Show JEFFER jeffersonville SONVILLE sept bih ath 1881 editor deseret mems news N ems in reading about the tho works of certain be educator sand reformers of utah 1 my mind was led to reflect upon ome some of the advantages advantaged advant ages ageg of education some people had bad who lived a thousand or two miles nearer the thib capital tah tal tai ortho of the united Uni teV ter states than utah lah is I 1 have bave thought of houses w without des deb desks k s and other school nebb necessaries sarle sanle have thought of children going t to 0 such places plates expecting to learn have thought of the tho care and anxiety of a 4 sincere earnest teacher with such facilities and then I 1 have thought of these things being in a land abundantly supplied with timber have thought how a little well directed skill would change nil all this condition bf things mugs how that a little less than 1 spent would make many a young hert beart beat with plea piea pleasure ure and all this could be done without resorting to calumny without us using i ng iles liea in hypocrisy I 1 am rem reminded of the observation of a certain iv wie ie man speaking of the tendency py a class of men who step over a dollar to get ten cents way away in the distance thus it is opportunities tuni ties are arb continually being lost of doing good as also of making means methinks if it those would be reformers would exert their hi influence fluence I 1 in districts of country nearer bearer r their ow own n homes what chagrin they save cave themselves but some men desire no notoriety rather than doing good eider elder der joseph L I 1 townsend lind and I 1 made a short tour in mcdowell county west virginia held several era meetings with a very fair attendance had the privilege of at tn nth tha e ordinance of I 1 hvist f r three adults distributed a number of tracts arid anid otherwise sowed bowed ito to te le reaped reamed by and by people are generally more interested in temporal affairs t than religious pre iudice holds its own pretty well combined com binea with ignorance crops are poor his this year on account odthe of the dry season not BO so poor however aa as I 1 localities east and routh south the railroad excitement af feets this hs part of our land also pro limin aries arles are evidently longer under way than out west the political condition is one of inhere it to the looker on the two great parties of this state readous and are preparing for an earnest and exciting contest this fall while excitement in religious and political poll affairs bears its sway we are quietly endeavoring savoring eav oring to kopro pro in ig t tho the principles of cace bacu of ilfe life and salvation on the and instas the virginia conference la Is appointed ti to 0 con conven convene conlen ven len win in burkes garden gardens to which time we loe ioe lok lo 10 k for forN VArdAs vard as one of pleasure and instruction I 1 s C J ji 1 E carliste CARLISLE A 7 literak from arizona ael Arl 1 i i i i MESA CITY J X maricopa Mari Mar leopa copa Count county yAP yar AT september 1881 editor deseret jewsh fr r 1 B because e ca ui e ef 0 of f bro bronchial nehia diseases s a and d other bodily complaints I 1 t 11 I 1 would try fry this climate for a change on od the if vf november isso 1 left my home in cache cos co coy utah took train via the northern C P and S P it JR IL to maricola maricopa marl Mari leopa copa station 30 miles from here bere arrived at my bong cong J D hobson of december having visited tiDd 26 days with friends in sort Sout ibern california my cough continued bad for fir three or four weeks week then began to mend early in may it left mo me today to day I 1 breathe full and free and am 50 per cent jim jm proved in healt Yi to fulfill fulfil a pro ml mie e to oman many friends alq an 94 gye ta emy ems my I 1 view views I 1 sand and kopini opinions ons of his I 1 mug mua say I 1 like fe it vw M for Us its salubrious clatha climate gits aits 6 Its ita lovely br breezes e azes of rIfled air afi that give ivo lio ilo and iii ali lle lie tb to man a and nd J beast e st excepting ing in he be hottest summer rno ruo nth Q from the tho middle of juno june till arward abbi lai lat la lat t of august and e even evon ceif that is not so hot wt blat men of pluck and energy work fe harvesting or tbt tol fol fourteen wk if houra boura per day and stand it for tot two full months J ISI L ew I 1 P and a ad D P kimball have run a thrasher worl wort wording ing 16 men and 22 horses they lift the grain erain on the tables with derrick forks have only had tolay bolay to lay jay off two weeks on account of rain they board their hands at the stack and work from 13 to 15 hours and thrash from to ibs lbs of grain per day I 1 like this country for its perpetual mildness here in thirty two degrees north latitude we can ra raise ise lse a variety of fruits also ilso cotton sweet potatoes louisiana cane sorghum and alfalfa do well tell grapes do extra well both forest and fruit trees make maka a wonderful growth our people tre ire putting in liberally 0 lf grapo grape vines vidis and acl orchards fi that co op dato bearing very verb gulck quick cotton i cane and hud rice are put in in on a small scale enough to experiment on the th awny away way they start shadd trees tre eg her he re eis ds to take stakes of cotton cottonwood woods english poplars without limb 0 or 1 root and put hem out along the water wati ditches the first su summer bummer a lot of limbs shoot out from I 1 4 to 6 feet long iong bu i it is at great expense the water is brought out to make all abe nice things grow the heat of summer is past now we have the tb e most lovely ev evenings eninger durin during march and april lasts last we had nine fine showers and on jul jui july ar ath th thab ath kb we had bad more rain with p a heavy anid vindy winds unroofed three houses and tipped over haystacks and auch such lilie ike we had nice raina on august loth and when through the wise counsel fatherly care ad and integrity of orect macdonald maedonald macdon Macdou ald aid the saints operate cooperate co in heir their finances and temporal labors with the blessing of god upon them taft mesa and jonesville Jones ville wil wll h be called the mormon oasis oasia a love lovely y spot in the midst of the th e desert to cheer and aird comfort the hearts of all that chance to pass that way though seventy summers with their thein wear and tear have made an old man of me roe yet I 1 rejoice in the future prospects of zion i JESSE |