| Show fair at bo bountiful june 1875 editor deseret mews news having the pleasure of visiting the city of bountiful this morning 1 my attention was drawn toward the rock building just east cast of nacle where I 1 learned the relief society was holding a fair the proceeds of which are to be appropriated towards putting up a suitable building for said society on entering the room the first thing that attracted attention was the portrait of president B young which hung at the further end of tho the hail hall in the tile centre of the hall are two rows of tables covered with wa th all kinds of fancy needlework artificial flowers ladies bonnets hats hata ac everything was arranged in perfect order sandwith and with great showing the artistic artir tie tic skill of the sisters whose diligence and pars perseverance a have made the fair a decided success ou on the wall were wore tastefully arranged bed spreads of great variety and worthy of much praise are those who haver have done the work table spreads pillow slips and every article of fancy needlework you can think of all of which reflect great credit upon the ladies of bountiful the next room was the art gallery which surprised me beyond mes med measure sure the walls were neati neatly 11 hung with pictures of g great reat variety some were oil paintings from the brush of R kirkham Kirk ham bam pictures formed with the needle and also some good ch chromes romos and many little bits of work and art that taht I 1 had bad not timo jime timeto almeto to note I 1 noticed a nice collection of flowers little workbag kats hats and a thousand other artistic things too numerous to mention I 1 saw a fine nine specimen of home t raised silk bilk which reflected credit upon the persons who are etre engaged in that home production the whole was far superior to my expect expectations expectation atlon and should be en an cou raged for it sho shows ws a spirit of industry and diligence which I 1 did not hot think the sisters of bountiful blessed with veith respectfully yours A VISITOR |
