Show OUR DIXIE GRAPHIC OF S 0 U T H E R SCENES AND ST geoege GEORGE sept sopt lith 1835 editor deseret Alews the road from leeds to washington is just the same as it was fivey eairs ealis ago except that at the foot of the tha big dugway a road around a recent heavy washout has been advantageously made the same bame black rocky hills bills the same came red sand dotted nere here and there with cactus and mesquite the road dreary and mountainous i but raise anine eyes weary traveler iw i what whal w hal hat seest thou i Is s there not a panorama of rich beauty stretching st retelling away in the thy south do not the thy blue pinc nyc VALLEY MOUNTAINS lower tower in the norta north like gigantic friendly sentinels to the east cast and south rise jise hills rare in lovely tints tint strange in form and full of weird beauty high 1 i t labie table lands landh rise one above a another u lige ibie ible r in palest pink deepest red gold and faint cream colors it only needs the betti hetting setting ag sun to tinge these distant nills jails with t lints ot yellow orange pink anu and rich purple thuy thuy are aru not ra rugged raged ged nor aro arc aney smooth but regular i in n form and uneven in outline I 1 I 1 am often reminded of life when I 1 travel this rold road if one keeps hil his eyes bent downward how hov heavy seems the load how long the journey how weary theotime the time but look above at the BEAUTY als all around LOUND YOU and the load is les ies lessened 4 th beart rhes with joy that the world I 1 after atter all sweet io 10 live in bown down ald abd up over tile the rocks and through tun the tl k aud aad and one is at last laet alves aives A ives s into washington much tho same as to looks only a trifle weedier needier and less and you hurry onto on to the goal of your present hope hopes middleton deserted loo looking king in its once thriving vineyards but green and luscious looking in its orchards you are surprised to tind find the road leading away around the old bridge road to get et across the immense washout that occurred here two years ago over another dugway dagway ed black ridge over hil hll bills Is and sand and at last turning curnin the old tannery point the familiar but ever wonder wonderful fu 1 ever beautiful SIGHT OP OF THE TEMPLE white calm majestic and simple standing in ia the ohp cunter center of this little valley vailey with wita the green orchards and ant vineyards of st george jeorge stretching to the northern and western hills bills the pink sand sloping on the south souta to the river santa clara that twists and winds its way irom the southwestern to the southeastern cliffs unfolds itself swiftly to tu your eager eyes from cliff to cliff from hill to hill silently rests over all the patron spirit of this temple tempie city whose name is PE PEACE ACE PEACE driving through the town the generel air of the place is less thrifty less brisk Inot not so cheery and bright as it was in the lood good old st george 11 days As one paces the streets attends church services visits among the people he will be struck with the number of white haired aua and middle aged yet ag aged e dine men n who ho are here the ve very geat great pr proportion 0 p 0 ri n of N widows 1 I dows wiio awe dwell rt I 1 here ere an and d t the 11 e V very ey fe few youn young men under and nearing a r inthe the prime of life me who are seen at once attract attention youn young men have married and moved away by dozens the stands are tilled filled with middle aged and old men but as a bright recompense for this one se sees e S on A aft sides PRETTY alletty of every type of beau beauty tall tali and sled slender ev ez tall all and finely f formed slight and short hebe liete with laughing black e eyes res yes juno jurio with calm brown eyes fairies fairles with gleaming eves eyes ot blue blu e verily since sincy I 1 caine camo here I 1 have feasted my mv beauty lovius ey eyes on this thit thi fair bevy bay I 1 am sure I 1 dont know what mr air edmunds will do about the matter but there are odly about half or less the young woung men here than there are ladies ladles what is to be lone done about it I 1 am lini sure the girls giris iris will say with wilh me we will have pure and honorable lathers fathers for our children when the future brings us that honored lot and we can very easily refuse to be I 1 heid held ghela out outto I 1 to the wicked eyes es of our enemies en to go from edmunds and zane wane to dams datus the recent heavy storms did a deal of DAMAGE TO ST GEORGE the pile oile dam iam so recently put in at heavy expense has his been badly damaged and it will take about or low lom to make matters secure again THE BRIDGE dridge over the river that has been used by all the surrounding settlements even i yer ver very y distant ones is also badly injured L luceau lucern e r crops drops here are very heavy but the last one Is nearly spoiled by the flood the once BE BEAUTIFUL VINEYARDS look withered and forlorn the mildew has taken nearly all the white grapes rapes the raisin grape and nothing but the isabella seems to live and ana really thrive here now still here and there one finds grapes that taste like old times mrs airs eliza lund especially seems to kaye haye have hare preserved her vines in all their freshness what is st sst george you might say without her wine an and wit phout her lier grapes it is a I 1 QUIET RETREAT where re few but bat true faithful saints will dwell where the glorious redemption for the dead goes on within the sanctuary of the temple walls where the motto of mens dally daily lives is I 1 first the kingdom of god and ills his righteousness I 1 and all other thin things s shaffee shall shail be added u unto nto thee the e 11 HOMESPUN |