Show hoi ho tar far good E england the land of our fathers A happy land of thirty seven missionaries left laft salt lake city at a 1 ill on oil pioneer day and have safety safely arrived in liverpool england seventeen days later A august gill b happy appy to tie be on oil land though quarter w way ay round the earth from home after making goo good with the ticket agent for our passage to liverpool closely as to health w we e were questioned by dr young then sent to tile the temple annex nh heie eie we were set apart given final instructions printed and oral also a ministers license thus armed awe we leave tile the lecates t homes on earth to us arid and go out to face a cold with a message that will attract those who are see seeking king light in lowliness of heart A ride of SO go miles from ogden brings us to tile the wasatch divit divide le feet in elevation land and miles ties to Or omaha nalia climb has carried us Is by this zigzag zig zag several small farming towns which under the me div lay snugly tucked away frowning peals peaks of at this grand wasatch range besides these smaller sma IIer lowns evanston green river and rawlins are thrown upon our view lut but where were file t he great Ro cKles a view of which I 1 I 1 was anxious to have I 1 do not know unless they slipped by us without our notice if ff so I 1 must leach hereafter their nobility or 0 airs 11 s for at 1 3 a m we were at clied Cli cenne enne lar beyond the ilie giant A ali irl east eastward ward soon brings us lis to lo the grassy plains and corn fields of nebraska wheels under us are carrying ns ins through a region where wheels overhead are everywhere draw ing the refreshing liquid to the surface face of the ground to make homes possible arid and the capacious barns tidy homes and stol fattell aug upon the green meadows are everywhere seen why lid did not tile the 11 cormons mormons 0 amons in 4 IT make a stand be here re instead ot of going to utah we ne are ask s ing ourselves as we were dropping down the platte plane river we vc passed over a piece of country traversed traverse by a ot of large canals which no doubt was the main source of the gi gibat eat prosperity seen in that legion huge fields of tas corn thirty beets healthy meadow hay bay rarely a field of lucern draw from all of us a measure ot of praise As we draw nearer omalia the land jand becomes more hilly hilli and broken idt ut not less fruitful A fifteen rafn minutes stop at nebra nebraskan braskas Ne kas great metropolis then we cross the miss cull river in a new hall chair coach in which we recline for i a sleep luring our run through iowa at onisha two prides pride ot of our party got goi left by going into a wrong coach just then leaving the station but our kind conductor telegraphed back aud and the local agent put them on the next train coming our road and tj they ley overtook us twelve hours later at chicago we stay two days sightseeing in this his macket city of the horld four elders remain here and our party given their new tick ets recheck their baggage and a start is made in ili the evening for buffalo where the next morning we take a side run up to niagara to view tile the kev elith natural wonder oi of the world no pen picture can give one any more than a meager view of these mighty falls on the he st laurence we return to our car tired and weary of body but not of tile the sights so 60 enchanting to the view another elep aboard the nickle plate n R R brings us near toward the he famous hudson liver but tills this morning it seems the he surged has done his work pooley for he lets the sun i rise ibe in the west we awake amid beautiful rolling farm covered hills fields being par tilio ned off with tidy attractive ock lock I 1 fences extensive extensile lin in inwards yards are everywhere in view backs a distance dis lance ironi the aver I 1 but once our eyes fall upon this noble stream we never turn away to put it from our gaze I 1 can hardly imagine a more delightful morning ride than down tho tha the beautiful hudson banks to ne new w york by ferri boat we cross from the new jersey side to the metropolis of our country coun ind go to the hotel utahn kept by a utah lady Mrs where we ve all tike take rooms lor for two days A bath and breakfast then sight sightseeing in groups of three or four is the order of the day tile the noise aej thronged thron ged rush of the chicago streets was here conspicuous for its absence the dense throngs I 1 expelled to see here seemed a disappointment until we went to a near pleasure lesert and there we found humanity congested also every outgoing bou boat was packed with pleasure se seeders elers A our boat the commonwealth out of now corli bound for fall river had 1500 passengers abroad all it was said except our party arty out 1 for pleasure plea suie and rest an ail orchestra enchanted us with music of all the enraptured men cibu ever saw I 1 beat them all al during that hour while our boat was swinging around from a west pier passing near the statue lighthouse amid craft of every enery kind up ill under the brooklyn bridge also two others nearing completion all tha whew giving us a panoramic birdseye birds eye view of this magnificent city of sky scrap ers what sight could excel it what american upon a foreign strand returning to his native land into this harbor harbo r and not have his heart stirred within him is more than I 1 can understand mighty proud ani am I 1 of my iny yankee birthright in ill the morning we awake in time to take the first train out of fall river mass for an hours ride to doston boston the purported hub bub of tile the universe I 1 had rather say city of noisy clocked streets I 1 gather from several HI in our party parly that not one of us could solve tile he pio p of tile lie stick slick ever even oll old timers here are not able to give you the hie cardinal points of the coin compass pass I 1 walked around old youth fouth church also over bunker buraker hill to view its plain yet noble monument and feel the he thi ill ol of mingled joy arid and sorrow their far reaching though silent proclamation compel ohl oh the heat of bosan is something awful tills this place must be near its future abode saturday morning a stiff breeze has chased away some of the heat beat ot of yesterday and I 1 spent a most profitable hour our setting on lie he docks watching w the oft repeated yet to me new sight of eighty or more men load iona our good ship the republic with the contents of several cars and heavy trucks it exceeds belief the amount of freight ind and baggage that can call go into a ships hold joseppi A vanco vance |