Show GREAT SALT LAKE CITY may 15 1867 EDITOR dese deseret RET NEWS on saturday the lith dinst in company with president joseph young I 1 left great salt lake city for farmington where we arrived just in time to see merediths meredithe hs sail boat start on a pleasure excursion on great satt sait lake amidst the islands the sails balls and 1 stars and stripes showed beautifully with a spy spyglass glass as she plowed her way up the coast it being three miles west of faem ington the wind fell and at dark she had made halfway to the island which is fifteen miles out the company who chartered the boat I 1 understand are from great salt lake city and are supplied with guns blankets and a good glod lit fit out egg erg ege island dlando I 1 understand la is to be visited where I 1 was informed by one who had previously visited it an immense amount of begs of great variety are to be found at this season of the year farmington is a beautiful town situated at the base of ot the range of mountains bains dividing the weber valley morgan co from davis co several of the houses are built of st stone oneas oncas as is aiso also the nine fine meetinghouse meeting house which is truly a credit to the place the two story courthouse is built of or the two schoolhouses are of the samo same e material I 1 notice more good frame barns in this town and county than usual the town a slopes lopes to the south and west towards the meadows and lake hay is plentiful E clark dark tells me he cuts some tons per yean year egx the small grain looks beautiful hut but ut on the bench lands rain was very much required A beautiful cablon stream emerges into and is conducted through tho town which drives three grist mills two saw mills milla one carding machine and two molasses mills one of those grist mills does its first fi rat grinding today to day a good substantial bintlif mill built by bishop hess and co on sunday the 10 am meeting was called to order by bishop john hess singing by an excellent choir after which president joseph young youn 9 spoke one hour and ten minutes to a large irge and attentive audience on practical duties self and family government at 2 rpm pm elder E stevenson ES addressed the meeting for fifty minutes followed by president joseph young for thirty nive five minutes the commodious house was ws well filled and the congregation listened attentively to the teachings on be ye yo one as I 1 and my father are one concert of action in tempora las well as spiritual things obtaining information by reading ule ole bible book of mormon doctrine and covenants and history ac and treasuring up all useful knowledge with humility thank thanksgiving sg vi ng and prayerful hearts to god that we may live five live long and be useful and finally obtain salvation and exaltation in the presence of god A friend just down from weber valley states that last evening the new bridge at the mouth of the weber canion cannon was ina lna in a perilous condition that part of the new road was washed away so that it was wag only passable on horseback horseback or on foot one man offered to make the road 9 good again for twenty five hundred dollars lars considerable small grain and meadow land was under water monday at loi 10 am we started for great salt lake city and arrived a few minutes pas past t noon having had a delightful 11 1 trip respectfully EDWARD |