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Show - J is. v. ' ... OMAN'S-- ' HxrOXBXT. 1 y.,.; - ' "Kven. ihss.' mciLwlio nuJeiilLV, myumty jlic sky u'jHn; me, ajid ;th ac-Through tltfcoUiiashioned' ';.. report o:i Flections "and Sun'rage" will ; iiUirninJmljvK kiiavvlcdwkhom doubt that Alor .Hugo viiiduw-u- ut HijHiH kitch(?rt atul old time 1 wfccrcjmoi was tihrvtiijn:)ia;tl;e' nineteenth theV t s w s But ee their era. uQiV.d i in ms yomaVrif yhcther : da-n.inaceu m rows not if 'Will :maU-A'"-- . u-tur- ,l i 'A y flower-gardens,- ' tuui'jtr ' v- ; .i----- -. L.e:" l ' Crr--- . " ' . - .. : w? a ,txic.t.?: T TUtottralM the oritv of the , Men of. A kcnikd-- - rthe idea of living with an equal; m:- -s' , con the" great West are geiierally spoken of ..as FxrCNV.M tffce. Kcin men with broad views i H hours' .ni Main Street oppca;tv 2:C. ta.a.m. auci'xliberal opinions en all questions to 5 p m. every dav. exc-f10 Mir.a.ty. Vr Address al , rights, let us liOpe it will be " ',PUDLT$HERVN!AN S. EXPONipNT; so witirtlienvembers of the Utah. Contitu. Salt Lakk City. Utah. tKmai Convention, and tiiat all women as f '"'EniereJ'atJke fjsf Of.ce'in .Suit J(C:y. well as.all men may be" accorded the same ' 5(onJ,cLiss matter rights and privileges in the neyv state.. "The numerously signed petitions asking Salt Lake City Aphil 15 i S95. that the clause delating' to equa suffrage remain .in' the Constitution, are from -- all TOsFEREXCBS AND COXrHXTIOXS: parts 'of the Territory andAvere there time lit"dc ooiaineu,.i many more signatures couiu Many important" occurrences have taken but it was expected the men who were elected upon equal suffrage platforms would' place since the last issue of rworthy.! of 'special mention, and- it is a give the plank place, nr. the- Constitution, ' matter of regret that so little space can be without being besieged by Memorials and given to current matters of great moment. Petitions. We must not neglect to mention the comor large 'magazines It is onl v'daily-apernowadays that can keep pace with even ing of Susan Br Anthony, Rev. Anna Shaw-an' other, distinguished women who' are to generalities, On the 4th of April the General Con-- , holda Conference in this city May 13. '14 ference of the Relief Society was held in and 15, and it is to be hoped the m'eii and the Assembly .Hall, Mrs.' Zina I). H. Young women who are so .strongly opposed to fhere"werererre:sen tali ve" equal suffrage for Utah, will go and hear presidingr women .'from nearly every stake of Zion, these celebrated advocates of justice and and the reports were favorable and enequality who are known throughout the Salt Lake City should couraging. Jn the afternoon there was a wide, wide "world. famous "speakers a hearty 'wet- very large t congregation, though the give' these ' weather was unpropitious. The evening come. session was most enjoyable; President Joseph F. vSmith attended and. gave a very BACK TO THK LONG AGO. eloquent and interesting address. The General Conference of the Church As I have many and varied themes to. opened in the large Tabernacle on Friday the 5th of April and lasted Uiree days dur- write upon; with small space of time for it, s ing which time many excellent discourses the old adage often given in ray were delivered by the Apostles, the first to profit from, stands out in full force before Presidency and other Klders and certainly me,; 'Procrastination is the thief of time." the instructions were c5fculated to reach all I must now go back to 'October's Glory, M the spiritual needs of the people and' to take you along with our party o six. cousins, fcenciit...tliem temporally also7 T The. at in easy conveyance oyerhili-andown dale tendance was lanre aiid'Jrom all ouartexs- - through woodlandrid"e7wilircleandue and the spirit of the meetings was uplifting skies above and all beneath and around to all who listened. There seemed to be a' brilliant in coloring; and radiant in the glory X Word hi. season to all whatever their circum-- of .beautiful garmejits. The trees, seemed stances or conditions in life might be. Ex"toclap ' ' their hands and break forth into hortation, instruction, encouragement, singing, the oak , maple ash , hickory , birch , all in to a bless blended and poplar, spruce-- lofty pines, hack matacks, monition, way to promote a stronger bond of union- and with red sumach glowing like fire of the of .love and a greater flow; of the Holy JjjnjriinguAhXXbxigh Spirit whichieadsinto the light eternalT pure, soit, breezy air tloatmg over and The Constitutional Convention is still in among them, inspiring all hearts with praise-ansession, and numbers are still struggling to joyful acceptance of the Scriptural with , varied questions, that seem: difficult declaration "He hath made all things for them to decide. or at least to agree upon. beautiful in their time." And whatmore fitThe majority- report of the committees on ful season, after' long years, to revisit the and Suffrage,thougli tRias passed places and scenes of early youth ' once so j Elections J its third reading and each time a large familiar, now in Octobers glory of golden majority of the members have voted foi it yellow, red, brown, green, with varied tints to be a part' of tlie Constitution, yet the and shades, illuminated in gorgeous splendissatisfied minority are still determined to dor, gladdening body and niind with its marget it reconsidered, and want it the matter velous beauty; and thus all the way through suffrage for women J submitted as" a towns, hamlets and villages, to "and from separate proposition, This proves to any ouf dear grandparents farm, we found demind that it is not equal lightful entertain merits', glorious company, suffrage,, because to be equal in suffrage a m pie refreshmen ts, good accommbda tions with" men it must be in the Constitution. If for ourselves and teams. And then to lodge women get suffrage as a separate proposition in the same where oftimes in they do not come into the newtate on an childhood I had done, and look the equal platform. The new state will need same small panes of- glass andthrough vatch the all .its citizens, and" all equally responsible. same stars as. they appeared twinkling in .r -- 5 ,, -- ;? ; bt-in- g M-J..- . great-soulu- coir-cerniiigxhum- t busineAS-eonjmun.J'c.-itiqr- . iS " ' . . . 1 ' the-ExrONKN- T - ' ; s . " - . . copy-book- d " 7 . , . - ' : - . - . ; . L ;.. - rv -- - --. well-balance- d ; . - 1 bed-roo- 'stairs into thevold- attic chambers, and breathe m the aromatic fragrance - se.e -- i varibiis medicinal herbs the same as were gathered.in days.long ago hung in the same ; v order: "on. the great .beams overhead, the floor spread thick, with golden, yellow-corn- , yore: iin pressed me to nuts, etc; As-ohas time : in its flight turned back-- ' ward, else why am I' thus confronted with these emblems of half a century and. r more? The large old, barn of massive in wdiich. we- liavx' played oilmen y r7't'V5T4"tliat" has withskjod storms heat " and colds, for more than two centuries, collapsed, July ioth, 1S94, with noise that reverberated over the place shaking the old like an -- earthquake," so. that feature, as well as saddle and dairy houses, fences with gates of cider entrance are removed -- a nice new barn not as couiniodioji.s2Jutsuilicieut-fo- r present .farm the of the old, purposes replaces in memory of childhood days.; .The interior of the 'A uld J louse- has . undergone some- alterations, the roof has recently been now shingled, yet the whole exterior aside frOinChe r'obf, ' now minus of its bright coat of former days, has a decided wasting away appearance. Clap boards nearthe foundations' brekjngjcrumblingr testify to its venerable "age and of changes bravely withstood through successive generationswonderful-tales, histories of facts, tradgey and comedy, anecdotes, and incidents, pathetic and humorousall having of knowledge indisputable might be written that would make , volumes of scenes enacted- within the walls, of this ancient dwelling and surroundings. Two of its sons reared, within its walls went forth to the battles of the Revoldtion, others... of another generation were in the war of 18 12 and; many descendants of this .hoiise.-.hold in the Mexican; aiuU "our late wai; for" the Unionr: But I ' must not linger to rebate doings however brave or romantic, of our. paternal fathers and mothers; I must now take you through the once flourishing apple orchard over the huge stone wall, up the steep hillside pasture over boulders of stone to the once famous "Bears Den," w herejhejjn ade. thei tin" urtaiTs then wilderness land, was taken set tled upon and cultivated into a fruitful farm-bour paternal ancestors. Here the first, that came, shot, we are told, two large bears and afterward with Jiis sons exterminated these, and other wild beasts. And here once more we stand, after aii" absence of forty years, gazing down its rocky sides into its cavernous deptlis. AVe will not ;:theni,: nor walk across the ' massiyetek-bridgejtha- t spans,, the chasm beneath Irle'at oftei performed without fear in childhood days two of our party however, pass around these rocks through jungle of brush and briar, explore beneath the rockrbfidge climbing up the side of the cave as far as possible to be drawn-outo the top by strong ' muscular arms near the wonderful : large,- black birch tree, 'that seemed without other aid to grow but from the rocks, a land mark of the place, I f ex-cla- im ; . tim-be- j. - -- -- ; farm-hous- e . millr-lorig-she- ds, r so-dea- - - . - - -- trr-- . -- , the-authorit- - . -- curity- y ; . t - I - |
