Show experience the following letter received by mr J G cointin from his fon eon gives ao an in te resting account of arv experience in colorado LOVELAND larimer co colo july 8 Is mr J G coltrin prove city utah FATHER I 1 drop you a few lines to keep you posted on nay my where ab juta inow labor in ia larimer county i in company with elder carl A badger ot oi salt lake city who has just come from froin there we W e left denver saturday july 3rd ard and are now fourteen miles from ft colline collina ninety miles from denver we have walked all the way and have found friends all along the road we held one meeting at harris last sunday july ath at pm and had bad quite a large congregation elder badger spoke first his remarks were iaan ired and rendered with good effect i I 1 spoke thirty minutes on the gospel and after we walked out 0 of town and stopped at a farmers by the name of acnes where elder pack and I 1 hed had tay stayed in march we came to erie weld county monday night and was received with dpn arms we billed on dr smith who did not have room at ab his bis home but he ha gave us an order on the beaz beat hotel in town and told us to stop there while we were in town I 1 wanted my shoes elices mended you yon know those you yon tent me hd hid too thin boli bolea es 9 si 1 I got them saied at a I 1 found a number of bright men I 1 talked on the goshal a while and then made my wants known to my surp surprise a gentleman spoke up and eaid he be would pay for half if the shoemaker would do his part and so eo I 1 got my in y shoes repaired when wo we wera leaving leavic town a gentleman shook hands with us and gave gava us a quarter to to help us on our way we then resumed our jour ney ey and stopped at a farm house for dinner elder eider badger was mouth and said eaid we are ministers of the gospel and we are traveling without morley money and would like edmo dinner the lady invited us ns in after seating us ehe left the room roam and came in with one dollar and fifty cents and handed it to me it almost stunned me and I 1 explained to her that we did not want money but dinner she sha instated insisted on ua leaping the change and she would also give us a lunch after lunch she told us to come and r see ree ee her again it if we were in ia that part ef cf the country she directed us on our way whence when we arrived at long mount we were refused ten tim times es a place to stop but finally we found supper in one place and a bed bad in another during ditrio g the evening the police were after n u 1 and came to see the lady of the house she told them she would risk her life with us si they did dia not molest us we did not know anything of it till morning morn inc now we are at loveland larimer coun county y go 90 miles north of denver we came into town at last evening and came here to the bet beet hotel the bushnell Bo and stated our wants it is said enck en ck and it shall be opened unto you beek and you yon shall find ask sk and you yoa behall rec receive eiTe 11 eo 60 it was with up r we ro roae ived the beet beat they had your son COLTRIN |