| Show A IN IN talle SOUTH norr nort greene co va december 12 1885 1 editor daems news I 1 after alter a brief sojourn la ta tha the old dominion Domin lon toD I 1 aad ibl ibi aking a few items from a sait isalt salt lake late boy would be acceptable cep cup table tabie to your nui nul numerous nerous readers I 1 enclose the following in my labors here hero aa as a miss missionary louary khe the habits customs and general condition ot of the people appear new liew and strange to me e they possess posses 8 mant many good traits and characteristics pro i among which aro arc politeness and hospitality ho pra PhA lity bat it cannot be i denied t that at they are laboring under a great degree of ignorance and oppression prom proa what I 1 have already observed and nth ath a faint aint recollection of life in the old country conakry con cou atry I 1 am ully fully convinced thai tho oi idi all ail pisces places la in this wide wo world rid foy for residence oar monn moan tain home Is the bie ble best it illegal without respect to bo class cims or fir caste must bave have baen been practiced practised to a great extent in i n this section ia in past years as Is s dawid by the members of mixed and illegitimate tilea I 1 tim ste children ildren cb of all ag ees ages that I 1 come in contact with I 1 think the advice of oar brethren at home on the wheat wheat qu question estfon is appropriate prop and it if this states expert 1 ence in raising grain the past few years is any anything thin this g of a criterion the people e of utah litah had sad better save all they can old and experienced farmers tell me roe that they have not had hid a good wheat crop since that th toe too 0 corn crop also has been a failure for even a longer per period lod iod tobacco is raised here in abundance both sexes using a great dealand when I 1 tell you that in a neighborhood of fifty families there are situated some twenty private distilleries for the manufacture of brandy you may be able to judge to what an extent the people are being belfie g led by their depraved tastes here is only fair at present owin olinto ow into to the total indifference ot of the people who seem to have too much regard for the affairs of this life to care anything about religion however there are a few honest souls souls that have a desire to turn from their evil ways and endeavor to do better and I 1 presume it is the reclamation of these few that keeps me here praying god to bless all who are laboring ra in the cause of truth I 1 will conclude with a promise of more anon Respect respectfully fally faily yo your ur brother BURROWS |
