| Show S c i I 1 al i it 1 11 jlii i i I 1 i i teed lEED cache acol ta V ti T march 3rd ard 1871 t N editor deseret dear dean dp ar bro As the winter winten is la wearing away and nd spring 1 ng is fast approaching with the usual amount of work bustle and h hurry which aich is seen in all farming ties tib I 1 thought ere that season be upon udy us I 1 would biform bod how the citizens of our oun spen spent t the tho long iong eien bien evenings ings of winter we have had our amusements consisting of dan dau dancing cing dramatic performances ac we have also considered our welfare as a and farmin farming comm community unIV and have organized a society for the improvement and cultivation tion of stock ac 1 bishop blihor S boskelly being chosen president and your correspondent secretary of the society committees on horses hones cows sheep fish swine and poultry r tabbits rabbits and bees have been lormel I 1 also aho silk culture and aud agriculture in gle general heral these committe committees bs seem interested te ta rested in ia their bu business ainess alness and the hope is I 1 thattie tha that ere long we will be able to had a better class ef of thes these eu useful s erol animals in our oun yards and on our oun ranges behave we have also appointed a committee and opened looks kooks for the purpose of getting tip a cooperative operative co s stock ek herd berd and have also given ven a fresh start A to our farmers kr or gardeners ard eners club fo for eor r the past four yai years we have suffered severely from the ravages of the grasshoppers eo so that our seeds both of the field and garden have karve considerably de deteriorated but with the combined efforts of the committee cittee eon on agriculture and the gardeners club we hope with the blessing of the lord to improve our gut seeds ac am our prospects for the comin coming season are brighter than they have teen been for some bome time past as the hoppers did not bave much of a deposit in our gardens and nd fields 1 last as t season season we havo have niko also alio organized a society for the improvement of the mind viz via a literary in institute the members of which give lectures leettar s readings recitations ac on various subjects at our last meeting tha the question irs Is ira coop co 0 op gration a bene benefit fItIo to the human buman fa family samily lip yv aside aude froni from religion was wag spoken broken of the tre emption and ana homestead estead laws viere were also realand read and discussed ion ton the of february and ibe ise of march I 1 had the pleasure of being present at an examination of the school taught by bros 0 wright and wi A AL nobles the school has an average attendance of scholars selo lars lats who are taught reading spelling writing 1 arithmetic and geobra geography by 1 the Che rhe classes were examined in all ali all ati branches and gave give credit to the teachers for the care and labor bestowed by them in ia the cultivation of the mind of thir tha young j the books used in school are the national henness of af read readers there ia Is a few of still in use but hut they are rapidly giving way to the national we have three other schools of about 25 scholars each taught by female teachers they are also doing their thein part in the education of the tho young our sunday school I 1 of about two hundred scholars is in an excellent condition last fall we introduced a system Y stena stera of procuring books for the school colp wh which ch I 1 cann cannot t too highly recommend by the liberality of the peo have been ablat ablai to ao make a pu purchase i r of bf bibles bible testaments boo edo books kg of morn Mort non lion doctrine and covenants first and second readers reader 9 of the national sibil series senies es so as ts to places place in the hindson hands hind of at least three fourths of the children who attend a book to read from after reading the books are collected and put in a book case until the following sunday dehope W hope in a short time to be able to put a book into the hands of each child that comme corne school Y yours ours ac c SHARP tre THE new york herald wants all dis t r a atron E i abiang arl ari singo out Z rd of doctrine healed up and the establishing of a coin common mon brotherhood by all pious persons speaking of its own eirts efforts it says if we can pour oil upon the troubled waters that rock the citadel of the thie savior among our people peo we believe we are doing well 11 we think so too but if oil is the remedy to stop that rocking the herald will need a large supply at least a few pennsylvania oil wells at louisville ky the fines collected for drunkenness are placed in the school fund and many of the prominent men get drunk every week just to contribute to the cause of education |
