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Show Xext Tiuir-.day is tin; anniversary of I --id .-rit Ibigham Young's birthday. 'flic country round about is being thoroughly prospected for precious mincral-i, and with the interest being .-hnwn this section by mini rig men some of our bent prospeetii are likely to be developed. St. George at no distant date will probably lie the center of a number of paying producers. The Washington County Fair is likely to In; a huge success, and will be the best ad vert i.-,i'ir.ent that section ever had. (t. seems strange that such enterprises enter-prises are not more generally carried on in the northern and more wealthy portion of the State. They would pay well in this section. Springville Independent. Much interest is being shown in our coining County Fair, and it promises to bo a huge sued ss. The premiums oll'crcd an: many and valuable, and are well worth striving for. Upon the success of the fair this fail will depend future fairs, ami every person in the Stake should endeavor to make the success so great as to induce an annual fair. An euierprining editor of an exchange ex-change says that he has been interviewing interview-ing the inhabitants of his own town and finds the successful business men were thrashed when young by their parents, while of the thirty street loafers loaf-ers that were a disgrace to the town, twenty-seven had been mama's darling's darl-ing's and the other three had been raised by their grandmothers. An exchange very significantly says: The prosperity of a town, village or city is not guided by the wealth of its inhabitants, but by the uniformity with which t.hey pull together when an important im-portant duty Is to be accomplished. A man with a thousand dollars at his command com-mand and an interest in the welfare of his town at heart can do more for the building and improvement of it than a millionaire who locks up his capital and snaps his fingers at homo prosperity. We understand that petitions are being circulated in Leeds, Bellevue, and Toquerville, against the change of mail route desired by the people of St. George and settlements down the river. The, object of the change prayed for by this city and other places is to enable en-able them to get their mails in less than half the time taken on the present route, and is not designed to hurt the people of the set tlements up the river. So far as we know, the change would not effect them in the least, so why should they desire to thwart a measure beneficial tt a large number of people? "Preparations are still in progress to make the next anniversary of President Brhgham Young's birthday, June 1, a memorable event in the history of Utah. Saltan- will then be visited by a host of people to do honor to the memory of Utah's chief pioneer, who, under Divine Providence, led the way to these mountain valleys and guided the people to happiness and prosperity. It should be a general holiday." Peseret News." We heartily concur in the proposal of the Peseret News to observe the anniversary an-niversary of President Brigham Young's birthday as a general holiday. An educational journal says: Idleness Idle-ness is the devil's own workshop, and especially is this true of boys. We never feel sorry for the boy who has to work, even if it be to help make a living for himself and family: but we pity the boy who has nothing to do, and whose parents are able to keep him from having to labor. The boy who works and gets only a stipend of a dollar, or even less per week, is learning learn-ing a trade, and. what, is more, - is learning habits of industry. It is from the boys who begins early in life habits of industry that come the successful rueu of the nation. . The boy who waits until he acquires an education, before lie begins to labor or learn a profession, is apt to start in life handicapped and outstripped by his s-.vmicg'y less fortunate competitor who started iu ahead of him. It pays i bov better in the long run to work or 25 cents a week and learn a trade, itii habit!' or application to business, i'c.i to do nothing and be supported II-" i he expense of his parents. Boys, ilu i;,;iiie:':ii::"! -bo ?on;c;hin(i ! |