Show YOUNGS 69 thi trip P TO Y UTAH COUNTY t foru FORK tuesday july 27 ath 1866 1860 editor editon deseret dr seret newson the dinst at half past IJ presidents brigham 0 kimball accompanied by elders ezra r a T benson a and nd george Q cannon leff cG 6 X L city to visit and hold a two days meeting in american amerlean fork II on the 2 and ath ibets and at Spring springville ville oil on tile the and i ah lusts the president had also in company pres joseph young and other citizens of G L city elder wilford wood ruffard bishop raleigh left iea on the ath 2 and met elder giorge glorge A smith from provo in the american fork settlement elder franklin D richards came by mail from lr S li city oil on the dinst and george A smith by mail from provo on the 2 ath on the morning of the the people began to gather into american fork from the nel nei neighboring laboring settlements and at the hour dp pointed appointed a large assembly of saints were seated inside a comfortable and spacious bowery very tastefully decorated when the worship of god commenced by singing by the american fork choir and prayer by elder george A smith who dedicated the new bowery the second hymn was sung bythe by the lehi choir elder woodrun runn ruff then preached followed by bishop raleigh and elder george A smith the meeting continued two hours and a quarter when it was adjourned forsmo for two hours afternoon the president and his company arrived just in time for ilie meeting eting your yur correspondent however did not arrive until after the afternoon meeting being detained on the caybut way but elder elders george A smith and wilford woodruff fl have kindly permitted me to copy from their notes elder woodruff Woo druIF opened the tile afternoon meeting by prayer when pres heber beber C icino kimball all ali delivered an interesting and instructive discourse lasting an hour aud and a quarter pres joseph young c followed at length on the principles of 0 f health and the preservation of life giving in the course of his remarks much valuable advice the lne inc meeting eting adjourned until next morning at 10 1 elder john taylor arrived from the city at 9 this evening friday I 1 loam 0 am morning cloudy a slight light of rain ralli laying tile the dust aust and makin making 0 the atmosphere cool and comfortable A multitude of saints assembled to hear the word of life E elder eider ider lder george D Watt opened the meeting with prayer pres joseph young spoke 0 of the complete perfection of of the kiil kingdom dom of god elder eider era ezra T lenson 5 addressed tile the meeting bearing es of the good things which the forme former r speaker cr had spoken ken and exhorted the saints to live zes mes lives of righteousness lest the powers jowers of the wicked one should dispossess them of their priesthood and standing in inthe alae kingdom of go god d he remarked upon the custom becoming fashionable in sor some ae places of substituting sir and Bl adam madam for the fraternal terms of brother 11 sister and said are wo not all baptized into ono one spirit are we not mot of one father do we not serve the one and the same god and are wb wa not saved by one jesus christ we are brethren we are sisters he concluded by blessing all the saints with their presidents in all the world and all the good upon all tile the earth the american 7 fork ork choir bun BUD sung a hymn the meeting was dismissed for one hour by elder john taylor afternoon elder john taylor called the meeting to order which was ws opened b by prayer g by elder F D richards el eider elder er FD P D richards addressed the meeting and was wag followed by george Q cannon president brigham young spoke SO 30 minutes and during his remarks it thundered lightened and rained meeting dismissed by G D watt we found the settlement of american I 1 fork or k about as we found it years sears ago with the a very pretty little meeting meetinghouse house it a beautifully situated ted and a fine city could be built upon t this is site and flourishing orchards of the best fruit might grow where comparatively ively sort worthless vort liless cottonwoods cotton woods now nourish flourish to the west a few miles the limped waters of utah lake wash vash its eastern shores where an abundance of fine hay is produced and where the land is well adopted for farming purposes on the east side of the settlement stretching ingsnorth north and south there 19 aiso also much good farming land larid aud and plenty for the purpose of grazing the which runs through the sett settlement lenient is of a superior qua qun quality fity I 1 am Batis satisfied nied fied that the soil aswell is well weil adapted for fur the production of all ali kinds h kinds hinds of fruit th atwill nourish flourish in this clin climate wate fate I 1 visited br Hind leys garden which I 1 found well weli laid but and planted anth with considerable choice fruit his orchard ia is young and the trees trebs have a bright dark green breon healthy and vigorous appearance there are other othet oth ergood good gardens in tile the place but not mot seem seeni to be that attention paid to the planting and cultivation of the best fruits seedling leach peach trees which are neither ornamental nor pro bitable fi table tabie prevail generally NV here there is any pre at all to raising fruit with suitable energy and perseverance the american fork settlement could in a short time mako make a city gity beautiful for situation and worthy of pr praise alse alge after dinner the president rolled out opt for Springy ille at abouna quarter past four when he and his company arrived there I 1 cannot say for I 1 was not there mys myself elfand and aud trav traveling eIng companions were working our passage in a the rear we tried howle howig however ven ver to profit by the slowness of our passage in indulging our powers of observation and taking particular notice of objects by the way side and by observing contrasts and making comparisons the rain had fallen heavily between american merican merlean fork and pring ville making the tile roads muddy und and more difficult to travel over we did not notice anything worthy of note until we came to the provo stream I 1 had heard much said qaid in DA praise praire of the provo bridge and naturally loving to see works of art I 1 promised myself ay a treat in examining that structure for a plain wooden bridge I 1 must say that it is a ver very v substantial affair and capable of resisting almost any amount of pressure indeed I 1 think iscis an in improvement upon bridges bridged of that class I 1 can only find one fault with it and that is we had to cross through the stream to get to the bridge which we fouard built high and nearly dry on the pra fj side after the bridge was built the tiie sir stream eam cam refused to run under I 1 it f as though insulted insul ted fed at the ine lue meag ag reness of its I 1 span for so large a stream the bridge stands there as though waiting for the saucy stream to change 10 its mind when I 1 that will be your correspondent is unable to sav say say in passing through the city of pro provo vo we had plenty of time to note objects we did not observe any advance in the improvement of the eit cit eity city but upon the whole I 1 think it is io lo 10 looking 12 up good improvements have commenced men cel cea that flax is still there over the entrance of that blacksmith shop on the op opposite osite side of the street from rhe the elephant Elep elephant rant tant 11 Is that a lie lle new sort of flax for to my certain knowledge it has been there without the least change for the last twelve years I 1 should think it is rotten enough for the brake by this time when we passed by tife the new meeting house we felt comforted and hope prin up tip and id the tile future of provo locked bright wo we finally reached esprin M v lile profited by our observation ad arid edified by the wise teachings of our honored nored fellow traveler F D richards lUc lue hards but worn somewhat by our physical eserre exercises so E as rin crAlle 10 ain am the people from fro n neighboring e lg ing settlements began to gather in at an early earls hoti hour and at the usual time tinie for worship the services commenced elder george Q cannon read a hymn composed for the occasion by W clegg which was sung by the springville Spring ville choir after which bishop caleigh raleigh opened the meeting by trayer prayer pres joseph young addressed t the e meeting with his us usual ual fervency the people assembled under a ne new bowery ot of the follow following 1 i n dimensions feet by 00 90 it is put 1 f up in a substantial manner I 1 is high higland and well ventilated fenced round three poles high and too thinly covered the stand would have been macil much more com eom iodious if it had been six feet wide wider rt and the benches on the stand would have been much more comfortable if they had been 15 inches wide instead of 12 10 inches it is hard to sit upon hard benches 1 two hours in one gua gna place when they are made after the best and most approved pattern far for comfort and ease buit but when they are made of 12 inch wide plank and the tife back advancing upon that an inch without any visible leall lean backward to it sitting to listen to tir the word of life on such benches becomes bec bee omesa a sort of penance george D watt addressed the meet ing a short time after aft or which it was adjourned jour fied to 2 and dismissed by george A smith afternoon 2 the meeting was called to order by pres bri brigham briham ham young when the provo choir choll sug suz sung the opening hymn ill pral semy samy maker while ive breath c 11 r elde elder john Taylor tay lor addressed the meeting after which pres pros B young made remarks T r the payson choir sung then pres arbs heber C kimball addressed thet meeting in his usual happy way provo prevo sung when the meeting was dismissed by elder ezra T benson denson morrow morning at 10 brithe evening the provo brass band discoursed dis dig beautiful music beien serenading sere bere iding th President and his co company until a late hour thia this band bids fair to com pete with the best lest bands in the country 1 sunday 10 am th the morning cloudy the atmosphere mo salubrious a ft slight sprinkle te of rafn rain ahn bowery is s filled with saints the Ims passages L fages sages crowded arid alid many hundreds are standing around outside of orthe the president young called the meeting to too toa order when the springville Spring ville hoin holn choir hoir dungan opening hymn composed by L h H mower elder W woodhull Wood Woo drull ruff rulF opened by prayer anti and F P D richards rie Bic hards anil and ezra T benson addressed the meeting when the provo choir sung lul lui Ful haps hapy home president Youn young 9 30 spoke ak afew a fow few minutes the springville Spring ville c choir loir iune gune sung of when the tho meeting was dismissed missed feryo minutes by pres prea T heber v 0 kimball 1 rf afternoon meeting called to order by geo Q cannon payson choir sung and the meeting was opened with prayer by elder 15 J boss noss when geo goo Q can non Wilford woodruff and georgo george A smith addressed the meeting while bro woodruff was waa speaking it began to brainand rain and by the time he had concluded his remarks it poured down in torrents george A smith delivered his discourse under an au umbrella etc held over bimby him by presidents B young Youn gand and heber C kimball Kim Him kall kail the meeting was concluded by a benediction from geo A A smith the congregation remained until ahe meeting was concluded at the tho expense of getting well wetted the company left springville Spring ville about 3 and arrived at lehl lehi about 7 between BattIe battle Creek and lehi we were favored by another refreshing shower springville Spring ville is most advantageously situated in one of the great natural wasatch ran rane range rano o of mountains it is situated not lear ipar far from the base bagh of the mountains in its vicinity the Th evater i ater which waters it issues from a daify bil gorge named hobble hobbie creek near by it is plentiful and of the best quality the lana land upon which tile the city ety is built is a ravely gravely g loam loaf n and most admirably adapted forthe for the production of fruits to the westward ching for several miles to the shores of utah lake lies iles in the nia fia fiorilli farming and ilay hay lands of the settlement I 1 sie soe to hinder the tha inhabitants of this settlement to build up a most magnificent city upon this site the land all around is rich beyond description and the elements drop down fatness milk flaws in great quantities and so would honey ir if tile tiie honey bee was multiplied and eared cared for fur there are a few rew good gardens and orel lards but tut if the tho proper ourse course were taken an and d the proper inter es at t in manifested 1 I ilif ested in importing to this place ethe the most choice fruits wihib and cider eider would flow almost like a river I 1 have not seen a better district for tiu tha raising of silk slik in abundance the benches at the base of the mountains on the tile east of the city should be planted with thousands of mulberry trees they can be had of pres young who has manifested great interest in this branch of industry I 1 observe on the south side of the public square an attempt at making a grove of trees for shade and promenade I 1 should judge from the way those trees are planted that the design su is to plant trees entirely around the square nine trees deep from the fence fenc this is very commendable and ana praise worthy but I 1 discover that the trees planted are chiefly cotton woods S why not plant thousands of mulberry trees around this square mixing among them walnut large growing apple pear and cherry trees and blaek black locusts for these trees will give shade equally as dense as the cottonwood cotton wood besides yielding an abundance of food for the silk worms fruit for the use of man and when cut down valuable timber for the wheelwright right and cabinet maker jj ithe the house which the springville Spring ville people have formerly used for a place of worship fronts on the main street of the city and is opposite opp osite the public publio square it was at first built for a seminary of learning and was ased elised a few years by the people asa meetinghouse it is now undergoing a transformation and when finished will be one of the handsomest places of worship 1 I in 1 tile the country already galleries gallei ies les are arc built bulit bp ui 1 t inside and a beautiful pulpit almost completed when tile the outside of it has passed through a change corresponding with the contemplate contemplated a improvements of the inside it will be a ion lon long iong deferred public improvement completed and the sem blance biance blanceh blan bian cef ofa a ruin changed toa to a respectable house of worship iris it is estimated that the improvements to be made on that house will amount to fifteen thousand dollars the work is let out and willbe finished ld at an early day lond monday fond dy this morning all nature seems fo to rejoice and und to praise god for the th refreshing I 1 ng rains af f th the e preceding evening at a quarter fist past pasi eight the company rolled out for home arriving irr iry ivin lvin in G S L city noon accompanied by col cul burton and louis S hills who met the company on the at lehi luchi much valuable instruction instruct ibn has been gi given lidit fo to the people of american fork and springville Spring ville vil vii and thae of nei nel neighboring abor ng settlements who attended the meetings ins all seemed to app appreciate re clate elate and to a proper value upon the nice ants visit Brass bands martial bands choirs cholis of sweet singers sinkers escorts colors and fruit were in requisition for the occasion the word of life flowed freely good 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