Show SALT laake LAKE CITY ofay dray hray 1869 editor editor deseret news mews I 1 have noticed your y ou r generous gene rous and stout advocacy of all the elements of progress in its largest and most extended sense and have admired your policy the early closing of the places of bus iness was a step in the right direction for no class of men needed the potency of the pen and press more than those who are known as dry goods clerks laws are passed prescribing eight to ten hours as all that should be required of the mechanic and at the expiration of the stipulated hours he drops the tool and hastens home to rest read or br to adorn his habitation and if he does work over hours he tie receives extra pay pai pay but the dry goods clerk is expected to be punctual from 7 am to 9 pm then adjust open goods etc where are his hours for the refinement the culture and qualifications so essential for his position he has none for no parks no pleasure grounds no public library are provided provi ed and and if they were provided he has no time to avail himself of them I 1 have heard of dry goods philanthropists providing libraries and recreations picnics pic pie nies etc free of cost these had the right cue for the benefit is mutual t it is an undoubted assertion that to insure permanent success in any business the employer must be respected by the employee the first cannot do without the second and when the second is reduced by long tedious hours ef of servitude by the ever manifest demand for work he feels no other reciprocity but the contempt shown for this unceasing der dei demand demana nanI for work whereas could he be released at early eventide retire to home garden or a lecture room he would be freed from business cares and relaxed in body and mind and aben when morning came around he would spring anew to work and perform his duty with alacrity in this connection Ur editor I 1 have often thought that if some of our taxes and convict labor were employed in the beautifying of some green spot near to some water for a pleasure garden a park a public resort arranged kept in order at the city cost would it not be a desideratum would it not be a bleming blessing to young ana and old look at our garden olty olty city there is ls no place to ramble about an and the hills are naked and unattractive true youcan you see gardens and every man if he the nece necessary beary seary skill ability or means can have one but the sociability the tho let iet letdown down of caste bars the happy com mingling so essential to democracy cannot be enjoyed we have our theatre but the clerk or artiman cannot afford this expensive luxury very often besides he does not want to be parboiled in summer he wants air he wants to read to hear bands bana of by the city to play once or twice a week he wants a chance to see his children to hear their prattle to help to educate them can he do this if he is occupied from 7 7 7 am to 81 81 8 pm again we query how shall ho he qualify himself to be a clerk advocate our causel I 1 I 1 I 1 f fa I 1 J r I 1 n ITEM ia many of the views of olour dur correspondent item 11 are gobi gobl ard ayd the tee early behalf bellair oi of kae the dry goods elerk clerk decenty started in this eity city wa was much needed the dry goods elerk clerk shave hitherto been tar far toor too closely have had ei er opportunities for relax relaxation atlow i and self relf improvement than any other class in the community As far as regards public parks libraries and lecture rooms they are all excellent and will come along in good time our city is still very young and when the public improvements prove ments already made are re consider edin with the fact that the municipality does not owe a cent we think that in point of progress the comparison with any city in the world would be in our favor As for bands of music and other good things equally desirable at public expense we would rather wish and wait for them than to have taxes increased and the city in involved in debt to pay for them EDD ED D E EN N WESTFIELD STOKES co N C may lay aay 3rd ard 1869 editor deseret mews news dear brother perhaps a few lines from away down south in dixie would be acceptable to your readers everywhere we travel now there seems to be a better feeling manifested toward latter day saints surely the lord has softened the hearts of the people and turned away some of the wrath of man from his saints we seem to meet with a degree of respect from the people greater than that which we formerly received at their hands at least this is my experience the people have found out to a great extent that their old stories that used to be so current are false and therefore any new ones are not so readily believed in and received as formerly and there is more afan of an honest spirit of inquiry prevalent among the people than heretofore A faithful elder now can go anywhere and find plenty to do and be respected and be able to tot sustain himself in the ministry there are anore calls for preaching than we can possibly ab I 1 y fill we hav have ejust just had a good visit from fron elders D M stuart and W bli zit dusenberry their visit and teachings were very much enjoyed and the saints here and in virginia have received the same gladly and in return have administered to their wants and furnish ed liberally for their traveling expenses we parted with these brethren at wytheville Wyth eville va on the uit they took the 1140 train for washington via lynchburg bro coray and I 1 returned to our N C field of labor leaving elder T B lewis permanently in possession os session of the va field of labor we tellene believe belleve that bro lewis will do a good work in his district of country as he is faithful in the ministry and has great in influence fluen ce wherever he goes elders stewart and dusenberry are doing a good work in their preaching tour through the states and there seems to be a great opening for many elders to go through these states and find all they can do and be sustained we vve have opened fields of labor in tazewell smyth bland russell bussell franklin and patrick counties of virginia and in surry and stokes counties in north carolina the count counties les leq of F franklin and patrick of va are connected with the N C district of this conference the work here is on the increase and the tho number baptized is increasing weekly some two hundred of the saints and their families are wishing to gather up this season but not more than half that number will be able abie to dispense of their property so as to tc be e able abl e to do swe swi T 11 liy jiu l 7 we ba have ke had a bwy very 1 mild winter here and summer is is coming oh on apace the forests are now clothed in all the gorgeous beauty of spring brother coray joins with me in love to you and family and all the he saints As ever your brother in the gospel HE HENRY henny ry G BOYLE enterprise 9 may 5 1869 editor deseret mews news S sin sir ar wil will I 1 you through your columns enlighten me and many others on oli the following subject query can a boy whose father has resided in america for say 7 or 8 years and who was naturalized before benore e the boy was 21 years old oid be considered as an american citizen and b entitled ty tor rights and privileges as such in the preemption pre emption of land ac in the parti particular cular case ease I 1 refer to both father danilson and son have res america about 7 or 8 years an answer to this in the eve EVENING nu NEWS will much oblige yours very truly J I 1 vest edden D I 1 b N |