Show correspondence prom from glie the nar var north GROUSE CREEK creeh box elder co U T january 5 1884 editors deseret news neus it may be interesting to some of your tour readers to hear from grouse creek greek ou on sunda sunday december S 1884 brother lorenzo president of the fifth quorum of seventies was here and rase rave much good instruction to both old oid and youn he also aiso ordained eight brethren to the thy office of seventies in the fifth quorum ile he was accompanied by brothers william and dorwin mecham of park valley who also under the spirit of the th eLord lord gave excellent counsel to voun young and old oid old oid our crops the lasi last season were excellent cel cei cellenti lent the general health of 0 the P peo eo pie pic is good and those prof professing essing to be latter day saints as a whole are earnestly striving to live jive their religion our parties this winter have been enjoyable affairs yours etc I 1 C F B sax SA RAPHAEL emery county dec issi editor deseret nets although we nye number but few living miles southeast of salt lake city we passed a very beasant pleasant christmas we were awakened before the break of day on the morning of the by the this loud explosion of anvils and other small firearms fire arms the far renowned santa claus claua found his way to our mountain homes and made glad the hearts of the little ones by his ills gifts of numerous toys candies candles nuts etc on the night of the we had a nice supper and a dance and enjoyed ourselves very much in fact everything passed off iery very pleasantly we have had a very mild winter so far raining at intervals and green ve vegetation epati is peeping up there are many acres of fertile land in the san raphael valleys we have almost completed a canal which will irrigate several hundred acres persons desiring a good home would do well weil to visit this portion of country before settling elsewhere they ail an all purchase an interest in the canal at very reasonable tl figures ures for any one wehing to bee this tins co country gintry the best bent route is through spanish fork canon cablon thence through the mountains from fairview sanpete county or by the way of salina sevier county the mineral resources in this portion of country we think are very good yours truly THOMAS tuomas TIDWELL emery county utah december 1884 editors deseret news Thin kinga few items from huntington would not be amiss I 1 will say that the year 1884 has been a favorable one for this place and for the whole valley valler although the grain crop was nob not as good a as it was vms iii in 1883 mostly on account ot of a great many thinking that late grain was tho thi bet best this year has proven that wheat put in in during march is a safer crop than that s sown own in june A great geat man people have located in hungington Hun nun lington this 1 year and improvements have bee been i made at a lively rate so much so that a person that was here a year ago would hardly know the place now enow consequently real estate has in the past twelve months morn MORG THAN DOUBLED IN VALUE we look for more Improvement sand better ones one s in houses and fencing to be made in the comin coming year than ever before as it has alwais always been very hard boget to L get lumber hereto heretofore ore it having haling to be hauled from forty to eighty miles but there has lately been a steam saw mill put pus up in flunt ington canon canton that is expected to make all the lumber needed for tor building and fencing fencie purposes for some time to come tome we have had and are aru going to have again immediately after new years A VERY GOOD DAY SCHOOL taught by brother terry who seems to be well qualified for teaching the young our sunday school is also ili in a very flourishing condition and I 1 may s say sav the tile same of all the other org organizations eions of the ward namely seventies elders eiders deacons and Y mile mill M M 1 I association cla cia tion aso relief society Y lii lri L M 1 I and primary associations the spirit of the lord has shown itself and been with the authorities of this place and with the elders who have from time to time been called upon to address us la in our sabbath meetings I 1 and I 1 believe the people never f cr felt etter better spiritually notwithstanding this there has been A GLOOM CAST OVER VS US lately caused by sickness and death i fr for the past several weeks I 1 the he weather nas been very changeable cold coid warm and stormy and as a consequence a great many children have been very sic sick kand and the following deaths occurred on the first of this month bro broi i ther chalk buried a little child on the brother chris johnson buried a child on the I 1 2 ad M bishop chas burled two children in one coffin both having lied died the ane night before one of them died through tile the effects of the epidemic that seemed to prevail amon smon among the children the other from the effects effect rf of a scald it got through falling ing into a pot of boiling bolfing wasef water oil on the ath blotner 1 washburn buried a child and on tho iho edth brother clark dark BrInker brinkerhoff hoof buried burled one As a consequence our christmas festivities were of fathera gloomy nature at nt the present iv writing pritim those that are sick rick seem to be improving and it is iq to be hoped that the hand of the desti oer is stayed they were mostly young babes that died and the people feel to say especially those that have been called upon to part with their children father thy will be done wishing Wish ingall all ali israel a merry ch christmas christinas listz and a happy new year v I 1 remain your respectfully V II 11 |