| Show RABBIT VALLEY A racy letter with here and 11 here a glint of humor in it LOA plate county september 23 editor deseret news it may interest a portion of your readers to know that rabbit valley is nearing toe the end of the most successful harvet harvest ever experienced by the farmers arm in this great oil attitude feet above sea level many who have predicted that this valley was only suited salted for range purposes would be astonished to see the large amount of grain gr a I 1 n raised here this season oats are abundant all along the lini line and 0 one e peculiarity ec ul larity of this crop up here is a tb 0 remarkable greenness of tho straw even when stacked in the distance it has the appe appearance aranco of lucern in color makin making a valuable odder for winter use ahe the wheat raised in this valley carries the f fullest and plumpest plum pest berry I 1 have seen in any country potatoes that ahat I 1 have seen are excellent in both size and quality this ward is presided sided over by the veteran bishop elias blackburn the townsite is beautifully 11 located and desti destined aed to become one of the most pleasant and prosperous towns in the county the productive I 1 landlin here only wanting the well directed energies of those who c claim it and this present harvest proves that muscle is a mine of wealth to those who judiciously expend it upon their terms farms whilst much of the grain is still from ahe abe fields two thre shera have commenced humming the rangers mareb march in los loa eight miles below here is located the town of thurber a nice thriving little ward bearing evidence of spiritual a I 1 life in the erection of quite a large meetinghouse meeting house as yet not fiot quite ta finished last sabbath I 1 visited d the ward of fremont located i six miles above here herd and f found bishop allen alien taylor sitting as a stu student ut in the theological cl class tea teaching e hing and willing to be taught by the more experienced graybeards greybeards grey beards of the class clan who are still am anxious C one ther learn th eways of the lord I 1 spent a few hours with the people eople there and realized the nappy happy I 1 influence J uen ce of gospel unity which is the sure giralt ot of the rul rule e of love which exists in this little nook in the mountains there is still some grain uncut tot both here and at thurber the valley valle 19 I 1 watered principally by the 11 91 dirty lart y devil a misnomer mis nomen in the highest degree forno for no more pleasant peaceful crystal stream ever meandered mia amid the prayerful homes of a grateful opeo F 0 ale than the one so named name but I 1 RM am told that before it reaches the colorado many miles below here like poor reckless humanity in its ita downward course it gradually assumes a form less pleasant until a turbid seething 1 l mass is swallowed in the grave ei of waters a and 11 d in kindness forgotten timber throughout the valley Is plentiful and cheap bills of lumber are filled at 10 per thousand amongst the substantial improvements in los loa this summer is a white brick t two wo story house hooe in the centre of town belonging to to mr thomas blackburn but the most imposing structure I 1 believe iu in the county county is the red brick residence of hugh J mclellan Mo Lellan esq that gentleman has resided in this roughed it and now being able has M dit determined that he be and his rustling wife will take it more easy that is it hugh can keep her quiet for she la 19 a worker by na d practice he his has provided a aple splendid di house containing eleven rooms the finish lug ill touches are being put on by the aisters and in a week or two salt take ake city will be visited and some enterprising furniture adaler dealer will catch a customer hugh is unpretentious but pays cash I 1 was reading the other day that tha t certain hebrew scientists assert that meat and milk ought not to be taken as food together the combination producing ani malculm almost instantaneously I 1 do not doubt the philosophy by but the combination of milk from hubbs full blooded holsteins and the beef from his mountain grass fed steers produces an effect that is quite nourishing toa to a worker as s ev evinced need by my own avoirdupois stock buyers are coming in ID and stock men are cheerful as winter range is over oter stocked for miles around here one coming to this valley for the first time would not imagine that that mercantile pest the bundle peddler had preceded him into but it ft is true nevertheless Imd nd he be has left his mark deep in the gullibility of many imagine the consistency of a friend of mine who can see plumb th through rough mormonism M talk wisely on the t he tariff question and with I 1 Ingers a Bollian er ollian logic condemn mother E eve ve tor for listening to the wiles of lucifer being bearded in his own home by one of these scotch irish talking machines and within fifty minutes is beguiled into signing an iron clad note for from to dollars lor for articles he be has BO immediate use tor for and then before the peddler and his decoy bird are fairly out oat of sight seeking a less pretentious tent ious fous neighbor and offering him his bis bargain at a discount of from five to fifteen per cent yet this is frequently done what fools we me mortals atals belt be when we try to grasp the infinite and stumble over our own little inconsistent selves fancy a poor farmer with a dozen and a halt half of large table claths cloths in his bis drawer how nourishing it t is to the children and then the t tantalizing an tal interest on the note how refreshing for breakfast every morn mornine inQ one advant advantage aae I 1 observe is in the cutting by inexperienced hands of the he cloth into large laree legged pants it gives the wearer the appearance of a I 1 solid man from shoulders to shoes and by the experience of a mouth month of friction he discovers dis vers that the warp of the cloth is saddy and the woof has again resolved itself into bundles bandies and lodged between the linings about twelve miles northwest from lere and still higher up in the mountains it is one of ef natures els wonders the magnificent sheet of water called dish fish like lake aad upon its edge I 1 was a surprised to find quite a commodo commodious building used as art an hospi hospital and presided over by dr st john and his bis wife I 1 visited the lake early in the spring to coture some of the celebrated trout I 1 was in company with a friend and landed between fifty and sixty pounds ahe 1 he mode of capture is to get quietly below the fish fl shat at about daylight in the tee morning as they wriggle up t the h e steep shallow creek to 8 spawn an and armed with a club strike them last lait behind the ears aad the fish Is yours the more lively one strikes we he more fish h he be is likely to get if they arp there but bat I 1 must acknowledge that I 1 fell some compunctions althis at this mode of gt blau slaughter liter tor for no true disciple of isaac Val walton tonly would stoop to such unskilled barbarity but bat my trien friend d had been there before and told me to wade in which I 1 did but even now as my mind reflects upon the slaughter rd of those these speckled beauties conscience convicts me as a piscatorial assassin but then I 1 never could catch them on the fly at blits like lake I 1 ilot an introduction to a noted character in these parts the chief or fish captain the hereditary owner of the lake foggy I 1 have seen many iny indians but the look of sefu this th to 01 oae lias has J left aa impression upon my mind not soon to be be forg forgotten atten I 1 ohrel 11 captain 1 the very antipodes a t d es of fennimore coopers creations or dorir codr own damns dallin a ideal red bed man tog 1 the euphonious name me to is duplicated in the look of its owner there be sits upon a pony as void E muscle as aa an artists easel the a animal stoop stooping both ways from where ike he sat clothed in rags of various varl Qu skIndo kinds with battered kettles appended to the saddle tree his grizzled hair cropped d oft toothless and wrinkled As a nickel nic kolt I 1 is ig handed to him lie he smiles la in ghastly gratitude kra and chattering passes eisses on think not that I 1 speak in 91 derision a aa this poor being not so but as I 1 loo looked ked upon this fallen type e of man MY jay mind reter reverted ted to the past and the pon poa ties of his bis race alas poor peggy foggy but a few more and he will be gathered to the hunting rounds 1 rolled tattered Mank ethis wicki u up burned the bones of his famished steed aged will blech bleach jn in he summer son his watery domain will be usurped for the citizens of this valley have bave sl al 1 ready expended over putting in a dam and outlet to fish lake our mall mail facilities are of toe the pioneer kind semiweekly semi weekly the mail arriving here on the tuesday cannot do be answered until the following friday t as the jerdies meet a few miles nor north h of our settlement the one going north morth goes down into grass valley and takes a rest tor for the night it looks as though some mails were run rua to accommodate mallard county dix on the I 1 ast 1st 49 and arrived here on alita th the letter came logging sin baw enty three hours later but bat we ho hope fe for better arrangements before lo 10 conf A lew e evenings ven ings since a b baegy Y passer ew mar slowly y by here e it might nave ave taken enor tor the e v van an guard ii ra of a aj groces procession on but the occupants were e doubtless waiting fam the shades of df nig night h t to cover their movements so as th they e 6 proved to be deputy marshals mcgarry arry and armstrong who went on 19 15 miles below here and arrested bishop coleman of teasdale still further do down anthey they found brother perkins ins we understand that they gathered in quite a number of lady wit nesses also connected with other families i respectfully GEORGE A BIRD |
