Show ITEMS ca utah to produce the best men in the nation 1 tena 9 1895 be ing imprisoned by the inclement incle nent weather I 1 thought a few linea to let you know we are on teira firma would be of interest to some cf your reabern at ladt the sunny south has evidently got tired of its name as we have had rain and rheet for a or more old sol dont appear to show up any more BO we may now speak with propriety of the slushy south one needs first to trace in this nice red clay of tennessee before he can fully i realize what mud mc ans be hai aried the gumbo of texas we had a mot pleasant time during the holiday season as there were four of ua J R halliday T W sloan A V and myself together for nearly two aweeka we have had an inch or two of snow which lasted a few daya since then mostly rain elder T W who ban for 21 months been president of this has just received his honorable release and started yesterday for our mountain home his departure baa left me alone for a chort when another elder will arrive to fill the vacancy thera is yet acom for laborers in this vineyard as there are thousands of honorable people who have never heard nor seen any ot our elders that feeling of which onca ran eo high against our people is fast vanishing away BO that many are now ready to hear our message good use is made of all home newspapers which fall into our hands as they are general ly read by many people only a few years more and the world will be eagerly enquiring quiring ec after our western home and peculiar people the clergy of this city are making war on the saloons and brothels which shows they are tired of pome of the graces of babylon it ia to be hoped they will meet with success as this is a fruitful field for an undertaking of that kind things bein to brighten up in this region and all are in hopes of more prosperous times many are yet unemployed but no great suffering is re ported up to the present considerable hard feelings have exist ed over the recent election from the fact that H liay evana who waa elected governor came very nearly being counted out by the machinery some counties where evans got a heavy vote were thrown never tubeless he had plurality enough to secure the position to which he was elected he ia the first republican governor cince the war with the exception of one who was elected during a split up in the democratic party many years ago tennessee is badly in need of more establishments the land of this state in many parts is badly worn out most of its chouest cho timber has been culled ont all ahinga considered si it ia a very de place to live compared with other parts a beautiful climate as a rule if the people were only a little more keen to hear the geipel we think they were among the figest people on the earth 01 couise we cannot spend much time with people ahira they are merely friends but not eager to meet investigation our elders are all good at pushing ut into new fields wa will soon bagin on this cita which will be no small task eighteen elders are now in this con ference notwithstanding we would hail with welcome a few hundred more c tiye utah boya in this labor of lova the southern Sout states could be warned in twelve years at the rate this confer ence baa been operating no young mans is complete without first having had an experience of this kind no youna mau can abend two years out here without being better able to appreciate his home his family and the associations and meetings of the saints it is time and means well ebent for one gets a knowledge of the which can be obtained in no other way if anyone is growing tide of hie religion let him come and compare cou pare it with the rest of the world and it will ant his donata forever at rat hoping the year 95 may ba a joyous and a prosperous ona for all your readers and that THE mar have a prosperous career I 1 am yours in clr cacase of peace WM L |