| Show fa f interesting G relique OF ANTI Y provo march ath 1863 MR EDITOR sir sira daring a brief sojourn in your city cily white while sauntering I 1 dog down dom one oneff of the principal avenues and opposite what are knon known as buildings I 1 perceived an edifice of somewhat Bome what a singular ir construction surmount surmounted eJ in the center by bi what la edthe be latance da ds tance resembled elongated an blagde bladder i r but on oa coser closer inspection proved to be almost flat anthe on the surface of of f which wei wel were e in inscribe scrib d hieroglyphics signi tying lying eli VII eliere eliene ere ene im ara aia 1 I 11 who am 1 I being naturally atan afan inquisitive disposition was the 41 question estion if I 1 instinct instinctive instinctively ivi l asked myself jani jand and I 1 determined it possible to solve that problem at once arice Perc perceiving eivin no corporeal subs bubs substance in the immediate vicinity or of this strange inscription scrip I 1 determine d to inquire within 31 1 I have since heard beard that this sign mi was wab as placed boere toem by the proprietor lest bis his friends frienda should louse loosed ot of it m in consequence of his extreme attenuation but this id is not corre correct 1 I t jude judge t P w whose hose establishment it iriv it is received we pie affably hib hia open countenance and ingenuous frankness struck me favorably he is a gentleman of manners and imposing presence verging merging on 70 years of age I 1 presume nd fr rn m present appearances he must have been wien younger a man of considerable sid erable bone and muscle ile he exhibited many geological specimens and other the prodoc ions of the territory which were quite inte interesting 1 but dut what most particularly ticul arly enchain ed attention was a mai smail small mat 1 glaes elaba case which winchi I noticed while the judge was dilating upon f lie he benefits mure eure to result from a needle needie of hi his s invention in varia luvaria bly points to the true north it contained a circular piece of metal perhaps half an anchin diameter the judge informed nt mathat that it was the only ohly specimen of the kind that be he possessed and seemed to attach considerable importance to it as a relique of antiquity ile he jur jut informed ormed MR m that it was wag silver and on cleansing it with acid he be had discovered an inscription which he be made out to be hait balt half bait died or halt hait halt half dim the concluding conc letters obliterated soa that he could not be pos positive etive which from an old manu mann manuscript in ha ua poa pos session dating baci as far tar as the davo buc Bue buchannan hannan bannan ivaa I 1 ed to bellev belf I 1 ev th there was a species ot 0 fascination connected with it almost islia p ic able and stated that by placing it in his hia poci pock pocket and jingling binglin r it racin eacle uis ais ia ba buoch ch of keys ireys he flad fiad esperie experienced n ced a sensation 11 D singularly singular ty and which he could not account for tor on any philosophical principle of which he be was waa in possession such pieces it seems were at that emote period quite common and together others of 0 various dimensions add and colors used by the benighted inhabitants of the as its a circulating medium rf vf exchange I 1 informed that it was not an uncommon circumstance cum stance for far an if to carry as much as 17 11 pounds jc of this metal in pocket this must be an exaggeration what a clumsy contrivance compared the light slight and beautiful tissue that folds gracefully in our of the ia da 1 I 1 suppose the sluggish h intellects of times were incapable of the nice of premium discount etc necessary in transactions with our currency and a ired bred carrying about huge lumps of metal to us as anz anything V requiring the slightest intellectual exertion the laws ot lycurgus might as have been introduced introduce d at once making lumps of iron legai tender yours etc OMEGA ITEMS FRO FROM 11 BEYOND JORDAN CEDAR cadar FORT forr march 12 1863 EDITOR NEWS winter yet in the lap of spring ltv liv will ill lii boon eoon be imong the things that ege ime were tb the first snow fell in this valley about the of december on the dry and dasty earth there has been excellent aleigh sleighing ing bince since yearb yeara without a days cays interruption have been indiO edin quite ex ten dancing beings chuo ou worthy bishop allen alien weeks originated benefit ball for a L tamilyn bamily the husband of had bad been sick for months the musicians musician volunteered volunteer edther the r services free tho the turned out cv en masse some soma from leh lehi and for fort crittenden the ile school h fe fp has been under the abl able management of judge Z snow who is attending to his professional profession il duties at singing schools scho oa spelling schools and favl have e been common the blind harpist has ald als favored ua us with an entertainment nearly keary every family in 0 o this pla pia place of wh c there are about thirty have made mad some provement pro in bu I 1 ing ling during the past fall an kif ivi winter luter the tho adobes acobes costin r nothing bavin havin been bean brought from froin fort crittenden formell for merl used to build tb the e qua quarters of the soldiers sta sla little did uncle sams officials official think public money was being spen for that purpose that it would eventual benefit the very people hey they were several individuals have spited their and are about to stare start for the beaver and grasshopper gold mines the fattier rat fat oler uler are anxiously waiting for lor the balance of snow to disappear that they toay c commence 1 their op operation s water gittoes dittoes dit ait boes toes ances will need rell reil repairing dining diring and poles must be hauled from trot tt the tle tie kan kau while speaking king of felices fenc eslet let iet me describe the model of a gate which is in my opinion the best I 1 have yet seen for both whiter and summer bummer burm Buro use simpie simple easily made J 4 I 1 easily worked nd biot liable to get out oti oe order it la is made some five feet high with ith double doable cross crosspieces pieces at each end ead and in lit the middle and runs gin fin two cast iron wheels some six or eight inches in diameter rigged in the bottom the tho posts posta are double tile the rear ran I 1 one sufficiency wide to allow the gate to roll easily feea n th m on a plank or slab fastened to the gr gri und A post bllou shou d be bi set a aa the rear end 1 f the plank to prevent it rolling t too far back rhe the front posts should be hewn insl insi ie in order to leave a place wed wedge e scraped that the gate may run in and be decd held tight by atie slight friction j L B G UTAH COUNTY ITEMS I 1 F luf lue laue LAKE VILLA viella MARCH marcu 12 iida EDITOR NEWS the weather for bom som bome some etline time h ba i a leen been airm warm and pleasant through the day time with cold nights the anaw snow enow is rapid y meiti meltier in eltin mr thou though h most of the valleys are atilt robed in white stock is doing coins fairly on the range now I 1 As we noticed in our last the provo dram abic association Asocial ion lon gave rave ta to 0 interesting enter j tain ments in the if hall hali all ali at payson which were 1 well attended attend edy the performers doing greater justice to their characters than we had bad reasin rewn to hope i on the evenings of the ath and ath aies Ales rs bernard snow co ol 01 or the springville Spring ville theatre gave Bpi spi spirited and well weil wells erected selected per foy mances abt ast fist evening eveni ag the charcoal i burner and yankee in cuba second night william tell and tiie tile toe two buzzards ja in most instant es the thet characters were ivere well Eu sustained stained but more especially so i those of the well known favorites snow and dougal fancy dances by ura mra shea why wha by the by is i quite za n artiste and gained much applause tho the we confess we are not partial to this style of public exhibition of the tile tender sex and believe other styles stylea of acting far more choice and intellectual to intelligent tei tel tell igent minds ve toe yankee in cuba was a decided hit a palpable ditl and proved that mr snow a I 1 ising rising star in tragedy is a comedian of excellent and admirable powers on the lith dinst at the uail halt in payson an enthusiastic public against the conduct of gov arding harding II and associate judges waite and drake came off in a spirited man nan ner the head bead of the hail had was decorated with a finely wrought flag displaying our old time honored and Strip stripes esly tastefully arranged could the offending officials have bave heard the spirited denunciations of the ers against their perfidy they would certainly for the moment have felt rather the meeting was orderly the speakers pi piquant quaint and the demonstrations jave gave the falsehood to the governors Governor Ps charge ot 0 disloyalty I 1 have done adois J FROM A SPECIAL correspondent I 1 PROVO CITY march bearch 13 MR EDITOR DEAR near SIR knowing that you area araa ara are always ways inter interested ii la all that concerns the citizens of this thil territory awill I 1 will wili give you a short account of affairs aa 13 they bave have transpired la in this city the weather her ber is quite warm at present and the farmers are preparing to commence their seeding operations tife the march term of the probate court 0 of f utah county commenced on monday last and a considerable amount of business has been done the suje subject ct of education has baa not riot received that attention c during I 1 aring 1 v anter which was due however dehope we hope hopa for improvement and ana from present appearances we ive may rhay not hope in vain provo nees neels a hi high h school and ind until one can be established t the ille means for properly educating the jiing generation will be somewhat limi limited ted tej we have a good schoolhouse in each district in the city in which schools sch aola oola are taught almost the year round but they are entirely unsuited to those pupils studying the higher branches of education A very serious accident occurred near this city resulting in the death of a by of peter was engaged iby eby with a number of other persons in sliding in wood off the mountain at tile the time of tho the fatal occurrence G M B madam dam said a husband to hla hia young your wife in a little altercation which will sometimes spring up in th the beat best of of amiliea families 7 when a man and his bis wife have quarreled and each considers that the other is is at of the two ought toe tae to e the first to advance tol wards a 9 ribon reconciliation the beat best natured and wisest of the two bald said the wife putting up her bet rosy mouth for a kiss which was given with unction r christmas was a dull gadday sad bad to the freed negroes neg roes roea bays says a correspondent to many a day i of or gloom in the absence of the usual t week allotted them by their master masters T they ey f wanted at least a little whisky to ch cheer r t them h e in only a litle we sup missile y and they would not understand why they could not be gratified I 1 when told there was a government gavern ment regu regulation anton aVion against it they ther seemed to feel that govern amt uni was harder than old massa WITTY exaggerations there Is isa specie beecie species 9 of A american meric merlc an which consists in r hyper bole the caricature cariti attire of so sone soine ne fact tact iao tao t which e expresses it better belter than othan a faith falth faithful fai fal thui kul lul port portrait ratty mia mid uld da some sope leoyle take the snake and kweit wilen they aia to show it to us but ly 1 Y alcee just catches it by the tall tiff aa as it passes pisses and ald stretches it I 1 into nt 0 ludicrous proportions as actors in pantomime sr do th the 0 tails of those famous ductile dragons which so and delight children instances of c this wild and extravagant humor are as common as proverbs everybody has beara of the weather which was so co d that thai the mercury went out of sight and which bich no doubt would have bave been a aped go id deal colder if the thermometer had been long enough A similar exaggerate n was that ofa young man who took ca calomel tomelon ou a morning socola so cold coid that the mercury ran down in li a boots and speaking aLleg of boots reminds us via of the stage stake dri ver who wore such lare larae lar e ones cues that he bad had to use the forks of the road aa as a bootjack boot jack the following passages are illuk rations th theman e man out west whose hose legs are so lod lon long iong that he had to go do doan n cellar to take of his shoes shots the man who abo Is so large that he has to go out of 0 doors to tor turn over the man who snored so loud that he had to blee slee sleep d in n the nex street to keep from wakening himself the man whose nose is 0 pa o long that he haa baa to step forward three paces to reach the end edd of it ift the man who was waa so large and heavy that killed a little boy when it fell on him the man mho who he was so fat that his bis shadow left a greasy trail along the road read as he walked and the man hat that was so thin thadlie bad had not any sha shadow dovir at all among these deserve to rank the horse that ran so fast ar und a ring hat tha bat the spectators could only see one continua continual I 1 circular horses horse together with that other more famous racer that ran tan so swiftly about the arena that thit he nearly caught up to himself and could bee see B ee his own tall just before him A fire firemark fireman mari once related an adventure in which he fauni himself in a rich saloon surrounded by wealth and fine company 11 1 I know myself until I 1 felt in my pockets and ard found yem em empty P someone some one inferred infer redl that he was customarily eh funds so if it steamboats were selling at two cents apiece said be 11 1 I enough to buy a gangway plank I 1 we wo once heard a person tell teil of a fright be he received from a big bg dog 11 1 I ost lost oat flesh raid paid he be at the rate rati of ten pounds a minute till tin the owner came and called him off I 1 along along afong with this we may place he be story of the tb e ma t who in inconsequence consequence of a fright ran I 1 so tast fast and so far that chenh stopped it was more than twenty minutes before his shadow came him hini ile he was probably watched by the man whose dickey was waa so high that be ili had to climb a fence to see over it serenading SERE A LADY A friend tells V t ft f following in my young days I 1 was extravagancy fond 0 ot attending parti partis i and somewhat cele ceic berated for playing on the flute hence it wa was 3 generally expected that when an invitation was vas extended my flute would accompany me roe I 1 visited a splendid party one evening and was called upon to favor tile company with a tune on the flate I 1 0 ol 01 course immediately complied with the request t te trie company appeared delighted but more particularly so be was a young lady who raised her hands bands and exclaimed it was beautiful etc 1 ot of course was wab wa s highly delighted and immediately formed a resolution lution lo 10 0 o serenade the ibe young lady on the following e night el I 1 started the next night in comp company artir with beveral several young youn friends and arrived as I 1 supposed at the lelya ladya residence but made a glorious mistake by getting under the window of an old quaker no nox boys boya bild blid 1 I behold the senti mena me naUty lity of this young lady the moment I 1 strike up the last rose of or summer bummer I 1 up the window remained remau reman ed cosed and the boj boya boja a began fo 0 smile ob 1 said 1 I nothing it would not be in good taste to raise the window en cn 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