Show R maeser again writes to the weekly press dent weekly weakly press youdia you did sowell BO well with the last effusion I 1 sent you that I 1 have courage to try again the first semester ot of our school closed slat laet friday and two weeks are now given to examinations two exams of two hours each are given each day as follows all classes rec reciting ittig say eay from 9 to 10 meet in their r various rooms f from rom to p in classes rec leing from 2 to 3 meet from to 1030 a m thus in fourteen days all classes will have bare been examined without conflict in time on the 1 mat the second semester gamester opens and the prospects aro ro that the attendance will be very largo for ten weeks now new classes in several subjects allied to agriculture will be organized i there is still plenty of snow here banks three thre t e and four feet deep lie along the sidewalks it looks like it might tako all summer for it to mettaway melt away for nearly two weeks past the wn flun has been shining brightly but it atins line had bad no visible effects snow the town is is built on a hill and has a principal slope towards the west but a great number of the streets running east and eouts are very steep and 1 are giving the dh children ildren all sorts of sport at coasting excepting the street cars the only kinds of vehicles seen here for the last nine nine weeks have been sleighs and if it is a beautiful outfit one is interested in seeing let me recommend him wisconsin the state is noted for its ita beautiful and splendid horses and I 1 tell youth you they by put out some of the dandiest daddiest dan diest rigs riga one might wish to s see abere Wb ere wa i tak ible horses were brought ia arod every ery part pari of Ot wisconsin men from remote parts come coma to these shows for it isa is a great time tor for buying an and d selling stock of all kinds a at this thi I 1 s show a cow wa was exhibited which is said to produce milk enough each day to churn three pounds of b butter ater think of aup one cow making I 1 twenty ano pounds of 0 butter a week I 1 at 41 cents at a pound this thin means saml something e there were other wonderful things in sheep cheep and hogs shown in the way ol of amusements there are theaters moving pa picture i shows skating rinks bowling alloys basketball basket ball games and dances galore at frequent intervals wo we have some interesting inte lectures all these are well attended at all times all of these are in full blast birst on sunday and what with the churches which are well attended keep the people stirring on that day of rest T with us the sabbath is a day of rest usually wo w 0 attend church somewhere in the forenoon and the evening there are so few only sevel of our people here that we hold no meetings two missionaries missionaries are working here but they report great indifference on the part of the people last bunday fast day our little mormon colony got together in my lodging and partook of the sacrament and bore testimony I 1 want to you it was a privilege wo we all very much appreciated I 1 am still ati 11 passing the tha preys around and people are getting their impressions of what we Beave Bea rites are from its col pains I 1 should like to give them a better idea of beavers Bea vors commercial erceal importance if tho press could accommodate us with an ad or two moro more acob anon R MAESER al A ea I 1 R N franklin Madi madison rQn wis |