Show i correspondence raal well attended Meet luss cs at EdInbur eig cla and glas classow ow baptisms branch organic organizes ed NEWCASTLE ON TYNE eug eng sept 1876 editor deseret news since last writing to you I 1 have bee been n ept kept k very busy in traveling travel ing jog ng and bearing aring testimony of the lat ilat ter day in connection with the local brethren of this thia conference we have held a good many open air inee meetings tings in various parts of or this conference Thousand thousands of people have assembled at all our meetings and listened with great attention in all my experience in missionary life which extends over a period of nearly thirty years I 1 have not attended better meeting amongst the tho world than those held at howden le weir new and vicinity although a few enthusiastic thusia religionists did lid their best to attract the people peopled ls attention from our meetings theirs was a failure ours a success the means employed to detract from our meetings only added interest to them atone we nearly emptied their churchea churched and chapels for that day so anxious were the people to hear concerning the gospel and utah and the mormons Mor mons ous nus 11 I 1 cannot but believe that good will result from such sueh gatherings A few weeks ago I 1 visited edinburgh and spent a week in tha the general Regist register pr office hunting bunting the records of bye gone days I 1 was wa s very successful in my rese rete researches arches for my aile ancestors estors I 1 collected what particulars ulars I 1 wanted of over four hundred of them I 1 also visited glasgow and attended two meetings on sunday with the saints in their hall elders park and mcfarland were present in the evening I 1 went with these brethren and a good many of the meeting saints and held hold an 0 open eli ell air meeting mooting on glasgow green a very respectable meeting elder mcfarland occupied most of the meeting I 1 bore my testimony to the truth of the restoration of the acs pel while ila lia in scotland I 1 visited a good many of my ny relatives and was treated wa with t a great deal of kindness by all that I 1 visited but they manifest little interest in th the 43 p plan pian ian lof lor of salvation how truly are t the a prophets words verified 1 I will take oneff a city and two of a family and lead won zion 11 about three weeks ago as I 1 was starting to fill appointments in the branche branches 1 I 1 baptized three very respectable women in newcastle on my trip through the branches I 1 had no chance for open air meetings the weather being so very unfavorable I 1 lost no opportunity of holding indoor in door meetings wherever a chance presented itself and have those old fashioned fireside fire firo side chats by which so much good was done by the early missionaries of this church when the old family bible was brou brod bt into requisition to see sea whether such and such wag was the case I 1 had bad the honor to attend a few meetings at Middles bro where there is quite a spirit of inquiry about nine months ago I 1 organized a little branch of sixteen members at the above place since bince that they have doubled their numbers and the prospects are that eero tre long many more will ba be added to the church A week ago I 1 held hold two meetings in the neighborhood where the camp meetings were we re held and baptized two men and three women others are investigating the doctrines trin still the masses af of the people manifest considerable indifference in their researches after the truth at no period of my life have I 1 t aken taken more pleasure in the latter day work than I 1 do on this mission respectful respectfully jy A in he the state of waine maine lost in the A methodist IL rayer meet moet in inz ine etc franklin co bialke maine oct 5 1846 editor deseret news since writing to you from grafton oxford co this state sept I 1 have done much traveling and held heid several mee meetings tingA tings the scenery seer iery lery of this portion of maine is very hilly and mountainous abounding in picturesque dells and vales where city people resort during luring the heated term to enjoy the fishing hunting and pure air the country is nearly covered save where settlers have made clearings with forest and the early frosts have changed the color of the foliage noh foh age to the most varied and gorgeous hues to a lover odthe of tha beautiful in it is a continual feast to travel through this region at this season of the year the portions of the state which I 1 bave lave visited are thinly settled and tho the villages often far apart and traveling in the good old way ie without purse puree or scrip 11 I 1 often meet with romantic incidents and interesting episodes accounts of which recorded in my diary read very much like fiction ao so wonder wonderfully funy runy is the providence and protect protecting carm care of my heavenly father bather dac manifested eted in my behalf at times friends are raised up unto to me in lu the very hour yes the very mopie nt of need and my way is 13 always opened up fo forthe the prosecution of the work of tb the eMaster master and though I 1 am often fatigued physically my spirits are kept buoyant by the bles blessings brigs I 1 receive there are a few old timed saints sainta remaining in this state who still retain a portion of the light received through the ordinances of the gospel but the tile sad pad iC examples kamples of shipwrecked faith which I 1 meet with show the danger of bein being overcome by tha the world if tun tira saints remain in it the v village illano of Graft gradt qu from which wrote ivrie lat i 13 tut a fe bev v miles from the nevy neny as ew hampshire line across which mami and twelve miles from froin grafton Graf toh lies hes the villa village ft e of milan which iwas very desirous of visiting the region i wild and still unsettled and there thero was no direct road from granton to mi mf kanand I 1 had to between going by a very circuitous than ihan trebling the dist distance audo br traveling afoo afoot tover lover a of mountains moti plains and anif through a dense tog forest which occupies the intervening twelve miles of country I 1 decided to do the latter and so on the morning odthe of the ith fth nit alt I 1 procured the service serviced of a guide to show me the path by which the woods were vere i first entered and to give me rue other information concerning the course courte to 0 o take etc tc I 1 plunged into inta the dark dani dari woods unhesitatingly and succeeded by the aid of spotted trees id ift keep heep ing the extremely dim path for about three miles then it became lost entirely I 1 had provided myself with witha la compass by the tho aid of which I 1 kept my course some sonic distance further but the compass worked very ui satisfactorily and my principal reliance rell reli inee ince was the sun of which I 1 could obtain occasional glimpses through the denso dense foliage folia folla a ame at length the undergrowth became SQ dense as to bo be very difficult to penetrate slid and to add to my iny discomfort my clothes were becoming saturated with moisture from the foliage it having rained the three previous days under the tho weight of these disadvantages my pertinacity relue reluctantly bantly y yielded I 1 omd and I 1 resolved to attempt a return to where I 1 had entered the forest but I 1 had been wandering about in quest of the practicable abl abi path by which to proceed till I 1 had becom become e somewhat bewildered so that there were great odds oddi against the chances of my coming out anywhere near the point at which I 1 had entered the woods however after a very toilsome struggle with the underbrush rocks iu ravines vines etc to say nothing of the hara harassing sing doubts as to whether I 1 in the right direction I 1 emerged into a field and quickly discovered that I 1 was wl thira thipa a stones throw of the path bychich by which I 1 had bad entered that dismal forest some people may imagine that there is is something delightfully light fully romantic in getting lost in a maine blaine forest but as for myself I 1 shall hereafter decidedly prefer the plain unromantic q wagon I 1 road on the sabbath following this adventure I 1 was in north newry where I 1 attended a methodist meeting and he heard 1 arda a sermon in explanation of the theology of that sect seer from which I 1 gleaned some afir information anda and a little gospel truths truth after the servi services eeg cei I 1 made the acquaintance of the minister and in the evening attended a prayer meeting led by him it was a good old fashioned methodist prayer meeting in a new england backwoods village I 1 and had it not been for the sacred subject of religion involved the proceedings would have seemed ludicrous and laughable in the extreme to me at one sta b 0 the proceedings bo however wever T I 1 became almost alar alarmed ined htwa it was when several era women rose roso in quick succession and in a nood flood of tears so sobs bs and groans tried to tell how bow they loved jesus this whis was too foo much for my ceryes to bear unmoved and I 1 seriously be began an to think that some of the gentlemen present would have to assist two or three thee of the women from the room so hysterical did they become but their enthusiasm at length spent itself and the meeting was brought to a placid close mot rot ot however till I 1 had given out an appointment for a meeting at the same sa me place pu on the foll dwing evening at the hour appointed peate next evening the house wis wig alieh by one af pf of the most attentive audiences audien ces cea jit ha has s been my jot lot to a address d d res re s for 6 r sor some bome time seeing the large lange arge turnout and the interest of those present jn in my remarks remark I 1 gave out another then ther appointment for the next evening same samo hour and place ag again th uhe the house was well nell luea sued though it was ra raining I 1 ning anti and my uly remarks were listened to with marrea marceu ai attention I 1 and many desired more meeting meetings but previously made arrangements P prevented re ent ed m my spending more time in a t that at placed place I 1 am constantly being invited to preach of or lecture as I 1 pass from place to place audit is la impo imposible sible sibie for me to accept it iia lia naif half lr these 1 l invitations as I 1 have but a little more or time timo to spend in maino maine before returning to to dusome do some sowe wor work k there which 11 i awaiting me your brot brather her hen in the gospel A B L F al WW f j f r i more nore cooperation operation co 1 SALT A T lare LAKE atcy CITY f S s october 14 isto 1870 editor deseret De seret sevet i 1 T some three years ako abo ngo ago ich while ile lle traveling through gugh ough the territory I 1 was pained to observe the sinful was waste t e of fruit and through the local press presa gave suggestions aa as to the utilization b by y preserving ity its it and the means of turning into money this heretofore neglect neglected dd branch of ja industry being thankful that my humble hints many instances been adopted and the trials met with success will you kindly permit me through your columns to offer another suggestion I 1 wish with norto speak upon MAnu manufacture fUture of toys and faney fancy ornaments na ments do not laugh at this for do you know that nearly taij tv thousand thotis and dohara are spent every year of our hard earned money throughout the territory for these imported petty art articles leles and this branch brauch of trade is likely greatly to t 0 inc ine increase reate reato instead of diminish where cere re these toys toya generally manufactured in large manufactories manu factories no i ask our swiss tind find london brethren ko no doubt they will be abl abi able abie e to tell you if nob not I 1 will ende endeavor avol r t to 0 do so those hos e toys and nd pretty nic are ard made rinde by swiss F french and english men women and children in a their own homes and they sell seli se ll 11 them to the wholesale dealers de alers alerV who export them to all parts arts of the world the tools and materials necessary for this employment em are re simple and inexpensive a few sheets of cardboard scraps from the lumber yard a glue pot I 1 cheap tinsel and paint each family makes but one or two special designs each one to the youngest child is allotted his hia arher or her particular branch of work and constant practice on that one brauch branch makes him or ller tier very expert thousands of fa families milles in the countries above named make comfortable livings in this humble line of labor who has not read dickens picture of the toy makers mahers life trie freight here amo amounts tints to nearly the cost of these fragile le and bulky articles pd and I 1 am suro sure dealers would be only too glad to han hau did of this kind kinda saving them the heavy freight ahi afi and allowing them to pay a much higher h price for them here hero than what is allowed in europe E drope let lk then those persons with large families now complaining of want of employment luck to this let them use their wits and anet invent some novel toy and work it out outon that line grif grit ar or if they hava liot not i inventive 1 n i ve n genius imitate somo familiar one theres toney doney yoney anit in it if I 1 1 am not too lh trulye intrusive allow me to ask in this connection where do we get our half million of boxes of shoe blab hig Mig that are arc consumed annually in this territory tor for lm portell oh indeed whence como come every year the thousands of d dollars worth of mushroom and other C eat cat it sups cups dittoe then tbell dom doo one ono here know how to prepare athius d room bed where jab ere ero 10 lo do the tens bi thousands of dollay dollar worth of knives forks pocket sheers pins pills needles eci come yearly from ditto again bavo bave we no iron nor por skilled artisans irom birmingham and sheffield wanti wanting ner ncr in these theeb few for tho the present wills wilis will wiil suffice but think I 1 already hetu hear the cry ery atiq all ail vers very well to produce these thele articles but how ofin osin wo we oata obtain D pay m ment i fo r the them in wilon when we have havo made the them mr this ia easily answered place plate them on oil commission in our operative cooperative co stores but first dont be greedy by asking too high a price but be sat V tidied fied with a fair return for your labor letting tiie the adier adler liv ilvo 0 li diwell well weli 98 as as 98 yours youri Lt if our misters aster havea 1 las io just I 1 llulia in the very f busi busl ties thaia gie dd to producers tri trl ah hil hii hll branches of or workmanship workman wor shi sh p they h tiou Y haye have aye nye opened in the tho old oid constitution building Build nig hig a commission comm s herp hero dava a mod modi erate they are aie ready and willing to sell bell anything from a 9 needle needie to abar abad a bar bad of 86 adap 3 theirs is a oi 1 laudable enterprise 1 and 1 mark marh my words they will greatly prosper pro an it lifie idle idie unes ones eail call anu anti consult t m i you with money calland sisters mark maie til the e P price c e arti artl cies clea I 1 tn plaine figures re s and nd at bed rock prices I 1 I 1 augir |