| Show LETTER FROM ENGLAND 76 75 ST ROAD BOAD off MAN ROAD BRADi Y bonx Ex ENGLAND GLAND MAYS may 1893 1 it was on the morning of april 16 15 a bright sunshiny day that I 1 left jeff my mountain home for a missionary tour to great britain the parting scene from my home relatives friends and associations was one of the severest trials I 1 have passed through and one not easily to be forgotten by your humble servant in company with four of my so acquaintances quain I 1 left the rio blo branue depot taking a parting farewell from the numerous host who had bad come to see ud ua off and we wended bended our way through the picturesque boones of the rocky mountains denver was waa reached early juett morning a few of tile the sights taken in and in the evening we proceeded to the noted city chicago arriving on the morning of april 18 which we found full of bustle and uin oin here we took a flying trip round the fair grounds and saw other sights eight and that evening left for new york city thursday morning at was the time we reached jersey city ony crossed the ferry and went to the cosmopolitan hotel new york having received an urgent indita inalta fiort frona an uncle in connecticut I 1 proceeded to the central depot to visit him A little over three hours ride on the new york new haven hartford railroad brought me to newington in connecticut it was a regular wintry day snowing and blowing upon inquiry I 1 learned that my uncle F W fawcett resided within half a mile of the station Afew A fow mm min utes later I 1 behold beheld for the first time in my life the relative referred to Is this robert he asked the answer was in the affirmative and this thin is uncle prank frank the sanie same was the response it was wag a happy meeting since my arrival in the rocky mountains we had bad often corresponded upon religious topics to pica years ago but he said to see me was better than all the letter writing our conversation was of a pleasant nature and mostly pertained to utah and the mormons cormons Mor mons he listened with the greatest attention and was well pleased with the photographic views of utah which I 1 showed him he referred to the death of his only brother who was brutally murdered in cold blood whilst asleep by mrs potts and her husband in carlin nev on new years eve 1888 also to the death of his slater sister ann my mother expressed his desire that at no far distant day he be would migrate to utah as he felt more than ever bonvin hisaw n regard to their religion and elief was that salt lake city was the flower of the west he handed banded me a five dollar greenback and said raid IT there fiere that will cover your fare to connecticut and return 12 and in almost broken tones told me that it was the oest five dollars he had bad ever spent since his hie arrival in ameria he had bad had bad his ups and towns when the civil war broke out be readily volunteered his bis services and fought nobly for the cause ot of the north receiving three shots shortly after the war he be married but was soon bereft by death of wife and child he again married and again was he parted from his loved one by death now he was asit as it were alone in the world his only living child a daughter being married and residing in meriden Merl deo next morning I 1 J started for meriden where I 1 had a pleasant interview with my and their families it was waa with few feel boga of that I 1 regret parted with in my a u snoie no at the depot at meriden I 1 in n jhc thc th afternoon of april 21 hoping that ere era long I 1 would meet him in my mountain home about 8 am saturday april 22 E went on the steamer arizona there were thirty three elders and one slater who was in search of genealogy on board the vessel there were about passengers we had bad a pleasant voyage all feeling well and arrivi arriving yAg safely on the let of may about 10 ana on board the steamer was the corpse of J W cossock Kos sock one of the crew who had died on the outward trip trio to new york on our arrival at 42 lington islington Is we received our appointments about thirteen for great britain and the for germany scandinavia and turkey having been appointed to the leeds conference elder A 8 farnsworth and myself started for bradford at may 2nd and and were met at the station by bj president G 31 D horkley R and nd elders suell snell and Tol Tollo lotson and kindly welcomed to our field of labor and here I 1 am enjoying a pleasant interview with my oLUs ins whom I 1 have not seen for upwards of thirty two years your brother in the gospel ROBERT |
