Show correspondence the situation ausit shoot inc ing natch match I 1 reach in P tooele tofele co december ath 1875 editor despret news we are getting along finel finely y here we have bad had a splendid harvest and as a general thing the people are inclined te to take care eare of what they have rai ral raisel raise sef sei L A grod good ss spirit pi ri t prevails pre valia vaila amongst the people many have gone forward and alid renewed their eoven Loven covenants ants abts by baptism the trades are organizing into co opera tive i societies we ife have good cheolas t for our children in fact a greater s t spirit of union prevails liere here than has been nian manifest irest for many years about two weeks since our boys made a raid oil on our long eared 4 friends the rabbits chrosin choosing 9 sides sixteen on a side the losers to pay for a lance dance At night llight they brought in which were distributed amongst the poor and the Ini lui indians iann ians the news of the hunt built re reaching achim your eity oily ten of sour sporting men no doubt thi thinking Dking they could coull beat a lot int of cou country I 1 I 1 rl bo boys boss Y challenged the same number b r to shoot for a lat tat steer chivil havis mias uvas accepted the match coming of lest list saturday the ath dinst in V le morning mornin gat gao at the meet everything looked favorable for the salt sait lake city side to win for they were all ali provided with double breach loading shotguns shot guns the grantsville Grants ville side behic being armed with muzzle loading guip guis but at night the tables were turia turin 4 1 grantsville Grants ville scoring salt bihr lihi f ity grantsville Grants ville beating by 50 I 1 understand that there theio Is another challenge for the first monday in jat Jai january juary I 1 believe the steer is to be given to the poor wo we are now enjoying the treat of a visit from elder 0 pratt he spoke this afternoon and will speak again this evening the people appreciate the visits of i uch tich men for they tiley are full of good counsel and it is to be hoped that we shall havo have wisdom to follow the same H improvements schools ne trench grench ment luent ana and improvement Ass association uela ucla MANTUA box elder co december 9 1875 editor deseret news this is what might bo be called a small settlement but through the of god it has been steadily increasing in in the number of its inhabitants and its appearance several nice and substantial houses and barns have gone up this season through the labor and energy of thir people who have been greatly blessed with splendid crops cfall of alt all kinds of grain our day and sunday schools are attended very well and give per feet sati faction to the community in july sister E eliz ellz ilza liza R snow visited this place and or organized t anizel tile the young ladies retrenchment society which is in a satisfactory condition some time ago we also hada bada had a visit from elder junius P F wells Well of sult salt lake city who organized the young mens meus mutual improvement association consisting of thirty six members which have steadily Inci ewed emed ever since it can truly be said to the credit of the young men hire hi ahre re thata that a more orderly and quiet set can not be follit found anywhere ere no or drinking gungl la 11 no 0 swearing n no 0 chewing or 1 smoking ok il 9 of tobacco can be found among them and they seem to have a determination to qualify themselves for future usefulness in the kingdom of ot god yours respectfully L 11 towns people and matters and tiling things in the states ROCHESTER N Y nov 25 1875 15 13 15 editor des deseret alc ale news ws 1 the towns on the missouri and mississippi sippi rivers have a much larger proportion of dilapidated buildings than salt bait lake city they do not ao so generally indicate thrift and home comfort they do not even compare favorably with the county towns along the michigan central railway the smoky foggy it atmosphere of st louis reminds one of the large manufacturing fracturing fac turing towns ot of england the population ot of st louis probably numbe number A about of these about are apposed opposed to be german including the irish element doubtless over one half halt the population are foreigners I 1 cannot think however but what this number must include many children and youth born on american soil intelligent men think that the rural population of the coun try is noc BO so largely foreign as that of the tho towns and cities the natural increase of the foreign element is probably double that of or the american judi judging 1 by the number of boman roman catholic churches and teet beet t act must be rapidly indrea inu luu tiley already are forming a political element in the country sectarian churches are numerous and so jno are sinks of profil profligacy acland and corruption there iq 19 no iao mistaking the general repugnance of or the whites to admitting the negroes to tos toi Ocial equality As a political element they are emsily easily controlled by men base enough to appeal to their passions once aroused they would be a terri tern bit eier eler element elemont nent in violent revolutions for they would unite with the lower strata of the white population in bringing everything to their level by de destroy straying ying ing all that they consider soe soc societally social itAlly ly above them the aniag onam of the white race to the negro tb the e indian j and the mongolian mut must have bave much to do in tho the future olour of our oun country A gentleman gant leman who seemed well versed in the condition of political parties admitted that second rate men were quite likely to get into nto important offices as those best fitted for them he could not now low see any probability of reform in this matter this is my native state it lec is thanksgiving DM day and it reminds ma me of boyhood times JAMES A LITTLE the she conference assignment of the ghe he elders elderd sugar lira ilia business siness visit of or tho glo bilings brother laii LAIE oahu bahu sandwich ispas nov 11 1875 s editor deseret fewer news we held a very interesting conference here october oth ath and esth had two long meetings each day and closed at 10 p m E even ven ing meeting on the sih all the elders from utah were present having recently returned from the various islands where they had been laboring in the ministry the past few months the presence of our foreign sisters also bles bies ked sed the meetings had a large attendance of saints and some outsiders each meeting many came from distant parts of this is island and and quite a number from the olber other islands of this group A good a spirit pir it prevailed throughout the entire conference all of the elders from zion ador addressed essed the saints except bro who had but recently come from utah and had not yet a acquired ired iced a sufficient knowledge of th the native language to talk in public many spirited remarks were delivered in an interesting manner by our best native eiders elders many mady of the elders nrc arc of old time standing dating from the days of elder G Q cannon I 1 addressed the conference a number of times at considerable length speaking upon various subject subjects instructing the S lints upon uron their various spiritual and temporal duties in the church A good spirit seemed to per pervade dade jade the breast of each one present and all appeared well paid for having come conie to conference and so expressed themselves ves we the foreign elders certainly had bad a good time and social reunion toge together ther after a separation of some six months a time that none can appreciate but those thos e who have participated en cn like or similar occasions it wa a time timp long to be remembered by all present the general authorities thorl ties of the church in zion and upon these islands were anani unanimous ly sustained the reports from the v various arlous conferences of this mission were read before the meeting showing a total of saints sainta upon these islands of about four thousand a goodly number having been baptized bap tizell during the past SIX six bix months our elders have hove been indefatigable de fatigable in their labors among the people in the spreading of truth and in correcting error a good deal of the latter existing ia in the midst of this people they aing ipg similar to rin ancient clent israel iii lu this thia respect easily led but quick to forget god landfall and bail fall into error when left to themselves they are a warmhearted but simpleminded simple simpie minded people willing to be led but not at all fit to lead the coming six months the tho for ion cin E elders eiders iders here were assigned to labor as follows B R G lambert and vm win H branch upon the large island of hawaii B S P richards and B trin ghani upon the islands or maui lanai and molokai molo kai kal H 8 woolley and wm win to remain remau man upon this island oahu bahu the for former merto to stop with me upon the plantation in the interest of the work here and the latter to spend his time principally among the saints in the different branches in the tho houdy of the language the elders have now all gone to their rv ret peet ive lve ve fields of labor in the inin latry I 1 have recent advises ad vires from them hem informing me of their good health and safe arrival upon the whereunto they were called we finished grinding the last of our cane ariy early karly early t iu iii july last hav ng made forty two tons of suar sugar muce since nebout about april lat since that time we have been very buy busy in plowing 1 ard preparing ground and in mar war planting sting cane for a new crop we are still planting A portion of our force are engaged in cultivating the young cane first planted in the early part of the season our hands number nowadays now a days from forty to fifty per day consisting of native men and women boys and girls we were favored with the company of his royal majesty king ring kalakaua of these islands in tile the first week of october just past ie he came as a private individual to to see seo me on business six natives servants caine caroe with with wilh him he stopped some four bourski hours bour sis ssi is a very pleasant man to converse and do business with I 1 had the pleasure of an interview with him in in honolulu at his esome three weeks previous to his coming here was with him about two hours hour he received me very ed me with the greatest of kindness and bade me welcome to call on him at my convenience on the sath of oct I 1 received a letter from his royal highness prince in honolulu brother to his majesty the king and heir apparent throne informing me that he was coming earning to our place on saturday the and wished to spend the sabbath with us and go away on monday nov I 1 dropped him a note acknowledging now the receipt of his favor bade him welcome and tendered him our humble hospitality we br woolley and I 1 made preparations to entertain him he came on time reaching lale laie at 5 p m eleven natives came camo with him all servants but two they rode on hor her horseback eback supper out of the way w we e with a num number berof of our native friends who had gathered in spent the evening in social conversation singing playing on musical instruments C in all of which he took an active darl part he is an expert on the guitar his party bringing one ODO with them besides other instruments he is a noble looking young man in his twenty first year and a fine specimen of the hawaiian ehlers chiefs is tall and well proportioned weighs about pounds well educated and speaks good ED english glish of refined manners and exhibits much of the polished gentleman dressed plain but neat peat the next morning sund sunday a 3 lie selected from our lot of books upon the tb e sideboard the book of morn mormon lon ion and read considerable in it including the testimony of the three and eight wi witnesses at ten oen am he and his party attended our church a good congregation present I 1 invited him to address us but lle ile lie he declined he arose and excused himself to the audience he said lie he came to laie lale to hear us and not to be heard he had heard a great deal abou about t the mormons cormons Mor Alor mons but knew but little of them personally he had now come here expressly to see ua us attend chuich church with us hear us learn for himself ac I 1 then addressed the meeting forone hour speaking upon the first principles piew plew c of the gospel and upon the rise and progress of this latter day wor kwas kwan followed with a few remarks by bro woolley corroborating what I 1 had gaid said his highness paid marked attention to all that was said and after afterwards wards expressed himself much interested in the discourse cou M e I 1 aring the afternoon and part of the evening he ile read considerable in several of our book books read the account in the pearl of great price J of the first wislon vision to the prophet joseph his finding of the plat piat esthe organizing of the church ac read bead the revelation to joseph smith in 1632 1832 concerning the late Americ anre bellion which would be gln gin at south carolina read bead the ac count of washington vision of one hundred years aggas ilow going the rounds of the pre press relative to amerlean the rise antl and progress of the american ean can republic av he conversed freely friely upon thee these thes e subjects and asked a alk ik many questions relative n to this work our princ principles pies ples ae in the evening a lot of the tile saints and friends having again gathered in to show their respect to his highness we again had bait inc ing music ac tile the next morning after a armp ump breakfast hi him his highness and party too their dep departure arturo for honolulu going around th eisland by way of waialua Wai alua he took with him to read rend the rhe voice of warning G A smitha smiths answer to questions question in which is the revelation on oil plural marriage 0 spencers patriarchal order or plurality of wives and and I 1 the true faith a pamphlet by orson pratt ALMA L SMITH preaching and conversing I 1 NORMAL ill iii nov as S 1875 editor deseret news I 1 have now been some four wel wet ica absent from my home on tile mission to which I 1 was called at the last conference I 1 find the spirit of inquiry very extended and in the time that I 1 have been here havo have had bad all my time taken up in answering questions aud and bearing hearing my testimony I 1 have held three public meetings and held meeting twice in private houses in fact it seems to me that two or three elders could have found plenty to do here for a me considerable length of time I 1 find many anxious to find out what we believe some say eay we are correct but that it is is ruin to a man to accept sueh auch teaching today to day A few are willing to obey for which I 1 feel very thankful but it is almost impossible to image imagine ne the widespread wide spread ignorance of t the a people in regard to our faith and the bitter animosity of the ministers of all denominations against the true gospel still there are honest hearted people heie hete who are seeking to know the truth and are willing to obey its commandments I 1 expect to go south to tennessee to meet bro tt Tr teasdale asdale and others other where my field of labor is located my object in coming hero here was to visit my aged parents whom I 1 had bad not seen for ten years and who reside hee this is the great center ef education of the statland state and there are some home very fine schools here among the number dumber the state normal and the wesleyan university in addition to several other prominent schools but I 1 find that they have concluded that the nible kible is so in iii ceu diary a document that they dan can can ean not trust it iu lu the hands of their children so they have in a majori ity RY of hi stances instances thrown it out |