The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-10
Utah COUNTY.
,.4aregting Notes from
lD'T perald Correspondent.

areen and verdant, and when the
INA from the wild flowers that
onuIe our hillsides in ail the Yarl-
v .. bues of the rain bow Ellis the
J.ar. sweet atmosphere, everything
'.,ds q chsrm that makes the dull
! ,aort glad and fills the heart with
uneccountable thrill Of happi-
pesS. .uoo,
through Utah county, The thought
'nogested self to me that a few
,a .5es nv the wayside might prove
intsresting to your readers. o.
The little burg Of Pleasant Grove,
.bat has OF late been severely visited
.D"t Tat awful disease, diphtheria,
!: now beginning to lift its head and
oiv from the ban of quarantine e.
The crops OF the people there = as,
= ~ tact is the case everywhere else
IL b@ve been and are very backward,
.,,o;r fruit crop being total failure.
T mis- latter is very disheartening, as
az ln same misfortune befel the peo-
n TIs last year; but they do not feel
d;iSoconraged, 8id, Consequently,
L eT besrts full of hope for the tu-
ere One OF the most noticeable
toatures of this little place is their
lrrrsveyard: thst speaks volumes for
the people in regard to their care
FOR the dead.
Nestled in the chambers Of the
,oonntsins ,anO secluded and guarded
rom the bu3tle Of the world by the
grand, crsggy sentinels Of nature, Is
tbe picturesque little town of
Anime. where we found the people
ali busy on their farms blowing,
sowing, narrowing, digging bitches,
and getting all things ready for reap.
ing ths "bIead Of life" The spring
has been so backward in this part
of the county that scne Of the peo-
Die have concluded not TO do any
farming this season, IS il would not
be profitable, comparatively speak
ing.
Passing through Provo from this
place on the way south. the air was
filed with ramors of the early pub
lcatiOn of another newspaper by
some energetic young man OF Provos
TO be called The PTOg9 E7lteTpr 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 that it
will make its debut in the field OF
literature next month.
In Springville we found the PEG
pie busy in their various avocatiOns
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"
0sy, and the fences around the
various houses were decorated with
clothing, spreads, quilts, ETC., while
the furniture lay prOmiscuOusly
scattered aroU the houses. Stops
ping for s. Al "ut at mother
Hannah C~~nab: who COM
DelIsd Us to partaae 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 &c, 00G. Mrs. COrnabV
lerself got 500 pounds OF honey from
one hive last year. This is a slight
showing OF what the peopls OF
Spanish Fork are capable of doing.
We presume that it is the most p,o-
gre:siye and energetic settlement il
this entire country, and for it We see
tIillisnt future,
Leaving Spanish Fork we wended
our way to the scattered settlement
Of Benjamin, three and half miles
north Of Pays1n. 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. Just outside Of Benjamin is
GteeSwOod Farm, tho residence of
Mr.. Andrew j. Stewart, and his
nephew, Mr.. P. Joseph Stewart,
which Contains 500 acres. Mr.. A.
Stewart is the owner of
The celebrated Hsmiit3nian stallion,
BILLY" This horse stands over
sixteen hands high, and has the
famed ManbrinO Chief badge Of a
grey, ngot hand leg, from the foot
70 the mock. We need not say any
Ihlng furiher about the horse, when
we say ne descended from "Al-
m mont !, who made record with the
gfea1est ease of 1892. Mr.. Stewart
. also me owner Of "Rarus," the
nye yearsold colt now matched
sgslnst Sharp Walkers horse for
s ,b u SIDE, the race 20 come off on
H cIe GAIT Lake turf next September.
SGteesWood Farm Is stocked with
ane colts from these two horses, and
are aie Vsiued at a high price, as are
f H,SU soma I Inc specimens of short |
t IO5n sDlrham cattle, one herd of |
vi tnis famous breed being said to be
~ Iar the finest in this Western
E en,nSSi;,-, I I1iy we're imported from |
1 7necky, Illinois and Canada, and |
o. as S1lec ed With the utmost care. |
O Uao COW has in her ear a silver |
t noSa mat she won at the Ken
inc OSNy 5a Aagricaltural Fair, she hav. |
sh6ovV "Aeh the first prize at that |