Show NOTES surprise party uphill work lor for saints in etc EUREKA march 1886 editor deseret news As glorification and indignation meetings seem to be the order of the day the good people of eureka are not behind their neighbors in this respect the lucky man this time was brother robert Gille gillespie spiel who is 18 leaving us for his home in provo nearly every lat ter day saint in the branch entered into a kind of conspiracy to give him a surprise party before leaving As brother gillespie made no resistance we took peaceable possession of his castle last night about 7 au said castle not being quite as large as the one in edinburgh we filled it to overflowing Y and a jollier set for the next three hours is seldom seen many and brilliant were the speeches mafi made eulogizing the many good qualities of brother gillespie as a staunch latter day saint and a faithful sun sunday school hoo 1 teacher with nuts cakes candies dies songs 1 and recitations the time passed m merrily rr i 1 Y I 1 to tell the truth our little branch lust now is struggling tor for an existence tt it seems almost impossible for a lat ter day saint no matter what his qualification as a tradesman may be to obtain employment in this camp brother gillespie like many many other good d men who have been here must go elsewhere to find a job the NEWS comes ies regularly and Is a source of great consolation to us it still holds its own in the great conflict now waging in utah a conflict of might against right every lover of truth must feel gratified to see the bold stand taken by that paper against the many wrongs and cruelties cruel ties heaped upon a few god fearing industrious and honest individuals because of their peculiar religious belief it is gratifying to see that there are enough of able brave brakef earless fearless men who will step to the front and not only show u up p the errors and fallacies of our bitter r relentless elent less enemies but set forth the plain iain and simple truth it y Is s easy to float with the tide but to 0 stand calm resolute and collected in the midst of the foaming billows of persecution malice hatred and strife like a lighthouse on a tempestuous coast requires an adjusted combination of the best material god has hai on hand to make men of OUR |