Show Chicago Letter Leller Editor As Enterprise As you OU have been so kin I 1 as to send me your paper re re since I have been here I feel as though I ought to write a few tines lines and thereby return to you my sincere thanks for tor this token of regard which you havet so amply exhibited You will accePt my thanks and good wishes for lor you success in the right Although ugh I often receive l letters from home which keeps me informed re regarding regarding re- re garding my family yet when I receive your paper it is with additional plea pleasure sure as it gives the general news of Gf Ephraim and other parts of the county I are w well informed regarding events in this great city not the leas the famous lamous murder case learn earn that it has thrown a a. a damper dimper upon the Sausage making business You readers are aware that my business business business busi busi- ness in Chicago is that of encouraging peace and ind good will to all and in the midst of confusion and strife and much an unpleasant nature lature I have also found muc mu much of good Here is a people with a as noble minds mind as can b ba found anywhere and even if they d dj d. J not ot see eye to tu eye eve with me religiously I cannot help Lut respect and regard their truth and sincerity of f heart and 1 I will say that such an element is my choice I lam am here herein in Chicago as a Mormon elder a and in this capacity in connection with others have been successful and have gained ned many good and dear friends and such have been formed by a agreeing to try and live and act upon he lie same principles as are laid up before the people tat at home in Ephraim and other oilier places by men whom I convinced you kno know v to be good and honest hOliest men I ha have ve enjoyed my labors velY much and have enjoyed good bodily health and with wilh a little financial aid from friend at home have been ab able e to carry myself through I think another two months finishes my labors here here and I shall be pleased to return home and again meet my mv family and dear friends I feel satisfied satis fled fied with the additional experience which I have gained y ty traveling through the world MalY changes seem to have taken place in Ephraim since I left I have muted c a dozen or more deaths mostly old people Mrs Sarah Peterson was the fust filSt and it seems that many dear dearold dearold old friends have followed in close succession succession suc suc- cession Life is uncertain with us Ui all allbut allbut allbut but we cling to it with great tenacity I read with much pleasure about the Scandinavian Jubilee and Hand Cart reunion in I should have I been pleased to have been there but I feel eel for pleasant references I which were made re regarding arding me as a I traveling companion in said company In your last last number was something I Iwas Iwas Iwas was very much delighted with and aud the thebold thebold thebold bold and honorable stand you took in reference to the uncalled for expressions at the Methodist conference a certain class of ol the Mormon people I Isee see that your soul is not filled with religious prejudice p and can judge maters maters maters mat mat- ers in a human and honorable way and andlor andlor lor for this manifestation of your good heart I thank you indeed I desire through your paper to extend thanks to wall all my dear deat fi lends in Ephraim who on so so many occasions showed their good feelings to my family amily in my absence and I hope to prove myself worthy of the ther r consideration I love my home in hi Ephraim I have grown with that city since 1858 when I came to what was then called Fort Ephraim I seems as though no other oIlIer r place would suit me inc to live Yours Very Ree Respectfully fully 1 JUIN F. F F DORIUS |