| Show IX IN mississippi experiences incidental TO missionary SiO LIFE by courtesy of brother A M musser we are enabled to publish the following letter ADDITIONS DY BY BAPTISM PARIS lafayette co I 1 miss bliss april loth 1884 iss 1 A M X musser ulesser Mt esser isser dear uncle I 1 am in the sa same me old field of labor where I 1 landed nearly a year aso ag during that time I 1 have labored lao iao sear icar with several different companions and for about five weeks alone so you see in all I 1 am gaining quite an ex experience p e r ence ar andi and I 1 seem to enjoy my labors po r ve very well weli ea I 1 my present companion 1 is homer iv fy e r C call from froin willard city we have have been together only about a week our field seems to be in a very good condition and our friends on the increase last sunday I 1 had the consolation of leading two of my earliest acquaintances of the soula into the waters of baptism they havin having investigated the principles I 1 of the gospel fo for ra a year there etere being so many erron erroneous edus ideas existing in the minds of the people relative to our mode made of baptism we gave out an appointment and invited all to come the day was favorable i and quite a number assembled we enjoyed much of the good spirit in our speaking and had good order although there were quite a number of our auditors who were opposed VISITED BY A MOB but as shadows follow sunshine so evil follows good during the evening we were engaged in v very pleasant conversation any ana ani I 1 ra made the e remark that there was so little opposition that I 1 feared we were not doing our duty but my f fears ears in that regard were soon dispelled about 9 ol 01 hock lock and after my companion had retired our ears were saluted with Il lello hello 21 in a commanding command mand in tone on accompanying our oar new brother to the f fence ence we were surprised to find two men heavily masked who refused to answer when we spoke to them at last the sei sel lence was broken by the leader who said he had come after meat at the same time handling handlin ghis his shotgun in rather a suspicious suspicions manner I 1 returned to the house and informed elder call of our situation and the way he slid into his pantaloons and shoes would be an example to the boys of a fire brigade after a few minutes consultation in which we were interrupted by oath tainted exclamations and vile threats we determined to go out and try to reason with them but they actuated actuate by bad whisky and encouraged on by a gang of their colleagues w who a were concealed in the brush a short dis distance nce nee away would not listen to reason and demanded a solemn promise that we would leave at once and never show ourselves in that neighborhood again as the only terms of conciliation this however we could not justly comply with so they returned to the bush gang to report and receive f urther further instructions our solitude was wag only momentary for soon the equip equipped eil cil spokesman again appeared this time he seemed more enraged and reiterated his threats and abuse in a very offensive manner still we did not feel to comply so he again withdrew again he repeated his visit as if to give us ample warning of what yve we might expect if we persisted in our ini disposition to comply with his request soon after this visit the WAR WHOOP was sounded and our ears were saluted with the most horrid oaths against us and the mormons cormons Mor mons 71 generally the sound was as it if the whole company were coming right on us so we thought it prudent to withdraw a short distance so as not to suba subject act our persons to their wrath for we could not expect any mercy from such a band of outlaws in this however we weme wore agreeably surprised for only two had bad the courage to approach the house one oae of these with his shotgun cocked cried lustfully for a mormon ills his sister whom we had baptized baptized zed sed that same day told him it there ere were two mormons cormons Mor mons meaning herself and husband but he replied son sou yon are only little mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 want a big mormon thormon on my dish seeing there were only two we returned to the house to find the gun still cocked but no attempt was ivas made to harm us for no doubt they had come to the conclusion that we were too large for their dish seeing Se elnar einar the POINTED 4 1 ri right eight ht toward the children and fearl fearing fearins na it might inight be discharged I 1 stepped up and let the hammer down and most of of the party had become too drunk to take part or like sneak sneaking ug dogs clogs had withdrawn so that there were weno none nona to answer to the call which was made by one of the remaining two as if to make one more effort to put in effect thein their e rf y murderous designs deslin athey ashey ley in it a bialy few roin moin utes eq la later lii lri went hordo homo much feeling thore there was wag no money in 9 ug the mons 11 some atle atie little shooting was done this I 1 think was more for a bluff than for anything any thing taing else eise we know four if not tive live of them and think we could easil easily y find out the whole gang gan some or of them have tried to mob us lefore before we feel to acknowledge the lelnd OP OF GOD in our oar deliverance and 1 know now he will continue to protect us if we do our dur part we hold our conf conference bence on the lath and of may blay in this field therease there Ther eare are 11 elders EIders in the state and everything seems to move satish satisfactorily actori only now and then we have a mob to contend with your loving nephew clias chas FLAKE |
