Show LEWISTON LEVI tho journal man hoofs it Prospro rs farm districts ro P JOURNAL I 1 left pre preston ston at a in saturday morning for this plate place and after a ten mile walk readied here at 4 p in I 1 found nuy my parcel of and on oil reading my my franklin letter I 1 find ti A few words which I 1 beshe to have corrected vu viz after the word judge is inserted in the eating line now this does not lother bother me much having been a justice of the peace for many years the term judge is often applied to me ine T the lie roads roada in southern idaho are in many pieces paces heavy sand hills bills making part of zidon a hard road to travel on foot about two miles out I 1 found mr john martin a subscriber lie ile has bag a beautiful home and a fine orchard the mindwell wind mind will adorns the roof of his granary by 11 which lie runs two junirs does tse the churning find and also runs the washing machine ile he intends to attach a wood sawing and grain chopping ippi ratus lie ile also lus has a nursery ry of 2000 trees his dewberry trees ire are bearing and while the frost irined much of the preston fruit his has hag not been huit hint ile he very kindly sent cent bi his son with me in a buggy bugg I 1 U A mile cown cow n the road to mr griffiths and returned me to the main road about noon I 1 arrived at fair vic vien le remained lema ined in bishop pratts upholstered arm chair a couple of hours bad dinner fairview ward is miles in area the people a all i I 1 live miles apart there is a nice nice meeting house bouse which is well furnished on entering fairview I 1 had to cross a large canal one of the many found out here the narrow plank being loose tipped we me into it a prickly wire fence result one wet foot scratched hands and torn clothing I 1 called at a sister caroline John johnsons bonS nee dee garr formerly of millville milleville Mill ville for repairs and then crime came on here I 1 at lewiston 1 I ca called 11 e of at 1 lne 6 pot office and to my aund a very old friend of mine jacobsen ikeie I 1 stayed all saturday afternoon and saw caw nearly all who alo carne came for mail on sunday evening brother jacobsen took me in in his buggy around fifteen miles south and west calling on many people vili whom tim I 1 could not find at any other time on sunday morning I 1 attended sunday school al also alo o tile the theological class and both were attended by a large number of children and young people it has seldom been my lot to attend any better school or class in this county on oil sunday afternoon I 1 ii was as called by bishop ley lewis is to preach the gospel to a large congregation assembled in a beautiful building well furnished and newly painted and papered it is oneff the neatest houses of worship I 1 have teen seen and from the attention paid dc during ring the hour I 1 think tile the people felt paid for com coming 10 g so 60 many miles in ahot a hot july sun fun they have a fine choir here the beautiful voice of mrs ars filled the sacred building this lady iti in the largest woman I 1 haie hae seen in my hamels although of middle age I 1 should judge she ehe aou would 1 d tip the bean beam at something near lbs ibe L ishop bishop vm II if lewis is a leader in every sense of the term ilis his ou own it premises show it is as also does his ward ile he is loved by his people and they all speak of him in a manner that show his labors among them are highly appreciated leviston Le ward numbers families with 1027 souls and about 40 non mormons cormons not included in the number above this wa ward rd is scattered over a distance of miles all residing on well cultivated farms with nith many substantial residences and farm buildings all be speaking vi wealth and comfort ahe 1 he great fields of waving grain speak of plenty there is one of the best brick school houses hele heie that can call bo be found in any city in this county and yet it is not large enough to accommodate t the he school children of the district lewiston Lewi eton needs two things and needa thern them badly A live merchant anil and the telephone diio stores stoics are empty I 1 guess credit killed thorn them off ff the people promised the nole bolea 0 if the telephone company will put up the line tile the agricultural society has done much for lewiston Le it has bro brought tight lots of money here and as one gentleman ent lemarr assured roe me that within a short time th ill people will be fice from tile lion lioncio dio of debt especially to that worst of all enemies lie to inan kind tile the mortgage fiend to all who have shown kin kindness dries to ti me ma I 1 desire to think thank them through the columns of THE tile the business was a success ful fulone orre 0 C n S 0 july 23 25 1895 |