Show THE YOUNG MENS conference interesting and Instruct instructive iTe remarks saturday last at 10 am a few people convened in the L D S meeting house in this city in the capacity of a young IL mens lens mutual improvement association conference the meeting was presided over by president wm win ashworth after the regular regula opening exercises remarks full of good principle and of vast benefit to all who will carry them out were made the conference from beginning to end was continued during five on saturday and three on sunday the remarks of df all the speakers akere were pin painted ted and well advised the general werne theme seemed to be the conduct habits and amusements of the youth the evil habits acquired by the young men were deprecated and the advantages of leaving them thein off shown clearly and corn comprehensively brehe n the subject of furnishing proper amusements for the young was spoken of arid and the necessity of controlling cont roling the same by proper ways and meant means adverted to it was truly said that the evil habits aurl young c men have contracted came them by degrees that they have been p permitted ermit to direct their own affairs in I 1 regard to amusements too much in their own way and after their own inclinations that the proper safeguards have not been placed about the youth th that at the parents have shied off and left the young to themselves that no restricting influences were made to bear upon them in their social communions comm unions and that hence the state stae of affairs as now exist have been gradually foisted upon the youa young through the neglect of the older haas r of the community the generally good conduct of the young in their parties and social gatherings more recently was considered as a mark of good and they were advised to continue in this improvement until they should become second to none in manners and goodness tho very slim attendance at the vari various ous ward associations as reported by the respective presidents was greatly deplored and an improvement in this matter mattei most earnestly urged the manifold advantages to bo be derived jrolf 6 a punctual attendance at the meetings and a faithful performance of the parts assigned were most beautifully laid before the and parents were urged to not only provide ways for their r sons to attend these meetings but to interest themselves so BO far at least rs as to see sec that they attended upon the whole the conference was one of the best im point of instruction st that has bas ever been held n this stake it is hoped tb that a t every young man has taken some of the good instruct to heart and wi will p profit crofit thereby |