| Show I 1 I 1 LONDON londos Eng england lind januar january ath 1879 editors despret iveas jn aws consistent to the last in its af dieal isag isai trous arous character the old year passed 1 avay away amid wild weather and il of gales which did much mischief to property and in one ono instance were attended by an appalling sacrifice of human life bad bid indeed in many ways have been the lessons this country has had bad to learn in 1879 1579 for what with war bad trade and worse harvests few things social or agricultural can be said to have prospered in sooth booth it has been a very ean Pan doras box of evils but like it they are fain to believe in having hope at the bottom certainly the past year takes with it few regrets and if the horizon does not seem altogether cloudless at the present moment it is not unreasonable to anticipate batter better times as a repetition of the painful experiences of the past twelve months can hardly be deemed probable the start it must be allowed in agricultural affairs affairs is in a rather backward state frost set in early very shortly after the termination of a protracted harv estand consequently fly much land intended to be sown with wheat could conid not be planted this was especially the ease casu in the midlands and fen yen district districts sand and a report recently received from these localities affirms that only about one half odthe intended quantity of wheat has been sown ashow ever the frost has now disappeared some at any rate of this leeway will be speedily made up ko bo opinion can yet be haz baz hazarded aided as to the effect of the past severe weather upon the growing wheat in this country as the plant is only just beginning to appear above the surface but it may be remarked that abat in france increased apprehensions are felt on this point roots boots have been much injured by frost trost and it will be a difficult and expensive matter for stock owners to tide over the tho winter aa as the scanty store of fodder is rapidly diminishing the damp weather at the begin ning ot we the week has rather detell orated the condition of freshly thrashed grain but the quantity offered for saie bale at mark lane has been very small email and prices have not undergone any quotable reduction last mondays ilat list of arrivals into london showed only about quarters of foreign wheat but the imports have havel materially increased since then last fridays return giving quarters although not altogether led by holiday Influence influences ar the trade has been affected but slightly by them during the past week and the full rates of last monday have been obtainable supply ia Is for the moment no doubt in excess of demand and stocks are a re increasing holders at the same time do not seem heem inclined to press sales indeed the there reappears appears to ba a general inclination to pause until the situation in america has farther developed all eyes eagerly watching for thes the success u access or collapse of the great speculative enterprise afloat there nothing new cambe recorded with regard to this move ment stocks being strongly held by large capitalists and able financiers anti and prices ruling several shillings per quarter abo above ve london levels according to the latest postal and telegraphic advises advices ad vices the attitude of america is confident and even defiant what the result vill be time will show but I 1 cann cannot t help 0 considering the undertaking extremely hazard hazardous ouss having regard to the fact that the price of wheat in this country isby is by no means unduly low with an abnormally aily ally depressed level of val vai value ue sueh such aa as existed during the first half of the past year speculative manipulations sueh euch as those in question could hardly fall fail ot of success but having a rise of 10 a to 12 s per quarter the possibility of a corner la is materially diminished paintsville PAINTS VILLE ky january ath 1 1880 waft edit editors 10 ra deseret we news I 1 notice in the rocky mountain presbyterian for december a number of items of misrepresentation and falsehood concerning the latter day saints and mormon life in utah with a plea to the charity of the christian public to donate afew a few dimes or dollars to help to educate the poor homeless children of utah in the first place I 1 wish to warn the readers of the presbyterian to bo be careful who they send money y to for it Is well known that utah has a well organized common school baste system m besides two universities in 1870 ac ending to the united census re porta reports enviable record stood as follows utah illiteracy cant read or write writes ig 10 years nod and upwards 11 per cent united states 28 26 pennsylvania 10 massachusetts 12 new now yorka york 9 district of columbia 40 considering si the condition that utah was settled and the wide strides she has taken in regard to education it is believed that at the next census utah hlll stand ahead of any state or territory within the confines of the united states now what is all this howl about it is to get money by misrepresentation and falsehood falsehoods that dec deceivers eivers elvers may consume it upon their own lusts and laugh at the deluded christl christian sn friends who have been gulled by the oft lying word of ruch such men if they hau had the true spirit of philan trophy they would stay at home where charity begins in many of the states there are hundreds and thousands of just buch such children as are ara represented to be in utah nor do the christian people of those states need to pay 30 cents for a picture of a log cabin with one window as they see hu hundreds n of them at home without ou t a window at all and if sueh euch men as coyner would launch jorth forth in this broad field teach the people of his own state to emulate the Mer mons take some of the views of their fine cities with him their fine farms orchards oro hardg harda and garden gardens sj representing benting a territory free from debt and get the mother states to follow in her footsteps thousands yet unborn might rise up and call him bles blee blessed sed P F mdonald A 0 m P those who trample on the helpless are disposed to cringe to the powerful the burlington hawkeye maw Saw keyo keye tye eye has overheard a poor but honest iowa tramp bayt build low boosts roosts and nut out out the moon and ill pil never beg for another morsel of food as long as I 1 live |
