Show tre the worm in germony germany and switzerland i RAVENS ravensburg ravensberg BURG nov prest AF A F macdonald st george dear brother and friend after a very prosperous rous ious journey I 1 arrived in germany oct ath and j spent three weeks visiting my kindred I 1 was treated everywhere with the utmost kindness and I 1 believe have been ablerto abie able to remove much prejudice from the minds of all with whom I 1 have associated there is now liberty of speech and assemblage in germany and men well posted in such matters have told me that there would be no objection to our preaching preach ings this needs to be tested however before we can fully rely upon it I 1 arrived at berne the headquarters of the swiss and german mission oct and am now at ra bensburg vens burg in the kingdom of lemburg tem burg just twenty miles north of switzerland not far from lake constance Const anve we hive have a branch here of ten members mem beis but my design is with the hrip heip of god to enlarge and spread abroad in this part of the land I 1 have found a few people here who take an interest in the gospel and I 1 calculate to stay in this neighborhood as long as I 1 can get anybody to listen and talce take an interest infidelity is very great and the tile great majority of the people are utterly indifferent to their eternal welfare it is the same in switzerland but very few inquire after the truth yet we baat baptize ze one or two occasionally I 1 trust in god to open the way and lead me to find the honest bonest in heart for fui wo we have to fish nish them and more aspeci ally hunt the them in these last days has a population of inhabitants and I 1 think it will be advisable to stay here a few weeks at any rate get acquainted with the people and jay a foundation for the future if noth nothing flig illg else 1 1 I calculate to try and observe president youngs counsel tome lome to me to break new ground and to blow the gospel trumpet 1 HENRY henby eyring A fi school steig slew schools and library MANTI jan ath 1875 1675 editor deseret mews news an e event jent took tools place here a few days ago which if you are not nut already informed or of I 1 thought deserves mention it was the opening of a high in the second story of our now nearly completed court house louse and which I 1 think is indeed an ornament to manti mantl and a credit and honor to sanpete co to the county court and especially to judge peacock under whose immediate supervision the building has been erected the court house was dedicated last sunday evening the people of mantl manti convened con venea in the beautiful large hall on the second floor where judge peacock kj after making some preliminary remarks mar its offered the dedicatory ory ors prayer after which remarks were made by old father snow george peacock wm T reid beld F B R kenner and james wareham the people appreciated the comforts which the elegantly furnished house afforded and listened with interest to the speeches which were all delivered with an eloquence which wo we could not help but admire before the ceremonies closed a vote of thanks was tendered to judge peacock for the very able and just manner in which he in connection with the county court had bad managed the financial and other affairs of the county as well as ft S the erection of thi this handsome building the high school is now in session with professor john P acton as aa teacher who is well weli qualified fled for the responsible task before him in teaching the young the way they should go christmas and new kew year have now passed away dancing and merriment have havo been the order of the day and as the people with few exceptions are in the enjoyment of good health and not very busy just now we could not but enjoy a little recreation and amusement during the holidays bp A J II offit is confined to his houe liou ilou c which he has been suffering for sometime and aud which the people much regret but we hope hopa that he willston will soon b lio lie e out among us again besides our high school which will accommodate from to students wo we have two more public schools in operation where under the instruction of good and competent teachers about soo of the younger children are trying to master ier ler the first rudiments of education our sunday school Is also ina lna in a flourishing condition the children rejoicing in the possession of a sunday bunday school library which is perhaps second to ta none outside of salt lake city on the whole we are getting along finely S although a times are a little dul duil w which aich we hope to be able to stand till winter is over and we hope that with the opening spring times will be livelier and better respectfully anin akin 11 HOUGAARD in behalf of the school trustees salmon in utah I 1 I 1 CHARLES charlestown TOWN NL H dee dec 1874 I 1 dear sir tile the united states commissioner prof baird has forwarded to methe following instructions do not forget to furnish me before long a statement of the distribution of the eggs and of the success experienced in hatching batching them out by the several par parthe part trem fe request from them a statement ot of the exact disposal of the various lots yours truly cI SPENCER F BAIRD commissioner in pursuance of these in instructions may I 1 take the liberty to ro quest of you as full and eface exact a 11 statement as possible of the particulars in regard to tilo tho salmon saimon eggs which you received from california the main points upon which information is desi 1 the condition of the eggs 0 on reception 2 the losses of eggs and young fish previous to their ninal rinal destination 3 the geneia appa rauco tance af egg eggs and young fish while in your care 4 such statistics as follows the date of the reception of the ezis the temperature of the hatching ng the period of absorption of he the yolk sac the date of the distribution of the fish the waters into which ivsich the young fish are id ed and the number sent to each place ilace 5 anything else that may seem recording very truly yours livingstone STONE by F IV werner webner zions operative cooperative co fish Fisli farm parm salt lake city I 1 jan 6 1875 mr dir stone sir yours of dec 20 1874 ivas was received on the uit I 1 will answer sotir questions la in the order they were asked the eggs were received in good order sept 28 1874 A about 8 per cent was picked as bad eggs about 5 per cent was cripples and died about 7 per cent has las been taken by musk rats and other vermin since they were placed in the nursery nur ery ponds the temperature of the hatch batch hatching water is about nifty fifty degrees the ng medium time of hatching was wa s about twenty days the yolk sack was absorbed in about thirty days the fry began to feed from twenty to twenty four days from hatching about twenty five nive per cent of the fry was turned into the tributaries tributa ries of jordan river between the and of dec about twenty per cent are retained in the nursery ponds the remainder are in an artificial pond covering about one and a half acres which are designed for future distribution A number of the salmon of last years hatch which were turned into the tributaries tributa ries of jordan have recently come up the streams and a few jumped ov over oser er the screens into the ponds from which they were taken they measured from four to eight inches long any suggestions or instructions you may be pleased to give I 1 will endeavor to carry out I 1 remain respectfully A P ROCKWOOD superintendent P S jordan river carries the waters of utah and hot spring lakes into salt lake the river and lakes have about fifty nifty tributa ries the estimated aggregate of length is about two thousand miles these tributaries tributa ries drain about four counties of the first settled parts of the territory and contain about two thirds of the inhabitants of utah hence helice thi re has been a great drain dhain on these streams ns and no law to protect the fish until the last two years the streams in the north south and east parts of the territory are comparatively well weli stocked from their natural ri r t nwe gerve A A P |