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nr n f syi sri fistek vi co michigan July 27 isso 1880 r editors I 1 i feinbe I 1 xou you yo p un under date J a j jonis junis tine J 2 th tb I 1 ib ave traveled much piu plu ch ant prea cheda bea bed a great deal in public ani and private I 1 wint to ottawa and held bold several meetings in ehret dit dif Terent different places I 1 ehmka think im doid god dold work can caia be done dohe there X iders eiders 1 I W Wn pierce erce A and aud cag G agger af pf gli gig utah sent tent melsome mib me some somer german ernau church crunch mrs morl voria Vori 1 dhigh are do doieg pok god gold ahmon amongst A the hhie german gerwan people theme I 1 n net IB tt went to allegan clinty f hay relatives they thyre th re and treated me nib kindly through their influence I 1 obtain il achurch to goldone liol hol diOne done meeting nie eting in id ild had ii A all ail ny vere very stil str and interi interested ted ak nir torad to grardi rapid sg ot p erm sq ti 0 af f thie may maj ai I 1 bly or to preach k lri iri th of the city at IQ fil a in allds ands p in a c july ft Four ebur papers papera gave notari 6 of it elders butler anne anna and pl loso came saturday night we went wen t to the th e park purk at the tb e at api pointed time and I 1 commenced 1 i lecture on the itse progress S nii nil tr travels traveis of the ch church 69 jrie loge etc Z to where oe tho saints arrived in in salt lake valley when the chief of KI police eix walked v up 16 in the stand and rea mea tapped ged 1 me on the shoulder and PM said no 0 moreon that this had bad ought to b have a v e been stopped long ago I 1 told him I 1 had llad permission from atom the mayor he said he be did not hot care the mayor a y 0 r had retracted jt it many of the c congregation 0 were displease dand flocked around 0 u desiring us to go out to the aake lake four miles and preach to them which ahk h we did at 3 p m when I 1 commenced talking some wenton went on with abuse abuser insults etc two big negroes stood in front of me about six feet with their arms folded and kept groaning and crying bless jesus etc 11 and and aud then would turn away and laugh on the thel ath we went to ottawa co held two meetings several are believing there I 1 left elders G H butler and D therel alid and I 1 went to went to westville mont monti i calm co found elders bunnel and sanderson there on the lath we held hela meetings in stanton city at lon ion hi haa 3 ands andr p m had bad a kadd good turn out of men in the afternoon a large laige male audience a i were present after meeting a bridat great many questions were wehe asked and answered the more rough part became very abu selve seive andt andi profane in the thel evening a lot of bf these demons came and when we w e sang they clapped hands stamped feet pretended to laugh eter etc this they repeated when we prayed and sang again I 1 then arose and asked them what w we had done dono that they treated us in that way appealed to them as american citizens citi asked neut meat if they all believed alike etc the rough part of them went out though they kept up a racket outside there was good order inside and we had a rich flow of the spirit brother sanderson Sander son soA and I 1 preached in m the same place plate on the evening ot the when going home with brother Per yette some gent gentlemen demen were returning to warn us of a mob discovered lying in wait for fon us we took another street climbed a fence went across a block and to the house the back wa way y all right the next morning we wp were going up mown town and nid fid we saw a great number of rotten egg eggl scattered for more than block along the street elders sanderson and bunnel has gone gohe ta oakland county to labor a whiled chilli elder jackson jacksoniv Jack jaek sonis souls i s herewith here with me we have held some some meetings here so some meare are investigating our principles principle si since slum last writing three elders have bave returned home on account of poor health heal tb ig is good ani and BO is that of f theother the other elders and sanderson Sander sanden bon sou say they haves have forthe for the laef three or four weeks lived jived on one ideala meal a day Most theotime ohne fine and twice A they ey b had ad to sleep on th the e benches benche i sun n the schoolhouse school house after preaching the mae und urd bas has blessed us with his thap that we wee could not and het bet that lifts his bb heel against athis work or oi ant ants falls fails men mat that persecuted me in diff different lerent places placa when I 1 was wal wa here in 1704 hase base all gone down temporally and ano spiritually the rhe the more mom opposition giop we havethe more determined ve are we nye bareal lay jayred pd much pre prejudice judice dudlee wherever we haye been 1 have bave so 50 far had plenty to ea eat fiand wiand aud and a bed to sleep in for which I 1 feel thankful to my heavenly eather father if janny ny of the sainta haye have friends i in als ais thi pr ohio please send address two persons in juo rain county dounty chip wrote me ma if 1 I woul would gomp gomo dome there and preach they would pay my fare X expect to go in a about bouk two vf weeks my address will continue copti nue county counts mleh mich X graying ing for the welfare of zion I 1 remain emain your sour brother brothen bro thermal aad ard d iel felida w laborer lait j s n ii j erdt ortt f JV r i leui juljo neavel it co au Aust alip glip editors deseret news i the genet general M health henith he of the people our grain and potatoes are very light owing chiefly r thel great gearrity sear gear city elty of water Vater and am the tho ury dry summer which we are ard experiencing our school matters areen are in a a very fair condition we havel have ono on day school running for the summer term and aiso also a very avery good sabbath scho under unde arthe the of or bro edwin eyre who seems to be fully alive to the interest of school matters we have had pleasant times in our little burg during duning the past month celebrating the fhe jtb and of July in it manner mannen suited to the occasions ti fr i i our worthy bishop james mo knight is a man man that is full of fath eri eni advice and wise counsel counsels couns eln ein to both young and eind old and I 1 think I 1 can safely say has goethe got the ful full confidence of nine tenths of the deop people I 1 ewe ewo are coming coming into closer ity to the nair railroad road and toge together thel with the small smail benefits derived from its approach we also find a little more of the influence of modem civilization with which by the way we had already on hand a full fuli stock bel bei being surrounded or nearly so by a mi mining ni n population aion ajon t aur hearts aarts are warmed and cheered at reading of the mammoth demonstrations rations made hy by the saints in the great metropolis of zion in hi these mountains r our oui election yesterday went off quietly the peopled ticket be being beings ings inga a long ways ahead of the liberals wh who 0 looked fora for a different result in chilt little place i vours yours you tou idl igl s A panater PA BatER I 1 7 ailt aug 21 2 ISSO 1880 II 11 au i editors deseret neng having recently returned aften after a tour among tle northern north nort bern benn em villa viila villages es I 1 tw few lines lifie your readers on the east side of bear biver biyer abe the grain look looks eli ivell ell but brt but very veny ver ven y late some qa has not yet leaded headed oni on the night of the and uit lee ice formed on the water 1 16 inch thick at georgetown tb the e frost on vegetables varied as to locality in the valley and some sog patches were killed on the westside of the river the grain is late a few patches can be seen in bloom haying lias has just commenced and an abundant crop is expected the weather ia is changeable from cool to extra hot hoft we had a good rainfall a week ago and the atmosphere hui has been cleansed but headaches are a general coin complaint plaint professors Pro fesson IN maeser later tater lonch and talmage taimage are doing a good work among thie people as they are perfectly able to awake the interests of their listeners concerning education which has been beeri greatly neglected in this valley vailey until recently it is to be hoped that people will not forget the teachings those brethren baye given give I 1 n them in m their thein short but pointed ed lectures 1 X would say lnore more oll an the conditions condition of our schools but I 1 suppose abe ahe professors awill give a morable mo reable reabie and full ace account 0 ant aut of their in ision 1 t in n lambs j ui i H A I 1 s ri ai nf y Cs CA oll di deserea news cee ler f f p all ali I 1 the dem democrats in this city calved the news new from alabama ing an account of the election with a complacency that indicated advanced knowledge rhey they ilae lla have e been sure of the state and feel and express i absolute certainty in inri egar doo ato all ml the southern at state stata p r I 1 am not writing the congressional stop Alor or national committee f depre sensations say they would perhaps blaim claim as is th the c custom among politicians ticiano tic ians inns rall all call in i sig big sight ij t tb the e r resident qs ida nt demo democrats brats he here rd ou outside asid 0 0 of ft he gein botn are probably probably better ed as to the southern politics than thiep th of any section I 1 hear bear no dou doubt bt expressed sed qed by b ny any of i them as to virginia while democrats m ti north are fear fearing ilig and reau republicans hoping tha tha by borud some means he re republican pub cam can ticket in that state may liady rece receive a jori majority jorl ty if the party managers man managers agirs expect any sueh such reu result lt t they he y ekr are taken or the oon ton demorit demo cit i ta ar are e mistaken 1 ir washington wa n q id ig afflicted fiak Af 1 1 with vit 4 A 7 band 0 of f shar pers wk prey u irli te tranger aad sights sight seers s and I 1 wiio wilo from theall the smail small pryor ane dis district hays hnyp hay hav here pt or carrying on th thir work i inthout fear of punishment aarl A trip cortivo of two miles from the capital take inke i diac oneto to maryland or ivirginia wheres our ouy P police 0 ico ice are pow powerless erles erless A rhe the rho usual plan is forthe for the sharper to 9 services service to stranger iks its h guide and abid take him to some real or imaginary ina lna ry object pf af interest just across tiao tho Us a brict unc inc line and ana always to a poi where because of the scant popular tion there is no prospect of interference t ereki ere kp onee one across the line the victim refuses to enter into info any of the suggested games i unwilling to submit to i extort too iW violence is frequently res ref reported resorted to at or district border one or more persons join the gui gul guide gulde and the stranger the added rogues suggest the i swindling anthe game by which the travelers traveler tra is to ber victimized if replays he iche if he refuses th they ey make the arty party sa so strong that tha resistance is to nobl robt robbery WIs dis W is useless several of these scalps scamps have been punished but their number does not nob decrease their thein operations on visitors to the ca capital p i tal tai are reported to the theauthor author i tie ties 1 daily dalls though doubtless most of the victims pocket their 41 losses quietly rather than have any exposure in their cases some dissatisfaction is expressed by resident and visiting democrats at the slowness of the committee whose headquarters are berey berei berecin in getting to work it is complained that nothing is being done while secretary mcpherson of the republican committee is busy and has a large force busy of subordinates your correspondent visited the democratic comm committee rooms yesterday and saw po nat busine business sg conducted except by a clerk who refus nefus refused ed to give employment to many clamorous applicants KNOX |
