Show OKI OIL Cf d iF P S v A I I II I I I n C I I tu tuII 1 ill II I lie he I L 1 I Ji J Imi In II Ip y r A d th 11 la TI 11 LS S n lit P MISSIONARIES ON JERSEY ISLAND Interesting Scones Scenes and Historic Spots Arc Ar ro Visited IS EN H A Warm All tI 11 Ilic iho file lUo Lit Year C tro 10 ha mill a lid Fl un r II Ini iii i S Special Correspondence St Channel Et March 2 Since I left l Cl my mountain I homo In III Oxford Idaho Home pome SIxteen I 5 months ngo agu 1 t have had baI much I In my uy missionary After oc uc about eleven mouths months of ot my lilY J tiie In Bristol 1 anil diet Chol 1 of ot tho the I Iwas III II was lUIl transferred to labor with t I Koul on the lIw Channel Islands on the tho BOth 1 of or August 1900 that I have labored on tho the Island of o Jersey f the most must southerly and anit largest of at tho channel which Is la only four our and andI I miles WIde vide and twelve s sS S 4 long with nn nil area aren of or acres dl dt up U Into twelve parishes It may iI M ho roughly described as ns a u rectangular fi topIng sloping gradually from 1011 north to south nOd having a I sea Hen ta const coast of ol forty fortyE E eight miles a u population of ot o Mm of which about are uro In III St 81 Ho lIo Hollers lIoe e llers On a n clear day tU from rota Ml tt It castle tho thu coust coast of or Fiance Is 15 quite per 1111 perceptible pera y a being only thirteen miles mattes till dis distant tant and for or the tourist to tl upon the Ioe ky coasts coate of sunny nunny ti Gaul at that thai distance Is ti II an ml II good HH tui it a aUA 1 UA promise to visit IsU that historic land HuL BUL before leaving time the castle It II may lofty ma be he In to state that at tUe place lilaCe In tho thu lather father tho time Protestant dean 11 cu II amid oon bomm W ru Im Imil t l for their parliamentary Bt In lii attempting to make their escape they precipitated ted Cr down the tile steep cliff Time The father fattier was killed ll on the tOt spot and ancl till th COO Bon un but hut a n short time Time The native Is 10 old Norman French Intermixed with i many Inan new words word amid expulsions bor borrowed JOI rowed and adopted from the modern 1 h and French languages The lime English I h language Is generally spoken spoke II 1 here herf although both 1 oth anti and French tire lire known by lIy almost every ery native In Inhabitant 1 habitant From Prom this place 1 where so Mo MoC CI C much vigilance Is iii minot and the ut utmost It most Ino t care caru taken laken by lIy local Isolation ll for foi forthe ii tho the purity and preservation lre of or the f breed Jersey cattle cuttle lie ate exported to nil 11 I parts of or the world here Her Jet on the tho Inland r S the Jersey JerMey J cow wi yield from frum four to 9 live lre and amid some lom occasionally even as I ast t much M as six or en gallons of milk mik r per pel clel 11 l The flie people IleOph are UI chiefly engaged ena In and nul comment Fallows 1 are lo 1 unknown here and ami ant the tho general system of husbandry closely to tl 5 Sn that carried on by h I the spade e el In 1 The agriculture ag tOte Implements IN arm are old IX and clumsy without t lag Ing qualities Owin r to tl the Iff I the vegetable production is l The temperature ur Is I more mor equal herD hor ci than In nip ROY any ny art rl nf cit f the hore of ot Hut flut lut not nl n a 1 larger 11 1 I fl I In le h IJ m To 11 Tor r ditty for wim ht IIII a ii of plants planta to 10 tod d keep ep olive slid there i little Intense heat In th summer si itt the ah nep of ni mid in l th winter Is IM suf sufficiently 1 MU MUt Id t marked to tn of or the t tree tre fruit thi ho 0 Is II loaded with ra In ger gera a dons dens cOM from rom December to 10 1 a J I other rali d here herf Is lii I a 1 tw f collar cullar kind bind of or cabbage I or great JINt cow coi cabbage f Th TIu stalk taik of or orthis this plant attains almost th ti Imen S I of or time HIP trunk of K a tree Irl perell one hl reI and IK Is I frequently 2 obtained upward of ten feet rPt In l nth th l The rue leaves ait re i d as a at 1 t they become large either for feeding t caW cattle or r packing butter and the plants l are left growing with n a 1111 Irn to nt nl the ton like lalm tre the stalks are ultimately taken up and ami are ser serviceable 11 seri i I l ble ether either for or II ja Illi r sticks The Th I ns nn At gre re manu manufactured S Into walking Among the th fruits cultivated hero heio are arel Ta the grape gra I apple NI fig ll mul mulberry It l berry herr and amid plum The Tho mill mild 11 and amil RII oil cli climate mate together with lh the sandy andy Inc baches Sti lathing pools renders U Jersey Jt a favorable for tourist lour I St from nil n ori of If Clr ORI at and France Mt Mi experiences here 11 nl nr not nt dissimilar to those met with 11 o elsewhere and though many mAi good Ol n 11 r rI I milts ful accrued fr 11 m the lie pr ef efforts pre e forts forti of or our the ater t S did tild nut nt from 1 hl hi hla Ii bane tino which to our finite Is Ia tl to the work wok of Christ Hut But Jut r of f slander the Z lx Lord rd has imas us ii with wih a n good goo od home homp homO homel 0 l anti kind friends who ho gave I heed to out ow 01 1 testimonies and und are ar now enjoying the blessings which nr sri Intended to etc ele elevate lf I rate vate all mankind and amil 1111 turn tum them from the error of their lives live 1 which to t to the Ihl ordinary Is IA n a It source Murce of and alit f one on to 10 preeM 1 forward furar with I h renewed r energy to prepare mankind for that day hn wn God and wilt will r n li T unto every ter rt Individual arr tr in hl hh merit r The now news of nf home t w with the I and In Om to make the Ihl Ne Sews ewe s a R welcome guest 1 t Anybody having relative or friends S II wy tIvy 1 would woul like will wi ro romil mil IT I i t hv tr na I A I IM lot r sst HI to II us lt nt ul atNo No 0 i t Bond St Tt I Jersey C l Il II KOY HOY Y Ui I i F p K I icAL SIC CHOU COM CO I IU 1 JIW I I IS t I n Is I tt vs Alii t iii lull l t HI m mIlel tiers In II lug Tho rho following are aru related In n a I letter dated Marshall J harrison county ox I March 11 1 and signed by J A Ai and uld Jon Joa H Ii I Hond flea Deo eo 1 I l 19 1900 oo wo we 0 have IIo been boon labor laborIng log Ing Il In II two different counties of or Texas terell We e liars have been hoen LOI blessed and amid have seen seel the tile bunds huncH of the tho Lord made manifest In Itt II our many tunes times tunese IreM We Ve e were tint Heat sent to 10 labor In 11 Gregg Oro county whore where we WI found the tho people very prejudiced against us but hut we w found some M 10 very el good friends After fter wo 0 iou had hen been be n there about a I month we Wf were wen Hlll Into Inlo Harrison enmity which borders on the line The rime county as ft I i whole holo Is thick thickly ly h populated by hy colored people WhIR holo berm we WI have ae been able to talk with a I great nt many lalY about our ou Among ll Out our 0 many mal experiences wo wu wilt will relate ono or 01 two Wf W hail had been bom teon talking and alil holding meetings with wih time the people and tind some comae wore were Investigating our teachings At Atone Atone one of oC our alI meetings our conference president and first counselor wore ert pres lec present lecoat oat ent on Time Tho gentleman of or tho the load had hal Invited two tWI ministers to como come and anil hear us UI After Artor services ho too gave IIVO them per hoer permission mission to talk tol They rhoy said they could coul find 1111 no fault with Itlo the lecture of Preel President lent dent 1 I but hut notwithstanding this they the 11 ll Joseph Smith anil the tho Hook Bool of or Mormon They related 1 Home com Coin common cOn mon month false stories after uter whIch they took 1001 their departure d giving us 1 no rio chance to correct or 01 even suy anything In re response response All 1 felt sorry that such u a I timIng thing thin hap mined lit Itt the time lout but lut wo vo o felt fell Im tin Impressed pressed to 10 say AY It wn was for tho the good of those present Nellt which we wo havu realized cint that time Yesterday Ye March 10 we load had tho the i privilege of or baptizing nn ton old lady amI others 01 hll wo we believe aro seriously In Iii Investigating ve The Ilc sister ister whom we 0 hap bap baptized remarked to lo us UM that at ut that time lime ahe hc he wal was ns forcibly struck by llY the of time the president and ulso 1150 by 1 tho time con conduct conduct duct Ihu t of those these ministers 11 since Hile that meeting Cl I I I sloe she has haR been heen studying tho the los Jos Eel pel more immure than she had I thal over ever and U los II now o to member mem er of or the tho Church While we ve e were veru laboring In lii another i part hart of the tho county we w wit sat flit down on un a railroad track to 10 rest a I nina canoe along and IK risked If Ir I n vo wi WI WHO were going to preach there thero Wo We Vo said salt uc we 0 were not nut notI nuttie He tie I then Ihen nuked what church chulch we WO represented scooted lion Tho ho Church of or Jesus Christ Christof of o Saints was WO the time reply He lie t deemed somewhat startled but hUl when toiling telling him hll we wc were ero Mormons ho hit his hoi sen and said If Ir you OU go gl up In lii that Hint country you OU will wl get killed lei led Af At After ter tor going a I short distance he lie again re repeated reheated heated the Ih words sold patti snit I moan macan It II gentlemen We Vo heeded him tutu not not hut but went sent W nt trusting In 11 tin tiit tl Lord and found some comae 1010 very good people who were ero 1 anxious to hear time the Ih and who treated us ims kindly We o lion hall access to toni nil all school houses bouses and held ni housel many meet hogs ings 1111 Satan Is nt ot work If I we wo heed h ell his wo we wilt will wi be lie led lel to neg leg tort lect our duty dut We lVe have han good health auth feel zealous to In do Ito our out duty dul Should one have Ino friends or relatives they wish visited wo vo would bo boo pleased to tn do so |