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Show HUNTINGTON Money seems quite scarce and the j business of the world is quiet, but the j drummers come just the same. Town is full of roadmen this week. Of course they are full of prospective business and j that's all right its coming this way, and j we are sure to meet it one of these days. W. B. Mat'nie is putting concrete steps at all the doors of the meeting house, a convenience that has been needed for a long while. That means a good word for Bro. Mathie from the little folks. Our Bishop has turned himself into a shearing gang. He has been peeling the wool off a bunch of sheep for Ferry L. Young, so you see, when necessary he can get over on the rugged side of . life. The weather is fine these days, a little chilly in the nights, but while it don't free:-. - w, have no complaints, as we have a n..- prospect for fruit of all kinds but apricots and we have some of them. The trees ar.- donning their spring coats and look beautiful. Zoram Christianson, an old timer of of Fountain Green, was a visitor for a short time on Wednesday last. He made good use of the time and saw a number of his old acquaintances of days gone by. He will stay in our county for awhile and possibly for good, as he has no headquarters to call him away. Our district school keeps up its enrollment en-rollment near full. But few have left their studies and parents are trying to get along without the help until school is out. The farmers are getting along nicely with their crop3 and ditch cleaning, the latter being about done. A great deal of grain has been sown. Mast of the farmers speak of . trying to raise their own bread this season and not buy it of Sanpete and other places as last year. From another correspondent. Sunday School Supt. D. C. Woilward though the rendition of the E ister program pro-gram fitting for a fuller account than was printed in the Progress and a committee com-mittee was chosen to furnish a more ; detailed account. Stake Supt. E. J. ' Grange made request of the different wards that Easter Sundiy be celebrated celebrat-ed in its true sense ani keep at h:ene the crowds of people who usually go to the hill to feast upon eggs. Our school accepted the suggestion with all their hearts and our efforts were amply rewarded. re-warded. The rostrum and gillerv were draped with white, over which was artistically arranged beautiful designs ofEiscer emblems. On one end of the railing of the elevated rostru n was place 1 a pure white rabbit in a glass cov;-re 1 cise; on the other eni a bj.vl of ol red eggs. And on the railing and pulpit bet.veen was arranged vases of Enter lilies, i later to be present e 1 by the classes to I the aged an J infirn. The p ire wnte-j wnte-j ness of the decorations wn vary appropriate ap-propriate of the life an I inioeenee of ! the risen Christ. ' The officers and teachers met as usual in local b ar J m ee'ting at 9:3 J and promptly at ten all were seated where we were entertaind by the foil ving pjogram: The school sang "Tis S.veet to Sing the Matchless Love"; prayer, T. O. Wakefield; qiartett, "Eister Morning;" sacrament administered, solo Hetty McArthur jexercise, Kindergirt-en Kindergirt-en department; qjartett, Wm. Green and Co. In a short talk by Supt D. C. Woodward the history of Eister wis nicely presented. Tne origin and the importance of the day being his special points. Tiiis was followed b an exercise exer-cise from the Primiry department; Pres. Oveson commented the celebration and encouraged the Saints; quartett "Just As I Am" Wm. Green and Co. Stake Supt. E. J. Grange presented the classes with bxmets of Easter lilies, likening the purity of the fllowers to the innocence of the life of Christ and the egg to his tomb. The school sang "Rock of Ages;'"benidiction by Albert Collard. The school closed a little early that the teachers might attend the convention conven-tion at Cleveland. We were represented represent-ed twenty-nine strong. Owing to so many teachers leaving, the higher grades were left to make their presentations presenta-tions as previously planned. The teachers teach-ers of the lower grades accompanied their classes. All presented lilies and refreshments to the dear old soul3 ap-pointd ap-pointd to them, but the greatest gift come as joy to the givers in seeing those dear old hearts rejoice. The presentations pre-sentations were as follows: Kindergarten Kinder-garten section 1, to Sister Elizabeth Leonard, Section 2, Sister Eliza J. Loveless; Primary to Bro. Beng. Johnson, John-son, 1st Intermediate, Sister Inger (Continued on last page.) HUNTINGTON Jensen (Mrs. D. C. Woodward's mother), moth-er), 2nd Intermediate to Elias Cox and Sister Mary Westover, Third Year Theological to Sister Ann Brasher and I , Patriarch Charles Pulsipher, First Year Theological to Bro. Enoch Dodge. The old folks wept for joy and the young people were equally satisfied in their effort ef-fort to do good and make the weary rejoice. re-joice. It would be impossible to compare the good derived from Easter thus spent and a day waisted in wondering over the hill and indulging in vices which grow in an unoccupied mind like disease germs in rot. We trust that this will be only the beginning of such Easter Sundays. |