| Show v AL 1 I I I I Z LJ 1 I I I l i 4 t tt I t I 9 ii l L 1 I I t ti i I f MISSIONARY FI FIELDS ELDS OJ OP IIA o or Ih je e 1 Ibo oV ot cw La IA 3 Nf ew tl TI tt Editor Ih nn an S l th the Q January ll conference met In cf e GM Elder RIO RIOu b d i od nd Bencher Hencher Qi oC Elder J u tb u ft 11 jS t Or fila te the t on on the mh th urn they ver I a well iI att iv IT his usual fth In fl E kr pr an the and lIen lIons I I Rich desired Elder i At the th Ellefsen E I go o to the th I I New Or oC 01 e ean to labor abor cj rJ J IJ In n th tb Us conference Wt Ma 1 n fl on Oil the of y it IJ t whore here sr H I fur fr two to weeks op on ac act t tt z 1 l bea i and high it pent the time though the In that city Saints Sainte In ire are me tbt Ill certainlY treated me royally are ale the names name on the I I Alone to lont merY Ala Alo Alot AlaWI WI t I for about one day da and andE E tbt chief of oC Interest lIm o 1 the same spot as al did Jef eion Davis when Inaugurated ett t I the ot oC The place Is on the front t d cf the l which t J n a beautIful site at the head bead A Ave I rode over the Central I railroad from Macon to Co CoU U and frum Columbus to Mont tont th L N railroad at 1120 to L the 3rd nd meeting Elder fio Ita again we to Mo MoAla MoAt Ala At We arrived In Int Ine e t t 1 p rn m and stopped ovet ove ovett t t In the city J a I the largest In JJ on the he hay has a groot groat trade the Gulf and also many railroads Iter er here The streets are very nar T kept Some of them ined with blocks of oC wood turned tI on the Wh of Feb oer I 8 N we hall had a nice niceL L ilp me em level Itel manhY county for 1 t t to 10 Sew ew Orleane We had nil an ex tt of the Gulf of Mexico on CT 1 Ic In Now New Orleans at 7 L on 00 the tilt and got Irot off th ti 1 et at the hrad of Canal Canol St rIght on banks binks or levee leee of oC the Mississippi tl t much has ben hera written and eald XI that I hardly dare la ay mOi but vIi II tel tell or of only a very er II hT that I have seen whIle her here t I short hort of one week reek 1 Canal anal street from the f s queer but It Is true tru tl ru dOn the Jjr here In this y al all the ir running wet Into Lets came 10 o th thet the et grist and ot of ott t lIt 3 I a granIte buildIng OM on whole square and h hay tr 11 been oer fort years yean In course if 1 W We here Just In time for tl the 11 Ga Gras 1 a great carnival which h here eWt year ear The cU wa t th thousands of visitors and andt t tt rAI jad to be on hand hand to toke taIe In thi tb a parades t il at at night was the scene tt bault and ond grand The scores I beautiful and the costumes qt the tb were grand to behold We lV pet t up at North and ond tt ot to t se what could he don done the t the fever feer wal was on for It tt rO rood of hp rUle cause we l Uras ru ended on the ul and 0 molt l tho th vIsitors arc arcI arct t I T rene e tut tu we ac dl do not flOt miss ninny or nfl Cf titi stroet 1 as I it Is yet et crowded n as I 1 On te the h i ut It we visited Isled the f tl hr bm it ut Nw Orleans Orlan and they ae It constructed A Ibe he above tOna or o graves gravel are und ned nd they preen a queer Iu r sight lIght tsu tt bD ar are nt not used 10 such tombs tomb or thi contain use twenty or moro more tr IU and a hI h ovens L I e C the wails art are frt fr twenty to sity feet I and lit cr Ir eIght feet high are hid b pl one above aboe an another th r for tor or o c IN These ovens Oen lre are also I dt WIth lIb brine vaults 10 so that when boly long to tot t ItI I I e lil the he f flesh h the bons bones are tbs In n I t bon vault aul and room Is u IMd r f J another nw now bod body this out This II Is frOly I a I It iy of the dead the te e d deja ai s 1 thus Ihus placed away because und I is S so Wet and marshy n a nI I dug fr a a tt or two wi viiI l up Ih Ih water waler Sonic Some of oC the tho tholand are land grand to behold and cst cost dl n or All families that that ct Al Tie I it haw have their separate tombs a Sr at tf ef and the ld J her I Ue e butt In them tIne ne t Itt are arC feted to 10 the memory soldiers one Very ery te Ote tl t AI Ab b it S Johnson et ct ai a n 1 th were ver v 11 spent In Ih Mardi Gr tU parades parade lu tt r trul truly grand There ver er r t I of If 0 ns as Is the 4 0 In tt h processions or of both days t e ere te at 5 iea people eople In to I the the tho thoe thoM r e ii M bUilding buildings were we crowded crowded Id IdO aad 0 I I fre ere Immense Ind Indeed ed ties O I the i Ih h alt I had a treat of a life Ule Square anti antiI Ole Jackon d ut s 8 I Luts Cathedral and 01 Old 1 or the old court hI t t of alt the United taint al tto tarsus bet t here Irr I wal wa highly enter i i sw hw Sam Earn I snakes 10 1 was shown all th de Wi al through The silver er bullion t th ears e of the rl roil bars ban 1 rt r out of sliver lver the many I 01 for stamping the weIghIng te th u fl the tamped stamped pice and andT Tha Thae aa mone e T a 54 I ti attended to by wo woI I is very I I Ver very particular work the e least bit too It Is light ei eal to II nd the t Worked II all over again I It bt r heavy af the lady flies It oft of kl I et ei 1 to too hen heavy I ft II s tnt sent td Worked Over Tho T ae i 4 I I weighed about nineteen times beCore readY use URe ts legal monO mone Then Thel were boies boes after boxes ot of these realy ready to le be stamped ampe and a n gren great sunny going back too light or o heavy goltS I also caw stacks of the hi hibrand brand new d red ready fur Sams use IW I might write 1 a long Jeter ettel about abou this mint but ut I have said enough now nowA nowA A walk along the s r oddIty or Wn was for tor to inc I had or 01 live mile walk along the tho docks a few feu mie dos days since The docks are arc about eight miles In extent hero here and are continual the scene or of The he boats are load loaded loaded ed for or al nit parts paris of the tho world I It Is won Wonderful to see eo how much can be loaded oa onto one of these boats bots or ol bales of coton cotton besides produce or ol olevery evor every descriptIon Is loaded onto them The loading and unloading Is do by negroes and the they work very ry clely hard At the tho foot of Canal street Is the thc chIef point of oC interest along the docks We had a great here dur durIng durIng Ing the carnival the great Texas She he came In on the ultI I paid her n a visit on the let and andI I certain certainly did apprecIate the ni ally Ther There were hundreds who went wenton on board und we were al all shown 01 thoroughly te whole from dock deck or even cen the bridge to the room In the of the hull hul about twenty t ty feet under water Oh what a beautiful wonderful thing 01 a Is 10 and how strong and durable she Is put together the rhe guns are arc Immense Inde Indeed to be behold behold hold two tuns feet long having a mouth fring firing a G pound bali oh wha what a pIece of bal el cry man has hns invented to destroy his brother man Many smaller guns Ire arc on deck and andon andon and also the on the higher bridges ls on sides of the great ship The departments arc b by the scores ont and are reached b by flights of Irn iron steps ster and we descended Ight flight after Ight flight Each Ench department can be closed wih with watertight door doors and al all Is Jfe safe In that department as for far all as the door part is II concerned Tho boies ur are Immense and ond the pro cranks and shaft Is to look upon The ship lef left hee here on March 3rd rd for forKey forKey Key West Florda Florida On the 2nd nd InRI I and companion paid the mayor lon lion W IV C Flower a aIl Visit Il le lie Is certainly a fine ne man le lie treated u us royally and Ie gave us an an answer answer to all the questions we uke naked him himIn hIm hImIn al In his city We him with a a copy of f the lie Voice of WarnIng which lie he accepted wih with thanks No o street preaching Is allowed In the cl city an ordinance havIng len been passed prohibiting It on account or of the nor nn of the streets Dooks cannot be lold sold without a city license there being a city ordinance to that list effect I strolled out to Park today and ond found I It to be a a Ine fine place Inde The large oaks han hanging wih with long groy grey greymoss moss moes are beautiful and the flowers rs and palms nr are grand Indeed There are coree coffee treel trees and banana plants 1 also Io and they hOe have the fruit on them The drives of the park are lovely oel for a a nice smooth ride New ew Orleans is II certainly the laris of America for here we have the French In al all their primitive custom I It Is quite odd to see soe how the houses are buit built In the old Creole quartets Crele Creole II Is a race of partly Spanish and partly French and Ind no one ele else isa Is 1 a Creole at al all The houses are bui built straight out to the sidewalks and the Ibe steps protrude onto the walk here the farl family congre congregate gate In the pleasant evenings i The porches up upstaIrs project out over oer the sidewalks and d It Itla 11 to se seon see on wash da day time the washing hung out tl to dr dry upon Ullon these porches or swinging oYer oer the sIdewalk alk on t a wIre tied to a telegraph pole pol te Many of these old ohl Creole families are very er strict and do not mingle wih with the Americans Canal Canol street divides the town Amen Ameri Americans cans on the south side of 01 that street street Many of the Creoles have never neer been south of Canal street The bear benr sway soy here and as usual are very ery strict and devout In their form of religion Oh but the amount of wickedness existing here I nm am shocked hocked to se see 10 50 much and being carried on In open daylIght as wel velt as In the dark and It gat goes And the street they al all have hae havea license a to po pay but there are hundreds of them with etry every conceIvable article to fel eli and carrying on almost on any kind of a maneuver to attract attention I saw faw aman tonight wih with his mus mustache tache waxed so eo and twisted to such I a l peek k that he could articles on them rind itt at the Ime time have hae 1 a rhyme for eel every artele article he had on sale 11 alo also got cot onto a box on his back and tried to attract attention In that way rind and belee believe he succeeded le lie WS was just about as clumsy as I would be In the act of lying on my back wih with feet and legs sure ure twisted together I It was comical I also aho visited bed the great grent noted French market Whets eV everything able can be bough bought and the mixture of languages of the stand keepers Is amusing indeed The Crele Creole speak the Gumbo French ns as It Is termed here I o c a mixture of English Spanish and aM French I On one side of the market you OU are aro on offered or flat nar I Iange ange for Sc Again you oU are aro offered 10 so many yards ards of m c for so many a bi bit I The he che conference Is ns as far ar 11 as I can learn getting along vell Al All the tho 1 are arc velI el The headquarters Is In Eaton naton Rogue now 1 I e of the mis ama slon conference There Ire are some Saints here herein In Now New Orleans and many of them In the con conference ference The News comes regularly and Is IsalI alI always I a welcome visitor Your brother In the Gospel JOI 1 South Bouth Mission Austin lexas Conference Lexington L Lee County Count February 21 10 T lb the t Eitor Editor The News is 18 D a welcome visitor and Te mid te the scenes of confusIon which the mIssIonaries path pathways ways lead I it brings encouragement ment hope and sympathy Some one has said aid Old OJ men for counsel and young for wAr We young oun men indeed appreciate the advice cd and counsel of who have grown venerable gentlemen hav old In the work of oC the lArd ord Go God bless bles the News defender or of Dere Deseret Newl Our semiannual conference WI was held heldon We must on the lUh and m the tha band of the Lr Lord In Inthe inthe the early arrival of all of the Eder Elder but ear two orva Id and te the beautiful al weather with Ih we I were favored The beautiful morning wu was wasI o I made more pleasant and agreeable by byI bythe bythe I the appearance again of our esteemed president Wm P Jilek and Ilder F or of the the Counci Council of oC Apostles also Elders Elder Calvin hail III amid Times Tho S presidency of the St St StJohn John Two hoO hood were held In which at af after let ter the tho Elders der hall had In their re reports pors ports which were Inde Indeed E El Elder der del Wm r 1 Jack Ja k and lier Cowie In the amid Gle gave them Wor of at to press on In Inthe inthe the gret great wor work or of of the luls souis If of men en SIx public r tn wel were held In whIch the Eide presented the vrin clies of truth for tor the he consideration or of orthe the people The They bop bent testimony to the divinity of the work or of tM the Joseph Smith and expressed J a deter to press on In the great work bun Lur In I first labored In the branch On May w we at attended attended tended conference at m Ei tier der Platte D Lyman presIdent of the European Plate mission rind and Andreus Andreu Peter eon aon president or of the Scandinavian mil mis slon alon were there At the tho conference I it was WIlS thought bet best to divIde Norway in Into to three conferences Bergen and I WI vu rip ap pointed president of the conference pointe Six brethren were appoInted to go and labor with me In this con conference ference and I must say aay that they have been Leen faithful lie of ther their labors We have five e branches all In good working order We Ve held our al first tho ho Ind and of oC September 19 Hider Elder Andra Andreas Peter Peterson Peterson son was vas here and we re had a good time There Thera are not many Saints In this con but wo we hope hOpt and pray ra that the he Lord will bliss our labors 1 N p NIELSON In Iii Chicago Chicago I Ill March 2 1200 To lo the Editor During tM past month the Elders have ben beta 6 somewhat retarded In their labors b by the Inclemency n of the weather but wo we imre nr In hopes that hat the Merest port of the tho is 18 over and that In the future circumstances may h be mor more favorable for the disseminating of the truths There Ol rise at pr nt In this cl city M AA become Interested In the Gospel wih with some a of her friends would be present But things had run smoothly a as long longas I as the Evi Evil One could stand It it and andon andon on theda the day on whirls which the meeting should take place In the lie evening a lady neigh neighbor neighbor bor to time the church appeared on the lie Icene scene as through some sho had learned that tha tour our Elders were to hold a meeting there that evenIng and she tok took the trouble to Inform our friends that we e were Impostors Impostor who ho hd had conic out hero here to dele deceive the and that tub tho church of she was a member was O the true church and that our den were here to 10 preach polygamy only to the tue It was 1 a arett great to our friend ilK as she he told us afterwards to think that she sho lad had been thul thus deceived by our Eider hr and she had wept over oer It and Wa Afi nearly n as Ihl she limed had loke looked upon them as It of God When hen the above aboe named Elders Ider In connection with Elder Wilam William Lester later came caine In Inthe inthe the evening to fill the she them n a little cool and the El Eldens I Iden dens den could toll teU l as son soon as they tn en tare toned tue house houle that something wn was wrong from the spirit which made I It Itself self elf felt tolt The Josephte lady wa was present and their was not held but the theIder Ider wih whit thoe those present on the differences in the two churches mind the ladY of the church W 7 IJ y l I I 11 l I III II c j 4 t A I N NY Nl Y T l rt LI U CM V t y r THE REV OHARLES M SHELDON SHELDON AD AND HIS IUS ASSISTANTS ON ON THE TOFEK TOPEKA CAPITAL Durio his Topeka Capital the Il Chales Charles 31 I Sheldon II is 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