The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1895-10-04


Is wasteful ana ridiculous excess. lgarntsh
s.
50 would 1t bo equally vain, / think,
to seek for mere unique piece of the
Creators marvellous handiwoTk, than
THAT found in the fern clad dales Of
Maori-!snd. So strikingly magnla cent
are the quaint, varied scenes Of nature
and 80 dt tlicately perfected that We can
not wonder at our Colonial poets calling
this Gods 0Wn Country. The re
nowned Rev. Mr.. TslmaSe, sfter a
scrutinizing trip through the land, ex-
claims In gorgeous Outburst Of enthu-
siasm: yes come TO this wonderland;
the naturslIst, the artist, the student OF
men and things and ponder on the
creation"
A picture OF rara beauty presents It.
eelS on xenturing Into Gods first ternplcs
All is enchantmenr, uV d,o...s = 5reef=
ing reptiles, no fear OF ferOciOus beasts,
no caution of yenOmous insects, enly the
soft murmuring Of the feathered tribes
welcoming YOU to their domiciles OF
mirth, and their clear, fresh notes seem
to Eli the whole air with music and
fesling as you gaze with sw. and de-
light.
The spreading palms and branching
pines proudly entwine q mantle over
head, impenetrable by the sunbeams,
admitting only the gladdening showers
OF heaven. The green running vines
bedeck the huge trees, the fiGo, silyerJ
moses hanging down form emOroideries
on the entangling limbs, the gorgeous
varieties OF green and golden mosses en-
tomb the fallen trunks, while the shlub
bery carpe NJ the rich soil fairly slow
with radiance. After meandcrine
through such phenomena Of nature one
reluctantly leaves in pleasant bewildeT-
ment, knowing how II would he Rs
poets topic. and how ideal for the brush
Of an artist, who, gifted though they be.
could but imperfectly tell OF Its grandeur
or dimly portray Its beauty.
0, what tales of horror would thrill
tie listeners ear could the voice Of
nature speak the history OF man In such
favored land OF the blood-stainCd,
yerdant plateaus or the sandy fats where
lie heaps Of flre-stained rocks that stand
as monuments Of barbarism and around
which once sat the dusky natives roast
ing the flesh Of captiv's from their op-.
posing tribes. 1t Is fact also that
some of the Europeans flesh also passed
through this ordeal, but the natives had
serious objection to 1t, owing to the
salty favor.
New Zealand. like many other conn
tries, has witnessed some sanguinsry
disputes and controversies. In the pre-
pdkaka (EarOpeaD) days the aboriginal
tribes desperately coltendCd with thu
greensboro merimeri (spear) and battl
club for possession OF fruitful localities
and successiul Rshirg ha' bore. SOme
uiOody conflicts slsO took place in the
early colonizlng days,
Civilization is now widely spread, the
abOrigines are fast adopting European
style and roam no longer In their wild
state, the effects Of vices and peTni-
ciOus habits which invaribly follow
European colonization also told strongly
on the MaOris, so much so that In 40
years they diminished 60 per cent, ana
the proud, happy native who once
rOamed the green, rolling hills and
| trsied the forest as its sole proprietor Is
fast loosing his Significance Late sta
tistics, however, show an increased pop
ulatioR OF 1900, there being now about
42.000. a great percentage of which are
half aud quarter-casts.
The government native agent speaks
In glowing terms of The results OF the
labors OF the Elders from Zion, The
missionary labJrs OF late are being much
extended, with good success, to the
Europeans, from whom the fruits OF
Maori conversions have caused many
high comments.
Springs verdure and flowers are at
hand accompanied by warm. balmy
days. aud the young lambs can be seen
fIolicing about the pAddOCks.
Several worthy labOrers from Zion are
81 on to cease their sOiOuTn here to return
to their happy homes in the Rockies
tut IN leaving picturesque New Zealand
they can truly say, mot that we love
New Zealand less, but Utah more"
More anon. NOVICE.
0taiks, n T., Sept 4, 1895.