| Show tili til 1 t 4 in weber county emny enny barix 1 7 1 li lp OGDEN OUDEN CITY utah jan 23 1877 edi editors ra Deseret News dr IJ r murphy murby our quarantine ifie physician informed me today to day of one more well developed case of smail emall pox existing in this city there are also three other suspect suspected edca case ease ses seF but they are not at present fully developed there has been no new case jease discovered in harrisville and the bishop of that place telis tells me the person who was recently taken down with the malady is now convalescent I 1 have recently visited 8 ome some Q ot the settlements in this county counts at north norih ogden many maby new now substantial 1 dwelling houses barns and outhouses out houses have been built and other improvements have been made the people of this thriving settlement ett lement raised ral rai bedgood sed bood good crops of vegetables vegetable and a great variety of fruit while there late some nine fine almonds and other nuts nuta raised on the lot of brother and slater chard the people of that tb atward ward are progressive and are presided over by an energetic persevering sever bever Dg man bishop A M acock they have three day schools in operation two in the town and god one at the hod hot spring district of th thit it ward all of them aie ate well attended as mso alo aho are their sabbath echolls beh ech the ministry of elder cyrus H wheelock has been very successful in that part of this county where he bas baa labored for ome some lime time bis his teach teachings jogs and examples the people f ha have ve grown in strength faith ar and d unit unity t Y the people there are healthy and happy hippy at Harris vilie I 1 found like spirit of enterprise and pro egression gres sion slon bishop pleasant green taylor is a live energetic man andi andt when anything is necessary to bedone he Is always on hand to bay say eay come boys and pitches in to assist in doing it he la Is as ai as pleasant as his first name indicates cates plain city is situated about ten miles no rth west orthis of this place and contains c orita ins a population of about and a more enterprising community it cannot be found in or out of the zerr Terr territory tor Lor of utah they are agni agri agni i 1 and farm their land up on a paying principle they thoroughly cultivate and manure their fields and gardens which yield th them ehi ehl a rich increase of all kinds of gr grain aln ain vegetables and fruits for which w h ich loh they find a ready market at remunerative prices chas keai keal and peter folkman last year sold for themselves and a number of other persons in iain plain lain city 10 quarts of strawberries yielding them carloads car loads of potato potatoes esl esi bringing them and other vegetables amounting to about 2000 this ia 18 in addition to what they realized from the eales sales of other produce other parties sold old a proportionate onate amount bro of that place showed showed snowed me eight rows of at M ea each esch about eight rods roda long iong 10 fich fieh g the fruit from which yielded 90 in cash in addition to this be he had abundance for his family use and for his hia visitors the same vines yielded a second crop the bame same same bame season which though th ough not Jar large gewere were very fine they hav two schools in sew sem lonwell attended ona one of which ia is conducted by geo W bramwell Bram weil well jr and george carver they have also aiso an excellent choir of which well is leader and organist the young mens alens mutual 1 l improvement society is presided over by mr wm england the members of the institution are devoting them selves to the Impre improvement of their minds acquiring useful knowledge and fitting themselves for future usefulness the natural increase of their population uia ula is very considerable and mother england says she is never so happy as when she site is introducing in a new generation of mor mons to this sublunary sphere she says they keep her engaged at this kind of business day and night she is an experienced kindhearted kind hearted mother in Is rael raele br 0 ther chalker of that place is now 1 P old oid lie lle he has n nearly early all his b ls is 19 life iong long I 1 I 1 3 been a dear lover of his tobacco snuff arlu ariu abid his beer he was an ad inveterate sti smoker hoker arld arid drank and snuffed freely two years Y ago he arrived in this country co huntr y from england when he discarded his pipe pot and snuff snuffbox box and has never used the weed since he says to the young men ado udo do qs 1 have dom dow 11 bishop lewis W aff is a man of ability and varied experience which he be has acquired while traveling and laboring in the ministry both in this country and in england he has also visited many pl ta the continent of europe he kle enjoys the confidence at the people on oer ei whom he presides and for whose interests he is ever solicitous no N 0 excitement but peace reigns on our potomac SEMPER hemper homo Home i Industry I 1 NEP nersi I 1 january 23 editors deseret news 1 1 a letter in your paper of jan entitled tanneries canneries Tann eries and tanning dunning soliciting communications lona lons from others that might feel interested enough to write a few unes unea in its defense for the good of our comm common country I 1 shall no not t nn say any anything ing on the article published hed bed but to recommend it as a step in the right direction based upon the observance of rigid economy but will add a few lines for the benefit of the readers of your voun valuable paper the art of malin makin making 9 or tanning leather is not beyond the comprehension of any ordinary intelligent person but the main causes of our failures in producing a good article in years gone by in many cases has been through ig 19 norance and reckless neglect prompted by a desire to make mako money the question will tan ning pay in utah has been sacked e anany limes times ana haa deen been answered with about the same amount of ignorance as it was asked if the tanners and curriers carriers curri ers in utah today to day can by constant perseverance and practice be support i ed in the art of making good leather it would take but a short time to answer the question upon its own merits but our country so far has been anything but reliable for the mechanic on account of its desert and uncultivated condition and the skill of mechanism has almost been eclipsed from view but the condition of the country is changing fast and the people are changing and improving by it and mechanic will nind find their places and develop what they y possess we must make canneries tanneries tann eries pay for it Is readily understood to be ber the foundation of all branches of leather industry JOHN jonn C ibo ibe governors lessage mes Meg BEAVER jan 23 1878 editors deseret when we consider the conflict ing elements with which his excellency cel lency governor emery is surrounded his message is perhaps all that could reasonably be bo expected yet I 1 think it but justice to view a few items from a sand band standpoint point somewhat different from his whilst I 1 differ with him on a few points I 1 fully and freely accord to him integrity and honest intentions under the head ol 07 common schools he remarks in this city alone more than thirty thousand dollars are annually expended in private tum tuf tuition flon and a after aften er some further comment a adds d d I 1 this amount of money should furnish schooling for nearly the whole number of children in the city whereas under the present arrangement it procures instruction for only about one fifth of the entire number of the school age alsee I 1 asee nothing in his suggestions that would have havo a tendency to lessen the tuition but simply simpi y to shift the responsibility to 0 different hands the propriety of which I 1 shall leave to the su superior perio perlo wisdom of the legislature butkow four fifths of the means paid for tor L schooling children in your city could be squandered could certainly have no reference to iethel dominant church who have already used the strictest economy in school matters it is iq well known that whilst the expense is much less in your city and the territory generally than in several everal of the states the pupils are much in the advance in point of education reference to the statistics fully corroborates this statement that many thousand dollars have been collected and expended under the guise of schools to line the pockets of covetous ministers opposed ased to the dominant church f 1 will not dispute and herein I 1 fear his excellency has been misled That amount added to the real expense would probably show his stat statement dment about correct with regard to the secret ballot all that need be said on that point is that several of the states have substantially the same law as utah add and new states coming into the union adopt it as the best safe i guard against araud the governors remarks on polygamy are from his standpoint very good but from another and more equitable isabl v view few they are erroneous etu and so proven from his own statement compiled with patent facts ff he says this system of marriage has continued here bere for thirty years and for fifteen years in violation ai of law here is 14 a point to which I 1 wish to call calf special attention the admitted fact that plural marriage was fifteen years yeara legally practiced in this territory also his hia previously I 1 y adri admitted fitted fact that it is a distinctive tive peat feat feature brell 7 in the religious faith of the latter day saints this proves two points first that plural plura marriage is a portion of the religion of th the dominant church and nd second that that religion was established here fifteen years prior to said anti antl law the people would like to know bow how this law lawi of 1862 can be reconciled with the following from the first farst amendment to the constitution of the united states to wit congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof now everybody knows that the law passed by congress against polygamy was for no other purpose than to prohibit the free exer exercise else eiso of this religious rite ana and a aw of infants would bej as c constitutional 0 and much more in accordance with the scriptures for they sustain plural marriage and even elva giva laws to govern it but nowhere authorize infant baptism in any mode besides plural marriage is a revealed law of heaven and is a matter with which the legislature has no more inore to do than it has to determine the mode of how the sacrament shall be administered or to abolish them or any other religious doctrine with regard to any evil influence again against st the community in consequence of it it is folly to name it nence mence 1 mean no disrespect when I 1 say that I 1 have never known a rabid anti polygamist who if put to the test teat of being without sin by ilg being heing virtuous could ever cast a stone against a man with more than one honorable wifel wife to say nothing oi of religion it is the only effectual remedy forthe for the damning sin ein of t he the age the social evil if our nation wishes to suppress licentiousness why not legislate against houses of ill III fame famo and prostitution of the sexes at D C and elsewhere the answer is too clear to need comment they would have to live more moro virtuous lives DANIEL TYLER tyner S box elder co coy jan 1878 editors deseret news dear brothers I 1 thought a few lines from this place would not be out of order the health of the people here is good and the winter is very pleasant we have not had over one and a half inches of snow yet this winter and the male per portion of the community have labored all winter so far hauling fencing I 1 ng and building andl andi preparing lilg 1139 to I 1 live ive behave we have havo good prospects for crops next season as the pers did not deposit their eggs here and the rabbits have havo left us our crops were cut off last year this place is now settling up very fast but there ia Is plenty of land and water for a great many more BO so come along we have had two deaths here this thia winter a daugh daughter fei fel of brother joseph robins bobins ad and henry forbes bishop A Goodli called the sisters of this place together last thursday and organized them into a relief society with sister bister mary Goodli as president and sisters bisters ellen robins and mary ann as counselors coun selora bister sister esther Good goodliffe Iffe as secretary and sister bister mary potter as treasurer our meetings are well attended and a good feeling exists among the people DoB DOBIN iNra fi improvement me t at st malad MALAD CITY oneida county i sa january 24 1878 editors desaree news we are having a fine winter here as is the case throughout the territory the roads are dry and dusty but little litile now in the mountains and unless we have more snow or a vv wet e t F spring bring there will be very poor prospects for crops next season our worthy IS bishop Ishop georgei george dun foi fol fold foid d with his council has been laboring a barn g very diligently the past four months in setting in order the various branches of the priesthood and they have the faith falth faith and confidence 0 of f the latter day saints throughout h the malad milad valley the saints of malad are being awakened to we the sense of their duty and the majority of them have renewed their covenants in the gospel of salvation we have a sunday bunday school under the supervision of edward roberts assisted by james P harrison which is a source of great benefit to tb the ayoung young we also have nave two day schools in good running order beine being taught by rt E T owens and R H R davis and they are well attended we were well pleased with the visit which IL F cummings of salt bait lake and thomas wild lu lq cius club snow and joseph jepson of brigham city paid us on the dinst in behalf of the central committee for the purpose of reorganizing the I 1 A following is the result for president john L roberts counselor james P i harrison harrlson 2nd and counselor beehard rd T owens secretary lorenzo jj evans treasurer frederick E i jonap librarian dallel evans we have about 65 members roust most of whom have improved greatly since our first organization we also have a young ladies ladles M I 1 association under the presidency of mrs alvira harrison who is doing an all BI i bonx in behalf of thu you young ine ing ladies of malad the health of the people generally is good and a good spirit prevails i throughout 1 yours in the gospel of truth L EVANS washington jan 25 1877 editors deseret tasi the arrangement of the mail service of the Uril united tedi stites states and placing the same under contract cm em bracing all correspondence and orders respecting the frequency of malls mails modes of conveyance and times of departures and aril arll vals vais on all the routes the course of the ma mails lis ila between different localities the points of distribution and all the regulations of the domestic Iome lome stid mail service are under tle the control of the second A M gen eral in his are prepared advertisements verti for mail proposals be receives the bids and has charge of the annual and occasional mail jet let tings as well as the adjustment and execution of the contracts from this office all postmaster postmasters sf at the end of routes receive directions for mail arrangements prepared for the respective routes the second assistant P M G through hl his bis clerks reports weekly to the treasury department all contracts entered into and all orders effecting the accounts for mail transportation tion prepares the statistical exhibits of the mail service and the reports to congress of mail let iet tings giving a statement of each bid a aiso also io 8 of the contracts made the 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