Show customs of its people portrayed IN THE FOREST log oi a new farni plantation notes by n missionary correspondence riva months and over hava clipped quietly away since I 1 arrived in this state and with seme few exceptions I 1 nave enjoyed my labors very much my health has been icord and the climate is delightful for me people live in a very scattered condition they are not in towns and villager vill agea as we are in utah the act is you beldom aee a level piece of around large enough for a city excepting along the rivers and not many there west virginia took the prize at the worlds fair on coal and timber of which there are an abundance I 1 have counted as muchas 32 different kinds of baw timber mostly all hard wood A many of the coal mines have been developed some being with teams it is a very common thing for a farmer to have big own coal mine containing coal of an excellent quality I 1 always mark twain was exaggerating things when he said be had a perpendicular farm but now I 1 can begin to nealise realise the truth of hia statement having febu some that are almost when a farmer desires to increase the amount of bis land er a young man who has jost taken upon himself tho dutie of matrimony wishes to get a home of his own ha will take advantage of the winter months and cat down all the trees ard brush ha can then in tha spring he wiit have what is called a logrolling log rolling hia neighbors are invited to help him and tho doirs brush aud everything is rolled into piles and burned the stumps of course still remain and be has to plow round them until they rot out which la not soon I 1 thing that will account for the people being such good bands to aloiv round some portions of the scripture that thy do not like they get BO used to plowing round stumps the principle kind of readers reapers and mowers in use here is the armstrong aa they are the only make that can be nadin most places 1 attempted to run one one day but my arms not being strong enough the machine soon ran down I 1 am satisfied that by gleaning some of our nelda after the crops have been taken off both hay and cram could be made faster than a great many of the farmers make them here while gathering their cultivated ceope one of the most pleasant occurrences in life is conferences which we haye just been holding last all the elders in this state twenty in number gathered in from their various fields to plane known RB two mile where there ia a branch of the church organized the saints and friends spared no means in making preparations to entertain the elders and on saturday morn aue at 10 conference convened in a grove oar meeting house which had been very ampro decorated tor the occasion waa burned by eosue unknown person a few days previously pres kimball could not be with ua on account ot the budden death of one of the elders in texas and we missed him very much still we bad a delightful time prea samuel brinton jn resided and there was quite a large crowd fathered ea the people many of them had to come from a long distance therefore they brought with them larga baskets filled with those which are so useful to man when he is hungry and during the boura of we aurely did justice to a sumptuous lunch arery thing went off quietly we felt that the lord blessed us with his spirit and we had a time of rejoicing the eldera all seem to be filled with a renewed determination to press out upon aba cold world and do all that is n their power to teach the keople the irue alao of life and salvation I 1 am to labor in Pachon taa county but will not start for there until next week some time HARVEY OLUFF kanawha co W va aue 1895 |