Show ST JosE joserh JOSEPH pir muddy july EDITOR deseret NEWS the health of the people here livery is very good the crops which have all been secured for some time have been very abundant particularly wheat we have forty acres of cotton which looks very E promising rom ising and by the first of september er much of it will be ready to gather the spirit of peace and love prevails among the people and we feel a deep interest in the advancement of our great and common cause the natives are very frendly friendly and industrious for indians on the at daybreak the inhabitants were awakened by ey the birin firing of musketry at 9 the militia was called called out for drill by capt thomas day at 11 the people assembled in the meeting house and were called to order by E billingsly marshal of the day singing by the choir prayer by the chaplain oration by william D kartchner orator of the day and an address by thomas day singing by the choir dismissed by the chaplain at 1 the people assembled and partook of a public dinner which would have done credit to much older settlements among edibles as the so called irish has not generally flourished in our southern settlements we would mention the of which there was an abundance of excellent specimens some weighing eight ounces about fifty indians partook of our hospitality pita lity D during the afternoon there were recitations ta tat t ions lons dialo and theatrical pieces lii interspersed t ers persed with comic and sentimental ea songs in the evening the people enjoyed themselves ina lna in a social dance thomas day james farmer D S clement Ci amut committee of arrangements |