Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-13
NEWS FROM KAN0SH.
How the Holidays were Spent aud
Other II ms.

fCorrespondenc OF the DEsFREr
NEWS lin Kanosh we have been,
since Christmas, passing through one
Of tho most pleasant festive seasons
ever known here. Owing to the bless
ings Of the Lord, showered upon the
people during the event'ul year OF
1901, all hsv. been well provided with
that which cheers the heart and
hearth. Not a home, but Is provided
with the comforts, and even some OF
the Injuries Of life. No on. com
plains unless It IL the Justice OF the
Peace, no he has not even had ono case
Of inobrity.
On Christmas dhy there was u we'd
ding-Kanosh Ia noted for it, beauti-
ful glrls-Mr. Rufus Smell Of Ameri.
can Fork. won the heart and hand OF
one Of them Ia the person u Mis-
Libby Robinson, who now leaves W.
TO adorn with her graceful, win-ome,
presence, the more northern city OF
her future home.
Social aud surprise parties have been
IN constant succession for the past two
weeks, and " has been = source ~ re-
fection ~ see the tables growing un-
uer luxurious viands, anu causes M u
revert ~ twenty-five years ago, when
our sociablos largely consisted "
hymns, bread ami moihsses, fui.ning,
as u variation, with molssscs and bread.
| am told that inside OF twenty
days We have eaten a wagon load OF
candy. BolOretime our wife called ~
Sam, but now she calls us dear; then
our children went barefoot, VOW they
wear aftics aud ten cent J.selry. Now
our daughters make Us presents, aud
we only find out tue cost when the
storekeeprr hand- W. tho bill.
On tn. 3rd inst. Brother ID. 4. Dlrrity
left on "a mission to the Southern
States. Our good wishes and Hwelled
wallet, the proceeds OF two entertain'
ments, went with him. Oar school
houses are filed TO OVERLOOKING, and
tho citizens have strengthened the
hands OF the trustees by voting unnnt.
m iusly the amount asked for, TO build
additional rooms TO the brick school
house.
One Of the great attractions Of the
holidays has consisted VI horse racing,
and some enthusiasts In that sport
might learn profitable lessons from our
boys, as from observation here and
elsewhere, | am led 20 think that thu
amount OF fun does not depend upon
the amount of the stakes, nor the spsc,i
OF the horses. Our boys catch up few
cayuses, put them In dark stable, q
they can find one, put q demise,
blanket on their back, feed them ABOUT
nine oats day for n week, and cal
them race horses. Then the rider
must have pair OF red drawers on 10
mans drawers win do for n small boy
white socks, all wool, head bare
his shirts tied with colorod ribbon, anu
club In the right hand. The owner
ofthc csy eso ID expected to do consider
able shouting, while the boy wears i
winning Issac Murphy smile. Whet
the blanket " drawn Oh, you observe
that the horse's long hair N most Of Il
pointing toward the winning post. Elk
citeinent now becomes iItcnse, betting
In Jack knives, dane. tickets and
ndobies. In this instance about ri,
inches OF mud had been scraped ou
of tho tracks, which IN a great help IL
keeping the animals In the furro v
and now they are oil at last. In tn,
excitement you forget that you ar,
gradually settling into six inche. o
mud, and the sight Is grand TO SEQ the
little animals nearing the three hun
drod yards outcome, their tails shaking
like that Of Mary'slittlo lamb. We haC
several days u this cheap iun. IL draSl
well, ms we saw most OF tho ollto o.
Meadow at the racer.
One OF our citizens Is noted for thu
amount OF cider he makes, mostly fo
home consumption. Some OF the fur
seekers dumped two OF the barrels int,
~ wagon aud hauled them or. tn,
cider msu got on the trail next morn
ing. When tho boys from diilaren
directions rode into the sand hills will
shOvels, intending 10 bury the barrels
they discovered thsir owner leaninI
against one OF them and blinking a
hia Winchester lying upon the other
This caused them 10 wheel and put of
the funeral.
Considerable prospecting Is still 20
ing on In our mountains. Major Me
Kinley and that Denver syndicate ha
not yet visited the much-talsed' .
Willard County tin mines, and at pres
ent very little orc IN being shipped
owing 10 the absence Of "tin."
With best wishes Tor the old rellabl,
peoples friend, the NEWS, am,
A. BIRD.
RASosH, Willard Co., Jan. o, ls92