Show 1 REMARKS by emiler GEORGE georoe A SMITH in the bowery general cwerence conference 0 L city oct ath 1865 ISCO REPORTED BY G D WATT it is with very great pleasure that I 1 have listened to the instructions and counsels of my brethren at this confer ence in fact the season of conference is 4 a period arlod of reflection with me itis it is eighteen e ag eteen years ago yesterday when the f first october conference was held in this valley under the shade of a hay stack and it served an abundant means of shading all that attended As we a are re here assembled sem bled bied now it would require an extensive to shade lelent sufficient to accommodate the assembly and there is but a very small representation here from the settlements odthe of the territory though there are considerable numbers from some of them trains of fifty or sixty wagons loadah loaded with persons to attend conference those of us who are in this city and who have not had the privilege of traveling through the settlements can form very little comprehension of the extent strength and population of the territory ry and of the amount of labor toil and the results of that toil and labor which is progressing throughout U ghost president young has devoted demoted a large largo portion of his time since last conference associated with a number of elders in traveling and visiting the saints he has visited perhaps one halfon half of them after traveling about eighteen hundred miles our territory is said to be sparsely settled but our location renders it necessary that wherever a settlement exists it shall be of considerable size in order to carry out the necessary arrangements for protection and cultivation it is seldom that a s small smail settlement an can do this successfully success successfully full fuli y 1 have been pleased at the suggestion oft fored b by president hyde in relation to the better cultivation oath e soil forshen we go to the expense of taking out the water of keeping up dams maki makl making requisite canals repairing tunnels an and na smaller ditches and water sects it would seem really sound polle policy y tha that t every foot of land thus watered in order to make it effective should be cultivated in the best possible manner if the lord had seen proper to send rains from heaven to water our lands sufficiently and gratuitously as in other places we might spread over the land and cultivate the soil without so much labor on our part if the suggestions which have been made are duly considered and applied throughout hout bout the territory the result will be the production of from oneto three thred times moreon of the necessaries of life in the same area so 60 far as the unity of the people is concerned I 1 have felt to rejoice past season I 1 have accompanied the president this S summer ummer except while on his last trip to cache vaney during which I 1 was on a journey to L the south with elder amasa lyman byman we held 24 meetings it is really an expressive and singular incident that we live to fisit so many climates inhabited by saints in so short a time we passed near the snow region in july went directly into a semi torrid zone to see the effects of all the changes in this variety of climate thermometer ther moin morn eter at washington 1101 iio in the shade all within gur pur own borders our settlements may be compared to a thrifty tree throwing out annually A new growth more extended and more vigorous while pres pros young and company passed on south elders F D richards and A M musser took another direction through the new counties of sevier plute and kane through a chain of new settlements never before visited only in part by some of the twelve visiting on their route some families it is really astonishing to reflect that such an extent of settlements have been thrown out we have been gratified very much with the efforts and exertions made by our brethren who were sent on missions to our cotton region in opening and enlarging the settlements there they have met ma with many difficulties of which ohp their i p northern br brethren thren have very little conception re ane soil along their streams in many places is composed of such loose material that it is almost I 1 impossible m as ible ibie to carry a water ditch through through it to for r irrigation the soil of the banks dissolving in the water like sugar in coffee dams dahms are washed away by frequent bursting of clouds you may take the best fields in the vicinity of st george and the annual expense of keeping up their canals and dams for irrigation has been 15 dollars per acre andyes and yet the courage energy perseverance and dil of eners the brethren have not failed but they continue to construct dams and contend with the natural obstacles that lie in their way to the permanent improvement of the country this perseverance or severance which will eventually bring ering forth an abundant supply of the needful sta staples piear plear which can be successfully produced in that climate is very commendable to support themselves by producing their own breadstuff is true political economy notwithstanding the number of mechanics sent there they have not sufficient to supply the wants of the people there are many towns without a blace blacksmith csmith plasterer mason or carpenter A considerable number of these could find employment and make themselves good homes in many of the southern settlements we would direct the minds of the brethren to this item is can be cultivated in wheat with flood water that cannot be made to produce cotton in in consequence of drouth later in the seaon season the raising of bread this year has not interfered to any great extent with the culture of cotton the supply of which has haa been greater than last year and two third thirds of breadstuff necessary nee essary ebsary has been beeh produced to supply the inhabitants the tile other third must be brought from the north many vineyards have come into n to bearing and extensive new vineyards have been planted and the efforts at cultivating more breadstuffs bread stuffs has haa proven successful and if men continue to follow it up an ample supply will be produced for home consumption without materially lessening the breadth cultivated in cotti cotton n an and dvines vines while my brethren are con 1 la 11 r sympathize with them and rejoice when I 1 see them victorious when I 1 pass through the mineral lots in st george and see their barren aspect and nd see tand the e men working on them to conquer those combined seminal chemical elements which eat up everything that grows even the rocks and fences of sand sana stones are ate solvin decolvin de c be fore them yet men ar are e conquering 0 this soil and making it produce nearly three fourths of f all the the tho fruit trees planted canted 1 in st george have havo been unsuccessful ansu ci c cess eess e ful fui yet the place is looking like the garden of eden showing that perseverance faith and energy will conquer everything it is a delightful an and d pleasant locality I 1 name these things because we are interested in them and wish the brethren to realize that those thosa brethren on that hat mission have spent the accumulated property of many years and many of them are successful some are yet struggling to make a start and it is with them as tile the old ada adae adage e has it while the grass grows the cow starves but they are not discouraged their eyes look bright their spirit is de ter mined Q and I 1 was pleased to hear elder snow speak of df the good spirit they felt and that they were determine n f r ed to overcome A people possessed of sueh such great energy aided aided by the ready c cooperation operation co 0 ope ration of their air brethren in the north are bound to conquer that desert and not only make it blossom as the rose but make one of the most delightful regions of the earth I 1 would suggest to all persons who go there to fulfill what is required of bf them and not forget that it is is necessary to carry the staff of life with them that those that are there and those that are going may be provided with ample supplies of bread it is better to have a little over when next harvest comes than to go two or three weeks without bread may the blessings of god be upon zion and lengthen her cords and strengthen her stakes that they may be blessed with that wisdom knowledge and intelligence telli gence continually that guides the head and inspires the body we are improving in everything we must continue to improve until the light of life shines throughout the whole earth for our business is to be like a city set upon a hill or a candle set upon a bushel to illuminate the earth and bring all to a a knowledge of me truth life and peace may god enable us to be sd is my in prayer pray erin edin in the name of jesus jegu christ amen I 1 abuser A in herefordshire Hereford shire england recently stabbed himself dour four times in the stomach with a carving earving knife he however hp wever r recover recovered edi fro fr omnis niliS injuries and upon being asked for what reason he committed the act said 1 I was cleaning the plate and a carving knife was lying lafi ng before me the devil came up and tapped t me on the shoulder and after atter some conversation he told me I 1 must put the knife into my ty stomach and then I 1 should become immortal I 1 therefore put the handle of the knife up against the wall and thrust myself against the point I 1 am sorry now f I 1 took his advice and I 1 shant try it on again 0 k A PREACHER WANTED AND HIS qualifications A western corres shenew york independent in giving an account of the congregational churches visited or heard from froal in ritho lithe the tho coure coute of his pilgrimage speaks of thie the growing demand fon for fresh young ministers the old ones have outlived their day and it ml might h t be added the piety of their congregations one of these writa tell brother he should be looking for another preacher for his church I 1 h hope ope he will succeed better next time they T h ey have a citified church and want a citified el t nned fled minister ayoung goodlock good look ing man of superior talents able to interest the class that never lever felt any interest in sacred thin things i gs and turn back all the old back sliders that were brought broucht in by y the furnace heat of a protracted meeting and sprung back as soon as they got cold they thoy want an man who can throw ot off a sermon at a without study an unmarried man preferred if not engaged Bis bismark mark MAEK ARIC bismark the stanton of prussia is tall in stature and walks stiff the arms hanging down countenance the grave rave and the brow thoughtful he wears vears a brown jacket covered by a grey overcoat ahat a hat of grey felt large baches and a thick imperial on his hig left cheek close to the lower lip is a deep zep jep sear scar the result of ofa a wound received in a duel previous loiA to his diplomatic career M Bismark denismark De was captain in the cavalry his physiognomy considered in its totality expresses a firmness i which appears inaccessible to discussion ENGLISH ENGLI sIr sli law LA v arev A rev mr jitni hill an annd arid other ma magistrates estrates of stowmarket Stow market suffolk eli uli england aland I 1 la lately aly e commett com eom committed mitt ed a woman seventy years of age to prison for fourteen days with hard labor for plucking a handful of corn of the value of two pence ACCORDING to an official statement the number of cattle carried off by the plague within the last twenty years amounted to no less than in the 6 one Pro province vincer vincet of df Tobol sk the original i nal nai seat geat of bf this terrible scourge i 13 N has this beit year manufactured pounds of raisins ns in his vineyard near folsom cal ta folsom telegraph says that thata a miner there who was wa nearly dead dedd with inflammatory rheumatism cured himself by the use of kerosene applied externally and aiso also taken in small smail doses inwardly 1 1 I 1 I 1 THE tim brains of the gigantic gig ga antic deceased ele eie elephant hant bant cleopatra were found to weigh fifteen afif been pounds they are preserved in in a glass case |