Show sap sly mm SALT lare LAKE CITY december 1868 editor deseret on sunday dinst elder W woodruff and myself accompanied by elder geo dunford who kindly volunteered the services of llis his team and carriage left this city on a tour to the north we held a meeting at bountiful at 11 a m at which elder F D richards was present elders eldera woodruff and smith addressed the meeting enjoying a rich flow of the good freedom in their remarks after meeting at which an appointment was given out for brother richards to preach in the eveni evening ngwe we proceeded to centreville Gen Cen treville where the people were assembled awaiting our arrival which had been delayed ashert time on account of breaking a bolt which connected the whipple tree to the doubletree double tree while passing throy a stream here elders woodruff and smith again addressed the people for an hour and a half enjoying a good time after which we rolled out for farmington where we held another meeting in the evening a large and attentive congregation gre q gation gatlon atlon being present el elders eiders ders woodruff nunn ruff dunford an and smith each delivered short but spirited addresses evidently to the satisfaction and pleasure of the majority present I 1 while passing through kaysville Kays ville the crossbar cross bar upon which the carriage box bos rests over the front spring sprin snapped in two as the forward wa wheels els eis dropped into a chuckhole chuck hole which was concealed by a thin truston uru tru ice this detained us about three hours but by the kind es ex artion of brother joseph egbert and I 1 bishop layton we were enabled to fill our appointment at ogden in the evening where in consequence of there being no comfortable meeting room large enough the tabernacle being considered too cold meetings were held in the and 2nd and ward meeting houses in the cit city eider bider elder woodruff addressing onland elbers elders eiders dunford and smith the other both houses being excessively crowded at this place we enjoyed the hospitality of the bishop shop who accompanied us on tuesday morning on business to brigham city where we were welcomed by president lorenzo snow 1 in the evening we attended meeting in the large upper room of the courthouse which was well filled elders woodruff and smith spoke with much freedom 0 on wednesday wo we visited our relatives about three miles north of bri brigham 9 city and returned tu to tho the city in the afternoon and attended another es ex 1 cellena meeting in the evening the house being crowded on thursday we started on our return holding meetings at ten am at willard at three pm p m at north ogden and in the evening at ht ogden dividing again as before except that one of the meetings this evening was held on the bench in another ward on friday a meeting was appointed at three pm at kaysville Kays ville A short time previous to the hour of meeting however the snow began to fall very rapidly which caused rather a thin attendance elders eldera woodruff and smi smith th each made a few appropriate remarks when the tho meeting was closed and we rolled out for farmington in the snow storm reaching bro ezra marks darks about 5 16 pm where we put up for the night the snow fell to the depth of five inches in about two hours wo we reached this city on saturday about noon having traveled about miles and held twelve meetings in one week at all of which a good and lively spirit prevailed the speakers were spirited and earnest much of their instructions bein prompted by the signs odthe of the times and ana the near approach of the railroad era in utah lam iam I 1 am happy to say an awakened interest in the tho success and progress of the kingdom of or god ia Is felt by byl the people in the north your yours truly jos SOS F SMITH ECHO CITY dec 20 1868 editor deseret evening aua aaa mews auw the watchman who stands upon the battlements of progress at this hour to make a record of the opening of the beals must wake with the morning star progress in his vocabulary implies movement both forward and ano retrograde I 1 lines ines both tangent and serpentine both these are traceable nowhere more distinctly than at this thia station some reassurance however may ba be found by the philanthropist in the axiom alis ails allie alls well weil that ends well the tutored tutored navigator works up hla hia log of mysterious courses into one ratio of distance towards the destined port r t th the e master aster mathematician resolves ih the tho la labyrinthine anthine subtleties of his braih brain into e sunlight product of demonstration bo 80 the universal architect upon a worlds tesse tesso trestle board conceives his plans gathers his hid material and rears his superstructure in the completion of which the thorough rough ashlar and the pa polished lishe d cp capstone E alike imke f ind find their fitting niche nich nothing brought 0 forth in vain tain nud and thus ho treasures up his bright designs and works his hia sovereign 0 n will 11 here ends my sunday evenings prelude the I 1 stubborn facts are before us but thirty days since one stone dwelling store a semi occasional meat stall an inn with an outhouse out house one tippling shanty wells wella fargo ocoa acos cob cos rude quarters a telegraphic operation era tion and a half occupied log cabin or two minus the hard bard cider were the tho I 1 teeth and toen toenail toe n nail nall ail all of echo iwho city today I 1 have counted excuse the sacrilege ege exclusive of the U P B R K R buildings some fifty structures most of them true enough mere duck tenements not tho the canvass back species exactly as frail as the erring humans in some cases sheltered by them under this vigorous spread of cotton luxuriate whole wholesale eale gale and retail groceries dry goods general merc mere merchandise bandise clothing hardware not to omit the softer 9 wares bakeries blacksmith and wagon shops cheap johns carpenter shops with lumber at per ill and non come actable even at that figure saloons dog geries whisky hoies holes dram barrels gambling hells in the bold boid ness of effron tery restaurants eating places lunch covers coverd pie and gin resorts corrals hotels under shingles and dimity private dwellings whence femininity stalks out with brazen publicity the cruder texture of five point representation expressly denominated here as nymphs du grade and this evenings arrivals contribute 11 handsomely 11 as I 1 am told to the previous fair and frail acquisitions of echo in Inthe the advent of theren oed emporium of fashion direct from bear river this numerous establishment I 1 if report be true places echo in direct communication with all the gilded enticements with which wanton pleasure decks herself to charm her votaries vot aries these thesa anticipate running the machine at these diggings fop fow fora time but they may sil sll slip up oni on it ruf this is but the b beginning eg nn ng blace it has become so certain that the locomotive will reach the tho mouth of echo the whole paraphernalia of babylon has dis gorged itself towards this fated spot they are cawing cowing corm corn ing coming and what whit was once the unpretentious little stage station at the mouth of Echo with uncle billy steven son its oldest inhabitant will be going gone not the dismal fate that now threatens her however will be beaher her lot the midnight orgies of revelry vill yet 1 give place to the voice of peace tonight to night the track trek layers reached the head of echo the temporary track was finished sometime between sn saturday night and this sunday morning to avoid the dilemma of being overtaken by the casements a me case decidedly objectionable and absolutely now acquisitive the men determined not to sleep until the last list foot of that grading was done the ties are on the track to within a mile or BO so of Echo city and with favorable weather I 1 understand it is the intention of the th track layers to breakfast hero on christmas christolas Christ naas mori morning aiNg carmichael mcgee driggs marion kane westbrook maybrook welch and all the heavy subcontract sub bub contract ors with their thein men who naye nave I 1 doubled over on the grada grade eat east of el echo cho are making a straight wake for the promontory the probability la Is that the iron horga horse i will take breath at this point the dater mi nations mina tlona tiona of the company to push on an through weber K kanyon lanyon and to the promontory monitor this winter to the contrary notwithstanding A recent T sit to the narrows persuaded your correspondent to allow the cars to make terminus here till spring pring from here to the head of the narrows a distance of about five miles the grade is ready for twe the hepting cc pt 9 three or four culverts cu lverts and a bri bridge d ge the grading Is i mostly done except eop cop t leveling through the narrows narrow or to ta t the h 0 heavy rock cut ut but the frost has rendered the surface hard bard as flint BO so that it will be next to an impossibility to finish off the grade for the tho ties in the midst of the earth blasting going on here a very loud and unusual bolso awakened the citizens on thursday night which proved to be the blowing up of a stove and und baking establish establishment est ablis h with the breaking of the proprietors leg the explosion was caged by the presence of a half pound cannister of powder accidentally dropped into one of the openings on top the baker NV lee was heating his oven for the first time the fracture was very severe hache been on the appo the stove lie he would have been beep mr L has friends in salt bait sake eity gity last two terminates went i into nto thew a jew and clothing house libuse or ordered dered out the 0 proprietor appropriated such duds as they most fancied called back mr israelite and retired in good order upon their own recognizance giving leg bali bail for their appearance and have since ainee been neither seen nor lion beard of some enterprising americans set themselves to tic work last last week and made a good bridge over echo creek which had hud become nearly impassable through the damming of the waters with floating lil ill gice ye the traveling public juet now dow an institution of no small magnitude owe them many thanks they deserve I 1 more A gentleman who has spent the past three years on the grade eu outward a few days since expressed to me his admiration mi ration of the work on president youngs contract in echo and weber kenyons kan said he nir dir mr young has haa done by far the best grading on the whole line from the missouri to salt lake and andy that too through the most difficult portion of the route the late snow storm deposited but three inches of snow in this vicinity we are told that eighteen inches fell in your city I 1 in daily dally enjoyment of the good time coming comino 11 and ana undaunted by all the clouda clouds that lower around our purer atmosphere the bright bow of promise romute sheds its halo over us s with this assurance all is well ANON axon BOUNTIFUL D C december 1868 1869 editor despret neus on sunday evening the oth lust eiders elders geo D watt and E rushton addressed the saints sainta at this place on the cultivation of the mulberry and the production of bilk silk at the close of their remarks an expression of the meeting was taken which shieh resulted in the organization of the bountiful cooperative co operative silk producing go society clety cloty with anson call president daniel carter treasurer and william thurgood secretary on the following sunday we were blessed with the presence of elders eldera W woodruff F D richards and joseph F C smith bithe 01 the twelve apostles and elder dunford danford of your city and in the evenin evening gElder geider elden elder stevenson was also present elder jos F smith first addressed the sainta saints and was followed by elder woodruff both of whom spoke in much plainness on the present duties of the saints the holy spirit accompanied their remarks bearing witness to all of the truth of the words spoken in the evening elder vt F D richards spoke to us for upwards of oue one hour giving a brief account of his minister lai igi labors in europe stating the number of baptisms and the number of persons emigrated and the amount of means expended last year to bring brin home the uie saints he exhorted the saints to copti continue nue to donate their means that the good work of gathering eri erl g might a continue bro stevenson foll followed owed but said little as the hour was wits late in accordance with the spirit of the i times timis a meeting was vas held in the tabernacle on the evening of the lust just for the purpose of organizing a coope co ope dative agricultural and manufacturing man society which desirable object was accomplished complis hed several of our leading citizens eizens expressed their views freely 1 our worthy bishop being among th the e afore foremost and mm was appointed president of the society two committees were also aliso I 1 appointed ong one on for fon the inn provement pro and better cultivation of the soil and the importing arting of pure seeds and the other for improving our stock by importing the beat best breeds of h horses 0 cattle and sheep A treasurer and secretary were aiso also als ais appointed end and the meeting adjourned for two weeks on sundar sunday last a public examination of the bundy sunday schools was held in the tabernacle there being present about abu four hundred scholars the examination was conducted by superintendents rampton frost pam pace and jones and was exceedingly interesting and enk en cou raging ging to all the promptness with which the scholars answered the very many questions put to them and the manner in which they recited and sung many choice pieces reflected anch credit both upon themselves and their teachers after the scholars had acquitted bitted themselves well the teachers did thir their thin part by distributing rewards of merit to the deserving during the examination two short abort addresses were delivered by elders william A leo and john telford and several choice pieces were sung eung by the bountiful and west ivest district choirs which helped not a little to make the examination one of the best ever witnessed in this place it may ruay interest you to know that our female belier belief society which was organized to anizel last tay tny may lay I 1 believed beli belie ver evey continues in successful opera operation t ion lon the officers are diligent Jill gent in the performance of their duties the necessities of the poor are a administered d unto the sick are comforted the weak strengthened and the strong made stronger respecting the railroad bountiful has bad its representatives among the sons of toil A M findlay co anson aubon call co and many other individuals have done doue their best to hasten the completion of the great high highway way which is lo 10 unite the two oceans and bring us in closer contact with the world at I 1 large e bro call with from forty to fifty hat har hanus id titus prosecuting the good worl work and his cry is we need more hands dours jours yours truly wm HISTORY v continued many sickened and died in consequence of the cold and hardships they had to endure many wives were lert left widows and children orphans and destitute it would take more time than is allotted me here to describe the injustice the wrongs the mur murders ders dera the bloodshed the theft misery and woe that has been caused by tho the barbarous inhuman and lawless proceedings in the state of missouri in the situation before alluded to we arrived in the state of illinois in 1839 where we found a hospitable people and a friendly home a people who were willing to tp be governed by the principles of law and humanity we have cam commenced to build a city called nauvoo ll in hancock co we number from six to eight thousand here besides vast 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