Show july 1711 izig 11 editor aseret betes the time was when crinoline was all the rage with most ladies though fond of the latter I 1 was never partial to the former yet the female portion of my family would ifould give me no rest till I 1 had promised to get them some hoops not be cause they were convenient and comfortable for table but because other ladies ladles almost universally wore them suffice it to say they were fashionable and they muse must be in the fashion if it they went up ina lna in a whirlwind so I 1 purchased ur some of the round tires I 1 of the most liberal and expanded dimensions being a little cheivous mis with a view to let them see how very ridiculous that fashion was but now I 1 believe the article is nearly gone out of date and is no longer comfortable nor convenient yet while in fashion a lady could hardly pass in refined society without it ir to speak lightly of slander and hate the mormons cormons have been all the rage fashion and style of the day not that the cormons mormons have done anything to merit this hatred but it is fashionable to hate hat ethem them erom from what I 1 read in the p apers papers I 1 should othine your ring folks had made their hoops to too lage ge and iftner ifo y possess not modesty enough to be ashamed of their own appearance others willbe will be ashamed disgust ed with them arid and leave leavo them alone on the pinnacle of fashion e that the mormons cormons are fr free ea jiom from fault I 1 will not pretend to ammi affirm hh but I 1 do affirm and declare it as aam my unqualified 0 opinion thal that there is more more real virtue dri sll and C gaii genuine dine integrity t loyalty patrio patriotism aiom religion and charity bli hil arity in brigham young lif little itie itle faile finger 11 rand and in alithe all ail the faithful latter day saints than in IP allabe liar bar press pulpit judges ind and juries jiries with political hacks and demagogues thab that prate against the church of god the rhel tine alne wili will X all ali these parties will ba smitten wih wib confusion A and would woula ilive lelve worlds to recall t their belr words and acts and wo we can afford to watt wait till that time comes srim from what I 1 can gather from various quarters the order and zeal for this fashion are somewhat austin austing abating g aud nud and becoming lesi leas popular gait I 1 00 6 ta 2 i I 1 PARIS eccli county july editor Even wuen evening ing inT easi news jr assan through the battlements settlements ac city the mos most prominent fest feat c ire to attract attention ia Is the abunde jp prospect os for fon an sh imi immense dense harvest 1 the fields covered thick with shocks shooks of wheat oats and barley bar abundant af evidence of the thrift of the farmer m er and the fruitfulness of the boll soil the th e towns owns of 11 1 ton and ica ich I 1 are 11 aa gamp l settlements that are springing up in every valley in utah something of its old time appearance several good substantial buildings have lately been erected and some aye ase in process of erection oud out on the road north east of town we rase pase the mills of farr co and the large factory of randall Pug slew blew co cocho ahoi I 1 as depre sennta eltive meet met of the m manufacturing interest of utah ar are ara a doing much to develop the true interests of the country j probably no grander scenery can be found in the west than ogden kanyon A goodly stream of water which foams boama and frets as ird idd itt dagnes fihe aver ane eft trie longn lle g i i r ragged rocks that lie imbedded bedded im I 1 in n 1 its t s aged channel an nel nei while high overhead tower majestic cliffs whose rugged fronts and craggy peaks are well weil calculated to inspire the thel tourist with awe huge huke piles of rock seem beem to balance upon the tho very edge of yawn yawning lur fur maims chasms and apparently patently ly require only a of aiato lr to topple them over ovet and send with irresistible 0 force down down the tha into the bed of the river below nature appears ppe aTs ars to have tried her hand hamd in in her wildest mood here aud and mingled agether together the grandest scenery scenery imaginable abie able within an easy hours drive of a 9 strictly and agricultural country tha the cloud capped peaks the mountain torrents to the inaccessible nature of the bluffs on every hand the nebs ness scene combine to render ogden kiin kanyon yon you a place of more then ordinary interest emerging from ther head bead of yon we enter ogden valley situated high nigh above the level of salt lake valley and boasting the possession of two beautiful little villages eden edea and huntsville A fine stone structure at the last named place attests the inter it est felt by the citizens in church and educational matters bro hall presides over over an excellent day school which he is amply able to do and the affairs of the valley are receiving careful attention the streets of the town as we drove through were lined on either side by mounted and dismounted indians of Wash akies b band a nd resplendent in red blankets be beads v d s I 1 and other indian paraphernalia they are on the way to the buffalo range east for a grand hunt the prospect for grain is good and immense potatoe patches on every hand give promise of an abundant yield vege vegetables t ables of excellent quality abounded in the gardens and pure pare water coursing down the streets on either side serves for irrigation and family purposes several miles of rough rock rocky ascending road along the bank of ogden river to the mouth of beaver kanion kany on 4 where grass wood and water are in in abundance bund aliee aiace for camping purposes and we begin to feel the influence 0 of kf the air cooling the atmosphere and refreshing the thet body beaver creek appears to cross and re cross the han kanyon winding turning and twisting in As its serpentine course at regular intervals beaver dams dama cross the stream producing miniature waterfalls and furnishing bishing ahe beaver with a resort As we I 1 leave the kanyon banyon for the table lands lauds of the range to the right and the left can bo be seen fine bodies of timber that must eve eventually ritually be of value to td the people the operative cooperative co sheep herds of ogden valley fin nind find d splendid fee feed d here blacksmiths fork here is a stream tream fifty feet in width and varying from front three to ten feet deep so clear that you may count the pebbles in the deepest part the beavers have built dams across the stream which have petrified making b beautiful falls oy oyer er which the water pours with a noise that breaks out on the surrounding stillness thi this 4 i quite an indian resort and their thein r camp fires blazed up over the low willows across the nver river while their patient a thardy hardy ponies cropped the short herd grass from the steep hill sides above our oar camp fires were ablaze and around them desat we bat sat and listened to the a young frontiersman who had camped with us for the night I 1 three hours drive dailve bedora before b breakfast reak fast and we reach the summit of the table lands when one of the finest views of the mountain ranges easland eash east and west can be obtained imaginable mountain range after range can be seen from this point tapping the clouds in the distance t humanity cannot help but be ba llevat en and panned by contact with nature in in its pristine purity and the thoughtful fulderson person cannot bunsee but see bee in the cumro these valea and mountains filled with a people strong hardy educated and purer who will love and guard liberty and freedom as a priceless boon atlant at last we are across the range through the hannons kan han over the tha rocks kocks and jolty joity places cudbear and bear lake spreads spreader out before us its blue glassy resplendent in the light of the set setting sun co cool deliciously cool so much so that a fire In morning orning and evening feels mole pleasant and a heavy coat is agreeable respectfully JM 0 A i 1 1 TAYLOR kf i i 1 f t i franklin AJ i july istl 1871 deat dear brother a january called to tb take a mission to the southern states in itt pursuance of this call and appointment our oue ou families and homes gif ori thia the uth mth of februarys arriving at Oma halon haton the mh thence out ten miles to td crescent gity cl in iowa to visit some bome of lour gid friends mends and relatives living there re very glad to bee see us they wished dished to know if swe ve had good meet meetings lugs ings in n utah like we used ghavi to have and hlad did we wd enjoy ourselves like we wb used ad to and many other questions of a similar 1 nature showing very plainly that they ero were ere starving for the life and hd truly feeding on ott husks some of ohbee ihlae we wb visited have since gone gong up to utah arnd arid others expect to gather up ja next spring i whiles passing from crescent tid lid stent C ciby ty though through council bluffs to the boek bock Is 1 and depot a friend in whose company we were said there lives an old nauvoo mormon ThIs larna larra belongs to a salt lake mormon find and thab that store is is kept by one onh that used to preach the gospel in england nd thab that liver ilver stable belongs to a mormon 11 and so on till we werey were eady ready to think haie half the of the city and county had haa once belonged to the churek chure aud and from alp we could learn a great many if not all are more miserable than in their theli lives beford before 1 1 we made a snort short stay in both chicago and harrisburg Harria hsrris burg arriving in washington march 4 a few minutes after the tho forty second congress was organized we put up at the hamilton house with our delegate hon wm H hoope hooper who received and treated us very kindly through his courtesy we were introduced intro to several of the senators and representatives and some of the cabinet all of whom manifested very friendly feelings towards us and our oun people and our delegate in particular who certainly has gained many friends in the capital and among our national representatives we arrived here march rth and inthis and the adjoining county of bedford we have been laboring since with more or less success having baptized some few with a prospect of many more yielding obedience to the gospel we organized and sent out a company from hereof here of twenty eight persons who left here the goth of may arriving lii lil in salt lake city the I 1 lith ith of june all safe the priests of the numerous sects here are thundering forth their lies against us and our work being united in nothing but their opposition to the truth and we keep thundering forth the goa pel of life ix meekness minding our own business their thunder has the more effect with the wicked and corrupt ours oura has the greatest power with the honest seekers after truth wheat harvest is over here yielding but a light crop it is thought that the state will rift not average more than three bushels of wheat to the acre sown bows oats are scarcely worth cutting oora cora looks well all the fruit crops are very light Mone money is very scarce and con coa times hard through this medium we elpe b all ali 0 our dr frlajs friends to hear from us hoping you dear brother and all dl the saints will koil remember us in their prayer 9 we remain as eter ever your fellow iab lab labotti laborers otei sin s bin in to the great came cause of truth H G BOYLE THOMAS thonas E A michigan judge when bothered by doubtful bases tosses up a penny 1 i an x eyeless wingless and ton iuela fis duek duck wis wab was recently hatched tOUt lout in glies aites Cou county fity tenn reality teems with disappointment ion for him whose sources of enjoy enjoyment ment mert spring in the elysium of fancy the fellow who called tight boots comfortable defended his position pis by saying they made a man forget all his hia other ther miseries I 1 sait salt I 1 la a the subject ct I 1 of th s composition the salt 3 A i spice which spoils the potatoes af am to put rut it I 1 on 11 1 J at ma beginning of odthe I 1 the late war germany had aud and 6 en h doment doment policies in irad J less than iv w 4 justin mccarthy pr e di 1 e t a k ej mb for england t through brough the iho power othe h e artisans arti artl is but another n alq aclo acio fir I 1 I 1 the Traces Unions 1 I ii 1 grief karts s two hearts in i than hap bap happiness ever c ca alip aliv nand and common a far stronger strong br link than common 0 joy a Aman was wasi recently 1 0 on 11 A trial J jn lala iaia 4 ja olafia lor jov abr injuring an infant by kicking overl olefa A carriage in which t waa was riding the court dismissed the accusation gubi gusi cusa cuba tion a as frivolous but fined j the tho cOlOr colored dd nurse girl 15 foe foi fon for profanity ic ir the streets ets eis ciu CIA |