| Show correspondence ire yee enst have En enjoyed joyet joyel it nenn july july tuly 13 1884 editor deseret balc 3 1 tho the naoso pleasing as well weli as novel socia sociably I 1 blo ble of this season ever enjoyed in the open air in nephi was a lawn fete given on last friday evening by our esteemed town townsman sinan slnar alma kendall esq to several of his friends in front ol 01 his beautiful residence is a finely ornamented lawn gracefully and tastefully adorned with shrubbery cry and shade trees and on this occasion every tree and shrub was lighted up as if by a magical agent to one who came suddenly upon these grounds from out the darkness the effect was certainly the gay attire tot the qan dancers cers mingled with the man many d dancing a acing lights on the green re reminded mindel th the e gazer of the tho dreamy land of the fairi fairl fairies fairles e s when floating iu in their etherial elys elysium lurn of blissful r and li happy enjoyments enjoy ments the music was delightful and well adapted to the entertainment A bountiful collation was enjoyed by all and much credit I 1 is s due to our friend alma for inaugurating this style of amusement in nephi nepal as well as for tile the courtesy and favors shown to his happy guests on the evening nin mentioned yours truly camelia ogden CITY itah utah utah k july 14 1881 editor deseret A variety of clr cir circumstances have conspired to prevent me ine writing you for orme omme t time past not tho the least of which has lias been bevere indisposition although I 1 ain am much better at the present time I 1 am ani far froni from being strong there has been a great deal of f sickness ill orden ogden 0 den and vicinity during during the last bev months and some sonie of our intimate tu friends have succumbed to the fell destroyer and have llave been borne hence to their silent abodes sods of the valley scarlet T rever FEVER lias been fatally prevalent from which quito quite a i number of our citizens have suffered tuf suf tend lend and bonic of their heart hearths hearell ll ail arl ali amt homes hollee have been made desolate by the demise of their loved ones who were vere attai attacked eked by the malady we are arc not free from froin tiie the disease at prese arese present lit delther deither can call we tell when it will take wins wings and leave us the sooner it does so the better ve hall hail shall hali feel for I 1 also has prostrated pros lr cited several parties id itt this town and ill iu one or two instances the cases were critical for fora a time happily however none of the attacks have yet proved fatal I 1 i tiie txie WORMS as well as the tile wate waters rs have committed I 1 i great havoc in some places they did A not a ar 1 parti ular on what Z I 1 kind of crop they commenced their war ivar lucern com corn peas cabbage cucumbers and ana even weeds andr and grass have been devoured or r rui rul u ine ha b the to rapacious army but I 1 a am iu happy a p p to say that many of them h have also aiso died fled either elther of gluttony or by some sonie other insects that have killed them I 1 butterflies AND li and many varieties of ot other herring herling insects sat s I 1 think were never more numerous lumerd 11 than h ai i they are at the pr present sent time timo vegetation V deeta is covered with the air au is tuil tuii ol of them and they are depositing their eggs before shuffling off I 1 thi this s mortal coil and terminating their ephemeral existence it I 1 many of our farmers are agree ably disappointed in their expectations for notwithstanding the lateness lat enesA of odthe the sea that the time was waa so farad danced before they could put in their thein seeds the prospects for are very 0 in q I 1 id 1 would d at geem seem ni that jw i I 1 i a I 1 DAME bame o alsi ii has just about so much to every summer and no matter whether the season be bb long or short shorty she her task and the barvest harvest moon s on the rich rewards of the tolls tolis of the husbandman lii lin iii llo lio to the str strawberry awber season of course is now over but that tat fruit truit has had been deen so abundant this year that rice as cheap as they were Ini former years and have been placed within the reach of everybody Cher cherries have yielded well and now nois there is a good supply of raspberries rasp berries plums and apples prom promise se wel wei and the later so barap far appear sound and unaffected ibyl by the grubs f during the late convention held heid dt at chicago there was in this town considerable sid erable orabie excitement and a great d deal deai eal eai of speculation in regard to we tue nominees for foi President and vice vlee president of the united states but the choice ives lacs gives general satisfaction and old oid abl r r mccans iti clans are sanguine in their belief bellef that they will be elected on the ath of march 1881 1884 itla itlo CLEVELAND AND HENDRI CIt 1 will occupy the chairs of state in the white house at the natio national niLl I 1 i capital and will direct the affairs of this gr great g eat cat country for ok the next four years IV WEBER t BE n |
