Show nephi CITY juab co c july 13 1867 EDITOR OF THE D DESERET aseret NEWS dhar DEAR dhan BR through the tiie blessings of father we have thus thui far 06 escaped I 1 trouble from the indians our stock is doing well being herded in pigeon and chicken creeks CROPS CHOPS the jeason reason season beason opening unusual late our field crops are much behind time and instances not very promising sugar cane is almost an entire failure but we have plenty of water and it is hot abt enough to force our crops along at a rapid rate FRUIT our gardens gardena and orchards are doing doin doln well and it is iq quite cheering to see the t ee prospect that thai many have of having considerable sid erable fruit A few years ago our climate clini ate gave indian corn a hard push to mature and many would not believe that fruit could ever be successfully rais raib as high a location as on salt creek our soil was always considered tobe tode of a il cold and backward nature but thanks be to israels god we can pow n behold appie apple peach and apricot ap algot trees in full bearing hearing and if it harriot hadi had rot riot been for a very unusual frost in atme 3 some would have had considerable grapes 3 EDUCATION we vwe have thred schools schoola in full operation elder love is teaching in the social hall elder J midgley opened on elf monday last a school in the new school house houte in the school district and eider elder J chapman isi teaching quite hull amfin a number iber iben at tit his private residence our oun sunday bunday scho ol 01 0 1 l is well attended and andrach much mach interest is manifested both bythe by he 1811 superintendent 1 elder amuel smuel samuel Ul ariage r e and the brethren who assist in abac teaching IT ing the children simple and instructive tive lectures have been delivered before the hc hot on the principles of our holy religion elder w warwood ia is teaching improvements nephi is extending her hen boundaries on the north six blocks and building buildings are ae going up on the new now survey which a is Is well weil adapted for gardens and and orchards the cannon wind keeping off the brosl frost some time longer than on the south side of the city cit an addition of several hundred acres of land has been laid out and fenced in on north of the new field the soil of which chich ia is well dwell adapted ada p ted for corn and sugar cane br tin john J andrews has been doing good business with a first class carding machine which chich he purchased from pres prea B young sr henriod Henr nenn iod lod has been experimenting 9 on burning brick and we hope to be able before long to report some good brlek brick buildings going up 11 1 0 victir arater 1 i 1 balt salt creek has been very high doing much damage to the road in the canon the thelridge bridge at the forks is washed away and the channel of the creek is washed much deeper and wider wide than nthan it was before 1 4 14 considerable ConAld erable labor had to be perform ed edin in order to secure the sevier bevier bridge and keep open the road we have not as yet discovered any gold mines but if rumors are true we expect to obtain some of the precious metal for our products may our motto ever be say bay at home lome tome and mind our own business our mails malls come prompt to time and the aws news telegraph and juvenile instructor tor are ever welcome respectfully v nao kao soo SAMUEL aa samuel MUEI muel |