Show THE LECTURE tile the tabernacle was filled just about to its capacity so that all could see sec good at the lecture which was delivered by elder junius F wells last friday evening A large canvas had been erected on oil the bishops stand which must have been nearly 15 leet feet high and upon this his the pictures were illustrated showing the scenes of the prophet joseph smiths birth and early earl childhood mr wells first gave a brief description of 0 the boy prophet taking the audience back to old england where the family sprang from then following the line lice on down to the birth of joseph the old farms faring upon which josephs ancestors had lived and dug from the earth their livelihood were shown on oil the canvas and in fact the audience had the privilege of seeing quite a good part of the state of vermont the lecturer interestingly told how the thought was developed to have the church purchase the he t farm upon which the was born and erect thereon a monument in commemoration of him mr wells led ills his hearers through the vicissitudes of completing the arrangements range ments for the purchase of the property showing each piece of land acquired by the church on oil the canvas in its rude and uncultivated state s tat e then he showed the marble quarries with men at work another picture showed the rough bhail over 40 feet in length loaded 10 ded onto two flat cars in course ot of transportation from tile the quarries to the polishing shops then the difficulties of hauling ha tiling those alio tl io heavy stories stones to tile the spot ut of erection were vividly portrayed on oil the canvas with explanations by the tha speaker which were indech interesting the final improvements on oil the place were shown which made a lovely picture with the hie memorial cottage monument grass plots flower beds lily pond and other oilier things filings which have bren been lone done to make the place inviting and fit to lo commemorate the memory of that great man mail joseph smith the lecture was very interesting to both maimon and gentile for it showed what per could do and also proved the great love the latter day saints feet feel tor for the first president of their church |