Show A letter from elder A ON THE WAY visits to historical places in philadelphia rocked on the deep f editor I 1 if mark twain had not written innocents abroad I 1 should be inclined to describe dee cribe our party aa the innocenta inno canta badean abroad cs also beer written BO I 1 must leave hit oat I 1 should lay we were Ut onions on th wing perhaps I 1 may not in frine on any other writer that we are enough it would not do to question j have heard the condition cordi tion that fits ua very well described as verdant we expect however that our experience will ripen ua up I 1 left provo april on the train R G VV for denver expecting to meet the company with whom I 1 wa to cross the ocean but failed to meet them til they arrived at philadelphia it L no ue to speak ot denter I 1 left denver en the evening of bags IHK through nebraska on tha B and M ahe wind blawa eale and the air wac literally filled with duat BO as to obscure the acene everything bimal 1 thought auw is it I 1 once tried to exist in this dreary waste at kansas city I 1 made cleao connection with the chicago alton for chis rage if there is a place more and aio than chinigo Chio igo I 1 dont want to go there I 1 took the nicks plate route for philadelphia in through illinois indiana and ohio we find the old fashioned arm house the maia part and the L painted white thero is quite a change ater gettine into new york and pennsylvania at cleveland ohio we paea ej close to the monument erected to the memory of president james A garfield and a few milea along we pass in of the garfield home at mentor 1 arrived at philadelphia april 17 at 10 a m and next day visited tha places of historic interest first of all indea anderca hall who be in phila and not go and visit the place where the declaration of independence wm formal and old bell irhie runs out t the world and aa is written on it proclaim liberty through out all the land unto ail the inhabitants thereof hare we see the table it anding ahers it did at the time upon which the declaration was signed and the chair that taa president occupied at the time the portrait of all the maca bers adorn the wall there ia alao on exhibition a great many fl old signed by kinz georda a affa which belonged to george washington isorda captured daring war etc etc I 1 also visited the ball where the first fau preme court was ald the hall wera the first congress in fact I 1 tried to see everything that would carry my mind back to the earla a cf abie theland of the free nd the home ef the brave I 1 must not forget to mention tha store of john wanamaker ex postmaster general on the ard 3rd floor he had on inhibition what mou arcan and beauties it is divided into pec tiona the picture room the tableaux ro oa and ahe crown room 1 he pic I 1 tare room contains con taina fine large pictures 0 au the gotai famales of europe the eie idest attraction to me was ithe tab beaux roam the pereras represented re life tiia aad of wax and alfoot appear to be real section 22 places you in the of london where we behold the teh fadine of lady fan grey the great brand of henry bif vif she ie in the acl af placing the bandage over her eyes leaning her head over the block the executioner stands near with ala ax it ia said she had the innocence of childhood the beauty of youth the solidity of middle aga and the gravity of aid aee and all at eighteen bention 30 ane execution of the of carnot the fiet ever bronert to america ia chown here while a perfect fac jimila of diebler the public aloner tl oner blande with his hand on the rope which will bresg down the axe aion ai on the recreants head section 33 shows atie lit czar of alexander III cyina in state watched over by two imperial anarda tapers are burning on each side there are all abe of mourning with all the paraphernalia of church and state which makes it impressive there aro a great many others that I 1 coald aims but abe above will do for I 1 am admonished that letters from england to america must be moderately brief our party all came at philadelphia and of the following brethren N andersen samuel ban frd A B call james L E danielson E P A r 1 john graf jamea holley jo in golboro Hol boro F aneter Hn eter K D goalz leorra hind A B irdine F koehler A M Ledine hani peter W Nichol fl john neiffer J U probate Proba tJ T back r ham 0 jonn frane WA and myself we all came aboard friday afternoon the and ws assigned to our room our intending to sail at 6 a m on the on the wa started down the delaware river and reached the ocean about 3 p m we look ahead and eee the wide expanse of water while we cast a look behdad and see fading in abe distance aba land we are leaving and with the l nd all we hold near and dear we remain on til dark when we wave our farewell back and in conr cabins think of home and friends and aravine our father in heaven to watch over and protect our loved ones until we may be again permitted to be with them when our work is done I 1 am on the in la long 60 deg W from greenwich april my writing ia not very pretty but the ship ia roll anz a great deal and it is quite an el fort to writs at ai I 1 will write more some other time |