| Show MISS AR W IES TO HOME FOLK A TELLS ILS OF 4 1 EX experiences jun 14 CES AN AND WOR WOO 1 aw X april IS 23 my clearest folks ast it has just beon been about two days day sinco I 1 wrote you that last edit edition pud really my news has all been use used up it did however ecial good to hear I 1 from you this corid morning ng nud and know that everything has been moving molln g along with you so BO pleasantly in the last week I 1 have been looking ford forward w ard from week to week to hear of YOM finally settled re elther either in salt bait lake or in beaver today we have been enjoying som real spring weather br the sun suri shidy shin y is here to stay that Is w we e hope it la Is occasionally we have a shower that helps helpa to cool things oft off a little but they gen generally brally occur at night ana and this helps to make the nights very enjoyable yesterday wo we spent a very enjoy able easter after dinner sister suggested that wo we tike take a boat ride here in the harbor so of course anything like that need much 1 encouragement especially around I 1 the mission office here wo we hired hire d 4 boat lor for about about two hours and start starter ou t takee tha varv er aa vor vory calm and the tho suns sunshine wilne very inviting it was our privilege to see many largo large steamer from foreign landals lan tho the harbor here Is an ail unusual ly large ono one and serves es as the gaiu way to central europe and many oc 0 tho largo large island cities have you ou ever seen a real large ocean liner a S rotterdam Hotter dam ilas has just dropped anchor and wo we drove right up to it and you should have seen us we looked like flies trying to climb over a large larg 0 I 1 wall compared to lo that large steamer I 1 it remind you ou of a largo large floating city it la is otto ono of the largest Fite steamers amers that is afloat which run between rotterdam and new york we sailed around into all the smaller smalle le borts and visited most of 01 i points of interest that Is all we had time tor for in ano part of the harbor harbo r we found an hones t to goodner s am erlean freighter with the stars arid and stripes floating in the breeze oni oil boy it looked like it could alm almost ost talk to us and THAT FLAG every tima ilmo I 1 see anything wl with th a U S trade mark on it I 1 just want to toys toss my hat in the air and holler it Is particularly interesting to note how hov many of the old fashioned sailing are still jn in uso use for commercial purposes I 1 think we counted at least ton ten in the harbor which are still being beang used in transporting small cargoes from one harbor to another how funny they do look and how bow slow they do move their old fash lolled cabins and sails would you think of a period of time in which the pilgrims made tir their get away a way what a development in the transportation has taken place since I 1 that tha tAime time this harbor Is not tar far away broil th tho 0 place where the Pil pilgrims grinis did still sam from the little little pil pilgrim grim church that thai still stands and overlooks over looks the harbor the tep where many prominent montave men mon have stood is also there I 1 havu visited the old church several times a and 1 i a e eutch tte h time it eema eem s to bs be mors more interesting the same benches an and d the same pulpit Is still there and underneath der neath the church there areni are many any great men burled buried on one of tho the olt old w wall walla alls a inside the church the city of doston boston nan has erected a large bronze plato plata giving the history and significance of nil all those these famous land marks and has also contributed quite a sum ot of money for the preservation and oi of the old pilgrim church wo ano sailed around the harbor un tilt til about and thou began to N abol 01 hungry so we dropped anchor and wont went ashore well ano with our trip today elder claire B E drown brown anu anti amder friy ia er Iler herman nian johnson have beel faw V making preparations for leaving to morrow orrow morning for southern eu tope rope on a three weeks tour the they chave both filled honorable miss missions lorio i ti and havo have be been an released release 1 now anti and aru nr ju fiig taking this trip to got get a good faste in fit their mouths months before comini hatti dmd ulder elder johnson used to bo be secretary ot of the mt anti he hat willed tj job over to me d today Is ia relief society day so will fun fofi along and get gat my lesson realy apor for this evening lots of love and best wishes to you al for abi athla week sincerely i FRANK J MURDOCK |
