Show LOCAL NEWS As you are a welcome messenger at our fi resides and tell us about matters and from all the settlements throughout the territory I 1 want you ion to tell the gow good people of other settlements how we are prospering 1 in i a little cotton wood ward this is among the te poorest and weakest of the wards in the country but there is peace and union union among us the ward I 1 has been organized about one year and a half I 1 I 1 yet there never has been a bishops court in I 1 the ward or a trial of any member of the church the brethren are using using 0 every exertion to pay their tithing as fast as possible and they are doing hundreds of dollars dollan wh worth of work on OB the paper pager manufactory about two thirds why dont t the a third third of the brethren take the news it is published for the benefit of the saints and with this exception which will be soon remedied we would like to see am as good a report from every ward in utah go ahead aheady bishops and you shall be blessed YA ed of the brethren take the news we have a good school house of and nearly all olow vicror I 1 children between the ages of five and twenty five years go to school regularly the number is about thirty five we had a meeting at the school house on christmas day composed of the school children together with some boma of their parents after singing and prayer and some useful and appropriate instructions there was some dancing to the excellent musio music of ofero bro wm B sessions session s all partook of a feast a good spirit prevailed all enjoyed themselves well and all dispersed to their homes in gool good se ison we have three meetings each week which are well attended and aal tasi unoaga not least the brethren keep the school house well supplied with good fire wood let those who can do better with sentiments of esteem I 1 remain dear news one of your readers BISHOP little cottonwood jan ath 1852 PROVO CITY UTAH co jan ath 1852 EDITOR A general time of health prevails here the saints generally are determined to car carry r out oat too tho instructions of the traveling bishops bi shoal and the governors proclamation by renewing lhoir coven tats and doubling their dil diligence and strictly ecly adlue adl irein ing g to every prino principle ale which tends to their thair exal exaltation in lad kill kingdom 0 of luj on thursday last the dy of the beir upwards of one hundred came forward and showed their faith by their works by jenewein ren rene ewein weing their covenants and going down into the water and being re baptized and in miny tny more have 0 gone rone to day to follow their ex linale former difficulties relative to rock kanyon and individuals divi duals have been settled satisfactory to all a parties pir ties peace and harmony prevail in in our midst our mee meetings tiDas are crowded to excess their seems to be a gener il I 1 feeling of reform aaion among among 0 all classes the winter thus far has been very mild and but very little snow the people here are busily eng engaged raged in preparing for fencing 0 lumbering I 1 b min L and building I 1 have been in this place boat about three months and thi there has been near 2 adebie houses honses built here within that time be si 14 siles les a great number of others we have but one 1 sawmill saw m mill ill here in operation but bat there are three 1 s more in in I 1 progress ro gress besides other branches of I mech mechanism a cism the aba nImes of good land plenty of water for irrigation and mill pur purposes poles wood and timber being so handy and other I 1 facilities for keeping keepin g stock ac that provo is i bound boand to be an ite interesting resting place and a place of much business the stock which has been out 1 1 on the range has done much better than that 1 1 which has been kept up and fed with the best beat i of hay yours ac LUCIUS N SCOVIL good good good for provo better I 1 better better what better 11 what can we do better brethren at provo ari arisia your might in your majesty in jr your our glory aalt on al carry your hides and skins to mr samuel dark tanner and with them carry 25 or 50 cords of bark lumbermen hand him over feet I 1 of plank carpenters and joiners set your tools in motion and make the vats laborers put in the spades and sink those vats and draw a few loads of clay to pack around them dinners and add coppersmiths make a heater and tell mr dark clark he is welcome best best besell in two weeks from the first blow if all will do as counselled counseller coun selled the tan tanner may have hides in the vats and in one hundred days provo city will have leather of their own manufacture at per cent less cost than they will now have hare to give the merchants for if you yon bless your tanner to commence he will bless you in turn with good and cheap leather and then when you come out of the waters of baptism you will have the pleasing consolation that you have hare not got to run to new york to get a pair of I 1 I 1 shoes to keep your feet dry while you yau are walk ino ing n home brethren will you do it we say aay do it we have the best set of inhabitants in utah there is in the world but there is room for improvement pro and we want you to improve your upper Leat leather ber and your sole leather before y you on have any more shoes made and now is the time show your your faith by your works and report your doings for the next piper paper ica a large tannery in suc successful ifal operation at provo n ed for the deseret news early vegetables MR dear sir believing Be believing lievin g that many of the citizens of this place are lovers lovere of ot early vegetables I 1 they being one of the greatest luxuries oar our tables table are supplied with and that it is the duty of every person 80 n who h his ts any knowledge which would benefit I 1 hk hii fell iw w inin to impart the idine h hw how w little wever that knowledge may be I 1 beg to offer a few remarks remark under this head through the medium of your jour vain able paper hoping that a little of my experience in raising vegetables may be beneficial to a portion of the readers of the same in these vallies vallice it is vegetables th that t garnich h a majority of the dishes upon our babl tables e fai daily tle Y we should the best and most expeditions mode of raising them thein early I 1 have observed ev ever e r a since nce my residence in this cita from the fall of 1847 that most of our gardens are m inifred when at alit all from s I 1 the middle of march to the last of may being the I 1 very time a farmer fanner should be on his form now sowing hi his grain making or repairing daon dams digging duches hauling his aemmer ammer wood or attending to a and other things lings ti all wanted the same day w Is fo very unpleasant pleasant u in and might partia Hy be avoided I 1 ana am often asked when 0 is the wo time to s sow 0 w onions p parsnips par am snips aps beets peas V ac A c well I 1 have tried experiments in order to prepare my ground and sow bow my small weds seeds so 0 o that I 1 might A vt get 1 thera them up before the dry beason season commences the only ohly sure sun method to accomplish this is to toi ma manure nure ald aid plough the land in the fall by doing this abis the f manure manum greis gets thoroughly decomposed and the land i enriched ty the time of sowing whereas if the seed be sown own the same day the ground is ie dib roots would have to remain perhaps months before they ore are bene fitted and when this is done late and the weather becomes dry in nine cases out of 1 ten such vade tables ato injured rather than bene fitted I 1 prepare the ground in the fall or winter by ploughing sloughing hing or digging which is far better for garden culture culala and janurin g for or all my small seeds such as onions carrots cir rots paramos parsnips par pa snips ramps cabbage radishes beets I 1 aud and early turnips so that if the weather should come flue and warm arm for two or three days in he latter part of february provided there is is no snow enow an n the I 1 grou ground q d my land is ready and in a good condition for swing sawing all the I 1 seeds except my beeta and peas the main crop of which I 1 sow during the first week in march 1 if f this plan be adopted on afi allour gravelly Lr or sandy soils by so doing the most of the th garden is planted the seeds up and vegetable matured one month parlier earlier than by the i other method and idida a third more of them diem those b being q of the finest quality yours S the above Is dybro iban one of our most experienced valley gardeners and worthy the attention of all who are for fond idof of sauce ED F 1 MORE city nov 1851 y au ig myself and the camp are well a at tl the present resent I 1 we have had an addition of t three iee to p G our camp sin since ce you left have bum a caral baral according to your our instructions including about atit two end a hz half acres of ground we found u upon on trial that the ground was so dry dial and baad a a 1 s also rocky that it was nest tp t p an iceo to stockade I 1 or picket in our 0 ur I 1 houses with the tools we e have to work with so BO 2 we have built our oui houses in close order having ani our doors or windows on the outs outside ide the camp have become well satisfied with our location the farming land upon examination is better than was anticipated at first we have found an abundance of excellent timber within five or six milea of our camp we have a good wagon road worked to tho the timber at a cost of a bout ut one hundred and fifty days work we have organized a mill company and commence operations forthwith we have a good millwright mill wright already at worl work we calculate to sit our aaa miu mill about one half mile above our fort which we calculate to have running before seed time if we meet with no deap disappointment poi in getting the iron I 1 have no doubt d 0 bt but we shall be jable able to furnish the lumber for the state house of as aa good quality as can be furnished elsewhere we should like a little more company if any should feel disposed to come yours yom respectfully ANSON GALL CALL will bro call write us every opportunity ed for the deseret news summit city dec DEAR sim sia 1 noticed in your columns a wish to bear hear from all the new settlements for the benefit of your bour re refers iders in response I 1 would say that our number though small are comfortably provided with houses and supplies for the winter seven houses sand and ten or twelve men compose the present strength of our little lithe town which we call summit city it is I 1 situated on 03 the su summit mm i t between utah and juab I 1 abent seventy miles from frogg G S L city its situation is picturesque and beautiful with an entire view of utah lakeland valley adjoining our town plat is 13 a large tract of the best quality of farming lands ofir range for stock is the most superior and so situated it can never become scarce we have not yet explored sufficiently to know what our resources wll v ill be for sawing timber but fire wood fence poles and cibin cabin logs 66 are abundant the water in TOW our creek we have never mever known less than would be needed for sawing or r grm grinding iding pu purposes oses and would be sufficient tor from twenty b to forty Z families for all farming t purposes A short distance above our town there are many ai curiosities an ancient embankment of stupendous magnitude having a beautiful basin between it aad nd the 1 mountain Toun tain in the mouth of the kanyon which opens into into it there are ap multitudes of biero hieroglyphics gly pa aies en graven oh dh the rocks of an interesting and curious char atter acte f sope some a these I 1 design besig agn to send you a f fac aci s practicable we have no disposition to urge our brethren to se settle atle with nis yet we would be highly pleased with a few I 1 more neigh neighbor borA As wp we believe there is much en enjoyment j t as w well ell as safety in the social world the exchange ex amen ange of mal mail between I 1 your city and ind san pete leaves us the news and letters irom roni our friends such favors together with the blessing ox of heal health th make us feel much at home incur truly romantic place 1 I 1 remain yours tr truly III V 1 B F JOHNSON for the deseret news I 1 christmas festival carpenters HALL I 1 G S L CITY dec fat at a meeting wheeling of the hands bands engaged on the public works on of thomas tanner truman 0 angel angel wai elected chairman and miles romney clerk of i me ae meeting I 1 resolved the public hands have a picnic pic nic party rin n christmas day in in the carpenters hall resolved that the ithe superintendent architect and the for ernen of thin the dif different lemit departments of the public works form the committee of arrangements resolved thai daniel H wells he be the chairman of the committee of arrangements cements emen ts I 1 resolved that william ia m claython clay Clayt ton he be clerk cleric of said I 1 I 1 I 1 committee laifi names arrangements gov brigham young hon reber heber C kimball ron fion willard richards capt edward hunter gen D H wells I 1 1 ca captain laifi e T 0 angel wm win clay clayton ton witford 4 y c woodruff w alonzo H balei raleigh i gh thos T tanner anner miles romney norton orton jacobs wm felshaw wm G C edward martin orson pratt bew ben T H rumell reynolds cahoon W F cappony cablon edwin D woolley geo A smith john smith smal 4 patriarch 0 re resolved Resol folyd that each of the several foremen on the w works furnish a list of the names of his hands at the meeting after which the meeting adjourned till to morrow evening at early candle light miles romney clerk I 1 beautifully printed cards of invitation headed CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL by truth we conquer I 1 schy by industry we thrive in embellished envelopes were were to each of the public hands bands early on christmas in morning 0 r m n 7 thursday dec 25 a several companies of ser serenade e n afe rg with brass instruments mens moe made the su sleeping ing mountains echo with the sound 0 or A rejoicings rejo icings our attention was drawn more particularly governors nian mansion sion in the front of which wa sawn up in military order a broo troop en of this awas the brass band giving his axce excellency a good wish in sweet sweeta strains trains I 1 atio 40 eblock ep lock a m the com committee cittee of man management ato eat waiting to receive those w who were invitto the p party ty the carpenters hall feet long aby by 39 2 wide widens is admira admirably I 1 adapted for a mammoth 9 party M which was c comfortable a le and suitaney decorated borated co rated for the occasion now the merry inerny workmen with their happy happ aves and sr smiling ailing daughters clad in in genteel apparel came ame pouring i in i n from every quarter loaded i with an abundance of luxuries of every description 8 which wore were depoi deposited ted 1 in in an adjoining i ng hall called the machete abom which is 40 feet square y in which chic li also was situated the ladies dressing 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 room I 1 at 11 the house was called to order and a suitable thanks thanksgiving iving was offered up to the dobor of 4 1 joad by bisho bishop N H felt the band I 1 then than struck up amerry ry tune and his excellency gov yung young the hanx conf H C kinball Kua ball and other distinguished 1 personages lead off the first dance the exe excellent ellent order and baick succession of dances 1 do great honor bohor to the fee managers a we counted from fi oia 56 96 to persons persona upon the floor at once these were set in order onier in the same time that we have been seen 6 four co cot illions tillious in other parties there was no cou confusion fusion tap jj dissatisfied looks no c complaining g but the day aff sLid in peace and happy merriment with thanks K to the me father hapa of a all I 1 our mercies each one who 1 ma 1 had friends in a far distant country now and again expressing |