Show round valley ripples people here all very busy weather has been very cold health of the people here good with exception of colds our district school closed on 1 thursday I 11 aurs last and will reopen on january sord bro 3 Satter thwaite one of our home missionaries visited us on sunday last always welcome oil our r school teacher mr 0 R humphreys left here on saturday to spend the holidays with relatives at paris idaho bro josiah tufts and wife mr P moffat and miss edna tufts all of meadowville Meadow Mcadow ville were present at our entertainment always glad to see them come again we had an entertainment here on saturday morning last which consisted of songs recitations and other amusements af after ter which all returned to their homes and enjoyed plum pudding and other nice things after the program a large christmas tree was unloaded of its lovely presents present which were presented to the children in the afternoon the children had a dance at which candy and nuts were distributed A right merry christmas it was to the little ones indeed SNOWDROP round bound valley utah dec 28 1897 |