Show A land where there is no winter or THE SOIL 10 fatten hogs the tiby of mobile biardi caras editor enquirer CITY mobile co ala march after a silence of some few montas I 1 attain address you ana the of your paper that may anu v tiow we era io the south rn pirt of dear old alabama are g v all is well with us regards health ind prosperity wo hava many kind friends here and feel well in our lab OB elder lawrence Pe tereon and I 1 have hen in minroe M inroe county for p me time past and have been hold r e keatings nd ta ikins with the people on aie grat of the gospel A n are nare n doubt we are travel z without puree or bario i d we have proven to our own satis 1 clon that iq alie way atie gospel 0 carst be preached vu hae been holding series n g and ine on the girat kiei ol 01 te dospel and now that the cople see we are in earnest in our 1 ebors the is fast being oyer c me the holidays we til vt ry much holding meetings find vm tini among th baiata and we hd h d during the holidays 27 mee tiia aud had the pie sure of hi five honest souls into the fobil of christ we were invited to p acea than we could accept to din lers and eie and Rl together had a ame of gibat ica itkins amona the saina 23 i i number in this acnes mills there is only one that is using lea coffee or tobacco aud all are working earnestly for the caneff truth after anas we were i to labor here in mobile co where wo ae now and we have found many d bonest people who are trying to god and to keep his command menta the people of this southern country are just as hospitable aa any people you can bifid and we have received the very best ot treatment by all c acgee aud we have great love for the people in this part the crops were not laro this last year but the people leel quite well eat at any rate in the upper counties of this state cotton is the staple product and some cattle are there also sweet potatoes grow in all parta aa do corn and pin dere peanuts the latter beina raised to batten the hoes with in tho southern counties vegetables are raised in abundance cabbage grows much better in the winter than in summer in the early spring potatoes aro crown but do not keep lone after being harvested the winter was very light here this year there beine no snow at al a cold rain came durine january freezing as aa it fell and remained for two or three das flowena were blooming all winter in ane woods and many trees remaining preen making ua wonder if it could really be winter hw diffee ent from our mountain winters with ta snow and cold the weather is very chang pabla here at abis time of the year acme days being as warm as summer and within a few hours a cold north wind will come and rain with it making ona imagine he was in the northern zone and then as soon changing again to the heat of summer there are many points of interest here for our western boys at mobile city the ships comine and going down the bay attract oar attention as we dont se such sights in the west mobile city ia situated on the right bank cl the alabama river at the upper end of mobile babon bavon a leel tract of land and is about two milea from east to epst and about three miles from north to FOU h has a population of about there are a great many colored people here nearly one half 1 would judge the streets of the city are not uniform as our iii our utah cities some being wide others narrow there are some very nice buildings which are a to mobile city they have a very nica park a public square two electric street car lines and the city is lighted with the electric arc lights which give the city good light and is a great to the night travelers in the part is the wharf where ships and steamers anchor to load and unload kneir cargoes last fall while here I 1 visited a steamer as she was being loaded with surprised to learn that she had taken ou car loada of corn she carried 23 feat of water was about feet long it would surprise our utah boys aad girls to see the cotton biles that are taken on one of these steamers sometimes one boat will take bales of otton each bale leet weighing ibs on tha and 2nd of march the people of mobile celebrated blut is called mardi gras it ia day and they have sime of tha ancient my and doogs represented on fledta some I 1 can remember are clue beard the birta of the pearl rh great dragoon ana mermaid Myr maid Cin derli a my ahe man in the kieen mabin her court chippi Wh ippi i the deail around the stamp aud several others the procession at night was certainly grand the pe ale spare neither means or pains to mike a braad and beautiful showing od the streit it the youa folks mask and impersonate personae im me charac er and it would make 0 thins he was in a masquerade ball ane cay is in the handa of pleasure and all seem to enjoy themselves hugely it is a day of for the old and young for this special occasion the government permitted ane great p montgomery which has been cruising aloni the shore and chaat of florida near key west to protect the american autt reata from the spanish to come to mobile city that the people of this part vianit the areat war steamer from the capital of their state VV ban she arrived she was greeted with rounds of cheers and great demonstrations rations were made by the mobile iana to show their admiration of the steamer and her crew my companion and 1 had the pleasure of visiting the steamer and we were conducted all over her and had the workings explained to ud the montgomery is ft long by 35 ft wide she has a crew of man who are all brave sail ra and know their business on such a boat sue haa ten fiad inca eung each feet long will shoot 6 shots per minute and will shoot from ae to 5 miles very accurately and will penetrate 3 inch steel at varda the ball leaves the gun at tho rate of 10 oja ft per second the abell weighs 57 iba and it costs 15 to load each chell ane alao hag aix six that will shoot two ive shots per minute and and two one which are vary raad firing are very accurate aho there are two torpedo guns which are belf working the head of the torpedo is charged with lbs of gun cotton and as tha torpedo strikes an it explodes ic leaves the gun at the rate of 27 koots an hour there ara two electric bynam aea on the which furnish the light and all the guns ardd by cogans of electricity there are two lights will throw the rays 8 or 9 maiee and ly udeana of the telescope chev can fire very accurately acura tely in the dead of the montgomery cist and Is certainly a credit to the united states kavc with kindest feelings and your indulgence for akin 4 so much of your valuable pace I 1 will close pray ing boj to blos yon all and you in labias for I 1 am your brother in the yosiel ieving L |