Show A thriving young tonne settlement MAYFIELD jan 16 feitor editor deseret news mayfield may field is situated in a charming valley in the southern extremity of the sanpete stake of zion A rivulet known as twelve mile creek runs through our settlement and supplies our wants with aqua pura gura mayfield Mayfle ld was founded by elder Erastus enow snow some four years ago with young families from ephraim and gunnison in lm this stake at that tha time 0 C olsen oisen was appointed bishop and has since held that honorable position in regard to the bishop and his charge we will as actions speak louder than words state a few facts the settlement now consists of about sixty families during the past season something om ething like bushels of grain have been threshed several new houses have been built a co opera tive store story started liberal work done on the manu manh and donations prop promptly aptly settled no ill health no ro bisho Is s or magistrates court trials and lastly no neglect of duty on the part of the people consequently health peace ana and and happi happl ness reign crown cnown crowned ed by the spirit of almighty god this I 1 think speaks better than any fulsome praise of individuals our sunday and day schools are filled to their utmost capacity the latter under the able management i of our esteemed magistrate magistrates brothe brother r clarke we have a saw mill in the adjoining canon and a grist mill is about to bo be erected in the town T am t friday was 0 gain gall oay day fo cpr mayfield for nil oil that day the pupils of the sunday and day schools together with their parents and friends celebrated the new year brothers joseph and clarke with an effice efficient 1 ent committee as aids beforehand decorated the meeting house with evergreens ever greens banners rosettes etc and through taste and appliances turned the room into a fairy bower at it 11 am the pro gramme of the day was opened with prayer followed by dancing which after a time was alternated with singing sin fang rem red recitations etc by the pupils pup lis of 0 the sch ach schools at intervals ter vals candy cakes nuts raisins etc were handed round the fun was kept up with anJi animation nation till about 4 p m when the tho being darkened the thia curtains of the stage were ehe eke drawn aside when a grand and novel sight mel met met the gaze of the children child rein to wit santa claus standing ing between two gigantic christmas trees brilliantly illuminated with scores of candles and the boughs borne down with presents in the way of toys useful artic articles lesy etc every child present to tha tho number of drew prizes from the trees trebs in the evening our adults met to ether gether and enjoyed themselves with dan cinks cinis alternated with dramatic performances singing etc altogether it will be a day long to be remembered by all interested god ness wess you y ou mayfield may you keep on as you haye have beg beb begun un PATIM A patriarchs birthday day 11 MORONI utah jan san editor deseret cewe on saturday evening the being the birthday of our venel venerable and long tried veteran bishop G W bradley who arrived in utah in m 1848 with sevell seven child children heil tell his nume numerous hous kous family got up tip a surprise party for the occasion when the tables were set and amply loaded with the choicest of the bounties our hea venly father bestows on his hig children his oldest son G H er bradley kindly invited bishop J W irons bishop G farnsworth and brother lars swenson to participate fifty persons persons sat down to supper all passed se harmoniously after supper bishops shops irons and farnsworth and brother swenson addressed the family which addresses were kindly received by all afterwards bishop bradley said he felt proud roud th atlie was yet spared to help heip to roll forth the purposes of god counseled liis his family to hold bold on to the iron rod to be faithful to their religion though their lives were to be the price about 9 the party repaired to the hall and enjoyed the dance danco until 11 p m jr when all expressed their pleasure and wished the bishop and his aged partner many happy ha returns of the day the aamir family consists of the following sons bons 7 daughters 9 grandsons 41 grand daughters 34 great grandsons 24 great granddaughters 25 sons in law 5 daughters in ln law 5 total ISO r U KNOW items from den Ren marle marlc AAL mora Bopa denmark december r 30 1880 editor deseret areba thinking that a few lines from this part of the world would not be without interest to the readers 0 of your valuable paper I 1 will send you a few items relative to how we ard are getting along here on the loth of last march I 1 received a calk calt from the authorities of the churm church to take a mission to europe and on the following ath of ot april left my home and fam family ilyIn in Rich lichtfeld fieldi in COM eom company p any with james J Jens jensen enof enot of nisin elsinore ore who was also going to hu europe left salt lake make city and ogden with the company that left there on the of numbering 37 in hi all 11 of whom were destined for scandinavia we hadas had as pleasant and prosperous a j journey oubey across land jand nd sea as we could desire landed in liverpool on the and continuing our journey arrived in copenhagen pen hagen on mayl macuh where we were cordially received and welcomed by prest N and ren there we were appointed to our several fields fields of labor the same day my mv appointment a being to this aalborg conference in the northwestern part of ahil which I 1 labored ba baptizing nive five persons until june 15 when I 1 was called to succeed president tN N P Bas mussen as president of this conference in which I 1 have been laboring since there are at present seven elders from home besides beades myself laboring in this confer bump enni all of w are gre good som faithful energetic men willing to labor for the interest of the kingdom the lord has blessed our efforts duning during the last year persons have been baptized and six more have been ad added ed since making up the annual report and there are a good many that and stand with the faith but have not as yet had sufficient courage to throw off the yoke and be one with us at our last conference oct 23 and 24 eleven native brethren were wem cai call W ed to labor in the mi ministry ln astry during the winter season semon and 22 others to labor on sundays at nights and when opportunity affords selling pamphlets inviting to our meetings and working as missionaries in a general way as far as their circumstances will permit and they are doing a good work our mee meetings tings tinga have of late beeh been very well attended by respectable and attentive congregations and I 1 can truly say that been blessed in my travels and labors since bince leaving my home A short ago in connect connection don ron with elders J T thorup and james P larsen I 1 attended a meeting appointed by a rev Mr eriksen of t lutheran the 6 J church churm in which he he was n going to dL lituss kuss tuss Mormonism 69 11 and on his invitation we attends attended the meet mag fag wa was attended by persons and adre add rested sed by three lutheran ministers ina ana in a very bitter abusive and nd insulting manner slandering the character of joseph smith and ridi ealing our oun doctrines failing however to bring forth any proofs from the scriptures to either substantiate what they said or brov our doctrines to be lie false bro thorup and myself had bad the opportunity of speaking half an hour each which we improved in explaining our principles and refuting the false statements ments made also bearing te testimony stimon y to the divinity of joseph smith smiths mission the main and only thing they accomplished was to display their ignorance and give ua us an opportunity to preach to a good many people which we woul would d not otherwise have had the following nightie held a meeting in the neighborhood that was well attended tend eid tid where I 1 took up the several statements made by the learned ministers the night previous and proved them from the scriptures to betake be false faise taking Taki ngit it all together I 1 bookfor look for fon good results from it the winter although coming on rather early has b bt en mild thus far we had bad but little frost or snow the times here are very hard on the poor classes of the people a great many of whom are out our of employment with winter vinter staring in their faces and nothing with which to procure even the very necessities of ilfe life for themselves and those lein le lean leaning in ing on m for support wages in this country are very low E even ven in the summer time when it is best a common laborer getsay gets at the most moat two kroner about 55 cents a day and boards himself and at this time incredible as it seems some of our brethren in the country are working for less than seven cents a day and board and have got su support all kinds of groceries and provisions as well as dry goods are very high compared with the wages some of them as high as at home and the general outlook for the poor pooi is very gloomy but notwithstanding all this the majority of the saints are faithful in paying their tithing and donations and support supporting ing the missionaries sio sion slon aries narles and kingdom in general and some of them are afe even sav saving ing a 9 little littleox litt leof of their scanty wages and laying it aside to assist them some time to emigrate and then trusting in god and their brethren and sisters in zion for the balance I 1 trust that the saints at home will remember their poor brethren and sisters in these lands when the lord entrusts them with means and then assist such as ag are in the church and have proved themselves worthy of being gathered to zion which from past observation I 1 must say has not always been the case ever praying for the welfare of zion ion lon and wishing you and thereal there ad ers of the NEWS a happy new year I 1 subscribe myself your brother in the gospel of peace SIMON RIXON my address is 26 aalborg denmark I 1 A 1 ja utah january deseret the scourge diphtheria has haa broken out here in the famil family y of bro cornelius cornellus evans have lost one child nud and have seven others down with tha tho kame game eleroe dl groe eroe go but ot 11 opus arb for ta av of bro E E belchers daughters also has the diphtheria but is improving th the people are doing all they can to stop its spread randol randolph h as a general thing is a very hea hen healthy thy place and is always alive to mormonism 11 we haye have a good day school taught by E lee of woodruff fr a good sunday school G A peart superintendent the Y 11 M L I 1 A is doing a good work with william rex president the Y ii and primary Association salso relief belief society are all ail in a good condition our sunday meeting is well attended which speaks well for oui our bisho bishop A mckinnon and his couns counselors Dors dorb we wei are axe also blest biest with good missionaries bro hugh finley and john Ne belker belier hom from lake town north bishop W H lee and van putman from woodruff south our weather boss must to sleep for we have had rain and slush snow for vi a week our stock is doing well on I 1 the range snow about four inches deep on the bottom lands the DESERET news is a welcome visitor long may it wave tj S x emery emeny county castle castie valley january 10 1881 I 1 editor D dweres earol ewt news ewi J the he health althof of the people oyer here i is good we are having a ve very rilhard hard winter stock are beginning to die on the range our worthy bishop elias ellas cox and counselors with the assistance of the brethren hav eust f completed a very good log meeting house 30 feet so sowe bowe we are expecting to have good time times a as we have not had I 1 many meetings this winter because we had no place to meet in C crops were as good as could be expected anhof any of the brethren coming over here to make homes can cali get all the seed grain they want at fair prices N T guymon A model lawyer squire johnson was a model lawyer as the following anecdote will evince mr jones once rushed into t the he squires office in a great passi passion on saying that infernal scoundrel of a cobbler smith has sued me mr johni son sued me for five dollars I 1 owe him for a pair of boots then you owe him the five do dollars to be sure I 1 do but he be has gone and sued me 32 then why dont you pay him if you owe him because hes sued me and when a man does that ull uhl never pay him until it costs him more than he be gets I 1 want you to make it cost coat him all you ca can n but bub it will cost you something too dont care for that what do you charge to beg begin with I 1 nen dollars and more if there is much extra trouble ali ail all right theres the X now go g 0 ahead 11 to wo sooner was the client gone than the squire stepped across to his neighbor smith and offered to pay the bill on condition that the suit should be withdrawn the shoemaker gladly acceded all he wanted was his pay the lawyer retained retain edthe the other five for his fee 1 ee and as the case was not troubie troublesome made ina no further demands dema n ds upon his bis client ten uren days af after er jones come in to see how his case is getting along all right said the squire p you wont have any trouble about that I 1 put it to smith so sD strongly til that at he was glad to withdraw the sul suit t capital cried pried the exult exulting ilag jones jone youve done it up up brown you shall have all my business n A cure CUKE FOR A kaub subscriber sends the following lam willing to risk my reputation as a public bile man wrote edward hines rines V io the liverpool mercury if the worst case of smallpox cannot be cured in three days simply by the use of cream of tartar one ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in one 0 ne pint ut f hot water drank at interval intervals when cold coid is a certain never falling failing remedy it jt has cured thousands never leaves a mark never causes blindness and avoids tedious linger ing there thero has been another disastrous ro iia lid austria do not neglect a cough or cold Ell eil eilerts erts extract of tar and wild cherry is a standard remedy in all throat asthmatic and bronchial af factions and has saved many valuable lites if it never fails falls to give satisfaction sold by fa co |