Show REPORT wrom FROM LOA 1 1 1 A PROSPERED COMMUNITY L oa joa plute flute county utah march editor deseret nees news the NEWS comes a little arregu irregular carml some malls mails bringing none others at a batch of three but it is always welcome we had a late backward spring last year and some som e of our sensitive farmers began to think it was going to last all summer notwithstanding all that the people in fremont sometimes called 13 rabbit abbit valley threshed about bushels of grain and had a very rood good crop of potatoes the tithing ouse when finished a year and a half ago was thought to be bigger than there was any need for but it is now filled heaped and running over and so also with our ward meeting and was course buil building uil ull din ding two and ahall a half years ago it vas aas was wag thought by many that it would atwould de be a long long time before it was filled with people but it is no uncommon thing now to see it crowded to its utmost capacity AN OLD TIME INCIDENT r OX ON THE PLAINS only last sunday it was so when an interesting affair was witnessed elder E E K hanks ranks once a resident of your joity city now grown gray in service and resi resl residing hing at pleasant creek on the borders of our eastern dixie was present es and called upon I 1 by y bishop black blackburn to sp speak ak to us he responded pon e bearing carlig a faithful testimony ti on and referring in an interesting 1 terest g manner to his travels in the mermon mormon battalion when he closed the bishop called elder allen alien taylor from the congregation to speak he too has grown gray in the service and achis as his e eyesight exe eye zid kid e sight is somewhat failing him he did not recognize bro hanks neither did the latter recognize him he said the remarks he had just been listening to had brought many old time scenes to his mind and in relating some pioneer labors on the plains was interrupted Int erupted by elder hanks who sat directly in front of him when the following dialogue dia lague took place elder hanks do you remember me catching a buffalo for you elder taylor looking him fair ln in th the face eface chatis what is your name H hanks elder eider taylor why brother hanks how are ye yer the two advanced and indulged in a hearty handshaking hand shaking haking elder taylor then tha related that one evening as lie lle he and his company were encamped on the plains Brother hanks came into the camp and said there were some buffalo lust just around or over a little littie hill and thought he could get one he coq took down his lasso and started leisurely out to try in a little while he returned bringing with lasso hitched to the horn of the e s saddle addle a fine yearling buffalo huff buff ale alq which was w as brought right into camp to oe be butchered the meeting of the two old friends thus after a separation ratin of 0 nearly il a quarter of a cantu ag ary a although though a little comical was very a affecting acting A town has been laid out here on oh a beautiful dry bench vacant town lots are aie open to settlement and a few fely good workmen a good blacksmith carpenters nia sons a brick maker or two a good shoemaker a music teacher teach er and bind school teacher with farmers and bic big boys boag would all find encouragement WHEELER |