Show NEWS FROM GOSHEN ll MB AIR EDITOR while perusing the NEWS from timeto time to time and gleaning with peculiar pecullar inter interest estand ebband and very great pleasure from its columns the various and important items botn bou foreign and local I 1 have frequently and earnestly wished that some come ready hand would pen a few items in behalf of goshen but UD uv to the present time my wishes have not been realized and it now devolves upon me although lily illy qualified for the task to do the work myself or let it go undone A report has obtained circulation in which it has been made to appear that goshen is a poor miserable barren barrens godforsaken god forsaken pace I 1 ce 11 and its inhabitants a rebellious worth lees fees less jess set et now this is is rather too much to shoulder shoulder without complaining a little about the matter especially when the report has no foun foundation datin in truth it is s true that goshen has baa had ifa ita iru fru ms s and downs 13 and what place bas has not it tib dis also a remar remarkable wable kable tatt tact that goshen has been singularly ill fated in the selection of a suitable building site bite having selected built up and improved consecutively three several locations which in their turn have been abandoned abandond d and subsequently all improvements demolished the first in order of said locations known krown as the old fort 12 but more generally by the very ancient name of sodom 2 2 wets was abandoned in consequence of its at the abaid ament of that place a few of the inhabitants moved over the creek opposite to and not far from the old location and built up a small town known aa mechanicsville Mechanics ville the majority however moved west and located upon a sandridge sand ridge and built up a decent little town afterwards 6 called sand town this bo however wever oyt owing ink ing to the drifting of heavy bodies of sand during periods of high winds which were often recurring was aleo also abandoned Mechanics mechanicsville ville was sub tub subsequently given up aal an I 1 out of the ruins of the two latter place places a fourth town has been founded which has been known as lower goshen bat some om by way of a more technical nomenclature have given it the significant appellation of swamp town some of the knowing onea ones strongly prognosticate that not a very long time will elapse before this wilt will share bhare tb the e like fate of its ita predecessors present appearance pe arance however give strong inck eklons of it its g beco becoming m ilg a permanent and flourishing p place 1 improvements ants of a public and private character are going on the site bite for a very commodious tithing office has been selected and the basement story nearly completed bishop price the chief cal executive of the place is held in very bich repute by the people p generally as a very energetic prudent farseeing far seeing man and it is generally believed that by his bis indefatigable exertions exer tiong tiona goshen will finally be established nio no rio more to be thrown down 3 there is one well conducted common coumon cou coa mon school esta in this place at which the boys are taught in in the general branches of education the girls are also in addition to this instructed in the arta aris of wing sowing s embroidery and other branches of industry and domestic economy also under the very able management of mr air E williams a well regulated sunday school haa baa been established which is well attended by the y young P people op le generally fene tene generally rally raily mr W smith has rec recently comple compie completed ed a very good gristmill grist mill about three mile miles up the creek above goshen which ii 13 said to be doing excellent business As to tha the and resources of the place in in general they are rich and abundant both vegetable and mineral the range is almost both bench and bottom and the grass of a superior duality jua quality dance ance lity firewood is also in great ajun abul A adam dam lias hab been constructed across salt creek for irrigation purposes and A field containing bome some elx eix or seven hundred acres of choice arable land snugly and completely closed in with a good substantial picket fence said to be the best beat field tence fence ence in the tb territory mo of c ther thee crops for tor or the season eaon are ire in and the wheat aid and oats up and ani and lo 10 looking oking extremely tre niely fine mr E edwards professor of chemistry and practical geology has baa recently made mide two very valuable discoveries the one of magnetic iron ore the other of a cave or rather a large chasm I 1 in the mountain containing a large quantity of nitrate of 0 lime the former 1 air edwards edwar 1111 assisted bya by a mr 11 sharp is I 1 preparing to turn to good ac account countin in the manufacture f of spades shovels hoes etc the la latter iatter tj ter mr levi leyl stewart co are making ample ampie preparations to convert into saltpetre salt petre etc mr H L cooke of oathia this place bab haa discovered two quarries of splendid paint one a beautiful vermillion vernul lion ifon the other a fine yellow he states that the paints are per factly free from grit he ile intends preparing a quantity for market A person from sanpete coulty county passing through here a few days ago reported that it was wag the intention of president young and party to visit goshen oa on their return home from the south country everybody ia in now on the ti tiptoe tip toe of expectation it ia is to be sincerely b hoped pied that they will not be disappointed as a visit from the president would forever betle settle all controversy about location and give strength and permanency to the energies of the people many other items of importance pretext themselves but time kimt forbids that I 1 pen more at the present with profound respect I 1 subscribe myself yours etc A Gosi trITE may 9 1863 |