| Show earming farming I 1 in nails mails school etc plymouth box elder co june 1876 editor deseret acas after the long winter we ve have had everything looks well in this part 0 of the territory grain is looking well there are some trying dry farming here and their grain looks well there is plenty of land here for farms the missionaries misa sion aries arles here have finished A putting in grain for this season and have commenced work upon the ditch for the purpose of taking gut sut the malad river they are in good heart at present there are parties here digging for coal they have found some home that will burn and think they will find a ledge before long that will pay the people are looking forward lor for tor better times because they think that the country will be developed in more than thaya one way we have a post office here and we have our mail regularly three times a week so that we can hear what is going on in the world at large we have a very good sunday school here in which everybody takes an interest for tho the thol thoi benefit of the young and rising generation era tion respectfully yours IV P F y M M i A may 24 editor deseret news U ems on the ath of this month brothers young and hardy were here held hold meeting ana organized zed a young mens alens mutual improvement association and the following brethren were elected and unanimously ani voted for as officers of or the association president Preside ut albron S roundy first councilor wallace W Boundy Roundy Second counselor william P secretary bufus rufus A alien allen not knowing how soon some ef of us may be called to go to foreign lands to teach those who are ignorant of the way to salvation we as latter day saints should improve each moment in doing something that will be tor for or our own good and for the good of others the Y al M I 1 A is to try and draw the young peoples peopled minds to something which will be useful to us at present and in future time if we could realize the future as we should we would feel diff different brent hrent from what a good many of us do we would attend meetings more regularly and would study good books and not speak light of that which is sacred RUFUS A alzem save your newspapers News papera ST GEORGE may 27 1876 editor deseret news Afew A few pew years bince while traveling in georgia a woman by the name of morris and one by the name ef of wansley received my testimony in relation to the gospel and not long after these bisters sisters with their families amiliea removed to prairie county arkansas near des arc are and began to talk their religion to their neighbors they wrote to me for books and papers and continued to ask me uie to come or send some one to preach to them after reading my DESERET NEWS I 1 put a stamped wrapper one cent around such papers as cant alnea Ber sermons mons mODS and sent pent them away this I 1 continued for several years all the time trying to get some passing elders to call on theland the mand did aid finally succeed in getting bros boyle and mcallister McA mea nister Hister to go and when they reached the place they found many people hungering for nor fora a know knowledge lede of god these thede silent preachers the NEWS and other publications had done a good work and these elders with the aid of the two sisters slaters have lately brought into the church by baptism a goodly number and a nd organized a large branch of the church there I 1 write this thia principally pilly to induce the saints to s send fend end the NEWS the juvenile and other such publications to their friend friends fi abroad instead of tearing them up for wrapping ing paper ac the government rrb hab has done an 11 w we can ask in the way of cheap postage and it does seem to me th t good should not waste these heralds of truth when eo luo much good might be doue done with them at so small an outlay apin I 1 propose that wo we make mabe a new effort to save the million ieti leof of dollars we pay out for worth worthless Ss attl atti articles cles cies annually that only help beig us to violate the word of wisdom lom and thereby violate the laws of life tet tiet us turn these means to higher and holier holler purposes and thereby gain to ourselves treasures that shall not be taken from us most respectfully your fellow laborer J W crosby |
