| Show we are indebted to the courtesy of bf president george gedrge A smith for ille the roll following owl 9 hajt HAJI D washington co cd jun june d ah 1869 pr at geo A braith Sr ni alth Aith fa dear brother it is a general time of health bread is very scarce source our cotton looked well yvell till yester yeater yesterday elay alay when n the hoppers p paid aldus aidus ns a flying visit visit and a nd eat it up f some pieces of corn were also destroyed the hoppers have been flying north and south as the wind carried them for some time on saturday the instant middleton Middie ton was visited by large swarms and much damage was done at this place last spring we lost all our oun wheat fruit young trees and vines nograles no grapes this year and we did hope they would let us alone our on only 11 y hope now Is to raise a crop of corn we shall plant as late as au august lat if we can get the seed corn cornis is very scarce for seed now three dolla dollars rs per bushel the read question is quite an important oneat present what is ahead we know not our only trust is in him rim who rules all ali things our orchards and vineyards are sadly injured and we shall hardly get il a taste of fruit this year washington loses one third of its ita wheat crop st georgeone george one half balf the crops being destroyed in the northern sett bett settlements leme ants will make it hard for asif us iffe we raise ho corn william laney of harris Harrit harrisburg burg was cut off from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints june 1869 by thel High council at it stgeorge st george the town of leeds was wad vis visited cited on oli we the lath instant by isy the the fields stripped of oe cotton and corn ben has hits changed its name it i IS now pow e called palled leeds lyl with flother ft h assurance assurances of respect I 1 remain your sour our brother other othen i j JAS LEWIS |
