| Show LUDINGTON mason wason co mich february 9 1881 1831 editor deseret news since my last report to you I 1 have traveled quite extensively perhaps taking too large jarge a circuit to make m many any converts yet it seemed to be unavoidable but we have allayed considerable prejudice sown the good seed broadcast wherever we went in milford oakland co last september we baptized a young man whose father wm wh white I 1 te has belonged to the church for many years and owns a laroe jarge rake factory whose sales extend atthe to the Z Q C MI in october when the elders came from conference our president changed us placing brother joseph R murdock and james sanders together while traveling near nean sylvester after preaching one evening a lumberman took us home with him we conversed with the men on the t 13 e subject a bj eg t of our discourse one man the bully of the camp cam P took occasion to abuse us considerably so much so that the proprietor took us one side de and apologized saying say ting ling if men were not nob so scarce I 1 would turn him off 11 we told him that we did not pay any attention to what he said the next morning the same abusive party said if qt god is my fatherland Fat father herand and ho he k knows nowr I 1 nna ana doing wrong why dont he tell me so we replied that ho he had sent us to call all men to repentance and caw we command you in the name of the lord jests christ to repent of your sins and be baptized for a remission of them he answered 1 l would not if I 1 knew bod vod god had sent you he went out in the woods cursing godana god and the mormons cormons Mor mons about the first tree he felled a piece flew back and killed him instantly we have aa as a general thing been treated ve very well weli in one instance the party who had I 1 char ebar gelof of the school house would not let iet us stay in the house after preaching to them and none saw fit to take us home and it was a very stormy night but it turned out to our advantage for after a short walk we got a good bed in another instance were taken to the hotel after meeting and our lodging and breakfast paid for such is the life ot of a missionary after traveling in tnie INIe costo and isabella counties for two months holding thirty meetings distributing tracts and walking over miles we then took the train gin for luding ton where we were made welcome by toy the saints we hired a hall got hand bills printed put a notice in one of the city papers and held four meetings in succession with a very fair turn out had some opposition in the way of a preacher taking notes and then at the close of our remarks try to tear down what we said but we are satisfied it resulted favorably to us the party that hired the hall to na us was persuaded by members of the diff different brent churches not to let us have his hall any longer so he be told us we then went out in theroun the country among the farmers held IS 18 meetings one evening after meeting a mr gifford read a long piece from the pen of judge VanZil ewhen we had the privilege of pointing out a few of its many misrepresentations of our country and people atone at one of our meetings we were challenged by elders of the reorganized church to hold a debate with them being both young we rather declined arguing with them but butt they insisted upon us holding a public discussion and we considered it our duty to defend our cause which we did for two evenings our opponents as usual stooped to rehearse many vile misrepresentations etc at the close of the discussion it was left to the house to decide who had the best of the argument and we got a majority of the votes although nearly one fourth of those present belonged to the reorganized church chua we find people here that say they do not blame us for believing the doctrines we teach for we have been taught it from our infancy perhaps we do not appreciate their sympathy as we feel thankful to our father in heaven that we have received sueh such instructions and that we have an understanding in part of the beauties of the plan pian of salvation we feel thankful for the testimony and experience we have received also that our brethren have considered us worthy to represent them in the world your brethren in the gospel of christ JAMES SANDERSON josepn JOSEPH a it murdock huntington emery imery county utah february lith 1881 editor deseret mews news since writing my last letter to the NEWS I 1 have some progress to lepof report from this place n namely we have 90 got t our meetinghouse meeting house finished it isa is a good substantial log house 20 by 80 inside made of hewn logs it is ihl at present the ibl largest and best house ouse in in this county our bishop has also got his houe hou e finished on the townsite towns te and I 1 understand has moved into it today to day this winter has been one of the best I 1 ever saw in ht utah or anywhere else as although I 1 was born in country I 1 was raised in utah the deepest snow we have had ha not been over six inches deep stock istock have done splendid on the ran range e so far and are likely to do better as the snow is about all gone I 1 have not heard of a hoof of any kind of stock except sheep dying through i starvation notwithstanding I 1 saw a ab short ort letter in the NEWS neva to the con frary there have been a few sheep die out of a flock owned by parties here on the creek who by some mismanagement failed to take them over to what is called the cedar mountain where they would have done dune well weil but kept them herein heroin here hero in their tholf neighbors dooryards door yards eating up their cow feed and there is not a few oi of the tho people who said served them right we expect through the blessings of the almighty to raise good crops and plenty of them the coming summer as a s our principal topic now is water ditch water ditch a thing we can work at now to good advantage age as the frost ia is mostly out of the g ground rou nd I 1 have had several letters lately asking about the country I 1 will say there is plenty planty of land and water here for three times as many inhabitants as there are aro here now but I 1 would say to all if possible come here and look at the country for yourselves or if you do move you come on your own responsibility not on mine as what would sule suie suit sult me perhaps would not suit another I 1 will add the NEWS is always a welcome visitor long may it prosper a doing god good i i W 11 1881 editor deseret xe I 1 send you a few items from fillmore we are having a mild winter stock and sheep are doing well on the range tange the health of the people is good the death rate for 1880 was seven on monday the charies charlea crane of kanosh Kano sli sll stabbed bill cumnings nain C as with a knife at kanosh and came near finishing the said cummings the son of mr cummings came cam to fillmore and swore out a warrant against chas chaa crane and the trial came off before justice B R A McBride of this pla ceon the dinst and tile the jury brought a verdict of guilty against crane sentence cost quarrel all about a rooster chicken on the the friends of bro alex aiex melville gave him a birthday surprise sur bur prise being his goth birthday about 65 of them thein loaded with the good things of this life took his bis house by storm when bro mei mel ville was quietly reading 7 f the DESERET he got up and looked around and still more came in after handshaking hand shaking and wishing many returns of his birthday vve ive we all eat down to a sumptuous dinner and every one enjoyed themselves after dinner we had a good old fashioned dance and songs until midnight all felt well and the spirit of the lord was with that company last week there was another of the same kind at john ash mans house being his birthday t we are trying to build buna ii a meeting house a again gal gai n I 1 think we will accomplish it th this is time we have a water que question dijon to settle the water commissioners have settled it once but it wont w ont stay settled and will have to ko go to the district court the th e NEWS comes regularly we get them saturday and wednesday the Y M al I 1 A and X L M I 1 A for the tha county are now in ses sion JREX J REX ST GE GEORGE feb 16 1881 issi editor deseret news I 1 have been leen for the ifie last month basking in the atmosphere cf ef the sunny south whilst the mercury does not fiot rise as high by several degrees in the north yet I 1 find a damp element here requiring about the same amount of clothing the people have been beeri putting out grape cuttings and planting early garden seeds for over two weeks pho phe the rho most interesting agricultural topic now is ls dry farming some of the most en enterprising farmers of this place and hebron 1 I think washington also aiso alsoc b have ave organized a company an and I 1 design elpe experimenting ilin enting on the rich landh tanda below bel w be the t sink of shoal creek they are buoyant in their enterprise and seem to entertain the strongest hopes hoped of success they are aware of the fact that fall grain is the safest grop crop crop for upland and will not per perhaps hapA go very extensively into sowing before fall nali As ai to thelo the location I 1 think the selection one of the bese best in the country for the purpose and shall watch its progress with much interest should it prove a success it will be the making of this part of southern utah as both pl places a ees ces are very very short of water especially espee ally aily so in dry seasons c there is no political or religious issues here except one small sectarian school I 1 learn also that there is ono at boquer of course sectarians sect arians have a d right to establish their schools wherever they cail can but no true lat ter day saint will patronize them their sole object being to lead the youth from the religion of then theu parents and when they succeed they make mak e them infidels this may seem a dark picture but it is issever b ever theles a true one their sophistry is tiie the virus of the ser Fer serpent lent I 1 I 1 mean that old serpent mentioned in sr st johns revelations I 1 speak advis advisedly bd y D TYLER |
