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Show FROM AH ASSOCIATE ABROAD An Ex-Typo Tells ot Ills Journey to the Old Country. A M.ll li rnnnrelleii(.-trroM Hie uetai,-trrlil nl Ihe Heme or Ilia ttillilhooil. CorrtiponJtnct a tU IHnrtt A'wl. 75 Bt. Hiri'ilCN'a ItoAD, off Man-ommtkii Man-ommtkii IIoau, Hiiv"iii, Youic-Biiiitr, Youic-Biiiitr, 1:.nui.ani), MiiyS, lbOJ. Itwn ou thu mcrnlng of April 16, a bright, lunthloyday, that I left my mountain home for a mlitloniry tour lo Ureal Hrltaln. The pirtlng scene from my home, relatives, friends and anocla-Mono anocla-Mono was one of the tivereit lilili I have passed through, and one not easily to be forgotten by your humblo servant. In company with Our of my ac-qualutancti ac-qualutancti I left the Itlo Urande depot, taking ajarllug farewell from the numerous boat who had come to eu us elf, and we wooded our way through tho lotureique icinoa of the ltocky Mountains. Deuvor wai reached early bext morning, a few of the ilghti taken In, and In thu evening we I rocetded to tho noted city, Chicago (arriving on the morning of April 18), which welouudlullof buttle an! din. Here we took a Hying trip round the Fair ground! aud iaw other light., and lhat evening left for New York city. Thursday luornlui", at 7:30, wai tUu time we readied Jortey oity, crouod the ferry and went to IheCoimopolllan hotel, New York. Having received an urgent Invitation Invita-tion fromen uuclu In Couneollout, I proceeded to the Central depot to vltil him. A llltl. nver Hired lioura' ride ou the New York, New Haven A. Hartford rallrctd brought me to New iugtun lu Connecticut. It was a regular regu-lar wintry day itioM log aud blowing. Upon Inquiry I learned thtt my uncle, F. W. Fawcett, retlded ulltilu half amlleof theitatlon. A f.w inin-utei inin-utei later I beheld for thu first time lu inr life the relative referred to. "Iithlillobert?" ho asked. Theaniwir wailn the alllrmatlve. "And thla Is Uuclu Frank7" (t The lamo," wai the rei(K)nie. It wai a happy meeting. Slnuo my antral lu thu ltochy mountains wo had olleu corrtspuudud Umu rellgloui toplca ycon ago, but he laid to tee mo wai belter than all tho letter writing. Uur coriTtrtatlon wot of a pleaiant nature na-ture and mostly i ertalned to Utah and the Mormons. He llstenoi with the greatest attontlon, and wai well pleated with the photographlo vluwe of Utah which I allowed him. He referred to the death of hli only brotber, who wai brutally murdered In cold Wood Wlill.t eileep, by Mri. l'olti and her hutband, In Carlln, Nov., on New Year'l eve, 18S8; alto to Ibe death of hit litter, Aim (my mothir; expretied hli desire that at nofaruittaulday he would migrate lo Utah, at be felt more than ever convinced lu regard lo their rolli-iou, aud hli bellif wai that Halt Lake City watlhollowerof tbo Weit. Hahand-cd Hahand-cd me a five-dollar greeulack, and .aid, "There, that will cover your fare tu Couueollcut aud return," and In nlniolt broken tnuei told me that It wai the beil flvo dollan ho had ever ipont. Hlnce hi. arrival In America hu had had his "ups and down.." When the civil war bruku out he readily volunteered volun-teered his i.rvloia and fought nobly for tbe cause of the North, recelvlug three allot.. Bhortly after the war lie married, but wai toon bereft by death of wife aud child. He again married and ugaln wai b parted from hli lovid ouo by death. Now ho wai, at It were, alone In tho world, hit only llvlug child a daughter tielng married aud realdlngln Merldon. Next morning I flirted for Mirldeu, wheru I hud u ploasant Interview with my cousins and their fumlllei. It wai with too'-Ingiot too'-Ingiot rcgnlthit I parted with my uncle at the depot at Merldon lu the afternoon of April 21, hoping that ere long I would meet lilm lu my mountain moun-tain home. Atout8a.ni, Hilurday, April 22, 1 went on the iteamer Arliona. Thera were thlrty-thrm Uldera and one sitter (who wai tu learch of genealogy) on iKiard the vuitl. There were ubout 126 paiiengera. We bad a pleasant io) age, all feeling well and arriving talely on the lit of May, about 10 a.m. Un board tho iteamer wai the corpse ot J. W. Koisook, ouo of the crew, who had died on tho outward trip to New York. Ou our arrival at 42 Islington wo received re-ceived our appoliilmenu. About thirteen for Qrcat Hritalu, and tlio re-malncr re-malncr for Utrmauj , Bcuudlnavla and TurLey. Having been appointed lo tbe Leeds Confertui.e, lililer A. H. Farmwortli and myself United lor Bradford at tl,3i), May2ad. and were met at tbu nation by WeilJcntU. D.Merkley and llldirs HiJt.ll and Tullotion aud kindly wel-lomed wel-lomed to our field of labor. And hero I am, enjoying a pleaeaut Interview with my ciualni, whom 1 have not turn for upwarutof thlrti. two yean. Your brolhir In the Oo.rel, IlOlJELr AVLWJX. |