The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-15
Mt. PIensant atters.

MT. PLEASANT, April 1.-THE good
people of our thriving burg are plod-
ding along in the "even tenor of their
way" some planting the seeds from
which they anticipate a bounteous
harvest, others preparing ITO work in
the canyons, and still another class
who are preparing to shear their sheep
and place their product upon the mar
ket. Sheep have been coming in from
their winter range for the past two
weeks, and still they have not all, at
this writing, reached home. There
are, possibly, more sheep owners in Mt.
Pleasant than in any other town of its
population in the state. Hence when
the sheep men begin shearfng, money
begins to circulate more freely than at
any other season of the year.
Several of our most prominent and
best men of the town are making pre-
parations to leave for the missionary
field. Among the number is Bishop c..
N. Lund and George Christensen,
country superintendent of Sunday
schools, and a very prominent educa-
tor in the county. 1t is most noticeable
fact that of those who have been called
from this place, nearly all Of them are
Democrats. There may be nothing OF
Importance to attach to this were 1T
not that your correspondent has no
ticed that from various places through
ont the state others have made note
of the same fact in their local items
sent The Herald. We do not wish to
impute that the Democrats are bet
ter, religiously, than those CT the Re-
publican persuasion, but it would seem
that they are the ones who are being
sent away, principally, to teach the
doctrines of "Mormonism.'
The warm spring weather has some
what abruptly changed into cooler and
more wintry weather
Young Stewart Seely, who was
charged with stabbing Arnold Young
last winter, was convicted last week of
simple assault and given sixty days
in the county jail, or in lieu thereof,
fine of SIS. The chances are that the
young fellow will serve sixty days in
Jail.
Quite a large number attended the
late conference at Salt Lake city.
The dropping of Hon. Moses Thatch-
er's name from the list of the apostles
who were sustained, created quite a
sensation here Many comments were
made for and against
We venture to hope that some of
those who stand high, enthusiastically,
may not break over the rule recently
promulgated in the new manifesto and
take the stump, as has been done in
the past. We well recall the fact that
last fall one of those stumpers said to
the people of Mt Pleasant, speaking
from the platform, partisan and poll
tfcian, that IF you vote the Demo-
cratic ticket you. your children and
your children's children after you will
cry for bread" Those words fell from
the rips Of one who stands high in the
church. The rank and file remember
such things and often think that such
words are prophetically uttered, as
they pace the political platform and
soar aloft in their political utterances.
The church square is being cleared
of rocks, leveled up and shrubbery is
being planted out on either side of the
walk leading to the meeting house.
Lawn grass will be sown and the
square beautified as much as possible.
Our street supervisor IS busy at work
upon the streets making smooth the
rough and uneven places.