The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-01
BRIGHAM CITY.
a Few Notes From the Metropolis
Of Box Elder.

BRIGHAM CRY, Dec. S0tb, 1879.
Editors Herald:
! With the ebb and fow-tide oil
human eocentricities you are hereby
once more placed in communication
with al irregular correspondent in the
metropolis of Box Elder, and as you
have not been overoroWded with cor
respondence from here of late, l
thought that few iottings might not
be out of place, Or untimely at the
present.
W tn the march OF mind and ma
terial progress of this progressive age,
affairs generally, hereabouts, are fast
shaping or being shaped into a much
more satisfactory condition. Our CO.
operative body, which. during the
past two or three years, has been SUI
ieriDg from numerous attacks OF
severe ailments and infections, is
gradually regaining strength and re-
covering from the disastrous shocks
it has sustained, and though this in
stitution DOES not at the present en-
ploy more than one-third OF its
former number of employees, there is
already discernsble a more healthy
through the financial
veins. The system OF scrip imitation
3 now being abandoned and men and
measures are being contracted under
more solidified and satisfactory rules.
still, few things are as pleasant as !
,onld be desired, bat we are willing to
Omit with the bard or the Wag who
'enned his lines
here's divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them how we will.
Many improvements have been I
made and quite & number OF new
esidences have been erected here {
uTiDg the past year.
The old dog-kennel-shaped struc- a
are that has been used for several a
ears past as trade store, secretary's A
flee, and warehouse, hiss been de-
,rted and the business has been re- a
loved to the first floor OF the new
,cisl hall, which is a very pleasant A
nd commodious store, we'll stocked a
It'll dry goods and groceries, where a
good business is being done under I
e superintendent Of Mr.. William a
orsley. "a
The Box Elder County bird cage R
Is recently been fitted up and made B
ry comfortable for the reception of b
| Jail birds who may chance 10 be B
ught picking up other peoples b
umbs. b
and amusement for the n
ople, both old and young, is re-
living attention. Three schools are B.
session under the supervision of Mr.. b
A. Box, assisted by Mr.. Charles b
uires, W. Jones and n. Madsen.
The Dramatic Association, under p
3 management of Mr.. Il. Bowring,
g piece on Chris tmRs night Ca
titled the Dream 1t Sea-" to a
! house. This piece is to be re- ca
sted on New Years night. "a
Last night Mr.. Christepsen's pam "a
ana of the most important scenes 70
d events in the history of the Nor Ce
IN Church, was exhibited to a j
,wded house. and was highly inter Oh
ing to an appreciatiYe audience. e
Id so we pass our time in the even On
, of the year 1879, but VI
hat is a year tits but single wave Oh
on the ocean of eternity;
'ipple on its face that comes and goes Oh
Ich like the shadow of passing cloud, Oh
at interVenes betwixt the earth and {
IN Oh
d falls upon the shores of our ex- Oh
'tence;
en- passes on with all the acts of men, Oh
e records of their lives well photo Cir
raphed; Co
, sins of pea'ants or the crimes of Co
ings. Gu
7esr! tits but little spark struck off /
that great mighty master-hand that De
7elds Do
e numberless eternities of God. Do
the HERALD prosperity in En-
the year 1880,
l remain yours, respectfully, Ep
DIoGENES. ZIP
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