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Show LIBERAL RALLIES. The Liberal party of San Pete County Coun-ty have been having a series of rallies the past week, making politics hum in several tow tis. In G ntiiSon on Tuesday Tues-day night they had a grand torchlight processions and a huge meeting. At rait view on Monday night and Fountain Green, Tuesday, the same programme, torchlights and speeches. The grandest aftans of series was at Epliraim last night (s Rbcmtkr repjrter was present) pres-ent) and if we had space and time we should give more notice of the event, as 1. is we shall probably have more to say in our next. The procession was very good for a starter and Gen. J. H.Erick-son, H.Erick-son, in his uniform, made a very fine appearance. Gen. Erickson has the bearing ol a gentleman and a leader. The speeches bv Judge Johnson Mr. uhn Fatton and Major Zabriskie were the most moderate and gentlemanly the writer h s ever heard in the Liberal party. True Mr. I'atton with his usual well known (acalty got off on Church miners rather than politics, but was quickly stopped by Major Zabriskie. Judge Johnson's speech was decidedly the one of the evening and contained many good points mat neither Peoples Patty or Libeial could object to. The Ephraim Brass Band furnished some excellent music for the occasion and taken altogether it could be considered a red letter "day in politics cpiiia.m. Last year it was the almosl universal opinion that the sheep were to blame for the flood, by destroying de-stroying millions upon millions ol small plants and grasses that served as "hold backs" to rainfalls; and by patting many little hard paths that served as sects and plunged the water all into the creek at once: but Mayor Luke of Manti says the rain that caused this last flood all fell on a tableland slightly inclined toward Manti, that is but i x 2 miles in size, and there would have been a flood if a sheep had never set foot in San Pete Valley. |