| Show mym tw ine ibe mission in lu ol 01 llie ilie people etc CWM BACH near aberdare Aber dare daie t 1 south bouth wales march 1878 t news perhaps an item from this thi spart apart of the world may be interesting to your I 1 numerous readers so so I 1 shall presume to trespass 6 a little on your space spaced elders william IT W williams walter J lewis thomas P F howells and myself left home on the of july last in company with jeider elder orson pratt having just been called by the first presidency two days previously to come on missions missions to this country on our arrival at liverpool we were appointed to labor in ln this the welsh conference 3 which is quite a large field of labor embracing all of south wales and Monmouth shire we have here nearly ed ad far and wide vide making about 20 branches besides many small dis griets where we continually hold meetings we also often have access cess to the outside world ilav baving having i i i ng obtained the use of public hails balls in many places free of charge and by going around ourselves ours elyes or retting getting the town crier to notify the people for us we hayo haye had the hals halls crowded with eager and attentive listeners while we have hive delivered lecture lectures on various subjects connected with the first principles of the gospel and the rise ribo an and d progress of bf the kingdom of god we have made quite a stir in thib this direction and we have had the tha promise of other halls hails yand and the tho further use of the obes we have havel already preached in is li freely proffered to us i to look after all these new openings pe aings and keep beep them good and look after the saints Saint sand and teach them their theli duty keeps us buy busy tili all the time hardi hardly having proper lei lef leisure sure to write home to our families and friends we have much traveling to do which wo we mostly perfo perform irm afoot for lack laek of means to facilitate our labors we have havo divided the confer conference ence enca tracts each of tho brethren havin haying having one to look after as follow follows 8 loula howell who has been here t wa years haas bas the monmouth district to travel in brother williams the Car matthen mattheu aud and pembroke eem rem broke district brother lewis the neath and arid swansea route and brother thos th 08 F How eila elJa the rhondda valley and cardiff route both routes or districts in Glamorgan shire all having quite an extensive nield field to traverse and proselyte we nye are making our share of converts I 1 think for we are baptizing a few now and ana again ilke like like the gleming of grapes when the vintage is dune 11 aben the wason for outdoor preaching beu bee inse purpose i nothing hinders pushing pur way through the midd middle middie leand and i borders borden of wales wies up to the north preaching on the way and doing all the good we can and possibly may thus be able to gather a few of the honest in heart and leave the rest without excuse we are determined with the help of the to put pit in a good bummers summers work but truly the harvest is great aud and the laborers jut but iut few landwere and were it not for the great poverty that exists hero here there would be room for several more mord elders to labor and do much good 1 od we v ap au all ali enjoy much touch of the of our mission mi sion slon 8 and thatis that thai is good tobe tabe hera engaged in tho work of the minis try while we are yet ia lil our ouk youth and learning lea iea that parr part of the gospel that can only be learned by experience peri ence namely imply ni frust trust and nud a ud reliance r in the almighty our oun in onis have bave been and johr dohr our lov iov love iove a towards tine itne wark tot io bod and nd low lop tow toward ard zion has las ine inc increased r casp d very pince w we e have been ben abroad in th the beholding its bini sini corruptions corrupt ions aud leeel yd reel feel more iha thankful emeryd every day a y th hat at we remain here heip that jha we wp we were re born latter day san Ban ts follwe have jime jima more cag cad cause so to bei bej proud than ire it lre we were born to worldly wealth and power OY the best bes beb of ever even we ouri otly homes f for r which we feel truly I 1 grateful to our oun father the S sainta saints a i int a 4 here 6 are doing their best beat to g gather a ahr out of this country those that can gather means iupe sufficient chent t will mostly gather this season this conference will be a poor place then hen there is much poverty and distress already existed existing g here right among the hain Sain saints BB well plia as dut side sidd and many of our brethren and add sisters bisters do not know where to tto turn to get the next meal meni so some 0 have actually pawned all he ve fo food tood d thy thoy cannot work because thore there Is nc no work to be had this one oni of the most prosper rods oils and thriving iron and coal trading districts in 1 D the world now there are very few iron or steel works or collieries colli eries working full time and those that are working at all have often twice the number of hands they ought to have BO so that when a man hasa has a little littie w work ork he makes very little there are scores of mines that used to employ thousands standing idle now tor for many months and some sorn for years the ironworks iron works the we game same large and arid well fitted once prosperous and employing hundreds and thousands of men some of the larger ones today to day they t ey are but a mas maa of rusty ruins and they are to be met with everywhere throughout these numerous villages and towns that are themselves beginning to present a lonely deser deserted ted appearance the inhabitants that are left who have no means mennis to move elsewhere or emigrate to a better country are fed daily just onte orte meal of soup and bread just sufficient to keep body and soul together where it is not handy to dole doie out the soup to those holding tic tie tickets ketsi two or three shil shillings lingg st 21 week is given to each poor family the famine region extends all through monmouth arid and gan shires the poorhouses poor houses are full and aud every available i is filled to tw overflowing with the homeless s and hungry I 1 lam iam am sorry to say that many of the saints are suffering the same came as the rest of 0 f the people here it is painful to fro behold it and not bo able to do anything to help the matter and we nov make an appeal to our welsh weila brethren at home there to extend V a helping hand to their suffering eri erl ng a and orthy brethren here and not leave them bere here to Is larvo starve or wait on the cold coid charity of the world Reme neme remember raber the rid pro n i Is A you ou freely made to ybur your bre bra brethren ren ran who still linger thab thai you would help them out just as 00 soon oo h as you got to the valley vailey 1 fulfill fulfil your obligations you who have borrowed from your friends hen libie and arid return that that you owe antl anil you r ou who have asked your brother uther to tb 8 tie e your surety while nhe bhe hue apu ati oti borrowed e elsewhere iche re pey ray pay back and let ut SO your r brother go free and then turn turn tura around to help him and out who were assisted bythe by the perpetual emigration fund aud arid still owe for your emigration don dont t for tys sake count it an unjust debt t and refuse to refund while so man manyi Y remain yet td be gathered who per haps are j as worthy as ag you were there are anway able bodied men with but small families who cannot well kust hust sustain ain aln themselves them selve seive s herel here who ard are aro williby to work for a any ily pf af their good bret brot brethren bren bron two 0 or r three years yearb and alyd serve them thern faithfully if ff they will wiil but gather ithem tn to zion shall hhall these ti ap pp aal oal in vain bpi clent thip painful subjects i I 1 hope what is already said will vill do good people mildest ber it Is certainly aj er d I 1 er th than thau 1 last t summer wa w when ajen iwa first arrived here the absorbing topic with all in r public and private tois teis ia war rumor humor and the newspapers have A 11 tb today day that england is just preparing for a round with russia but rumor and no newspapers ws papers are axe very un stable in this country tomorrow to morrow they will tak take eback back w what ilat they bald isala ito day dayi and ind thus it goes on all iab tim time Th thoy they eyare are aro ious for their or wrong as american papers are I 1 do not any uple ss it be that when a an n A american rn r U editor a s abdi ething it mus mu be true 91 gr 11 whether etli it is ar or n not your oui ouk bra brother brothen br in thel kosel ko gospel sel 3 3 08 HY j A bild and aV letory i i j ilu iwu ti bui i ean Ban pete bounty i march inh 1878 editor debret De cret ctet eret news i OA oi friday lar hl jtb a small army ot big i and und bos boa mustered for active ervice on a piece apiece bf aage page pago brush brugh ladd salad immediately of ou qu cuy limits and Ar wasa olegon in earnest and before I 1 kug rug had finished his day journey victory was wag ours and not an saemy enemy left in the land the conquered land naw belong to our out relief belief 0 o clety undo and contains eight acres which were ened cleared fro from sagebrush I 1 and plowed on that very y dby day and to put a aw neg deg birash on th ane a our ge u splendid picnic ball in ia te ib evening Q and the be following day dayl as their liall hair could not 0 the whole army at once the lady attachment of course doubling the number 1 it t was quite amusing to 0 witness the instruments inStrument a of this pea pes peaceable beable ceable warfare faie flying up tip alid a and ild lid down the theold riold settlers sagebrush giving 9 for foj the onslaught slaught blu biu of 0 ga effig axes in jn the hands of the ifie men datte dalte allep wards being Jiter literally itIl pitched into bahe by the boys who piled an and d burned them tue the plowmen plow men Jol joi following lowing making the deseret of the morning look like in the evening the new settlers sett Rett lers mulberry trees will of course want som some water and this is ii what some oid old old oid setlers sellers f not of the sagebrush species sp ecles eeles have been afraid of and created some little noise about the facts in id this respect are in short that our city fathers thought is just gustand and fair to extend the water privileges of Ephr ephraim alm aim to these eight acres to aid ald an an enterprise terp iise ilso undertaken for a doubly noble purpose and in addition tp these theme eight acres also to tep top dd acres aeres regmore inore lnore of which two were the of the Y al lyl M 1 I A to give them a chance to display their skill and energies ons on and eight acres were laid out as aff city lots for new newcomers comers this makes the whole amount eighteen acres of new now land that claim additional water privilege but only eight acres for the dreaded new co comers iners as the ra B S are oun our own wives sand band and daugh daughter tem and the Y M our own sons the new converts referred to are arb men am ara already residents of ephraim and such mechanics lis as we thlu k will materi materially filly add to the development of our prosperous settlement tl ti and it would ouid bo 0 a dead loss to our community if they should leave A manifesto jj has as been circulated 11 and signed bya gh great majority of the land owners in ephraim sustaining the actio n lof hor or our fatherland fatherland think we have a legal right to give away what ia is legally 0 our ur own i yours 1 1 i 10 QA 0 olli lj bjarn liar arN 20 editors dewet aws yeste yesterday aday as ia is enly eniy esly always the case oa on monday was a dull day eq far as congressional proceed ings are conce tonce concerned med in the senate mr christiancy ey made a careful legal argument on senator ibur man bill lo 10 provide a sinking fund for the pacific railroads oads he lie took tilo the aground ground th that at the government hab hag a legal right to provide for the payment jat of the roads toads indebtedness in this tins way and tind thab that if the com paules panics are honest in thelt their intention 10 lo to pay they cannot object to the tian plan pian senator christiancy Ghrist fancy lancy had bad evidently vi dently spent much care caro car and und 12 i borin the tho preparation of hl speech and ha delivered it with the calm ness nas na s and force of ot a decision dec dee lalon from ta ajae I 1 b lreh rich he looks apon uon aia ala guestion question as oneff ortance ang and although hib his yesterday wal was wi wanting inting in iii the sensational 0 nal nai effect te ct of or his maiden speech with its alte alti almost lost unique view of the liback case it iq 14 looted upon as the ibe ablest speech be hehli hai has made in the we senate senata he spoke from the desk of senator Q enkling a and nd th the peats in hi the laho immediate mediate vicinity of tit this tail s central position llon ake wre occupied b by y senators man apar davis of illinois nud other senators sena tors tois who enjoy a legal legai argument committee be it will wih be lie remembered m yere vere lvere u unanimous im sint in their i r report leport on this b jlii rl ra and T t they ohey h e Y f eel feel a deep ln in ite passa passage it was agreed that each nae member in er of of the committee would woula support the bill with a spee ehin chin in the senate thurman davis and christian christiancy cy have already spoken benator senator en U in munds ands will speak next and after lim him will come senators medon sill alil and it Is not usual forg fori for committee to support a bill with such unanimity but butt notwithstanding ht the weight lit of talent la ja favor ef of this bill bil 1 another bill bili ie re orte arted by y the committee eon on ran rait oada se beems enis to have t tho he me mare general ap provid approval of the senate much iima lima in congress hag has been taken up proposed railroad legislation and it ih probable that the discuss discussion lori of questions relating to transportation wiil will result in enactments unfavorable to the corpora A senator from an eastern state proposes soon boon to present a bill to regulate rall rali railroad foad toad tariffs throughout the country he claims that Con congress greks has the constitutional tight to control railroads leacer to a certain extent anabe and ae thinks that to fit the interest or of public policy this vo we should be exercised the senator salt the zali zall road toad have formed a gigantic combination and that their aggregate receipts exceed the revenue of tb the united states state that the railroad companies through combination have become BO so solidified and so we well weil organized brg anize d that their por oua nua influence threatens every other interest and that there is imminent need that congress abound come to the resene rescue ot the people he h has as not noi byet yet drafted a bill not cor ae even ieh leb s its provisions provision si buthe butte a giving the question careful blu and posting hiim hilm as sa to the authority of congress over transportation lines and public carriers the senator will present his bill with strong arg arguments and will adduce many instances sta str aces of unfair discrimination hy r railroad rall road toad as for example I 1 the hatwon rate on flour from frob fr am central india ana an to ne new w york is about 50 ce cents while only onis 20 cents is charged from st louis the lail roads will of course oppose Q the bill VAU and twe the will not be without powerful frienda in congress the dean deau field contest la lal 0 hause guse ouse has as been pos postponed boned until nex n tuesday ues aes a these he e contested cont esteil seata alwa always s produce more or less 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