Show A LIVELY STORM E monree monre co miss priday april 1884 editor deseret vew new news it if you deem the atorthy of a place in the columns pi ane laws jaws I 1 take pleasure in submit tin tio g it last monday april alpi brather her as jouet and nd niesel jolt ft pacy phoy about I 1 on our regular beat which is through gh the northern part of 01 this thia and Itte wamba counties it bad been raining considerable eld eid erable during the day and the elements clements appeared very restless and we were expecting more rain dut out ut were prepared with good umbrellas by mistake we w e took the wrong road which caused an hours extra travel about 4 we were hurrying along the road which runs through a heavy grove oi of timber desiring to 10 obtain shelter from the rain which we expected would come from a heavy cloud rising in the south when suddenly our attention was drawn dr awn to a white looking cloud in the west which was wa within swithin a short distance of us its a storm I 1 ex exclaimed claimed brother jolly and we stepped about two rods f from roin rain the road each seizing a sapling by which we intended keeping ourselves from being carried away just as a fearful gale accompanied by rain struck us tearing trees up by the roots and breaking huge limbs from others one large limb struck within two feet of brother jolley at the first gust i and we considered our positions it not t 8 so 0 safe as by two lan ian large ge trees which stood near nearby by behind which we took our stand until the gale kale which lasted about 25 minutes had bad passed gewere we were drenched to cheskin the skin but continued continue I 1 our journey about a mile and a half to where we were kindly received the people being much shaken up the storm was very disastrous to fences outhouses out houses timber etc some farms being so completely covered with fallen timber that it is impracticable to work them this season so far fac asIcan as I 1 can learn there are but three lives lost in this county two colored and a child six old oid in aberdeen I 1 am informed that some houses were blown down and the court house unroofed in aberdeen which calls to my mind the fact that we applied for the use of the latter to hold meeting in last week but after getting the consent of the sherill and president of the board of supervisors through pre prejudice judic e others ol of the board objected and ruled us out prospects for doing good are opening before lis us many are investigating the principles of the gospel regardless of the scoffs and jeers of the prejudiced we are warning them oi ollae the impending judgments of the lord and they cannot contradict us being much concerned about these things themselves and many are digging pits under their houses in which they expect to escape may the blessings of god ever rest upon zion Is the prayer of your humble servant ORMUS A BATES |