• EDITOR THE STANDARD:– Last Thursday, as Chris. E. Layton was driving some cattle to Salt Lake City I or J. II. Larkins, when in Farmington his horse slipped on the ice fell down. Unfortunately falling on Mr. Layton’s leg, severely bruising the ankle and leg. It is thought he will be confined to the house for a week or two.
• Last Wednesday Robert Blamires and Miss Carrie Burton were united in wedlock. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride’s parents, Counsellor J. R. Barnes officiating. In the evening they held a reception at the music hall, where an elegant supper was provided for the guests, to which they all did ample justice. After supper, songs, recitations, games and dancing were indulged in until the “we sma’ hours,” when the party adjourned, wishing Bob and Carrie all the happiness they could desire. Their presents were many and useful.
• On Christmas day O. A. Taylor, our genial agent at the Union Pacific, will be united in marriage to Miss Leah Barton. Mr. and Mrs. Barton will start immediately on their wedding tour, going to San Francisco via Portland. The best wishes of their friends will go with them. This will make three marriages in one family in less than one month; Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Burton losing one son and two daughters, or rather gaining one daughter and two sons. We expect some others will be married before the year is out, but as it is a secret we must not tell their names.
• Friday evening the Taylor & Brough Dramatic company rendered the “Sea of Ice” to a fair sized audience. The leading parts were taken by Harry Taylor and Miss C. P. Bailey, who played in their usual style.
• Davis county is certainly going to have a boom and a big one the coming year. What with the mines that are being located, the establishment of the stock yards, the finding of natural gas, and with our other resources, it seems as if we certainly are on the hIgh road to prosperity. Natural gas means cheap lights and cheap fuel for all, and we are assured the supply is unlimited. The stock yard means work for quite a number of men and a market for our surplus hay, grain, etc.
• At the present time large quantities of hay are being hauled from the lower part of the county to Salt Lake City, where the farmers receive only a very small price for it. This will be changed by the stockyards running making a better and nearer market.
• In Kaysville and the northern part of the county upwards of a thousand steers and several thousand sheep are being fed for market. Some of them are very choice and are fit to be shown in any fair in the land.
• Last Monday White & Sons sent four choice cows from their farm here to Salt Lake City for part of their Christmas show. They were beauties, every one of them. It is estimated that the four will yield 1,000 pounds of suet.
• Our merchants are talking of closing on Friday and Saturday, the 25th and 26th. Ogden, fall in and give your boys a rest.
• We are pleased to learn that Hon. Joseph Barton, our one time fellow-townsman, was exonerated the other day. His friends never believed him guilty.           RINO.
                 KAYSVILLE, Dec. 19, 1891.

Sources

• Kaysville Kinks, Ogden Daily Standard, December 20, 1891, page 3