Show akik ieli lice esitt 04 r olan i VH NEW yore YOKE 0 october ath 1869 eider elder geo gaeo Q cannon cannom dear bro knowing the interest you yon take in the emigration business busi busl ness nesa having for many years been connected with the gathering ag of israel I 1 thought a few items relating to this years emigration would not be uninteresting to you this is the he f lra first year that our emigrants have been able to accomplish the journey from their native land sto their friends in utah by steamships and railroads you will remember the visit of it mr charles dickens on board the sailing ship amazon in london and the description he gave of the passengers a few hours before their leaving that port ai AZ that time every family had to su sup p ply itself with an outfit of cookin cooking utensils all having havington to cook their own provisions on the voyage we vividly remember the disasters at the cooking galley palley the wearied waiting forturn for fon turn the upsetting of many a nearly cooked dinner and the be g or spoiling of lof some good mothers gown or maidens dress with many other such like ilke ine ino incidents 1 then the uli unpleasant pleasant being becalmed for fbi days or having to tack about under head hoad winds subjecting to c considerable onside rable rabie seasickness sea sickness and frequently detaining the passengers on orthe the sea from forty to sixty days how different t today to day the thel saints cros cross s th the tho e bea sea in iii williams s guion gulon mya MIA cb s atea Atta steamships mahi mahl fsr making the trip in from eleven e to thirteen ir days this company supplies their passenger good wholesome provisions cooks cooka to cook it and stewards to serve it out to the passengers and as far as I 1 have learned in a very satis batis satisfactory fac manner our transit from new york to fioren florence ceby by rail tall and water used to occupy fourteen days clays from florence florenee to salt lake city by ox teams about ninety days now from newyork new york to ogden including an occasional rest nine days the whole trip accomplish accomplished oa in twenty one days what a cont contrast the emigrants of today to day provisioned and cared for throughout who arrive in utah to grasp the hands of their friends who invite them to hospitable homes abundantly supplied with the products of their orchards and fields can scarcely realize the tedious journey toils tolls hardships and scanty meals of the early emigrants or the labors performed by the first settlers to subdue the earth and make the wilderness blossom as the the rose our oar emigration up to date numbers some 2 2000 souls with one ship ships company ohe obe the eke mari Hari manhattan hattan battan now on the thel seas and another the minnesota to leave Liverpool eiver Elver pool pooi on the oth of oct the transit of our passengers from this port poa to omaha has bee been n very satisfactory the railroad eona coca ranies panics and tind their agents have haie done all they them could to make our passengers comfortable bro barren farreh N dusenbery has assist assisted edme me he ie travels with most of the compa companies nied nies to omaha seeing to their baggage their provisions and other little matters mattera incident on the journey all of which hav have 8 facilitated their movements and proved a blessing to the saints he will accompany the next company through to utah leaving here on the ath dinst with my best wishes in omaha I 1 called to my assistance bro david M stuart to receive passengers gersi gerbi baggage 0 etc ete et cand and procure provisions preparatory to their taking the carson cars ears on the U P B R B R he having done donn so and got everything in good running gorder lorder I 1 released him hini to return to his family having ac elishi ed all that was necessary at that point there is quite a spirit of inquiry 1 amongst the people in relation to us in mercantile circles operation cooperation co has been freely discussed it was wash deemed by some a very un unpopular movement of president young and the saints in utah this probably resulted from the misrepresentations of the press but when they have been informed that thai for twenty axt years ears had patronized in our midst gentile m merchants enchants i er chants who had proved our oun enemies returning evil for good had sought to bring trouble upon oswe us tae had withdrawn our patron age from them in self seif defence andun and under the wise guidance gul gui dince of president young consolidate dour dout business e s 8 interests i es ts ie abs th tha the best thing that could be deneto at ato eto ourselves ir selves we cannot but ae grateful atef aa to td our heavenly faitler father when we reflect upon the slow move movement merits df our emigration of the past and the tardy transit bf letters by seani land coffi compared parr pari ed with the increased facilities of the present when we can call to our aid the powers of steam add arid telegraph to expedite the gathering a of israel and the establish tol toi 1 1 it 7 1111 lilt i I 1 ait aft in 1 wi n tha kingdom of god go upon ullon the earth j iam tarn happy to inform yo you tl chati at ati l enjoy the best of health never b eing teeing so well on any previous mission 33 brothers W WH U miles W N Dusen berryand geo teasdale are well and join me me in kind regards to yourself and all friends I 1 remain your br brotherly otherl brother ai A i W C STAKES tames |