| Show Picnic in South Carolina society Hill Darlington Co South Carolina Aiig 9 1897 To the IMItor A grand picnic was held In a beautiful beau-tiful shady grove on the Sinclair plantation plan-tation Friday August 6th which was known far and near an the Mormon Picnic It was got up by a little band of Saints who reside In this neighborhood neigh-borhood although many were In I attendance at-tendance besides the Saints nnd their Immodllll friend Home beautiful music wan lendeled 1 by a trio of darkles who had been engaged for the occaRlon atr hleh n long table ivas Waded to Its utmost capacity with the fat of the land Indeed It was loadn tu uh on extent that vie feared It would give way beneath Its burden of luxuries but after we had offered thanks the good things began to dhmipcar like rrixt before a Jut gun 01 In about half an hours time that table looked as though It had hen struck hy u Norman cclon In deed we own rum 10 the conclusion Mill t when South Carolina people Mormun Llders Included go to picnic they all go to eat Am Alormon Eldr are eier on the 7on alerl 1 tu let the people know what Is I foremost In their minds we took advantage ad-vantage Dr this oppipunity and after they had all natsned l tliemsafvcn with temporal food we thought It essential 1 to give them some spiritual food howe ho-we called them together and after the opening services we caused the wood to rIng with th Gospel trump for about an hour after whkh we Wee successful In disposing of some books and tlucts Th lay 0 rlenoanllY spent and the Iormon 1lcnk was n grund one Cells On Ih a following Sunday Iug Silt e had the pleasure Of uniting In the hond 1 or welIuek a young COUIl horn we baptized recently and we also availed ourselves of the oppor unity of preaching the Gospel to a large congregation who had om hied to See a InUtriage ceremony performed per-formed by the Mormon Tu era We arc enjoying our labors and feel lhat we have hen and are being ex ceedinKly I ble1 or the Lord Your valuable l paper I regularly received und Its contents rly devoured Nuicar COTTA W I NORTON |
