Show tw mammoth squash noticed in the news last fall was slaughtered early this year so far as we are capable of judging by the taste raw we consider the article good for stock but not of the choicest kind fr fir table ue when this paper is issued I 1 the seed as we promised will be at the tithing office for distribution the hands constantly engaged on the public works having the first claim but not more than 2 or 3 seeds to a person we wish fisli some one would raise a squash that will weigh live five hundred this year containing a bushel of seeds so that we shall not be obliged to count in giving I 1 away next time the sugar works are now making good molasses and experiments have been trieu tried so far fac I 1 t to 10 X prove that there are materials in the valley fon fining and making sugar from brown to loaf of a good quality and the sa charine matter of the beet is is superior to that of france prepare for raising you own sugar this year year ESE elders lyman and richs communication in this paper is worthy ofa of a perusal especially by those who want a mormon directory to california and we add one suggestion to anch saints as a are going 0 to O the diggins it maybe may be useful to you settle all your accounts and pay your debts before you go if you yon owe llie die tithing titling office pay of 01 any one else pay and leave like gentlemen so that you will ivill not be ashamed to come back isyou if you should wish so to do neither will you be ashamed to meet any 0 of f your old friends any where at a future day because you ran away in debt the world bad as they are expect to do this much when they leave any boci soci society ety or place and sure you would not wish to do worse than those who never professed religion pay up and nd go off in the daytime day time gentlemen like IV clucus Lucus N scovil on date of feb sends I 1 th the e names of sever several zil n new ew subscribers subscribe rr from provo i city orders from the tithing office always good and orders on the tithing 0 office tice good when accepted from anson call F ilmore Filmore city feb alst we have a similar letter wah i nany many new subs subscribers cr ibers and our list is ine increasing reasi n g da daily i ly I 1 etlie weather continued mild from last date I 1 to the which was some cloudy cloudy and warm snow nearly gone in the Val valley tey and fro frost st mostly out of the earth in the city 21 st some cooler brisk wind from N W at dusk with 3 or 4 inches of snow froze during the night milder and continued to grow more so for 3 or 4 days when the earth was wag bare and the last of february was warm and pleasant like april V no mail to san diego on the first in int 4 but started for sacramento and independence as formerly although some yankees guess that starting will wili be about all till snow thaws on the mountains ga 0 the dramatic association gave a splendid social party on OH saturday the alt a kind of farewell to associates and alid friends the drama it having closed for tho the season on with great credit I 1 to our new stage itt the excavation for the temple is p progressing gressing ro rapidly about two hundred of the brethren are daily engaged on the work under the immediate direction of elder wilford woodruff and all that seems to retard their operations is the lac lack k of teams to receive the earth from the spade are there not a few extra teams roaming on oil the prairie ae that the brethren would like to put into the temple service when they are informed of the need of them |