| Show Wf fW 1 CITY d r junis june juno 1881 pye Pre preda dF smith 0 tf i f S i r r dear deai bro when shen you were up at ogdene at the time ot 0 our sunday school Un union lonI ioni I 1 told you affer afler you had preached a powerful sermon against sending aur children to school to those who were not of us thao that I 1 would relate to you when 1 an incident which happened jn the of one of our now ma in eng apud the incident t was brought to my mind I 1 ast in salt Lake eity elty City on slon sion you preached a sermon bermon similar to the tl e one at ogden and in in the course of your remarks you s used a com eom comparison parison prec precisely isely esely like ke that hown to U this elder E ideh when jn vision for such is the nature of this I 1 am about to relate to yon you about seven years ago ngo A num ler ber of young men were ID taking private lessons from a certain of the ithe episcopal in the i town pf af logan cache county it was against counsel to go there to school but they thought no harm could come from their taking vate lessons each day of a half an hours duration especially tunco since the branches they weme were studying were not taugh tin the district schools of logan T these h a a young men were among mong the brightest and most promising inthe in the tho county ind md as a natural consequence ere erelong bjong became fondly attached to dies and teacher they continued about six months every day of or which to the tho interest of their studies until finally using the words of the student this to me wp wo became completely charmed through the wily magic and irresistible influence which this pious reverend gained over the mastery of our mind minds sY I 1 fillnow will wili now relate the remainder in the tho language of my informant who sho was one of that illat kumber cumber I 1 and who related it to me roe at about kut a year yean since bince and again about three 0 mo months nills nilis ago ith instructions lo 10 makai mako use w of it ton ron fon tor the benefit of others who might bo situated as he was at the time and und thereby escape a terrible ale fate yea so anxious was lie that he requested melto ma to use his name when wilen necessary necea ary which you willi find attached to thisie this in the tho postscript he said paid while thus intently inte fitly engaged in iff my B tudie indie y I 1 had a it vision opel opt night in which I 1 saw baw myself back in the settlement willard city in iii which F r was reared A short distance away from the settlement I 1 had selected myself when yo youngkin young faa aaa fea secluded where I 1 was accustomed to cuir oue rup rud lui lul my secret prayer upon U pon this thir spot I 1 found myself in vision again engaged in al attempting tempting to apra pray y but oh ob the difference big between that prayer and und the ahe joy oy and comfort coto coth fortl forti I 1 experienced there when young soung it seemed as though the heavens were as brass above some dark power was chaining me to the earth I 1 could not pray ray while thus suffering found myself suddenly raised from the tho ground and carried north towards cache valley and on looking beneath me I 1 saw myself gradually wafted wafred over a dark filthy fod POD pool covered with a I 1 nasty green scum when abou about t over the middle of it I 1 found myself carried round in a circle like a whirlpool and suddenly the idea nashed flashed upon my mind that I 1 was being gradually precipitated into that horrible abyss of terrible rib filth the feeling that came over me as each circle brought me nearer to this yaw niner gulf elf of abomination is beyond the dower iowen of language 0 to describe des cribe crite but just as I 1 felt myself going into it and from which seemingly no power on e eartle a rth could save me I 1 found myself suddenly caught up again and back to placa where I 1 bad attempted to pray I 1 felt thankful that I 1 had been delivered but upon looking at my garments garment I 1 found that they had lind been be spattered with and that there were blots on them in various places again 1 1 I 1 found g and while I vas pour pouring irig forth my grateful to god for my delivery Oe livery I 1 was mas was informed that this ibis reverend minister was gradually leading me tu this filthy pool and that I 1 had gone go with him in my as far as I 1 could w without denying the faith ab and d js baring the fate which bad thus been shown me by the power of god it is needless to add that he took no more lessons from this pious the Lothera continued the resu reau resul H vas was W war af 1110 tb abone atone 0 one of them is now int lathia hii hie studying itu dying to become becom A a minister anth th e episcopal ch L lreh therone ano was cutoff ut off fro from mt t the e cab church rah but after much mental suf h d reallie realized his hla hills hia position re nt of his sins bins and has since bince been n baptized I 1 sized akin again while taking lesson ons sand d during his apostasy lie he became in intimately acquainted with this reverend fraud and he testifies today to day that he is one of the most corrupt men it ever became his lot with ft It appears from what I 1 have bavo been informed since then that nearly all of them thein are more or less tainted with apostasy and that they will have a bard ask usk task to shake off the skepticism that has been implanted in their hearts by this foul priest As I 1 lam am requested ted to make use of this for the benefit of the saints of god entrusting the education of their children to mission schools or employing men who are of us I 1 submit this to you to make such use of as you may r eee see ree ee fit nit the realization of the fact that so many of our people disregard the teachings teaching of our leading men on this subject prompted me to write this short article this young man informed me that no religious subject of any kind was ever introduced but on the contrary seemingly avoided kow now if it such buch was the effect upon young yoting men grown being under that influence only abo about ut a half an hour each day what must be the effect upon little children whose little innocent spirits cannot guard against the subtle teachings of such men trusting that the saints of god may learn a lesson from the teril terii terrible ble bie ordeal but providential escape of this young man I 1 subscribe myself very respectfully your youn brother in the gospel L F monch PS this young mans name is is win IT apperley new now on a mission to 0 o england the one who was cutoff cut oft off from the church but uzea ia joseph smith the name of the tb e reverend is stoey 1 ida I do not know if I 1 have it spelled right or mout not the other names I 1 have the remarks you sou made at conference last at s spring were to the effect th that at those children who attended these outside schools would have spots upon their garments that they never would be able to rub off and it was this remark that brought the vision back U I 1 to td my mind again X 1 should have added that man who re rei I to me these those facts had hail to exert himself to the utmost to throw off the influence which winch this man had gained over him and jowas irh was only through a persistent effort that he at last overcame it aj F M PLACING ON THE IT AND N B R E R CITY 7 jaue issi 1881 editor aseret deseret es cret eret news ahas been re reported p oried heretofore hereto forg ford oli oi sunday evening nj rune tune the northern bound passenger train of the U y X jl A K R encountered an obstruction near calls enlis fort causing the engine to take a dangerous leap and the breaking of its headlight on the stopping of the train to have bare the track examined it was found that a wooden slab and a boar deach eight feet long and some willows had been placed on the track nad sad nid aid a ad two spikes had bad been driven into the jointe of the rails ralls bupt supt george W thatcher at once sent detective P cranney out on the line to ferret out the guilty parties after havIn having 9 spent considerable time in close observe ob serva tion his suspicion fell on two boys from bear river city who are engaged g eatn a at t farming work at calls fa yort fort coir coor and id who had visited brigham city cri on the sabbath and on going from and returning to calls callus fort a distano distance of about six miles had been traveling on foot on the B R ba the simple appearance odthe boye boyi phed pied ged respectively 14 and 12 years would hardly permit one to suspect th them em of any evil design but circumstantial evidence on the other hand pointed clearly to their guilt and upon the suggestion af jf W williams and young the thi comp company anys attorneys mr cranney caused the county attorney of box elder county to institute against erastus jacobsen aged 14 years and james jacoben jacobsen aged 15 years and th they ey were arrested yesterday by C C loveland on a charge of placing 10 g 1 an ol 01 st ruction on the rall rail railroad road t anck in el c and rought brought li before justice by bywater water at brigham i city the first named con cou confessed eissed that placed ob obstruction st ruction on the railroad and said sald jabat the latter had been w with fiffi him but had taken no part whatever in the matter erastus Eras lus jacobsen was held to answer before the grandeury gran grand djury jury ball bail being required in the sum of 1 was given and on the motion of or A christen sen pen for the prosecution james jacobsen the youn younger er boy was discharged there being belg no evidence to li implicate plicate him that the fearful crime of placing obstruction on a milway railway thereby endangering human hilman lives and valuable property is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not over five years ought to be a warn warning inic to giddy headed or dr reckless youths the fun of such work is too dear to pay for JUSTICE IMPORTANT LAND RULINGS editor deseret mews we have to answer so many questions pertaining to various branches of the land business that we concluded some general information through 0 your paper would save the people considerable trouble HOMESTEAD homesteads by late laws and rulings on homestead entries homesteaders can if they have lived on their land before making their entries have allowed to them time of residence on their land previous to their entries parties to whom homesteaders have by bonafide instruments of writing attempted to transfer the land embraced in their homestead entries may obtain title to said land by paying government price provided said paid homestead entries and attempted transfers were made prior to june 15 1880 homesteaders who made entries before june 15 1830 can obtain title to their land by paying government price at any time before the cancellation of their entries provided no adverse claim exist exists the advantage of this law i le that homesteaders if they are contested for abandonment can at any time during the contest and before the cancellation of their entries by the department pay government price or per acre less fees and commissions already paid and obtain title for their land A party contesting the homestead en try of another for abandonment after procuring the cancellation has thirty days in which lie he has thestle the sole bole right to enter the land parties who have made homestead jali jall road limits and have been r restricted e to enter only eighty acres er es can enter additional contiguous eighty or if they prefer so to do they can relinquish the elgh eighty tye they Athey have and enter one hundred and sixty eleah ere having allowed to their new en try tny time of residence and fees and commissions pertain into in ing to their 9 original entry PRE EMMONS pre can now make their ninal final fai before county clerks in their respective counties instead of coming to salt city FEES ETO ew when homestead timber culture or desert entries are cancelled for conflict or an entry has been erroneously allowed fees commissions and purchase money will be repaid ulon un proper application TIMBER CULTURE CUI cul rUBE very few persons are taking advantage of the timber culture act by virtue of this act a party can take up one hundred and sixty acres or any legal subdivision less and by planting ten acres of timber trees within four years can get title to the whole quarter in eight eighty year earp without residence he can use this right at the same game time as his preemption or homestead STAYNER A SIMMONS bait salt lake Lak uty eUty june 19 1881 |
