Show FROM arom CAROLINA independence day la in the palmetto state I 1 abt batem em it a pleasure to contribute some sime of my recent experiences to the worthy little ROUNDUP ROUND Roux DUp UP since sinca our annual Confer conference enca which eon convened in wagener Wu gener aiken co on june ath ani an I eth 1898 1896 eue ellee el lee patterson Patt erBOn and I 1 have been la lab bring iring in Wili amburg a county of 0 considerable size ize and wealth the new improved galvanic rel reloa oaler ler president kimbill kimball vil arged us ua with dynamite while at raid conference with fuse ct sufficient length to burn until wn we readied reached our assigned field after a hard tramp of 0 several days we arrived in this county and on the following sunday the burning fuse reached the explosive matter and terminated in a terrific explosion old baian has been bobbling about on oue one leg ever since while his bis emissaries are mortally wounded they realize their craft is ia in danger during the month we were absent going to and from Cn conference ference libatan the great adversary of the children ren of light with some of his secretly crept in among the mormon friends frienda reiterating the erv who will pres preach iett for or you now the mormons cormons ire are gone but since bince our return antagonism has drooped its head like a languishing rase in autumn tor for we have leavo sown the seeds of truth in good ground and hope they will yield a hundred loll 1011 elder eder patterson Patte raon and self have lead ninean no eten penitent sinners down into the waters of 0 baptism since june conference hospitality reigns supreme in this section we were invited to what the southerners call A fish fry better knau awn in lake town find and adjacent battlements by the name of blowout on independence day the participants congregated at 10 a 1 m numbering approximately two hundred people my companion and I 1 comfortably seated ourselves in a phaeton under an oak tree where we had bad unlimited power of observation the forenoon was spent in genral general chat drinking drin kini lemonade and whit hite all complimentary at I 1 p m the ladies began to prepare dinner the tables were placed at right angles enclosing a square of about abou t thirty leet feet in diameter arid and of sufficient height ti t represent a lunch stand eland the plates latas were hurriedly arranged and the signal given 1 by im tolling tho the dinner bell the first tables were filled with old and voting including luding eldr elder patterson and myself tiie the platea were so arranged that the participants were compelled to aland shoulder to shoulder similar to a regiment of infantry in line lina of battle grace was omitted as aa it seemed impassible to silence the uproar caused by those thosa who were unable to obtain accod at the first tables the ladies began to fill orders tho the birdt eatable that WAS pass id d around wai wag a long lona can filled with chinaman well flavored with bac baan in grase gr ase then followed a pecullar peculiar variety of knickknack tho appearance pe arance of which a westerner would con condemn deran but bui they taste deli delicious ci coffee was the principle beverage bere beve raw raze though milk way was provi led for the elders as they knew drinking coffee is contrary to our religion belief however we all fared sump sumptuously on the good things of 0 life and several bisesti bisk sti full were left tile the scraps and fragments were devoured and the dishes I 1 icken licke dout out by tile the darkies after dinner was over and tables cleaned a few of ane young flke filks participated in what they called a frolic but the name ho will familiarize the dince to my rea lers better the orchestra was as compoi composed ed of a banjo and one tune repeated ad lib same of the influx catiz ns insisted that wu rhonl i deliver an all oration to 0 conclude tile the program these people think a mormon elder el jen is s always loa ie led J not noc only ecclesiastically but on oil all other matters so 80 to satisfy them we e responded TUB crowd was silenced find and a buggy placed in the center of the congregation to represent a rostrum I 1 nave gave them a brief account of the revolution how our forefathers suffered for the frea freedom doin and pleasure we now enjoy etc also why they were com memo tating the fuerth of july elder patterson gave them a brief history of the utah people jand nd their patriotism how the early settlers suffered for or the cabe of righteousness etc and ed on oil mormonism our oar speeches were delici clint int in eloquence and fluery del deliverance iv applicable for the inte intelligence of thy the pendle our audience 10 nce was highly gratified an aa I 1 to my s sur ur pris sheriff danials Dan idla an influential influent ial citizen gave our it units ands a hearty shake of fel le tation our bold movement did luts of good for the cause of truth allayed prejudice and made mada friends of our ene enemies by way of 0 conclusion I 1 must say tile southern people are not 3 jujia udas like when a an n elder gains their friendship they will tako up this the word iu in hs bs defence de lence letice ELDER ALFRED KEAIM lake city S C sept 8 1896 |