| Show correspondence the tho illinois harvester guhm GUNNISON soN feb 1875 bichop ab A jbf M musser pursuant to agreement I 1 forward to you the following after having for years been dreading the toils tolls of harvest enduring tho excessive struggles physical and financial of gettin getting gat it done a company of ua us concluded conclude last may to send for an illinois harvester which we did and here is the result the machine packed weighed about two and a quarter thousand pounds wo we put it together we looked at it and vond wondered eked the loose hands and curious spectators of town gathered round around to see the elep elephant haut baut we hitched the horses to the machine and the driver drove round with it exercising his engineering faculties and away we went with its itt it out into the field where rothe rethe the bridgeland bridges bridge sand and gates were not wide enough for its passage we had t to pioneer aneer its way not notwithstanding with stan dingUi this 1 a harvester ang being ono of the smallest of its kind makes only a ten tan feet cut besides the four horses propelling the harvester we had fitted out three teams with boxes on the wagons fit to receive the grain from the elevator having a cubic capacity of about t feet each the first hours we could not get the belts to work on account of a stretcher stretch e r nit nut nib being put on right after that we had bad no trouble with it seven men and five fire span of horses is the necessary force for the harvester besides the three wagons which outfit average the harvesting ng and stacking of two acres h houn hour on r it accomplished far than we elpe expected acted both jn in economy and dispatch h the grain must be d dry ry enough for sta stacking ng before being cut if not by the seif self rake attachment it is dropped on the ground for drying in gavels garvels of a size to be loaded by a common barley fork we wo cut but the grain at an average two feet lour iou IOB butia but if more straw is wanted it can be cut down to the ground within six aix inches which variations in height of stubble or ar length of straw are managed ina lna in a moment by the operator from his stand at the guide wheel the machine is easily propelled by four horses and steered by driver without difficulty if ask which part of it is most apt break we could not tell you as had no breakages break ages the whole and machine being so ad as to spring to the 4 jol tings strains it harvests clean without counting the saving of common waste in harvesting can truly say that by the use of illinois harvester we save one of our common har harvest expenses if we calculate the harvest time extend six weeks at the rate of acres per hour it will harvest hundred acres a season easil easily earn its value every season farmer or bet set of farmers who five hundred acres of grain to harvest we recommend for them get an illinois harvester feet cuta cut and after they have it properly one season they will sa as we say the united order of this has ordered bix aix more moro of the tho harvesters signed 0 A MADSEN 31 adser ADSEN jom AXEL EINERSON N C tollestrup SALT sant nare LAKE CITY eity march 2nd and 1875 the above above statements are 7 asa asb hown by the accounts cf company examined by me fact the capacity of the machine under rather than overestimated in my opinion the cost of harvest ing is fully covered by grain feigned signed josepn JOSEPH A A YOUNG V f school examination f s BM BOK elder co I 1 st march 1875 T editor deseret news on monday the enst company wun wua the school nud and other visitors I 1 had the ure uie of attending an examination the school in the second district this place pace the school during winter cambered cumbered cumb erod ered pupils were under tho the supervision of br chas he being assisted i the primary department by jos jom W dudley the reading from the classes in the first reader upwards was wa pronounced by the visitors to be excellent the pupils in eack class elms read separately aud and in concert paying particular attention to the punctuation marks and the distinct articulation of the syllables and words 11 all the more advanced classes write their liag lessons on slates thus securing the attention of each pupil to every word exercises exerciser in grammar geography mental and practical arithmetic and penmanship followed in turn and the fa fact i ct that many of the scholars were quite proficient in the history of the united States could draw thereof a map from memory locating the capital cities principal jivers and mountains could decline nouns and conjugate verbs perform problems in interest simple pro proportion r to and cube root diaga ng ally arid and explaining the I 1 examples as they went alon aion along gAnd and write in the higher numbers of the Spen cerlan copy popy books imitating tho toe copies with precision and shows shown that the teachers have been diligent and the scholars following their example in my opi nian lenthe th advantage gained by studying mental arith metie f in enabling tha the student to come to logical conclusions by a co course urse of reasoning is sufficient to recommend that study to any teacher after the exercises bishop G W ward and others made some remarks in praise of the excellence attained and encouraging the scholars to continue to persevere in id their labors to obtain an au education which if rightly applied is 14 of incalculable benefit to the possessor possess br thereof there earo eare are aro two other school disc tr in a this ein eln each of is a school well attended the young people meet together one evening every week in the capacity of a literary institute i and I 1 believe we are endeavoring to keep pace with other settlements in religious moral and intellectual pursuits perhaps I 1 ought to mention that our sabbath schools arwell attended and irla irta in a flourishing nourishing condition J J 0 details of the fryer Trag Ita sedy edyl caneco Ka kane neCo co march 1875 editor deserea we stews we W would respectfully the usa usel of a portion of your valuable paper to chronicle the following horrid tragedy tia gedy that has been enacted in J our midst this day and that has haa coal cast a most moat melancholy gloom oyer over us all bichard richard fryer has been attires at times a year on or two laboring to temporary 1 insanity bul but lato late has acted in 8 so 0 rational a manner as not to be considered da dangerous er and but yesterday addid did a fath faithful da days ya work at plastering some time ago ordered his wife teresa fryer to leave ve his and take herluf her infant ano ant son which did and has since lived most of time with thomas batty family whose residence Is but short distance from her home fryer went this morning 7 and knocked at the of thomas baktys house and i being asked went in and asked his wife was there being answered in the affirmative he her if she had not brought and shame enough upon him himi fryer then drew a loaded and fired ashot a shot at thomas batty the ball entering below the left and comi coming ng out at the back of th head batty then fell into arms and upon the shoulder henry wilile Wi lils who was present pi when fryer ared fired a second shot th ball entering the back baek part of th headband hea head dand and coming out through th right eye fryer then turned used aredas at his wife who was yet bed the ball entering below th left ear and aud lodging in the head near the right eye which produced instant death then shot his infant son who in bed with its deceased the ball entering the chelda fore tore head and coming out of the back a the head bead i dr Higgin higgins sr of st george who wh is now attending thomas batt if and the child does not e expect th f for fer formen former merto to survive until I 1 e as he is sinking fast there is 0 possibility of the child iut bul but with a very faint hope n after completing the fryer erver went to his house a 4 of which has hag been lately built of rock but unfinished being without doors and windows after getting into the house he reloaded his revolver with cartridges a number of which were found upon him by the She bhe sheilar sheriff llin ilir the sheriff of kane county as soon as he was notified of the facts went as near th the ehouse of fryer as was deemed safe and called from the bystanders a posse instructing them to arm themselves which they did the sheri sheriff frand and posse then approached the house as near as was wisdom whan when the sheriff called and asked fryer if he would surrender the i first time he answered 1 I will not if you want become and take me the second time his answer was 1 I will not I 1 have had enouch enough of you and bishop bringhurst Bring hurst hurat 1 the position occupied by fryer preclude preclude the possibility of taking him without a farther sacrifice of life i after viewing the position an and aud d believing that unless immediate action was taken more innocent blood would be shed the sheriff ordered his posse to fire which they did killing fryer instantly besides a revolver fryer was vas as armed edwith with a sharp butcher knife and a heavy loaded whip the coroner of kair kane co being notified of the aforementioned facts repaired at once to the places occupied by the dead bodies and held inquests In quests upon the same copies of which are herewith enclosed respects respectfully liy lly WIL wll L k W HAMMOND am inquest on the body of ti tersa eresa I 1 fryer territory of utah county of ramp kane precinct of toquerville an inquisition hoid held in T boquer oguer ville precinct kane county utah tah territory on thi day of march manch AD 1875 before james jepson said coun county ty upon the body of teresa fryer there thero lying i dead by the jurors wh whose ose names are hereto subscribed the said jurors upon their oaths d do 6 say that the deceased came to he her r de death ath b by a pistol astol shot wound in la her head besa M tho the same pistol shot being fird fired by the hand of her husbands husband husban dj richard kryer fryer sirlee since deceased the same being done doce in the residence 0 thomas batty of toquerville at or about 7 this am in testimony whereof the said paid jurors davd berett hereunto rite rito set bands the day dagand a nd year aforesaid johs JOHN panker PARKER 1 L artoy W BEBEE BEDEE juror jurors JOHN 0 NAILE J J attest atma jayes SAYES JEPSON jerson I 1 coroner kane col co inquest on the body of It ichard richard fryer i territory of utah MA county of kane precinct of toquerville an inquisition b olden bolden in toque boquer r ville Pie precinct kane county territory on the day of march much A D 1875 before james jamis coroner of paid county lip upon dili th body of richard fryer fryery there ying yide dead by the jurors whose name names are hereto subscribed the sait salt jurors upon their oaths do say from fron tile the 0 evidence given that the de cease ceased d came to his death by a shot sho tired fired under the direction of th sherif sheriff of kane county afore aforesaid in his endeavors to arrest deceased he deceased being armed and ii a rock house without doors or win do dows ws a and nd f farther A rt h er we bell beil believe belleve eve viewing viewing the premises th 9 t an aej other course would have resul tet tei 1 in the death of the persons endea boring tomake such uch arrest said arrest was attempted for that tha deceased had this a m shot am I 1 killed his wife teresa fryer am mortally wounded thomas batt natt and his decea decease beds ds infant child in testimony whereof the sal sai jurers have hereunto set thel their hands bands the tile day and year aforesaid JOHN 1 W BEBEE BEDEE jurors T ur jonn JOHN C NAILE nalle J attest JAMES T jerson JEPSON coroner kane xang ca co t artesian w wells SPRING lanct LAKE VILLA vilna march editor deseret newa news Is artesian well boring in thi country practicable or hw has th thing never been vigorously setd it been made to pay i other countries if so why do nc some of utah a enterprising me form an organization procure th necessary apparatus and bo bore e fc water r f p fil si i IL there Is no need of telling the necessity for wells all over our territory nor is there a doubt that if an a association of properly ei experienced perien perlen ced individuals were to take hold of such an enterprise and succeed it would prove one of the greatest crea erea test blessings this territory has received perhaps some some one or more experienced pennen perien ced in the busl busi business ness mig might i enlighten in many any of your readers upon this subject respectfully D T ii |
