Show aa 0 iraci inmar S lil jill ill I 1 3 K y 1 lup HUP r t 0 lat laa A I 1 tow tol kaw I 1 1 0 4 k J r r esq v 91 pad tot too v t cli aja a JA A t 11 ll ij t w v n i S cabber october beor 6 beo eor A y y your ry epure welcome iette letter lette of sep bep card caad cam eam ad 6 joe M insi feln f d days laefer thaw tha iha my malast mt daig daid I 1 for fon which please ae alve rivo many thanks ov several syer ai rei reasons 0 which I 1 think understand when whan ben heu readi reading fig fib 01 it I 1 dak t g athe the ilbe lIbb liberty ity dap f publishing bli bil hing the pie greater puit part of in inq stay star stav am and add chope copeyon rexi inky mayhut lot have 16 ta object to my hay hav irig done dondl 0 having been with nur our society almost constantly from the day I 1 gathered with tini church it seems strange to reflect that sueh such a travel distance ia is between us and that we have to communicate news thought views and feelings feel fiks by letter instead of speech but I 1 hope by the aid of the faith falth nna and prayers of yourself yourself and my brethren to so conduct my myself self seif that ever be near to each other in spirit that we may bay again greet each other with much rejoicing joicine in our Moun mountain home 1 you have always kindly and patient iid IiA tient ly y advised and counseled me from the I 1 be beginning ginning and is it too much to askyan ask you to be kind enough to continue to th do BO so freely and fully 1 as you may find flud time I 1 really realy hope you yo u will for I 1 am opera ting far away in the heat and smoke of the battle inexperienced in the field of missionary labors and a hint low now and then them a word of advice counsel caution and reproof ovan if needed will always be most acceptable and in return I 1 will wiil endeavor fo to profit thereby to the utmost for promoting the welfare of israel abroad president young knowing my inclination to keep in ip the background very properly counselled counseller coun selled ine me to improve every overy proper propel opportunity for visiting visit ipg aldu son aon meeting the saints recognizing g the wisdom of this counsel as I 1 have endeavored to so ltv in relation to all his I 1 coun counsel seis seig within my knowledge I 1 have at attended tendel all ali the meetings held here bere v llen jien lien I 1 have been in the city and one meeting lii lil iii birkenhead occupying buch such portions r alons of time timo and giving with much ra liberty 1 b e arty such sueh instructions as I 1 felt directed to do the members in the two twos brandies though thou afi comparatively few are reported to de be striving to do hight right and so far as I 1 have bave seen them ril III 1 and n the good report to bo be correct on thead the sti zol abst I 1 took rail for lon juon don mid arid ardd met with the brethren there in their semiannual semi annual conference on the 44 occupying ohp speaking time of or the evening even ing meeting some 80 minutes during which a large audience paid pala most strict attention ghe forenoon ang ano ani vernoon ner noon I 1 meetings a betings were also well weil at tended bavery quiet hulet observing audien ces cis and were vere addressed by the etl uti ld der er with i I 1 interesting ifa sid esti estl hig fig a and nd instructive re markst marks where here were ls 16 ufah uth g eiders elders met wet present R and aud they thov they all gave me mp verv very 11 a the bobo bopo condition ifton ortho of the wo work I 1 ik iii in their several fields dro bro blate piato blyman dest desi ov erthe n confer enco ence and so far car opportunity I 1 fon for observing 1441 ipg r remarkably war mar kably well weli amt fojt ond one of Hs h Is s years on oh the jh through he persuasion on iut tut 01 the tile valley grethren ir et ethren en several pe pei i teral terai of bf whom wh om hannever had haa never nevet defor bee beet in nd w wi shed iff eee see some bome pf af igl is lions 1 s them the deery abbey abbes ay A aud and tho the gardens aarde aud and d among an many any other interesting sights wa much pleased kith wih the theato tiong no ottha the brethren wished wis 4 me to io stay oyer over ovir dvir the oth ath annd arid clait aliah t ew the buti told them that 1 could not spare the tim time and perhaps ought not to have used tt the thu 5 oth in sightseeing sight seeing so I 1 started s home on 04 the oth where 3 T arrived arn arf ived before dark S afe safe and anif efell elij iad glad giad fad that I 1 w went 1 elat elit ang gladdo glad dind to be back bach after an art absence of three e nights and four days r 1 mutual benefit bro erp clemes cle CIc mes lord us that after the guide gulde had shown us us the abbey sights and while we were wera grouped in a body chatting and waiting for brother and sister howard he remarked to td him that there was a stranger sight in the abbey than any he had shown to us uc eq says bays het hei he what ia is that why IG 16 mormon elders from utah ah there thene is where brigham young younk lives is it not but another company bein g then ready to be piloted the guide had to tart off without continuing the conversation ninn hift further her I 1 have ncr doubt be lii oTten oTtea reflect upon havin having shown the abbey abberto to iff mormon eiders elders from utah f going guin through b in one company it was a 1 lit it tie tic shi sri singular bular gular it we did old n not go into the parliament buildings building which hie aa you remember are close to the Abby abby because only P kwof fa olf the rooms berci open that day on ihla lnor of the ther 1 mcany company preferred ge ferid goldo godri directly aro n t 0 abbe abbey y fo to the garden pa gu pl ell dil the the rest reif of the day very inter 0 t n 1 y and ana and I landed us at badr ja 4 lettle 1 after dark dir 1 I 1 ib tomorrow to morrow odett with the brethren bleth bieth beu keb ih bonfe celce at merthyr and dna winie tiar rt dai ual Dal conferences in wales as dg it will wilt cost gost lesston take wat course I 1 awill will the sooner become familiar with their spirit frit irit condition and f feelings and will ansu biso also gratify their request nor noc for me nie to do so on tee the I 1 appointed tor 0 meet ineat with the brethren conference in in a birmingham and on the athin leeds lahd laha there are now anthe desk three other requests for like J meetings s which whim I 1 cannot appoint until intili I 1 again dokin aae heap from manchester I 1 bro jesse N annd arid I 1 were blessed with a very quick and pleasant trip both on land hand and sea neither of us being seasick greatly to 1 happy disappointment in ay iy my own case bro jesse jessa left here for copenhagen on the where ward he arrived safely anid arid in good health I 1 have received two letters from froni him the last dated the ath St hinst dinst at which time his health continued good bro adeser Mae and ard hollings write favorably of the the work in their regions but bro Urse wham bra franklin appointed last summer to labor in belgium had not at latest dates made any visible pT progress ogress I 1 think he is laborin laboring very zealously and faithfully but cad Car catholic holle bigotry and worldly indifference do not as yet permit the reception of the truth J all the valley elders are well so far fan as f X learn and I 1 think are all laboring very faithfully even to isi ili dering that the of them are so young and nearly till lii ill report pro prospects of a good work in the gather gathering g next season ald aid ip bu winning others to the way of life please inform my toy family AW that my luy health continues uninterruptedly goald except my old complaints complain ti whick which I 1 sometimes hope is better t I 1 hope you will not fail far to drop me rue a reclines few rew lines iines when everyou can co ly da do so and I 1 will wil cheerfully ch eon eor fully reply ply please remember me kindly to beiter bathsheba and others and aud accept the best wishes forvour for your welfare ad aud your sour family from ir 13 your bro in the 0 gospel i OCT 09 W 1863 18 editor edito deserea deseret news dear dem sir 1 I have haye ve read with much interest the ent elit articles published in your paper on the subject of organizing operative cooperative co y societies ocle ocie ties throughout the territory and sending to distant markets for our mer chandise hAn dise wagon timber ac i an and dhave haye haTe bittera asked myself the why TX e not as aswell well weli rae raise our own timber 89 tos ezil edil hundreds of miles milos for fot it it earnly would ngi bost boat a carmet ek t lo 10 0 ten fen tence fence ce a small piece bedd fedd df 0 f and IA by f an and 1 I ant nat any kind af ehe he th hos e and a small smail grove gre M would heip help iho phe e 1 loos ioos 00 9 bf hils fils falm faim great tibal ISO hickory asb ash other othen ednd limbek 1 I hl I 1 would zi 1 grow luu iri thesa vailey I 1 now not dot iq b ba U bh IR tf fa from I 1 nad cad 1 experienc experienced langej et ta ask sk if tv there rb J any in erencen e h ca 41 na 1 locust timber af Is th tha be and nd J T C S oun our correspondent ent 0 it f V who wail wab with mr lic lie Alc dabes Cabes surveying party pirty thu thus 0 s describes granite a recent communication f after wae looking for we readier rocks f the the race rice is i ij of ny last lost on anthe the llott AIM tilts we arted et neross across th ith american eser and ar arn vedat granite e rock hock R tae ith ath thesa Thela yive yire we started d da darf IT po clouds hung heavy bokr over i us and aud the dismal forebodings of rainy weather dia not set us in the best of spirits far par ta hotbo the east of us gr granite anite rock loo loomed med up cold and desolate looking its bleak aud and barren aides sides of t granite ra u showing no signs of hospitality yet it ift ads was our only sal sat salvation ration situated midway in in the desert the only place where we were yvere any way certain of obtaining water it was to ua u as an oasis to the weary traveler in the tx great reat desert of shara czahara cT Z ahara owing to the impassability of the part of the country which we e had to 0 cross our teams wit with lithe the baggage sc had to td retrace their steps and taking the stage sta geroad road from deep creek go to bedding springs there to fe replenish our water barrels and meet us again at granite rook book our oar outfit therefore for the line party was very primitive consisting only of a pair of blankets blankets or robe to the mana barrel of water and provisions for three days this with a light wagon and the instruments necessary sary sars fer for our work completed our outfit for the ethree th three days we were on this dietary dreary waste on the morning of the I 1 ath wishing to obtain a n good view of the surrounding country I 1 arose early carli and climbing 9 on ono of tile the highest 1 peaks of the mountain zai tai n witti witnessed essed one of the tho finest sights I 1 ever behead the sun was finett fhi rising and andas as far as the eye could reach leach the entire deseri desert presented the tho a appearance barance of a great inland sea studded here and there with dark islands caused by bv the abiu abrupt af pf crislip rising of me e granite rocks locks and mountains the tha iq atmospheric tints at sunrise lending a 3 grandeur tp the rarely if av over er equaled but aa a the bright bight ascended I 1 its fiery flery path rath the scene acene again changed 6 to the tho dreary des wa ate waste wasie of salt galb and alkali and after arter i ligh ulah clothed the fhe he earth in darkness h ha e startling cry of the prowling coyote X 1 tile tiie deep h dowlings how bow lings of ot the hungry lv oli if reminded ed us of the tho dismal sou gou poll des pt atlese lese iese e d desert esert wilds t r f Y FiLLS ionn oct 1868 news mews on my way south southa j almost all ali the settlements a a larked barked kea spirit of improvements at springville spring ville they ard art finishing their tabernacle bernacle te in style payson a pla pia place sherea wh erea eren few fed years bince ainee only ohly twelve famah ea reside anddie not find tue the water sum bum elent clent for their wd want at that time timo now consists sf 1500 I 1 and they have hae more water than they know what todo to tob do with summit or orBan orean Ban ean which not long since was simply a good sheep ra ranch is now noir a large laia e town with an wabun labun abundance dance danee of water wona mona where a few years ago there was not water sufficient clent elent to run a poultry yard is now a flourishing village of about fifty families with a surplus of water round bound valley where chiere in 1859 we had to travel two miles away from the road to obtain water sufficient for camp purposes poids is now a settlement of nearly a hundred families and the water is so abundant that it ift is ruining the roads cedar springs or holden HoIden not long since a milk ranch rauch is now a populous city threatening to outstrip its neighbors and people have more water than thoy they san gan ean can con eon control troi my iry experience leads we rne to bell beli believe belleve ve that the water is increasing ia in the me ame proportion through throughout oitt alithe aalthe southern portion of our terni territory r I 1 what causes it H gur pur yur jur conference closed latosea herd here ableon ing had bad a good time eldens elders E gif J oates bishop bishup J G ili bleak bieak eak and others were with use us taix 1111 and d ga eave gave va ui us 1 excellent instructions the confere come renge rende fide aa auni fr to sustain the sath authorities lori 0 of the church as bs presented before the tt general Conference in 3 9 lj city they thew they I 1 hb aiso sustained I 1 the phe motion in re to gar gal gard gand to ota trading dIng and manifested ni bested fe sted a desire desira to enter into cooperation operation co beveral several dry bry b branches aches were severed though romme borne manifested A a determination lna ina to pame come back bick cost what it m might 19 hf they stated that outside of this church there was nothing for them and they would stay herg hero until they had bad proved thein their in fri their thein repentance yours M J T 1 MANTI mantl sanpete co f no nov 1863 at lol idl weh mez few tam iam am glad to be a able abie le to repart favorably of thing ar in manti the health odthe of the community is g good 0 0 d and the fruits of the spirit diffused fus fas e d BO so abundantly at the last conference are already visible it seems as if the teachings given were suited to the appetites of all and with many big efforts are being made mado to reduce them to practice in their dall dali daily dally y lives our leading men have havo been diligent in in laying aellig ba before the odle popple are aro th 9 great rea nepes necessity sity for the proper arop edill education catlon cation 0 of our youth the non uon sustaining of 0 oun our ur enemies enem enemies lea iea is a theme that has ha s been daiy daly deliberated upon and 1 I am happy to th say nol not without effect efrece fon for already steps have been taken by bythe the people of manti arant to form themselves into a co 6 body and I 1 expect in a few week weeks swe we will have a large largo store storo established that will have for its motto pro bono publico I 1 am proud to say our home homo mercha merchants tits have not held heid aloof from this matter mattir b but u t have come forth like flike men and arbi proffered such assistance as ps they have with iu in their power owera to further the cause of co cooperation operation opera t lo 10 n on n the th e 2 n d uit we were favored with a visit from elder erastus snow from whom we received much valuable instruction upon such subjects as immediately pertain to our present and future ture welfare at the close of his remarks he bless biess blessed edthe the people ofSan of pete e and id that inasmuch |