons mormons this question ha baa been forever set act at al rest and we shall hall now dow be all american citizens our woolen sic iolen mills and sawmills i ire are preparing to commence their se seasons work and tile the bustle bus tle arid and activity of trade are beginning to be felt fell by the merchants liere here the oneida mercantile union is building a large refrigerated for their meats expecting to do a large business in that line this season their weekly shipment now DOW amounts to somewhere here near GO 0 head bead of veal mutton beeves and hogs bogs per week theother the other stores are falso also preparing and expecting to do a good business the coming season but there are as usual somo some prophets prophet arisen think ye we shall have winter all au summer amer as we still have a foot of snoa enow on oil the level farmers Far merv as a general tiling thing are jubilant hoc however vcr in expectation of good crops tiles alies season A LOOK E it 0 ox |