Show gom tom ilor llor gar gai county i january 1881 1681 editor deseret liew news diphtheria fiefia bai has again ahi made Us 9 ap pea cearan rah ran aw ce 1 a awong 1 W on I 1 I 1 b 6 4 1 liue pas of bauo dd dc porter sorter or er 0 oled 1 ed dri on the pe 25 ath h dinst a atau guv gur owe ohe ak I 1 after an illner of five days thijs th jn conne clion obion lih wih ith the bereavement emeldi of li 01 0 porter portor jhb lost a soni song son sey moura on 1 the ast ansi hns hrs cast gloom on tho the town we hobb tobe abie able to control it lt and hobb I leni spread nf no arther farther this disease ee aenis m 4 tod 6 be best st in high latitudes near hear the source sourd of these pure mountain streams 1 the reason ignot is not readily discerned in tho the last year wa we have had vad nearo case cases three are known to h have wes oci yielded d to its power I 1 ir lr 11 respectfully i jos jus R porter f V 1 7 1 I 1 1 southern slates states 0 miida interest log ing items 0 1 a 1 aji i 1 tol toi S A tazewell county anty vir i al ia s january Ws 1881 editor ineas lefta my ome in jn nyon cily C Y alta atah h of mar march b 1880 to th labor rits as a missionary missi 0 in the southern 4 states at ogden beaco before t c leavin leaving ont the ti aratri 0 rhad nad 11 he to e hye hyo of y fei fel J lo amerig ivaora iv 4 14 arr r cor t a hl law anaf a prea preacher her whose paines names I 1 have forgotten from Og dento omaha the ti time was spent ver xer very veny y pleasantly as well weil I 1 as profitably in I 1 answer answering ii g m es i eions alia vila preaching the gospel to those senile gentlemen men and many others whom be became wine nine co on cheti the tram hlll tha the only opposition I 1 had bad to fo encounter vias vins from frob the preacher ataw ath whom I 1 had several skirmishes during the passage which created many pleasantries pleasant ries rles among the tiie passengers pergam w who ho seemed fo to e enjoy D py much his discomfiture i arom irom council blums bluffs toLo to S louig phi 1 I travelled a new of railroad which le ids through that where some co of f awn were d driven riven from m X t could but brt t think how different tall bail alu aiu all 1 this fht ift Is country would appear appe arnow now if the tho saints had been permitted to rp main maill here in peace on their thein the ir awn ands lands which they had bad honorably lionor ah y paid the government forn fori fon for improving dave developing and beautify beautifying ing the afi P beof I 1 nature aalthe as the maiju saints ts only know ho bo ay aud and possess the energy will to r bring about such sueh advancement As 44 j als is we ve se see that portion oft of the tho b coup try far behind 13 feih the fair fali farmers i i q along this im line iino U e a are aro r 0 s satisfied to I 1 nothings xoi do joi things luigs as their ancestors did 50 year sago yo 0 o improved implements of husbandry are to be seen tiel old fashioned lo 10 log school chool houses aul ani and aud lo 10 log cabin dwellings dwell dwelling luts inTs with chimney p bunto nhe nho 0 outside e of these house ah abd edg A logs a few rock i sticks st leli icil and yellow mud ar nearly uly vly always leaning too much to or from thi the house or to the right ok oret Jef jet jestand tand very often with a or log braced against to prevent their falling to tile the ground their door doon ir yards 61 stock yards and farms are fenced in with the old cold 1 9 rail ar zigzag fence they haul baul their grain ird ira andwood and 11 wood oh on thou a tongue and with out ort snow A peddler got the train ataska aaa ata at a sfa tion tilro there who informed medhat mel met hat man mapy many y of or th these people jiving in the above descar described euel elii houses home abid arid thir their surrounding surroundings j are ro men nen of 1 be ble wealth many of these f fanders fan armors pers from one to aca acres aeres of good land at the same time thein their ra families mi lies lips without a cook s stove to ve or sewing machine mand mana nd entirely destitute af of any ny instrument of music oi or furniture except or oi ali tho the rudest and most antiquated style I 1 arrived in in virginia the of march and was wa mel ma met at dt th the evy wythe th e ville station by elder eider TNT F cowley wt who io kindly c conveyed me fo our friends in ill bland co and in company with elders hier fier and others 1 1 have I rince since lae lar bored 0 in bland taa ta ewell andoci and diller oilier or cd countie untie of this stat state making one no trip Ca carolina Tolja during nay say lily labors b here ere jiahe baptized 19 persons sans vye tye vve ye have jhb besl of treatment and plenty tf ekof friends nn and 4 numerous believers but very few 0 tp o abey the there re seems to fo be A a of 11 indifference and aud lethargy aman the thip people T I 1 lam iam I 1 am and have ave b een f jin n orro dorr orre spon ospon dence with most of bf ther then elders eiders of ot this mission and a more faithful withful energetic lot of young men it has never beeney been my antto associate with th 0 these southern a t e 3 is steadily on tho the increase although althou 11 since nce winter winten amt ec set sk in thera seems seema to to be som a check cheek m j acs ce mah t ow owing n no dowal to ithe hair c cold coid d weather that has of the time tinye there lias has veen b een so pie uie very heavy shows with the tho mercury raer eury cury sometimes down lo 10 20 below zero and ad boreas do c ang I 1 up from the ilie ohio with ith a hol howl hoi athla zt mission s s i oln cou taken altogether is better botter t e r or organized Ah nizer and betten better u understood tan than b at any aily previous veriod jieri od the mission is 15 aspre spreading A d ipg very rapidly into new and e fields field sot soh 0 f labor abor T this his improvement has haq been heen brought about to a great extent throw tha energetic labors tabors of oi president t argan Kr tom tog together with the faithful exertions of all the elders of the mission boge rowe however er we still jabob under some misad disadvantages cantago van tago the most of the we elders sent out from ram last jast confer con fererico edee I 1 were yere young mc men h of no previous experience peri perl ence as missionaries with no acquaintance with the manners and customs s of or the southern people peopled while a portion oin cin of those already h here hero ero ere were in a similar silar condition this often compels two woof of this kind to have to travel together and where this happen and and they begin heir their labors labore in a new field of operation tho the pressure a brought brough tto to bear hear upon them if they ar are Q u ngi ohp toe best cf mettle is apt to have A a discouraging boural cou raging ing et and jr i f thay they b gln gip their theli 1 n a section sec tio of country 1 iry try where there are jainti and ana hear all ail i heaped upon UP th ebig I 1 01 fg guus uns mai WAI th at I 1 ilav ebli been thea there gge elbre them 1 A A this as I 1 have havo heard them express it takes all the wind out of i tes us equally disheartening bening some sole of our young youn elders will wiil succeed in spite of cfall all ali these drawbacks d raw backa being so humbly and anil at tile tiie the ille same ame sg determined ned ped th tat at the lord lor 4 can so abundantly bless them that all co obstacles stacle bt acle aele at to 0 their success wui give way while N there arp others that at need irem tha fostering cire care of bf an older olden bead head instruct and encourage them taking the leadford lead fora season till they th e r nind find tat cat out they cah can can walk in the th s strength of the thip lord fiord flirl thrice ce b bles bies st are the th elders eiders abak that are tire so clothed spirit of their calling that the good the the fhe pure and atad honest seek i ers era er bater after truth arg irresistibly i ath ati traded toward them becoming bc coming tir their ejr ein fravi fiends ids and ano receiving salvation at the theu r hands the tae tract tracts furnes furnis furnished lied us Ps for free d astr 1 ti on jn oun our various fields of I 1 I 1 labor are a a great help in disseminating in truth kinion mong the people among the tho elbest best pf af jtb these se tracts are the only onis be saved thos published by elder elden morgan and ulia f of pt Mormon hm by eider elder musser alsonia sought a atter alter I 1 find oh copies coples of tile the nasya nys and many tracts among sAmong tho the people that I 1 left with ihen them ja 13 years agg ago 1 have haye Q eve eye even eyen n foun cold copies coples af pf the times awl seasons lauvao lau rau preserved ed and kerbe as a sacred i relic real j many r people ari are are able to 0 pay ra for r then thon the tho bews yews aws and st send send nd it A to their poor poor relatives Y ye tolk ot of extending ifie salas salvation to all th the e world yeb yet some of us have done very little to ward wand this great work those who are at home and that think aej as J have hav heard beard hund hundreds reids of them say kay they arg are ni no preachers could pay for a yelles yearns subscription of the NEWS NE vs and end it to relatives or friends and this will wil 1 do abrue some of their preaching for them elder pitin is my traveling companion panion at p present resent he weighs and I 1 weighs pound we nye are as vue fue two big mor we love haver have good horses to ride t takes good oneto one to carry us we havo have been i intending f ni ending to take tave a preaching 60 tour r ew east t through giles gues monroe an and 1 rockbridge couii ties to 8 tan ton but pu t up tois to aliis time the thie weather has been too intensely cold if thai weather wea th er permits we shall be With kind rez reg regards gards to all I 1 am as uli evor yours in of christ H G boyll BOY LI to ii r f s ANU 0 TA 1 jan ilsk it f r tay fqy ti i blik 6 dase desert iveas news i the weather is avery very seasonable the health haltli of the people itene igene generally ral rai goo good I 1 on the ith of bf this ul ment th the ae pioneers pioneer td this place cheb celebrated 14 tm fil arrival cheref here bada very enjoyable time thirty sears years ago our ever over v r re d brot brother lier iier geo A 7 witha 1 t if a brethren arrived i althis at this t and formed this i s settle settie e atle mear meal wl iichi as been med igro growing w ing and prospering ever since tinder the ha dmd 1 any fatherly rix carlof president wil wll dna daa dammel darnel r ej who lias lids been begin ve vei y tite for fon tast east ame weeks weeks seeks he has had bad A a very vety CSt Scalf tu t I 1 annl imi 11 tat py tar to 0 say H lle lie Is is A nau bibe bb better wh which c i h if friends will be gid ald ad to hear adl red r hove hope with good care eare and d the tribble blessing of heaven he wilf recover and ber restored to tb us again to do good ahli ahll be ge a to 04 stake dor of in the aa he lias has been heen in he is now able to sit up upa a little and partake of light idoa food but is very e ry feeble all nui oui ou r are am in iii good work working lb 9 order anid annd arid we are enjoy v ing ourselves first rate JAC JACOB jacon |