Show washington april 7 1878 4 editors deseret bews i our little cl city ity looks beau beautiful tINI clothed in the spring habiliments of batur nature our trees are clad cladin in their full foliage and present A a verk very attractive appearance with the ex bertlyn of orthe the cottonwood which la is cover coven covered edwith caterpillars much to the annoyance of everybody some trees are entirely anth eay fi trippe dof dot d of their foila folla foliage ge BO so numerous are they that in walking talking the streets you are i liable to get them about courter I 1 s son 0 n indeed it seems alm aim almost an i impossibility bill ty to keep them out df our housek houses the people feel that there is no alternative but to discard the tiie lq cottonwood Ott oti onwood as aa a shade shadd and substitute other vari varl otlea eliea which they are ha fast doing there is an excellent prospect for fruit at present vegetation is advancing rapidly garden vegetable vegetables a are yer ver yearly lucerne in consequence of oty the of the spring and w warma ar ka weather leather neri heri la s very forward I 1 donot do not re remember hember it being so warm in the month montia of march during seventeen years residence in washington aa as it has been beed the present bear year our city aswell Is well watered ad ulso idar dur our farms and judging from present appearances the prospects are excellent for good crops drops the present year the 5 a general th ingaro enjoy health and feel well very few deaths our much re and veteran father randolph d alexander passed to another sphere of late and ana wo unite in say log peace to his ashes the people of thib this plade place are richly blessed with the necessaries of life and well clad some borne few families a are about starting ng i to td arizona and others are expected eced ec ed to follow soon among them Is chapman duncan of long iong longstanding in the church altogether our p 0 as a settlement are excellent aa As a general thing the peo people pie of thib this place cheerfully respond to the demands made upon them in a pc pecuniary point of view W we eh have ave a good day school in session at present we have also a sunday school in a d very healthy condition with good attendance our energetic Bl bishop F J jorles jones labors continually in the interest of the peo taking the lead in every labor and duty always having a good word for the faithful and a gentle rebuke and father hather fatherly ly admonition to th the wayward in fact he I 1 is a fat tat feathersto father hersto to the people watching i hib his little flock with a care and zeal al worthy his position eort HOBT F GOOLD SPRING VALi vailey Ey ala april ard 3rd 1879 editors deseret news I 1 have ben been laboring in alabama for the months In de DeKalb kaib kalb marshal and colbert Colb erbe erfe counties baptized six ox in that time been mobbed out of dekalb de and marshal countie counties and threatened a good deal in colbert but not much actual demonstration yet about 12 is the largest number yet that has got together for this purpose and they were headed beaded by a freewill baptist minister bur he thought his company too small to face one latter day saint elder bider so they postponed their operations farj a season the spirit of reigns in this part of the south an elder is in danger of being mal treated any time as be he passes through the country out of the six that I 1 have baptized five of them started for utah april aa 49 for myself my health is very poor this spring I 1 have been released leased to return home and shall ein embrace brace the opportunity as abon soon boon as ds I 1 get the means to cozewith come with your brother in fin the gospel cf chiist chilst ARA IV BABIN U 0 ot of moroni 0 yoni voni MORONI moko 41 sanpete county utah april 1679 1879 editors deseret news i i thinking that a few items in relation to the working of the pies plea of the united order as applied III in an attempt to unite in a few tr Or branches anches of business by the people of this place may be interesting to the readers of the NEWS I 1 will eay esy that the united order of moroni was organized and incorporated september loth I 1 1874 with a capital balof of soo which amount had hail ln in creased to in 1875 and to over in 1878 the capital capit sl was about equally invested in sheep and cattle which gave the sha shareholders 0 a nice lice herd of each the herds tiro tire are siro kept along a long iong di distance stance from here which entailed an extra expense upon uvon the comp company any but thal that plan kept the ran gein the vicinity vici 1 n fy of our settlement free for cows and work teams the Tho company pals pais paid annual dividends alvil ranging from six alx to twenty two per cent which had been steadily increasing from the fira first year dhe The he company furnish the people with biear each bummer summer arid falig and at a much less price than it had bad everdeen ever evor been sold at here before the meat wad wag waa mostly paid for in labor dividends or in wheat at 1 cdx pe bushel sheep and cattle were first received at high trat rates es upon which reductions were made to the amount of about 2000 vve we found many difficulties to be overcome in 14 starting the enterprise but ony only such as may be overcome by patience and perseverance coupled wilh with the blessings of the tho lord in addition to the amount paid to the shareholder we also tithed the of the company the financial success had become an established fact but yet there were found fainthearted faint hearted persons who were filled with fears that matters were not or would not be in a P prosperous condition and who seemed to think 1 it were better to scatter than to gather better to divide than ban to unite the interests of the people and who were never easy only when advising the disbo lution lut iut loni ionI of who persisted in their efforts to that end until un iti an evil hour the members were advised to dissolve the company pany which they did in opposition to the feelings of nearly all ail of the tho officers who understood the state of and aud realized that if the people were once discouraged in their efforts in this thia direction it would be a serious block in the way of a faither fu ther union of interest which were in contemplation by the people when tho the accounts were settled every shareholder was paid up in full together with a dividend of 22 per cent which was wag thought to be very well weil w ell eil for a bankrupt or enterprise when will we learn wisdom and arid believe in the lord and his bis promises your brother in the gospel JAMES M christensen in behalf of f jho fhe he late board of directors of the united order of moroni georgetown essex co blass mass april fth 1879 editors deseret news it becomes my sad bad duty daty to pen an account of the death of bister sister Marin marln daJ J Carleton of George georgetown essex co Mass mabs who departed this ilfe life march 1879 sister carleton was the tha daughter of thomas and hannah tiow ilow dow burbank was born in groveland Gro veland voland a village adjoining georgetown march 1837 she was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints by bjeld eider elder ef william ricket richer while still young and was waa married to io george hcarleton esq tho present cashier of the georgetown national bank may 1857 her mother u united with the church at an early period of its existence but her father though fal endly to the cause never became a convert to the gospel and so the family never gathered pith with the maluf main body of the church though two of bister hister Car letona sisters bisters gathered to utah where one orie of them thom died and where the other with several relatives and r nany many friends still ie resides sides deceased also leaves leavea one Ur brother other two iwo slaters and a widowed mother nil all residents of th this is state to mourn her iose lose the jatter latter a arzia irm latte r day balant ia now in her year ai and nd since her husband death has made jerhome her home with the deceased she has been quite fee feelo le of late and her d daughters aug h death was pas was a blow which it is not likely shw the will very long iong 1 ong survive 0 dee Deb deceased based was waa in good health un oll about two weeks before her bar death when her sufferings CO commenced M bhe shed colit continued hided to teai 1611 be tip lip and about until Satur saturday dayi dayl marci marce march when she took to her bed a and td notwithstanding the dici attendance that could be pro cared cored continued to grow worse until the following friday morning when she seemed to that her uen hour had bad come she called he bei l husband to her bedside gave him careful inspru as to her burial etc making the tha dying request that ha ue would endeavor to secure my attendance at ht her funeral but if that could not be she ebb was emu en as tb who conducted it jt bhe ebe thon placed her hand upon her husbands husband shedd and left he ruing ng blessing and at hoan houn hobai precisely sey breathed her laatz 21 i a T though separated from froin the tho main wilin body of the ahu 1 rell froni md tiiu aime time of her baptism till her death alth wl th tha th tho A exception of a visit mado to utah in company bei her husband in 1871 sister carletha Carle toa ter ed in themay of truth a circle of society In which berre ber her religion was wab held in special odium she was too excellent an example of its virtues to beheld lu lir other than the high highest est eat esteem by all who came in contact contti ct with her ber and the example of her character land and life have done a great deal in removing ing prejudice from the minds minda of a great many who were much surprised in being told what her religion was very e y many of the poor andi andl gendin eni id her n neighborhood eiga bo haves have reason to remember her kindness nad bad generosity for she in her quiet anost unostentatious way often and freely dispensed charity among them and many of the elders eiders who havo traveled in this region will have havo grits grite grateful ful fui memories me mories moriea of the hospitality and generosity of sister binnie rinnie ui j particularly ia this thib the tho case ease with myself her husband mr bir carleton is well known and viry very hig highly aily lily respected for his moral and business qualities and while not a professor of religion himself accords to all full liberty of conscience he is one of the honorable men of the earth has often ity to the elders and had lisa spoken freely in the defense of our people he was devotedly attached to his wife whose great desire wag waa to have him see as she saw au and d settle in utah immediately after her herd berd death ath aih he be endeavored to communicate with me at boston but I 1 gone to rhode island and from there to new york before his ietter letter overtook me on its receipt I 1 took the thie first steamer to boston and the nce by rail to arriving arrivi yesterday Y ster ater the funeral hadt hadl had been over bome some days and add had heen been conducted by bv hir Mr bir If Yeston featon a minister and thus hab has passed away awny one of the most roost exemplary latter day Sain tsI ever knew peace to her ber ashes and comfort to who mourn her departure the local papers gave full accounts of the funeral and touching eulogies on the character of the deceased which however could to do nomore no more than justice to respectfully your dour brother in the gospel gosiel B F JK JR |