Show correspondence branch orga orea azel dis dl 1 preaching to ruil rull houses agg teg tuc tuu argument more ete etc 1 11 mamos MAHION marion marlon co e ghio ohio june juno 12 editor jelis jet Jei is on thol the 11 I 1 th of april wo baptized 1 brother rother I mcallister McAll lster ister eating one ui 4 bg man roan at ioia viola ioja wisconsin in tho evening we called the together and organized a branch of the church appointing Dr drother brother orlier john mat Wat matthes thes to preside net next morning wo we bid the saints farewell and started for the state of michigan brother james matthea matthes hauling g us in a wagon twenty miles on our journey to rockton rock Bock ton where we were kindly received by hon V van an S bennett and family on account of tho the fearful state of roads vo wo remained several days with mr bennett and the tho good people of rockton qa on the morning of the mr bennett sent his team and light leagon to convey us to union cen atre twenty three miles where we arrived the same evening taking the cars we continued on to dono glae gine cass co michigan and were kind hind kindly y IL received by mr daniel oyler but the people there as a rule were strongly prejudiced against a ainest our people and for a time a all ali 11 seemed black blaek and dismal we labored on traveling in cassand cass and van buren counties as us a rule not lioi much interest being taken in our doctrines until sunday when tat i all ih hi 9 close blose of one ode of our meetings api cherby eberby chen cher by the name elly eliy tool took exceptions to some remarks I 1 made ill in regard regard d to the authority of it he the priesthood and challenged me to discuss iho subject I 1 accepted and of course the house was crowded cro wd all having come to hear the C mormon elders 11 doctrine blown to the winds but as usual the truth was triumphant F and ind it was M generally conceded that the bible certainly sustained ned mormon doctrine in that point at least this seemed to break the bands of iran we had been hound with and people began to bo bb anxious toi to hear the cormons mormons Mor mons and since leaving there thera we have had several invitations 1 I to return by invitation on the of may bro 21 S H mcallister and J T separated he to meet hig bis relatives in philadelphia and I 1 started en route for this point intending to remain a short time until bro M Ws s return from philadelphia tl when we will return to the northwest on my arrival here herey I 1 nev net with joseph standing and james bay of utah and bro H J hlll hill who vilo resides here my meeting in g with these eiders eldera was quite a pleasure iro bro ajro bro standing anding Ht ramal romal remained ned two or three days and then started darted on to visit ill hi hii i relations ioris in cal Cai canada lada aada bro bay day has since that time tinie been traveling with mo we have trav triv aled ck end d principally iu in arlon marion INT union und and champaign counties A holding mile alil meetings beings almost every night in many baoy I 1 m adiv places the people appear in tere te rested ted in the principles of our ii faith naith falth atone at one place I 1 attended sun day school chOol ri the superintendent invited me to dhen ohen oten with prayer aavo ma the principal bible clas to teach and at the close of the ext invited me ta t the school all of which I 1 complied it W with ith with great pleasure in tile 1 we held meeting mid and the house was literally jammed so it much so that we took the window out the congregation being larger outside than inside we were in to callagain call cali again i on the evening of julle june we held meeting in belle bell e schoolhouse school ho house use jackson township union county the house was crowded with an attentive audience I 1 addressed them on faithy faith falth repentance baptism and the laying on of hands fol lowed by bro james bay on the same subject atter alter which I 1 arose to thank the h a people for their attention and to d dismiss them when crack went a pane of glass and an eg egg 19 19 cg came whizzing through the win dow striking me on the right shoulder followed by several more ane one striking the wall just above bro bays head another striking a vr baptist between the eyes splashing over several young ladies who were sitting on the same seat seal of course several ladies screamed but we never felt more self possessed lu in outlives our lives ilves we quieted the audience and aud diss missed them I 1 in n good order some thought a general assault would be made on us when we left the house but we felt that we were in tho the hands handa of god and that ho be would protect ua us we walked through the crowd arid and to our lodging about a mile milo off without any further demonstration we learned the next morning that the principal in this affair whose name is hiram iram fram Ho ggles Is a prominent member in the baptist church and his hia assistants are ara members of the same church and none of them ever heard a mormon preach in their lives so we feel fee to pity and say lord forgive them for tor they know not what they do 9 the majority of the people are opposed to buch such proceedings and 1 think if the justice who Is a baptist also does his duty they obey will be prosecuted by the people we hold bold meeting in that neighborhood tomorrow to morrow night the lord turns all such things as this to our good for the account of this affair is spreading and the agn general eral sentiment condemns I 1 it t and the sympathies of the people are aro with us last saturday wo we baptized six persons of this place in the sciota river yesterday we met and ordained J H ward to the office of an elder and organized a branch appointing H J hill president this branch consists of nine live members prominent among whom Js s bro hili hill who has been and Is doing a good work in this place brother ward has been advocating our principles for years though I 1 he kasnot was not a member of the church yesterday sunday we held meetings in the court J house louse of this place at 2 and 8 p in the attendance was good many of the leading men of the city being present in the evening the house was densely crowded WeeD we joyed enjoyed much of the spirit of the lord in I 1 speaking and the prospects here are favorable for more baptisms when we were here before we held four meetings in id the city hall the mayor and other officials of this place are re very kind hind to us though in some parts of this state tha the prejudice Is strong im and d cruel as tho the grave so bo much EO so that if it were not for the law jaw mormon elders would be driven out as we were from missouri I 1 feel well and thank god that I 1 am counted worthy to be hated for his name sake and though an elders life in these states is n not an 0 on 41 flowery beds of ease yet I 1 feel ming willing w to do all I 1 can cau to spread t he the truth knowing that god lives and that bis his kingdom is destined to ride triumphant over oven all ali oppose tion aa As soon as all iero hero are in good running order I 1 shall return to wisconsin as many there are anxious for our dur return and som some wish to be baptized we shall go from cleveland to milwaukee ee through lakes erle erie huron and michigan god bless biess all ali the tha saints sainta everywhere MILES MIMES P romney ney agy sunday gunday school examination danee dance good agod crop broi MILE creer CREEK 1 boxelder sox Box Elder eider county 1 l june 1876 1676 u i edit there was wai a sunday school examination at the above named place an on the lah ith ii li 11 dinst These the school hool bool was organized on that date seven years ago the time of gathering at the school house was 9 W am the tile house was beautifully and tastefully deoc rated a great dealoe mechanical skill being displayed and all done by the scholars scho lars lara nearly au all the beho echo scholars lars had appropriate pieces prepared which were recited in a manner that was commendable both to the scholars and their teacher bro john peters he having taken great pains to instruct them for the occasion he is also our day school teacher and lavery favery is very bucce successful with the children advancing them very fast the clil dren all love him I 1 speak from experience for I 1 have four children attending the school the next man that deserves great credit is the leader of the choir bro james young who has labored hard to prepare the choir for the occasion and was waa truly successful for they san ran sang m many a n y appropriate pieces mhd vhf which ch w were e re highly complimented by all present there thero were several chapters in the answered by the scholars the teacher asking questions and I 1 thi thick i k I 1 am safe in saying there are maly scholars in the sunday school that can answer nearly all the questions in that book short addresses addressed were given b by y the superintendent of the sur ra founding U n d rig schools and the county isu superintendent p r i n ten dent they all expressed th themselves bei sol as being much astonished at t tho the afie advancement of the scholar and gave us somo some good instruction nearly all the adults of the wa ward rd attended J and it s seemed as though parent parents children and teachers spared no pains to make it a success the exercises were closed at 4 pm then the children danced till sundown and the adults till 10 everything is peace here and a good prospect for an abundant abtin dant hervest of grain gruin and fruit the ward wa with tl few except lengi lensi have renewed their covenants lve ove nants and a universal good feell feeling lg prevails pie vails valis your brother in the gospel GEOEGE davi S EDITORIAL for two wo years yeara past french officers and cavalrymen have lave been trained to ride with a much short er stirrup and it is said tuey they have gained in their improved seat scat and general horsemanship prince arthur it is reported ia is to bo be made a colonel before lie he is married ills his first charge as asil al in such cases will bei be upon the english treasury the london and northwestern northwester i er ji railway works at crewe england turned out their 6 two wo thousandth locomotive the other da day and i gave gaven a public dinner to celebrate b tho the occasion the springfield Spring neld mass mam liean bean publican public says that the atlantic cotton mills at lawrence whose affairs have been declining for some I 1 time and necessitate a reorganization and anji shrinkage of nominal capital are the dirst first victims to southern competition in cotton manufacture the lawrence mills h have ave always manufactured standard brown cottons the low grade goods which th the tho 0 new now manufacturers at the south firt first attempt and in which they already compete so actively as to necessitate a change of or product at lawrence judge mcadam in the I 1 marine court chambers new york juno 18 administered the foil following owing rebuke to two contesting counsel if members embers in of ofine the le learned rn pro profession of the law jaw are to be permitted in a court of justice to call each other 1 shysters shy isby 7 1 pettifog gers aud and smell vo e opprobrious terms without rebuke from irom the court it may proba probably pro baby bj bead to 0 o the suspicion that sueh such ungentlemanly unprofessional and undignified co conduct du C t m meets ie I e t a it its sa approbation mo bation to effectually f suspicion I 1 wish it to be understood for all time hereafter that any member of or he be barso far forgetting hla hia manners as to indulge in uch uch impropriety will be disciplined by he tiler court not only by fine but bylue prison alent this court can be enlightened only by legal argument made with ion lon and judgment and lawyers unable to furnish such aid to the court had better employ others who can the court will take into consideration the nature and amount of the tho pun un to be imposed and will see that its order is literally enforced 11 A german quack was to recent cant sentenced to one months imprisonment for selling cau oin cin angi anji neural pique d as i a specific in affections of th the 0 n nerves arvi e s and epilepsy the medicine was found round to tb be brandy with an infusion of tobacco leaves and burnt sugar and the receipts from its aie ale last year was As to practicability and cheapness tho the experiments made in lighting a railroad depot in paris with electricity instead of gas have bee uee been satisfactory sir H thompson an emlow eminent english physician acan acknowledges ow i the grateful effect of a glass of pure and good wine but insists that all kinds of alcoholic drinks mus must t be considered a luxury not a nece necessity 9 sity ho he recently wrote thus to lady jane ellice in connection 1 wit with hibo hibe the tho ladies ladles Tm temperance perance convention 1 I am quite satisfied that fermented I 1 liquor it luor of ariy any kind is unnecessary as an article of diet for the few who require habitual alcoholic stimulants it can only be considered as medicine and should therefore for them be so regarded the fayr who require habitual alcoholic stimulants dont dona care whether you term terin 14 medicine or ot anything else elte so that they get their quantum mrs craik author of john halifax gentleman has erected a n drinking fountain under a railway arch near her residence in kent england with a money box and a supply of penny loaves your che cheese ese you find y yourself oure ouri eif elf Themi stan the tho poma voma n I 1 jo journal talks of some things in this way among the many inventions sought out by human ingenuity it appears that some wise men on either shio side of gotham have discovered that the whole genus homo has hai been very imperfectly made or there lias has been a mistake somewhere about t he the c sur survival viv a I 1 of tile the fittest A high boston authority I 1 suppose has fifi finally ally aily determined that woman the jast last work from the hands of her creator is by nature unfitted to earn lier her bread now yow a philadelphia savan has discovered that tile the male division ot of the tho genus is much more irr imperfect than the female having been made with passions entirely beyond his p power powen ower td to cc control thereby ranking below the brute bruto where a wise instinct rules A lady correspondent of the tho oakland Tian transcript scrip avi says sass the true inwardness of an agreeable esc ese escort A at the centennial is kuboth so 1139 like beefsteak and potatoes to tu begin with the san Berri ardino says insanity and suicides continue to beon tho increase throughout ou t the state and some alarm Is manifested at qt this inexplicable state of aft affairs airs 1 itis it is difficult to see how borr insanity can greatly increase in creasey as rig most people are sufficiently insane already suicide may be on the increase ze but it isto bo apprehended that not half the people will commit suicide who woid do so if the public good was wils the first consideration con As regards one of the candidates a washington paper el claims aims alms that it is wheeler woe in regard to the other the prospect is ald aid taid to be under a cloady hayes 6 says sass an au exchange mrs tilton sews for a living now she seems to bo be the only one of the entire set fet that is trodden down and aud stoned the pittsburg leader talks in this way the frequency of the ca cases eases ses of rape yape o of f late brings oti oil the old indignant array of correspondents pon dents who demand that this erime crime be placed on the samo plane piane as murder and have the penalty of ol capital affixed the demand seems reasonable s 0 the cilnis cume is certainly af t a not quite I 1 as bad pad as M murder u U jr the ma mau man U k guti gull guilfo fv 0 of i it shows show a n disie ra of the eights rights 0 of f others that place him liff irion 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