Show r A Remarkable able Prophecy fr The year 1848 was lie year of the l cricket plague Myriads l of these destructive del de de- rests Tests an army of famine Carnine and de despai rolled In black lack legions lesions r this th l sides f and at attacked attacked at- at i. i tacked the growing fields of or grain The tender lender crops fell an n easy prey to their fierce voracity They literally swept everything before them Stark Starvation Star Star- k nation allon with all Its terrors seemed staring the poor settlers In the face tace f. f They were saved by a miracle In Inthe Inthe the midst of the work of oC destruction t when It seemed that nothing could stay the devastation great flocks of gulls suddenly appeared the theair air with their white wings and plaintive plaintive plain plain- tive cries and settled down upon the thew w ruined half fields At first It seemed seemed seemed seem- seem ed ed as If they but came to destroy what the crickets had left But Dut their true purpose was soon apparent All day dar long they gorged themselves and when full Cull disgorged and feasted again the white whit gulls fell Cell upon the black crickets like crickets like hosts of heaven and hell contending until the pests were were vanquished and the people were saved The sent heaven-sent birds s then p returned to the lake Islands whence they came leaving the grateful people people peo- peo pIe to shed tears of Joy at the wonS wonderful wonderful won- won S deliverance wrought out for them People Put on Rations Still there was a season of scarcity The surplus of the first harvest In Inthe Inthe inthe the valley had barely been sufficient to meet the tIle wants of the emigration which had commenced pouring In from the frontiers and from Europe and now that the crickets had played played play play- ed such havoc with the crops there was danger in spite of the Interposition Interposition Interposition I of the gulls of some suffering from hunger The people were put upon rations all sharing the same like members of one oue great family Many however er In order to swell their scanty store went out and dug roots with the Indians or cooked and ate the ate the hides of animals with which they J 1 d 5 covered the roofs of their houses It was during this time of famine when the half-clad half set set- I tIers scarcely knew where to look for forthe forthe forthe the next crust of bread or for rags to I hide their nakedness nakedness for for clothing had become almost as scarce with them as breadstuffs that breadstuffs that Heber C. C KImball In a public meeting declared declared declared ed ed to the astonished congregation I that within a n short time states state goods would be sold In the streets of Great Salt Lake City cheaper than In New Now York and that the people peo pie lile should be bo abundantly supplied with food and clothing Gold GoM Seekers s Bring Goods 1 Tho occasion for the fulfillment of this remarkable prediction was the unexpected advent of ot the hunt gold ers on their way to California The Tho discovery of gold In that land had set on fire firo as It were the civilized world and hundreds of richly laden trains now began pouring across the continent on their way to the new ElDorado El- El Dorado Salt Lake valley became the resting place or way half house of the nation and before the saints had had time to recover from their surprise at Heber's temerity In making making making mak mak- ing such a prophecy the still sun more wonderful fulfillment was brought to their very doors The hunters gold-hunters were were actuated actuated by but one one desire desire to to r reach ach the Pacific coast the thirst for mammon having absorbed for Cor the lime time all other sentiments and de de- de- de sires Impatient at their slow progress progress progress pro pro- gress In order to lighten their loads they threw away or sold for a song the valuable which they had stored their wagons to cross the plains Their choice blooded blood blood- ed though now Jaded stock they eagerly exchanged for the fresh mules and horses of the pioneers and bartered off at almost any sacrifice dry goods groceries clothing etc for the most primitive outfits with barely enough provisions to enable them to reach their Journeys Journey's journeys journey's journeys journey's Jour jour- ney's end Thus as the prophet Heber Heher Heber He He- ber her had predicted states goods were actually sold In the streets of Great Salt Lal Lake City cheaper than they could have purchased In the city of New York Whitneys Whitney's Whitney's Whitneys Life of Heher Heber Heber He He- ber her C. C KImball |