| Show THE SPRING Thelma Burnside Box 267 Fairview Senior First For the lord UT 84629 Citizen Place Division Personal Recollection thy God bringeth thee intogood land land of brooks of water of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills land of wheat and barley and vines and Tig trees and pomegranates land of oil olive and honey land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness thou shalt not lack any thing in it land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass When thou hast eaten and art full then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee Deut 7-10 So it was with the spring on our farm northeast of Fair view The water bubbled and sparkled and gurgled right up out of the depths of the soil Cool in summer yet it didn freeze in winter--cool crystal clear and pure spring water Mama knew it was pure because she regularly sent samples of it ing to the Department of Health in Salt For her family she had to be sure Lake City for test The spring was insmall valley between two hills The hill on the south was covered with wild rose bushes and the tlossoms pele pink in summer filled the air with heavenly fragrance The bees buzzed from blossom to blossom gathering sweet nectar from each one The petals fell into the spring floating around and around like tiny silken boats The low slung branches hung down over the spring shading it from the sun and keeping the water cocl The spring with screen wire shelf inside kept fresh for our use house bullt offramework of wood covered sat likeguardian over the water The Mamabutter milk and cream sweet and and for selling in town The overflow from the spring ran intosmall pond Crisp salad tangy watercress or to make an even grew in abundance tastier sandwich -123 to add to tasty |
