The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-10
UTAH COUNTY.
,4oresting Notes from a
In'I uorald Correspondent.

,;o,1s season or Inc year, F" "
Green and verdant, and when tne
y ma FROM the wild flowers that
nanuIe our hilIsides in aii the Yatl-
0F bnes of the rain bow ills inc
o olaar. sweet atmosphere. everything
c charm that makes the dull
| .' Glad and fills the heart with
n0" nnsccountable thrill Of happi-
n' Tsving hal an occasi n to travel
Tough Utah county, the thought
suggested self to me that a few
10 te. nv the waysIde might prove
ln Tbe little burg of Pleasant Grove,
that has OF late been severely visited
~ sn"t tbst awful disease, diphtheria,
~ =! now beginning to lift it's head and
LoIIv from the ban of quarantir e.
The croDs of the people there as,
= TACT is the case everywhere else
|bsve been and are very backward,
+be;T fruit crop being a total failure.
This latter is very dlsheartening, as
the same misfortune befel the peo-
ME last year; but they do not feel
discouraged, p d, consequently,
have hesrts full of hope for the tu-
fure. One of the most noticeable
isstures of this little place is their
Sr.veyard; that speaks volumes for
the people in regard to their care
FOR the dead.
Nestled in the chambers Of the
mountains ,anO secluded and guarded
rom the bu3tle Of the world by the
Grand. craggy sentinels Of nature, is
fbe picturesque little town Of
Anime. where we found the people
all busy on their farms blowing,
sowing, narrowing, digging bitches,
and getting all things ready for reap
ing tbs "bIead Of life" The spring
has been so backward in this part
of the county that scEe Of the peo-
ple have concluded not to do any
farming this season, IS it would not
be profitable, comparatively speak
ing.
Passing through Provo from this
place on the way south, the air was
filed with rdm0rs of the early pub
lication of another newspaper by
some energetic young man OF Provo,
to be called The PfOg3 E79teTpr use.
The people seem to favor the idea,
and think that it will awaken the
lull in the business circles of Provo,
and do good to the people in many
directions. We understood thaG it
will make its debut in the field OF
literature next month.
In Springville we found the peo-
pie busy in their various avocatlOns
of life, as was also the case in the
prosperous settlement of Spanish
Fork. at this latter place we dis
covered that it was "clesring up"
0gy, and the fences around the
various houses were decorated With
clothing, spreads, quilts, etc., while
the furniture lay promiscuOusly
scattered around the houses. Stops
Ming for q moment at mother
Hannah Cornaby's who COM
nellgd Us to partake Of her hos
pitality, and who, by the way, we
found to be in better health than
for many years past, we found that
the people Of Spanish Fork raised
10000 pounds of honey last year,
while in the year 1881 they had d
honey crap Of 40, 600. Mrs. CornabY
hersplf GOT 800 pounds OF honey from
one hive last year. This is a slight
showing OF what the people OF
Spanish Fork are capable of doing.
We presume that it is the most pfo-
gre:sige and energetic settlementin
this entire country, and for 1t we see
q tIillisnt future.
Leaving Spanish Fork we wended
our way to the scattered settlement
Of Benjamin, three and g half miles
north Of Pays9n. This is the great
est STOCK raising distr CT, we pre-
sumo, IN the territory. When we
say greatest, We do not wish to be
understood as the most extensive
but the finest and greatest fer quail
lty. JUat outside Of Benjamin IS
Crossword Farm, the residence of
MIR. Andrew J. Stewart, and his
nephew, Mr.. P. Joseph Stewart.
which contains 500 acres. Mr.. A.
Stewart is the owner of
the celebrated Hsmiit1nian stallion,
BILLY" This horse stands over
sixteen hands high, and has the
famed ManbrinO Chief badge of a
grey, right hand leg, from the foot
TO the hook. We need not say any
thing further about the horse, when
We say he descended from "Al-
mont" who made record with the
greatest ease of 2:32. Mr.. Stewart
Is also the owner Of "Rarus," the
nve yearsold colt now matched
against Sharp Walkers horse for
ssI,OGO SIDE, the race to come off on
me Salt Lake turf next September.
Gfeeswood Farm IS stocked with
ane colts from these two horses, and
are valued at high price, as are
alSO soma fne specimens Of short
norn Durham cattle, one herd OF
thlS famous breed being said to be
Dy lar the finest in this Western
country. They we're imported from
kentucky, Illinois and Canada, and
We'e selec ed With the utmost care
one COW has in her ear a silver
medal that she won at the Ken.
!Ocsy Agricultural Fair, she hav.
Ing taken the first prize at tina