Show 0 for the deseret newa news I 1 ACCOUNT OF AN EXCURSION ON NORTH EDITOR deseret NEWS I 1 hae bare deferred d till now to acquaint yoa you with some of the incidents of a recent excursion from this to brigham city and return not riot because lecause I 1 thought that you were in any degree indifferent as to what might be transpiring outside ot of the metropolis of deseret tut but solely from an acost a most complete absorption of time demanded bj by other matters the i consciousness however bo wever of your manifest in 1 terest in whatever pertains to the welfare of 1 the people located in in these mountain vales wherever hererer choice has prompted them to rear i thur humble himble cot revives ri vives my predetermination a tion and I 1 set to the task immediately I 1 since the summer of 1853 when a general uprising of the indian tribes in the mountains took place resu bilig disastrously to auy uny of our people north and south bouth ahad I 1 had dot not visited any of the Bettle settle settlements ments menta north great sat lake city and aa as you ou may readdy fider ilder my ray surprise ur prise was wag great in beholding the remarkable remark able abts changes which had bad bee been gge ele fleeced fleeted etes eted in the lapse of timo terue eidee that period at bountiful formerly and end stilt still commonly common called sessions settlement ten mites north of of G Q S L city where in 1853 there were but a co few settlers b 1 bated here and there with scarcely a visible trace of or appointed thoroUgh thoroughfares fd res except the zigzag northern trail and banyon kanyon leads iner intersecting acting it at every angle my eyes were refreshed hed with the sight of a capacious city with plainly defined loads toads laid out at right anglesio angles angies ang lesto to a ach lach other many fine domic domicila ils lis with ing grounds in not dot a few instances under a commendable state of f horticultural improve maent lal lai and commodious barus barms and aut ant homes houses good rence fence 0 and other unmistakable marks if cf thrift and in addition to all these in a most prominent pr eminent site looms up the tire meetinghouse meeting house ne of the hand if not alte altogether gether the most roost superb widing for meeting purposes lur pur roses aa as yet erected lu iii deseret its cost it if I 1 haie have been rightly informed when completely finished will be dearly nearly one hun bun red thousand dollars by no do means a small investment assumed by a city ef of three or four thousand thomia thomra hd inhabitants in a single public edifice the cost of th s house as stated considerably consider aby exceeding the amount raised for tor its construction mr anson call rather than it should for an indefinite time remain unfinished has bas individually undertaken its c mple tion which I 1 was as assner siu stu sned ed he designed to push forward for ard vigorously vigo rouy regardless of the expense incur reil it is to me bevery very refreshing as well irell as gratifying to note such examples of great interest in public aff fore tore brew passing on or we next came carre to a modest an ani apparently prosperous little settle marit taking its name from its location relocation about midway between bountiful and farmington 6 it has g into existence I 1 believe since 1833 1853 as ae I 1 have no recollection f IB ir di cating sins siena si ns of civilization on the site of what is now known rs r s a centreville Cen Ceh treville the road from bountiful to this point diverges too much from an air line to suit travelers with hom wham time in transit is a material item and if it obe oae mo too v e direct could be engineered wi bout too great an outlay I 1 doubt not that ali ail all parties concerned would be better batter satisfied farmington the next settlement northward se bome seven or eight miles from bountiful has hag ign edn chiefly buit bult bui t up sin e 1858 us ius quent to the ot the people from the southern exodus or the filial movement erit of the be cerles cenes which eo so galy signally Bi resulted in the frustration of the designs cf Bu Bucha buchanan chanaD nans crusade cru sade sace here liere again erain were everywhere e recurring 0 indic indie 9 of nid ind stry ai at d well weil requited u eted e toil toll besides a good sized sto tto e meeting bouse and mady mary deiy comfortable looking dwelling houses bouses there are two first rate floering flouring milla which are as creditable to the enterprising owners as ib valuable to the interests of the inhabitants another desirable improvement bright be effected effect rd by or macadamizing macadamising macadam macada mizing ising C the maln main thorough thoroughfare faie fate four or five miles further northward norih north waid ward is kaysville Kays ville a city by no means in embryo with a tur fur begaii ning and good location for euc suc ss Bs ful faring where here but a few years ears since bom BOIE hait half dozen rude cabin cabins of 1 log g and adabie scattered liere litre lie lle re and there marked all that could be seen 0 of K Asti etch of seven seventeen teen tien or eight right eighteen tein een miles furth forth r brought us to ogden in point of size the tle rinel pal pai to n north of great bait lake city ff ahls Is am acost oat wholly built on the weber river bottom where the land of course is 19 exceed ng rich being of the black mucky compo usually found in such localities A few lew ent elt if the settlers preferring to dwell oa on more sightly tightly ground and where the tB with slight grading would be pap sable most of the year have haxe have bave located thease ves on the upland or benh bench aa as it is usually called where the houses generally as in to further wi witness tricas of their good taste ie it riot tu perlor superior judgment are ef of a neat and comfortable appearance anda and eo so far as I 1 could learn tully tally occupied by an eminently practical and enterprising class clasa of citi als ans while it but be admitted that there are many iery very a attract atra et ve residences in ogden oden und under ty tb the e hill bill it is equally undene abie able thai that to he be kompel compel e navigate through a great portion of if it while the mud la Is knee deep or up to the hubs bubs 12 is far from beina being relished and the doctor thinks woul would prove a sure emet c e to the most moat inveterate turtle that ever coasted in the cuban marshes some swine of the housea in quarter however I 1 I 1 must bay say look took as though they had bad beef been erected at different eras in the worlds history the style lf architecture being also aa as much of a medley or neither one thing nor de dei as the material used in their construction Bt st ruction ogden has advantage 3 not enjoyed by many of ottee the settlements of the mountains i two fine rivers lave its ita sides a affording almost I 1 unlimited water privileges ages wood also can i be obtained oba ineil or could be if the kanyon roads roada i were put in repair at a dista distance jace allowing tle the the procurement of a load in a single day wb while I 1 e lire tire ti re as in other localities from two to three days are consumed therein to the transient observer the existing cause of stagnation observable there in bold contrast with the vi bality apparent in other and iessi less f adored bettle settlements tle ments may not at once be perceived but upon research and inqui y in the premise premises the reason to me most obvious us was a lamentable I 1 absence of public spirit and as a sequence the prey prevalence alence of mordi inordinate nate selfishness I 1 speak firof these things not aa as a soli tary observer but bu t aa as well weil krohm arora the frank admissions mib mie biona siona of old residents there as from my say own solemn convictions ii I refrain from further ad adver versions blona siona to ogden and its surroundings with the ex it of a devout wish that time may e effect act radical improvements there and wherever elfe elpe they may be be needful among us in the meantime trustful that like baneful influences may never seriously infect any of those enterprising devoted and united thoy perc perchance bance hance not rot most favored communities where a high toned belf self sacrifice n spirit ir it has ever been the eure sure guardian of p public dubni prosperity north O oden ogden den about six alea further on lying ising on oe the barc base of a deep angle in the he weber mountain chain blough but an infantile settlement furnishes encouraging evidence of what can be done in a encouraging very short snort ort time by well di erected energy and good god wil ridin city lies near the border cf great salt sait lake some ekht miles to the west westward ivard of the mainly traveled road thib this also is a lately formed bett sett settlement lement loment of willard formerly known aa as willow creek creel next in the order of travel and about seven in lea from north 01 oden den de I 1 ican lean can gan only say in confirmation confirm aton of a statement made by hon geo A smith last fall that the town was BO so nanch ranch obscured by straw stacks that points of 0 its elegance vet set wele vei e not at once disi coverage cove rabe but from the partial view fabe the conclusion tras was irresistible that the good people cf ff willard thought more of their beef and pum pudding than of 0 the style of houses they live n A ride vf f some seven miles over oscr a ful rolling and gently sides side s loping sloping road brought ns us to the teri terl fercana ter nanu cana lanus iAnus of our present tour brigham city the most northern settlement sett ement of G S L valle valie valley vailey bad it proved other than a lovey place ailen blen ing attractiveness of locality wilh good taste and skill in the construction st ruction of buildings both public and private aa as also ic it the general plan and way of doing things I 1 should at it once have pronounced it unworthy rf the name it wa was exceedingly gratifying tidying however to find th the beau ideal kr fully I 1 apy aly realized I 1 do not design to nominally i personify whoever or whatever may be the I 1 spirit leading heading to the attainment of surroundings lings so eminently exemplary in spiritual a as I 1 in temporal concerns if any distinction may be drawn aoud derive but feeble stimulant from the highest encomia enco mioma nis nig that might be written I 1 regard it as a model town its public improvements and its private enterprises go baldin hand hald in hind hand the ile air one breathes ils jig is there freighted with a peace peaceful ful fui as burance assurance oe it prevailing brotherhood erder order unanimity and land interwoven good fortune the contrast between what was waa bax elder in 1853 and brigham city as it now is was truly great bly my return to G S L city was of c course by route WEBER county ITEMS INIS ogden CIST U T feb 17 1863 t 5 EDITOR deseret NEWS it ia is some considerable bength of time since you received a communication from me havi i ilg nothing very special to write ite ile about I 1 eid eld id not lot ot care to trouble you whether this letter will int idt interest anest arest you or your re readers adeis t know not it may be too lung and tedious I 1 thus far the been more severe than anticipated it weald be some few months since there ia is a great deal of slushy snow enow upon the ground and it has been storming all das day ilie the per perce ca of our city has not been suffice erdly eidly ruffled ot of late to create much excitement there bab bag been a g eat am RM of sickness a amongst m children all alv through this county here bas baa also been a greater lumber number ue deaths than hab haseker ha bever sever ever eyer before been known to occur in any one previous year on thursday the dinst tw two young yeung m men at south weber william and henry peak went on the range to hunta hunt a cow it wab waa very stormy in the afternoon and the young voting men being but thinly cad clad got severely chilled on their return homewards william was so much fatigued that he cou d not walk for so some bome dista distance nce tle the brother henry kenry packed him on big bis back bacic until he himself gave out when about half balf a mile mlle from home henry left his brother and proceeded home bome as fast als as he could to ob tain some help being directed direct td to the place where mr wr P una fia iril ards went immediately to the spot but unfortunately lly liy he h arrived there too late the young man was wag drad the og ogden den city dramatic association oc casio nally favor the public with theatrical entertainments 1 the literary an ad scientific institute here have been improving the winter evenings and lectures have been delivered once and some times twice each week to crowded audiences in his opening address this winter the president of the society spoke at some length upon benefits to be derive derived ct from such institutions he enumerated various subjects upon which lectures would be given he also encouraged the members of the association to be diligent in the pu pursuit ruit of that knowledge which will refine their feelings dignify and ennoble their minds and exalt them in the scale of intellectual being mr john barker gave a highly entertaining lecture on variety in which he showed the utility of variety in all things ile he dwelt at some length on the human countenance the beast the fowl the fiah and the great grea variety of natural that interest the tha rund rand mand or of man roan but what seemed to much interest the lecturer was that the great variety in the human counte countenances minces winces enabled him to anguish hla hia 11 trow frow from those of bis bli neigh borsi boral 1 mr alir I 1 W browning delivered a lecture on in which he upon the tha relative size of the planets their distance from the sun annand and theve lociy in their orbits dr gave an instructive lecture on IE education ducati f on 22 after speaking of the benefi 9 of education and the rapid strides it baa haa made during the last twenty year years the lecturer apo spoke at some soma enith length edith of the blessings brssi nas nab con ferlet terley berred upon the human race raci through the tite means of the telegraph tee graph ho then referrer refer rett reit to the invention of the balloon baloon and the diving bell beil ile he related some of hla hia experience experienc a la in his ascent in the one and his hia descent in the other in the former be he baid said be he ascended up about 4 mills kilps above the earth at which di distance tance the rumbling noise of the wagon wheels or the sound ot the human voice can be heard as distinctively as when within wilbin a few feet of them in the diving bell he descended about aco 0 0 feet in t to th the c L kea sea where from the cabin of or a vessel i which thich had bad been wrecked some 4 years previous h with some others extracted a large iron safe containing a me two and arid a balt balf mii mil millionth lionti of dollars he ile then described a number of human budles bodies he saw in the cabin in a state stale ot of perfect preservation some of 0 them h in an upright position one lady was sitting on a hair chair with her dead infant on her arin aripa arina a arid arld heir her eyes appeared intently fixed upon each other the ile was very entertaining tai tal ta capt john donnovon Don nolon gave as the subject of his lecture his I 1 five years experience on the lopian ionian Is 13 ands the which are seven in number he described the manners and customs of their inhabitants who he said baid are mostly greeks greeva ile he spoke of the a abundance b of ail kinds of fruit raised on the island and referred to the earthquakes that visit those places mr john gallaher gai Gal laher laber lectured on education 2 1 he addess add essed cd himself chiefly to the hand band pointed out to them the 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