Show last krast NOT HOT LEAST the following communication did not reach us until today to day we insert it at this late date that the good people of Balem salem mony may not think themselves neglected by the NEWS Ns balem salem BAI sai EM UTAH co UTAH november ath 1882 1682 editor deseret we easi last night we had a rousing ratification fi meeting at this place the ladies had vie Pie prepared pared an excellent supper aupper for the bands speakers epe abera and visitors the tables groaned under tl the he good things and alter after participating of a bounteous repast the guests repaired to the schoolhouse which was crowded to overflowing with citi citizens zenes and many could not gain ad mit bittance tance the meeting was called to order by mr C D evans evane and andreas engberg esq was elected chairman and chas li oisen olsen bec pec detary the brass braes band and the fork brass band were in attendance and discoursed excellent and appropriate selections the speakers were hon hen J S rage page of payson john moore wm bvm creer and anti joseph A neece reece ests of spanish fork who made some stirring remarks in relation to the cal amm aff affairs airs of utah calling forth the heartfelt applause of all present mr H W barnet of payson san ban eang an original song and chorus entitled the peoples peopled legal candidate for utah and the chorus was joined in by the vast congregation on motion of bf mr C D evans the declaration of principles of the peoples peopled party was adopted C CL L 0 CARTERTON Warra rapa new Zim zealand land laud october and 2nd 1852 editor deseret news since my last letter to you which 11 I 1 sent from dunedin Du noden neden I 1 have traveled a great many hundred miles I 1 went to Christ christchurch church a distance of miles atter alter staying there a short abort time I 1 had the privilege of meeting our beloved president elder wm win al bromley who is a man of god worthy of the position tuat that beholds and I 1 say in my heart god bless him after holding conference in m ol 01 which you yoa published the tho minutes in the ther desm desk deseret NEWS I 1 leac Christ christchurch church for forTi timaru kimaru marm maro held several meetings in that place at one of the meetings had the house crowded and a great many outside that could not get admittance but bat there were some that came camo to disturb the maet meeting and before the close some bome of the nar Lar ikena 12 managed to put out some of the tho gas lights but I 1 waited patiently until the gag gaa was ht lit again I 1 jhen hen finished the meeting after holding it about two and a half hours which meeting resulted in one being added to the church I 1 then left tamam for and invercargill Inver cargill a distance of about miles milea from Christ christchurch church I 1 there met with brothers ralph rslph and bastow stayed there until dent bromley came up held some bome few meetings in the district two being added to the church president bromley organized a branch with henry williams as president after which I 1 in oom corn peny with president bromley returned to Da neden organized a branch with joseph dyson byson as president held hald two public keatinge mee mea tinga tinge in the odd fellows balls hall hail which was crowded with attentive lve ive hearers ail all the papers in the place gave good bod reports of the mee meetings tinges by which means tens ol 01 thousands would be notified of the gospel and the principles p les lea th that a t we were re bein being g preached the next day we left dunedin for gamarn president bromley went to timaru kimaru stopped with brother and sister bister thrift all bless ed their littie little child I 1 also visited a brother smith I 1 then left for timaru kimaru the same day met with president bromley after stay atay I 1 g in a short time in com company pany with president bromley we went on to ashburton president bromley proceeded to Christ christchurch church I 1 stopped with my daughter in jaws laws law father and mother who treated me with the greatest kindness and were very glad to beeme see bee me the next day I 1 went to christchurch Christ church and there met prest preat bromley and elder walter writer barber marber who accompanied me to the mission hoube house after stopping a short abort time in christchurch chris Christ church cb president bromley thought it wisdom forme to come to this place elace carterton carverton Car aa as there had beena little disturbance in branch for tor or bome some time and he be thought ib it foght ought to ba president bromley came with me to fort lit nit bleton I 1 then bade him adieu and took steamer and after 18 home ball sail arrived in wellington antho on the pier I 1 met elder lue luc lueien lucien len fen C farr whom I 1 was very happy to see we then went to the house of brother H allington and at night brother farr baptized two of hi hl a sons and confirmed them I 1 left wellington with elder earr farr and on sunday morning we settled the little difficulty that had been in hll the branch for some time on monday morning elder bicks ricks took his departure for canterbury then myself and elder farr set to work to go and visit the people we went to a great many places and left tracts and bore our testimony wherever we could get the chance to do BO on the lith of we called at the house of a mr and mrs ridgway bidgway they have been living in this place for 25 years and they had been praying to the lord that they might go in the right path after two or three hourn hours talking with them they made up their minds to be baptized that night el der farr baptized the mJames jane and mary hannah ridgway bidgway and we confirmed them the same night on september after beveral several vi visits sits to a mr and mrs swan they made up their minds to be baptized and abolt about 4 in the afternoon elder eider farr baptized them in a stream of water running by their house and we confirmed them the bame same night these two families are in very good circumstances sept both we baptized thice three more and blessed three of their children and more of their family will shortly be baptized we go from house to house and hold pubic public meetings mee tings tinge and they invite ite ito their neighbors in bo so in that way we get a chance to preach t he the gospel to the people as it is a diala difficult c matter to get got a h hall a li ii 11 to preace preach in in we held two meetings mee tinga in the hauae louse of amr mr christensen before they made up their minds to be baptized I 1 feel these are the best days of my life and am thankful that I 1 am counted worthy of my heavenly father to bo his representative here on the earth your brother in the gospe of christ W M burnett burx MONA JUAB JUAD COUNTY U T october 1882 editor deseret ahrews we had a two days meeting held here saturday and sunday october lith and instas president teasdale counselor brown george kendall john rinkey kinkey jacob biglar jr attended the latter three being members of the high council besides these brothers bailey john caws chas andrews jog jos vicars from nephi were present besides the ward authorities the people rejoiced exceedingly to have spiritual food given to them in such auch abundance it was a time to be long remembered by the saints in mona the people of this portion of the lords londs vineyard always ro joice to receive what the lord has to bay aay to his saints the short time that our beloved president has been with ns us in this stake of zion he has been the instrument in the hands of god in bringing about much righteousness rIghteous news newt and we say bay may the blessings of heaven attend his labors in the future as they tb ey have in the past may the lord grant unto us a man to fill the office of president of this stake of zion that will build upon the foundation that president teasdale has laid and carry on the work of the lord victoriously I 1 will say before conclude ienir that a portion of the people are more energetic than they have bave been in the past the instructions that were given during the two days meeting will wui not be roon soon gotten forgotten fo by the wise G W M THE WORK IN mississippi LODI montgomery bouny miss bliss nov 10 1882 18 82 editor deseret news A few items from this state hiate may not nos prove uninteresting to your readers owing to the great overflow or of the mississippi last spring and the continued rainy weather veather during june juno and july tho the cotton crop this thia year Is from one fourth to one third short of the general average but for all that the price of lint jint catl cotton 0 la is very low jow and still falling the com corn crop is generally good so that a portion of the people have raised raked their own bread breads though there are a great many who depend entirely upon the cotton crop for their living aaro asro the other of southern dieb diet viz bacon the great majority of that article must be imported in for though the aco acorn m and nut cropis pis sufficient to fatten pien plen prenty ty of pork to supply the states state the hogs are not here to eat even the tenth part of the mast that falls the work of the lord is progressing bilg favorably in this state the saints as a rule have been blessed with good crops this season they are aye very kind to the elders providing in g for their necesse necessities ties and assisting the them m in every way possible A few will leave here this fall and many others intend emigrating to colorado in the spring elder Z K judd or and id myself have been laboring for some months past in jones jasper and smith counties miles south couth of othere here afield a field opened by elders eiders win wm Tho thomson meong jr and elam efam W mcbride Mc Brides a year and a half ago we have just jast held a state conference Con ferona ferenc here heres elder judd and myself coming from jones jonea county to attend president john morgan was waa also present and inspired us with renewed energy during daring our meetings of saturday and sunday ath and ath of november the spirit of the lord was with the speakers and much good instruction was given by the elders and gladly received by those present the names of the general authorities of the church the president of the southern stated states mis uis ion slon lon th the B traveling elders in the mississippi M iss p pt conference and the president of the lodi branch were presented by president Morgan with suitable remarks marky re and unanimously sustain sustained sus bus tainI td the saints here are trying to live their religion and testify that they are blessed by the lord in so doing the elders are striving to do their duty and among other things are making many friends thus removing a great deal of brej prejudice udice that has heretofore existed lu the minds minda of the people against the mur cormons mormons Mor mons thele there are now five traveling eiders elders eid eld in this state one of them elder Bram bramwell wells is quite sick and expects expect to return home as boon soon as ho he is able to travel I 1 shall return to my former nield field of 0 f labor in a few days elder judd remaining here there will then be three I 1 if not four of us elders traveling in this state without a companion yet we do not feel to complain for though we have to meet strong opposition and sometimes endure persecution we know that the lord has h as blessed us no so far and enabled us to open the fields of labor we now occupy eo 60 wo we think it would be unwise to abandon any of them at present may the work of the lord roll on and zion continue to prosper is the desire of your brother in the gospel covenant S D MOORE SOCIABLE AT editor deseret mews one of the social events at brig ham city took place at the residence of bister sister harriet A snow stake president of relief belief societies on last evening the sa same 1 me being a family gathering gathering in honor of her son frank H snow who returned with the last eom com company p a n y of saints from a successful t two wo years mission to england the affair athir was a complete surprise to brother snow and using hib bis own word words hig hia feelings were better felt than expressed on seeing more than nifty fifty of his hi relatives and immediate friends assembled aseem bled to do him honor and bid him welcome home the braes band brand and glee club both under the direction of prof 8 at lee were present on be bo bides sides s an orchestral band of cur pieces several aco ammeli hed bed lady performers were alo alm aio pre gent pent eo so that musio music was made the prevailing feature of the evening elder snow being called for responded in a touching and elc eloquent quent extemporaneous speech which won the hearts of bis his hearers prest 0 G snow war was asked to make mate IE ake ate a few remarks suited to the tho occasion but that gentleman excused him selon on the plea of being too full for utterance we had just left the so supper p per pez tables of which there were two large and well filled little allie young sang an original piece dedicated to 1 uncle frank which was loudly applaud ed many things were done and baid eaid that cannot be enumerated here but each person present did lis his his or her part and performed it well all seem seemed teemed e d to feel reel that they had come with the expectation of having a good time and were determined not to be disappointed etwas it was resolved that a report of the proceedings be sent to the tor for publication and bjur correspondent was the weak meak instrument chosen to submit it the sociable wa was dismissed dis mined with prayer by col C loveland and all disper dispersed ted eed feeling that if similar gatherings could be indulged in frequently ly family ties would be strengthened but there was one drawback to the complete enjoyment of that as it was the absence of the head the father and patriarch of family hon lorenzo snow who had been telegraphed for and could not be with us your brother in the gospel E H P CITY nov 10 1882 |