| Show gner grer muhlenburg county ky april 19 3 1880 editors deseret news Since bince last writing you we have made some changes in the conference that may be worthy to tad no note on n the ath of march elders bil bli bills Is and butterfield went over into west virginia to open up new fields labor on the soth elders helm and myself started with a small company of saints from lawrence county whom we assisted as far as cincinnati securing their tickets as for nor colorado and advises advices from prest morgan state that they arrived arri vedin in Nl manassa anassa all well subsequently we took passage on the andy baum a fine river steamer bound for memphis we sailed down the river about no miles smiles to owensboro Owen where we landed on the of or march from there we went to greenville Greenvil leand and surrounding country where we hav have e been ever since having a letter of introduction to relatives of C F middleton Midd Jeton ogden whom we f found all ajl well and g gnad u v d usa most cordial welcome and treated us with the utmost kindness we have under the guidance of the spirit of the lord gone forth quietly teaching and preaching the gospel whenever opportunity presented itself but from the newspaper and other reports that we can near hear a person would bo be naturally led to suppose that we were going to set the world on fire we lve preached to a jarge large and attentive congre congregation gm yesterday many of them expressing themselves that they would like to hear us again I 1 look forward to much good to bedone be done here in the future for truly all are talking of utah yours truly IF MCDONALD WOODRUFF april editors deseret news we have had a long iong on cold winter and to wind windup up on the we there fell about 16 inches of snow here which was death on poor stock the bishop lost considerable in consequence of having baving his hay burned last summer by the thoughtlessness of a man lighting a fire and without thinking or 0 r caring what the con se sequences would be thus causing a loss laiss of 1000 with no chance to get it back this thia should be a warning to all persons not to light fires unless they can control them it is a time of general good health here on the lath there was a grand time here mr ezekiel leo lee and adelaid dixon and mr daniel cornia Comia and samantha dixon were joined in the bonds of matrimony there was a general turnout they were married by the probate judge of rich County there was a feast of fat things prepared which all seemed to enjoy and all joined in wishing the young folks a long a prosperous life there is an abundance of room here for good latter day saints to make themselves homes the valley is well watered a healthy climate good range for stock a first class dairy country and we want more settlers to help develop the country praying fraying for the welfare of zion I 1 remain your fellow laborer WM wu H lee lee IEE ler |
