Show myma lehl LEHI CITY oct 20 1872 E editor despret ictus dear sir sin As an evidence of the superior tendency of the school tax system I 1 will adduce the following from experience since the fall of 1670 1870 1 have been connected with the lehi school which at that time averaged a dally daily attendance of seventy five pupils ups in i the succeeding winter that number wa wab s increased to one hundred and seventy five most moat of whom were adults in tile the spring following a tax of one and one fouratt per cent was voted by the people of lehi which sum was to be appropriated in building houses purchasing maps charts ac and advancing tle the interests of education in this place generally the first school under the t tax ax system was opened april 9 1871 with witt pupils and an influx of more before the summer session closed teachers Te achors were employed at a liberal salary children were compelled by their parents patents to attend school a desire for to learning supplanted aspirations of a less ennobling tendency in short everything worked like a charm what va ija seemed only an experiment to the qi cuene na of lehi resulted in a complete access according to good authority greater progress pro greba grebb was made madd and more achieved in ten months under the tax than in any three years preceding its adoption from the foregoing I 1 sum up the following advantages for this system of school which no others possess first the poor are educated at tile tiie public expense second the teacher leacher knows where his pay comnes commes from which is certainly a double incentive to him third with equal chances all classes are educated alike which 19 13 Is 19 sure to result in a unity of thought motive and action such a thing fato isto la is to be desired in the kingdom of god and bud such causes conspire together in making me an advocate of common comman schools very respect respectfully rully yours SAMUEL til ullman nilman nehl neni oct 1872 editor deseret news our two days meetings which closed yesterday I 1 sunday evening were very Inte interesting g and instructive there were present of the twelve prest 0 hyde and 14 L snow also elders eiders jos A young of sevier and 0 11 wheelock and N T guyman gayman of sanpete bau ban pete and our tuil tuii staffon staf staff loo lof of home missionaries sion aries meetings were well attended and a good spirit prevailed appointments were made for our missionary labors throughout the remainder of the year the farmers of this county have rate raised very good crops and peace and plenty prevail one of our best beat farmers rs bro J vickers informs me that from a thirty acre field he averaged fifty bushels per acre of wheat and barley no indian troubles reported of late respectfully J a ROVER LONDON sept bolh 1872 president B young knowing thoi the great interest you feel in regard to the elders eiders and their labors in these lands lauds I 1 feel a desire to report my own condition and my noy views very briefly on a mission to england since leaving home and parents I 1 have not fully realized perhaps that I 1 am so far away and probably will not for some time at any rate I 1 have not felt as I 1 formerly thought I 1 should viz very homesick I 1 can truly say I 1 have yet to feel in the least a desire to hasten home or any undue anxiety in the welfare of my friends and relatives I 1 feel entirely content and my life is continually being made joyful and pleasant by the the increased knowledge I 1 receive in regard to the spiritual and temporal blessin ga of the church and the increased power I 1 have to per pei perform form my duties in administering its ordinances and in myself of overcoming ver coming temptation governing appet appes 0 aites bec kec ac fec this blessing of power to do these things and to obtain anything asked for in faith makes me joyful and my heart burns with gratitude to god for the knowledge I havo have i of the gospel I 1 frequently state to outsiders I 1 am jim a 11 1 mormon formont ly and would be ash ashamed ameti ameci to bo anything else I 1 grything I 1 am universally well treated by saint and sinner the first honor me as a servant of god and and ana the other party treat the curiosity the mormon boy exceedingly mely wely vell veil i to retain him in their presence and to learn something at his hands of yourself I 1 enjoy attending meetings and thus far ili iii I 1 have A v 0 addressed every one I 1 have attended yesterday I 1 think I 1 may call my model day I 1 attended three meetings and baptized three persons having spoken during the day two hours enjoying as aa I 1 ever do the spirit of god in abundance I 1 nind and that talking on our principles and bearing testimony to the truth are sunni suffix clent clont to overthrow and crumble all ing creeds without extra exertion on our part I 1 passed SpIt alfield market place yesterday and thought here stood president young and introduced the gospel in this groat great metropolis surely we can carry out the great work he began I 1 feel the p privilege 0 1 I have in being called a servant of f a god olf oli and I 1 sincerely hope I 1 may ever be worthy of so holy a name elders Eldera fairbanks S S jonos jones thomas jennings and W 11 H kelsey desire to bo be i remembered with best wishes and kind regards to yourself and those associated with you at home we I 1 think are united in our endeavors to do good to the human family my health is good and my earnest prayer is for a continuance of the same and event bally a welcome to the bosom of the church and to home and friends may god bless you and all good men yours faithfully in christ JUNIUS P F weris WELLS wey WEX I S |