Show adl adi EDITORIAL correspondence t PRESIDENT YOUNGS TRIP NORTH N 0 it T 11 aug lith 1868 the visit of president young and company to logan cache county and jthn the intermediate settlements for which 4 arr arrangements ange ments had been made afforded the writer an au opportunity of getti getting ng away from business busi busl ness nebs in the city that he K was not reluctant to avail himself of there was a day which we well remember fc when there was waT no necessity to leave salt lake city to get into inco the country it was as much a country place as tiny any we can now visit within the limits of the territory but that time ha has passed no longer are ahro the habitations of its citizens scattered widely apart with intervals in some instances of acres between them but the demands of its increased population require the occupation of at least every lot by a building agriculture was formerly the principal pursuit of its inhabitants every man however 1 skillful in other branc brane branches iles lits of business cultivated the ground it was a necessity which all accepted but times have llave changed in this respect mi mechanics merchants manufacturers prin printers tera and editors now follow their various occupations closely and undividedly and to such persons a trip into the country is a pleasure which they can appreciate THE DEPARTURE wag waa arranged to bo be at 8 A M we lve editorially were to travel in company with elders wilford woodruff and david day and expected to start when the rest did but there was a hitch about getting our team bro day was disappointed in his arrangements we succeeded in getting ofra off bout about a quarter i of an hour after the rest and having as s we supposed a good team we thought we would woula soon overtake the company but we were doomed to be disappointed we had scarcely reached the suburbs of the eity when we broke one of the iron stays and the wooden cross bar of the s tongue the accident happened in a stream and as we could neither go ahe ahead ad nor back without dau dan danger dauger gerwe we being the youngest had to wade in and and patch up we tried to console ourselves with the reflection that it was ail all for v the best that it was lucky that we had I 1 got no further farther ac and drove slowly ia back to town by the prompt aid of ra wn blacksmith and a carriage maker we soon repaired damages and started bagain y va again gain a few minutes before noon DAVIS coux COUN COUNTY barms farms look better than we expected to see them after so heavy a grasshopper visitation much damage has undoubtedly been done to grain by their ravages but there is grain left they have not destroyed all though in the early spring it ohse h to believe that any would be gana saved ailese aliese insects were so nun nuni klous kious erous much mua of the harvested grain was stacked that w which aich was in the fields looked well corn and sugar cane give promise of yielding good crops through this and as we are aro informed weber county we noticed m many L a n substantial stone houses were b being e 1 ny erected there is an air of thrift and plenty about davis county that assures the traveler that the farmers of that favored section are well to do it would be difficult to find a richer spot of ground inthe in the territory even the weeds alon aion along the sides of the road attain a rank luau luxuriance that is not seen elsewhere As we vre neared I 1 farmington far FAK we saw the dust of the carriages carrias tes ces a as the company sped on its way to kaysville Kays ville we were too late for meeting meet ng which we learned was a very excellent one the speakers being elders A M musser geo A smith president young and and elder joseph F smith the meetinghouse was crowded with people farm i ington agton has its MONSTER STORY stoby As w well weil eil as bear lake valley arn ari account t of which elder joseph F smith who saw the creature kindly furnished the NEWS there is nothing fishy about this story though the subject of it looks like a fish to think of a creature four inches and three quarters in length and an inch and three quarters broad living for years in a mans stomach is something frightful to contemplate no wonder that brother rogers from whose stomach it was ejected had poor healt health hd with such a monster wIgg wiggling lying aroun around and nibbling inside of him at half past pas t one pm on the lie he was in the canon carlon on his way home from the railroad where he had been working when he commenced vomiting vomit ings blood which continued at intervals until he reached home in the evening doctor woodward came to see him and tried to administer medicine to him but he could not swallow it there was something in his throat which had been flopping about in his stomach producing the most painful sensations from the time he commenced bleeding he tried to eat but could not he finally succeeded in swallowing some buttermilk this caused him to vomit and this creature fell on to the ground the theory is that when he commenced bleeding the ligament which attached it to the stomach was severed even when preserved in spirits it ift looked disgusting at least one of the company being made sick at the sight of it on the back of the creatures head there appeared tobe lobe to be a new anew head forming was reached by us a little ater atter alter 3 pm we were too late to witness the reception but wo we are told it was more than usually nine fine the young people of both sexes with banners bearing appropriate and tasteful mottoes were out in force and almost the entire adult population with the brass band were on each edde of the road leading to the bishops to receive the copi copl company pany the meeting convened at 4 pm the large and commodious meeting house ads was filled and two hours were well occupied by president young aud elders wilford Geo A smith and geo Q cannon kua kuz much valuable instruction was given upon popular topics bros woodrun nand fand day and were hospitably entertained by bro john biarnes BB RB arnes who with his family exerted themselves to make our stay agreeable the brass band spent the evening in serenading sere the president and the various members of the company the band is a credit to the place it hag has been oni only y recently organized yet the members have sent east and purchased a new set of instruments which they expect to by the teams sent down from tue the ward to bring up the emigration A fine sunday school is well attended here the effects upon the children are very excellent ogden octa EN aug 1868 I 1 on rising this morning the view from the house where we stopped was most glorious the whole valley was enveloped in the shadow of the huge mountains which towered to the sky eastward whilst salt sait lake which was spread out to the westward glimmered in the sunlight like a sea bea of gold A peaceful heavenly calm pervaded all nature and beast and bird seemed to partake of the feeling there are many places in the world to which tourists who have traveled hundreds of miles flock by thousands that do not possess the attractiveness of scenery that thit almost any of our settlements enjoy when the railroad shall bo be completed and visitors of taste and leisure shall ame bome here they will descg discover ve scenes of beauty eliat that will equal if not surpass many that american jil pilgrims grims cross the ocean to gaze upon in foreign lands seven this morning was the appointed hour for starting and knowing president youngs punctuality the company was stirring early our oar forsea that we drove from the city did not suit us we were sorry but we had no confidence in their endurance bros woodruff and day made in inquiry ulry for a suitable te amand through tha the e kindness of bishop C layton lay ton we obtained a span of mules which we were assured would keep up the escort was divided a portion preceded us and the remainder brought up the rear traveling on ort the sand ridge between kaysville Kays ville villo and ogdon was better we thou thought abt than usual probably it was our lively ively I 1 team that made the road seem less heavy just as we crossed the sand ridge we saw a company of cavalry riding rapidly towards us with the stars and stripes waving at their head it was the ogden escort tinder under the command of major gilbert wright we found THE WEBER RIVER much x lower than it had been though hough t its banks still bore the evidences of its recent hight and fury we were able to ford it several horsemen kindly posting themselves at various points to guide us through parts of the fine bridge which had once spanned the stream and which had been carried down the river this spring lay scattered around the lattice wak work of the bridge had held together after it was carried away a fact which speaks highly of the skill of the designer and the strength with which the builder had put it together it could not be brought back in its entirety so it was cut into section sections and it is the intention to use it in building a new bridge across the stream the pile driver which pre ident young imported from california is being used for putting in piles on which to build the new bridge some idea of the expense of bridging our mountain streams may be gathered from the fact that this bridge when completed will be feet long iong and 16 feet wide it will be placed on piles 36 feet long the points shod with iron and driven from 25 to 28 feet into the ground the bridge is being built by a company of citizens president lorin farr having the charge of its construction oa OGDEN DEN occupies one of the prettiest locations in the country its surroundings are beautiful and its people are manifesting a disposition to improve the fields on either side of the road as we entered the city looked very fine the grain that had been harvested gave promise of a good yield the corn cane eane and other standing crops also looked promising we noticed some new now dwellings of a very tasteful character which had iia been erected since our last visit v sit THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN numbering as I 1 wa informed upwards of were on one side of the road in their holiday attire and with their banners among the mottoes were hail rail president young agdens 00 dens denb children bid thee welcome athe the first district school greet thee the lords anointed purity the nations glory 9 daughters of zion our mothers glory while the company was passing through the long line of people who had assembled to give it welcome the brass band under the leadership of captain william pugh discoursed most excellent music so much has hag been said in praise of this band that iffe if we said anything it would be but a repetition of previous encomiums the hospitable gate of bishop C W west was thrown open to receive the carriages of the company and he himself stood ready to give us smiling welcome and his boys and men to unhitch and help take care of the teams president farr was there to greet the company and to invite a portion of them to put up with him we had barely time to wash before the tha time appointed 10 am had arrived for MEETING the spacious tabernacle as is usual on such occasions was crowded the choir of ogden is noted even among the many good choirs that we have in the various settlements for its excellence the singing today to day has sustained its high character after singing and prayer by elder wilford woodruff eider elder ider lder joseph F smith spoke for forty five minutes his discourse was eminently practical he dwelt upon the proper method of cultivating the ground farmers I 1 should raise wheat and other grains instead of raising so many weeds weeda some people whom he had seen in visiting s had almost given givel ackner up t tur I 1 elds fields to the weeds fairly acknowledging 0 led ing that they could not conquer them one settlement which he had visited had abandoned their fields to cockle yet they went on sowing cockle mixed with their thein wheat in the new fields and though their land was of the best inthe territory through their carelessness careless nas and bad management if they did not change their policy there was a prospect that they would be driven from their fields by the weeds such carelessness is reprehensible in the highest degree we should cleanse our gardens orchards fields and roads from weeds raise good horses good cattle and sheep and pay tithing punctually her roo Herel cited ted his own experience in boyhood while his hig mother lived though a widow she was always punctual in paying her tithing and when told on one occasion that it was not necessary that she a widow with a large family dependent upon her should pay her tithing she replied that she was blessed in so doing and it was through falth faith faithfully fully attending to it that she was enabled to sustain herself and family without having to depend upon the tithing office for aid saints sainta who pay their tithing will be blessed in so doing their fields their stock and all they have will be fruitful and increase upon their hands ho was followed by elder W wilford ilford woodruff fr who spoke thirty five nain uain minutes he bore testimony 4 to elder smiths remarks and dwelt also upon the importance of paying tithing it is much easier to pay the tithing of corn when it is in the shock and of other grain when it is measured from the threshing machine and everything else in the same way than to put off its payment to some future time he quoted from isaiah to show that the prophets had seen this work and had spoken plainly of the saints coming to this country but they did not see all that had to be done if they did they had not written it the he spirit oi of revelation was needed now to teach the people their duties for without that the work of god could not be carried on hedfelt he dwelt on the visit of the grasshoppers it was wonderful that we had any grain or anything else left there had been he e thought as many as fifteen bushels of hoppers to the acrel acre tn in the fields in salt lake county and yet wo we had tolerable crops it is wonderful and gods hand is very visible in this this is a warning tous to us presidents young andrem and kimn kirn baft bail ball have preached to us to save our grain but their counsels were not listened to aa as they should have been the grasshoppers are now backing up their words will we wib profit by their thel r teachings i the meeting was dismissed with prayer by eider elder A 31 musser THE AFTERNOON MEETING was opened in the usual manner at 2 1 0 and elder geo A smith spoke his discourse occupied seventy one minutes in its delivery he referred to the treatment this people had received from the government of the united states showing that the lord had softened their hearts towards us from time to time so that now some of the same privileges and rights that were usually granted to other territories are extended to this many who were bitter towards the latter day SaInt Baiata had bad ceased their hostilities considering si it useless no doubt to shew hatred to a people who were so soon to be consumed by the blaze of civilization that was wag to burst upon them through the completion of the railroad he referred to the subject of home manufacture and tilling the soil urging that the bishops should have authority and should be sustained by the people to dictate in their wards the sowing of seeds the planting of sugar sugarcane sug arcane cane eane broom corn conn corna aso as to procure the purest quality of seeds cfall of all ail kinds and prevent their hybridization and deterioration elder smith referred to the fact that prest young had led out in every improvement in the territory he imported im po r ted the first woolen factory cotton factory paper mill carding machine and the first printing press pr ess that were ever brought into the country those who had come from foreign countries were also reminded that they 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