| Show editorials E D I 1 tor I 1 al S WE are pleased to learn that the deseret agricultural and manufacturing society hab haa made its arrangements to hold a fair in this city on the 3rd ard ath and ath of next october the society has hag engaged the 13 h ward assembly rooms booms ut at which to hold the fair and the grounds adjacent thereto for the exhibition of stock block ac the tho legislative assembly having made no appropriation at its recent to assist the society the latter will be under the necessity on this occasion of following the practice of societies in other territories and in the states a practice which has haa never heretofore prevailed here of charging an entrance fee to visitors to ahe the fair anis will be so moderate that no one will feel too poor to pay it another practice will also for the same reason be adopted a small email charge will be made as an entrance ree iee for animals placed on exhibition and competing for the premiums which the society offers the list of premiums hag has already appeared in our columns and it will soon be printed in pamphlet form in tife the aggregate they amount to a large bum sum and the prizes are varied and more numerous than ever before offered they comprise gold and silver medals medais rued als alb diplomas life memberships in the tha society and sums of money the society is evidently determined to do its best and without doubt is prompted sole bole solely ly in its ita action in this thid instance by the most public spirited and praiseworthy motives nothing less lesa could be expected from its president hon wilford woodruff its secretary and treasurer robert L campbell esq and its board of directors these fairs in other places have had bad a most excellent effect the productions and manufactures of various parts of the countr yare there brought together and compared the stock raiser the agriculturist the manufacturer and the artisan can there examine the progress which has been made in production and manufacture by his fellows in other parts and draw profitable lessons each can obtain suggestions and ideas at such an exhibition that cannot be obtained elsewhere besides it if a man has a good breed of animals or of fowls or a valuable bable product or article of manufacture he can there obtain the endorsement of competent judges as to its ita value and thereby widely extend its sale it Is true that under present circumstances cum stances fairs and exhibitions of this kind may way not confer so BO many berle berie benefits fits tits upon those who participate in thin thein as aa they would if we had a denser population but the country is rapidly filling up these fairs which are now held if kept up as aa we sincerely trust they may be will grow each year enore inore more interesting until they will become a few years hence the grandest wild anid most instructive gatherings of the kind to be found in any country we feel confident that this is no exaggerated anticipation and therefore think that the importance of these fairs I 1 in view of the present aud and the future can scarcely be overestimated over estimated since the last fair the itle taste for fine blooded stock has sought gratification in the purchase of animals of this kind if the owners of these will take the interest which they should in the fair and bring their animals in we hope to bee see a very fine fide display of blooded stock a display which will do more towards developing a correct taste in this direction tion and a ud in convincing the people at large that it is every way better and more satisfactory and profitable to raise a good breed than to raise ser ber scrubs abs than would any number of essays or e editorial t articles on the subject agriculturists stock raisers rai ral sors bers manufacturers rs mechanics miner inventors scientific men and artists should all do what they can to make this fair interesting and instructive the th e occasion is a favorable one to exhibit to advantage pr progress gress in productions and manufactures and to afford some idea of the immense development of which she ls is capable the female relief societies of the various wards will have an opportunity which the society desires them to avail themselves of to exhibit ladies work they can and doubtless will make their department of thie ane fair a very attractive one our dur readers will recollect the circulation of a scandalous rumor some time back concerning ex president johnson sud and mrs emily harold of greenville tennessee aud nud ane suicide of the lady inconsequence of her hearing of the rumor tumor she learned of tho affair by maans means of an anonymous letter sent to mr harold through the post office ever since her death says th the e nashville banner her friends have endeavored tj 0 discover the author of the anonymous letter and for long weeks the investigation was pursued with caution and energy until it was believed that evidence sufficient to fasten a charge was obtained A warrant was obtained for the arrest of R 0 1 harne on a charge of libel and the case came before three magistrates at greenville the proof concer concerning bing ming the authorship of the letter was of a circumstantial cum character but the evidence has taken a wider latitude and the whole merits of the case have come under judicial consideration entering into the truth of the charges against mr johnson and the deceased A witness arrested for perjury has also sued hia prosecutor for ten thousand dollars damages for false imprisonment th the e case cabe promises to be long bitter and exciting and to involve many of tile the residents of greenville RECENTLY england wab waa visited hy by extraordinarily tra ordinarily severe storms and floods streets street in cities and towns and vast tracts tract of meadow land in the country were submerged great damage wah wac w done and considerable loss logo of life is reported in some localities the rivers rose higher than known for a quarter of a century before at Phill philips pla park cemetery manchester the soil was washed away from the graves lids of coffins were removed and the aad dead exposed and coffins and bodies were washed entirely away the police with w ith grappling irons ancl anci by other means recovered a number of bodies as ibey they were floating down the river and ano those without coffins were taken in shells to the police station several streets of sheffield eld eid were flooded up to the windows of the houses w while hile hiie the fields for miles around and the railways were bub submerged merged to the depth of four feet at wigan the water entered an old coal pit which by strenuous exertions was filled up by night and the water kept out of the present works the lower rooms of mills and factories all along the stream were also flooded the boiler ures fires being extinguished and the hands bands compelled to cease work |
