Show TO HEBER CITY AND BACK I 1 davoust hav ejust returned from a pleasant visit to heber that beautiful town almost among the clouds was a surprise to me I 1 have not been in a more delightful place in utah outside of salt lake of course louree I 1 found the people wide awake attentive mud and appreciative precia tive to a degree that was most pleasing I 1 gave two lectures there in the stake house to fine audiences and at the close of the second sold a hundred copies of my lectures just printed by the NEWS company bishop duke had charge of my visit and though the notice was very brief he made my visit successful Preel president deni hatch and bishop clegg were also interested te in the meetings and added to them coming back on friday we had the worst day of the winter crossing the summit as the stage driver said and it was indeed the worst day I 1 have seen this season the wreck on the utah central detained us three hours but we were all willing to take the delay as our share of the misfortune several of the maimed were on our train and were sore in body but full of comment the sectarian local missionary ol oi heber is trying to tell the people of that city about the origin of mormonism but there is a feeling that he be does not know as much about the subject as some of those who have been mormons cormons for fifty years I 1 find on my return several indications of good will to man A gentleman in the north sends sands a dollar for a set of my lectures telling tell ax we me to keep the extra fifty cents for a god blew blesa you A gentleman in new mexico does the same A lady away up among the wasatch peaks writes for the big four and says 1 I have your utah and have been vely much pleased with the stand you have taken my parents were old nauvoo mor imor mono mona and I 1 know you have told the truth god bless you and may you never want for friends or money f PY also a well known busiE business eso man in the city sends me a check for 10 for a set got of lectures the balance to be used in lacing placing other sets of them where they will be read by non cormons mormons 11 II I I 1 hope this example will be good seed in rich ech soil and result in a fund that will enable me to place the antidote to anti 11 falsehood before the fair minded freethinkers of the co country CHARLES ELLIS |