Show the of alie ON THE harnessed for motive power mission orleans co vermont july by consulting my diary I 1 find that it baa been nearly one month since I 1 last wrote and 1 thought fsr laps your readers would like to know something of the work in abia part of the lords vineyard I 1 ana now situated on the chari chori of lake on the south end and a nice place it ie the lake is about the same aa utah lake in length but only one fourth as wide on an average it is a very quiet sheet of water and is navi gated by boats and steamers both for excursions and timber hauling to the town of naw port on july ad I 1 took the train new york and was boon flying towards this point we passed through s small portion of new york state ana then into connecticut the home of the wooden nutmeg from here came a great many of our ancestors and pioneers to utan 1 notice that there are some differences in their ways of farming from tho new kera they are more primitive as I 1 noticed for the first time that oxen are still used of forsea and for farm wor task farms are not aa a rule in aa good shape as the new york farms on we hoed through connecticut for a abort time when we struck the beau ticul connecticut river we followed it for or 23 milea and I 1 could not help but notice how they have this stream for motive power for milea and miles flour mills lumber mills electric plants and other kinds it ia wonderful to what extent they have the stream under control I 1 thought 0 our own and how little we appreciated its capacity for mativa power after passing through connecticut we reached the state of maeax a good for farm ine and especially manufacturing the connecticut river for here the river is also used we passed through some VOIT large cities on the kew york and new haven railroad after traveling for some hours through we reached the line between vermont and eab here we struck almost a new fixate of affairs farming districts were more frequent and the country in general seemed to be batter vermont is a very good state and at this time of year it is a most pleasing flight it was quite a change to be taden from the noisy rustle and hubbub of new york and placed in BO quite and peaceful a place as thia is the next morning after arriving I 1 thought 1 would go out for troll among the nice trees and accordingly bros duncan and hatch want along lust to see that I 1 did not geef lost as they put it we went alonz some aico of treba I 1 expecting of courna to find but upon examination I 1 could find but little I 1 found in its place evera kind of weed that providence has placed on abo earth As I 1 beet writing I 1 see the ter registers 98 in the shade and some one aap 0 or in the enn it mun be correct for I 1 never baya felt such weather before in my life friday last we visited some saints fifteen miles from here walking all the way we returned cafe and sound save a lew tender feet it was nice to eee the country and meat and m ike with the people the farming in this country ia not like it is ia our own dear utah if utah people bad to save and do as the farmer dees here I 1 am afraid be would quickly ba discouraged here the grass along the roadside ia cut and aved just as it is on toe farm each farmer is entitled to all the arasa on the roadside that joins his farm I 1 visited a farm day where a man bad eleven cows grazine in a pasture of acres BO he said and notwithstanding every thine looked green all around and plenty of grass vet he aard he afraid that it would not support them much longer on account of the soil be aag so pool that the graab cannot get root for timber this ia a fine country antry co at one email town I 1 am told one mill cut some eight or ten million ft last year and that was not rushing season either 1 the eldera in this part of the vine yard are feeling well and are doing what can be dona howarda scatter fe seeds of truth aloof the people the saints in this section are kind and raad to the eldera and are deserving of the faith and craters of the brethren and sisters at home in zion J vermont yon are the birthplace of the prophet joseph and also the prophet brigham tonne and all this part we can hear about eld joe smith and that horrid man brigham young aa styled and their teachings we find prejudice running high in some places but ihly are willingto willin glo nearly every case to hear about but not about religion to one who is not accustomed to hear vile terms used against the prophet of god k chills onee marrow in hia bonea but then the only way to do is to treat every man courteously and get him if possible to see the error of his wave the gospel has to be preached over the same ground several times as every person must have a chance to reject or accept it G A GLAZIER |