Show written for far thu A paper asper DAS ALTE NO 54 frankfurt let 1894 sonae nome alx is have hate passed away alues slues leaving home aud and friends friend to fulfill a mission in Swits switzerland erland and germany we did not lose loft much time bussing aaroa awi from U utah tab to now new york only making short hort stops atop in ic denver deaver kansas city and chicago on reaching now new york we spout a week looking over the great city which was waa made doubly pleasant by the company of my brother A H woodruff and robert patrick Z C M 1 I agent agenten who were very kind in assisting aMia ting us ua to see bee the nights bidding mother america farewell we set act out for the port of rotterdam on board the Dubble dam twelve long days day and nights were spent pen upon the angry waves in IB the stormy month of february several beveral ot at us ua were awfully sick the entire journey 1 I will not lay gay who of our party was waa in the worst condition aa 04 we all gee me j to think out our own owe wag waa the mout most serious loui from rotterdam we passed through antwerp and brussels and on to the gay city of part parie where five days day were meant pent in the galleries and nash g rows pome of the principal dighto leaving the french capital we next made a short abort top stop at bern switzerland where we ga got a one fine view of a number of the now inow crowned peaks ot of the alps and an excellent view of the ran range gelt 19 being a clear day here we were assigned to our bolus of labor and our pleasant little party from salt bait lake consisting of president george C nagle and wife J M weiler C D hahn william mcewan C D rucolph glai aggi and myself was wae broken up and we continued our journey to the different places assigned us to labor in I 1 was first sent lent to mannheim anu and after a few days day wail waa appointed apPoint sI to labor in frankfort on the main a very beautiful and interesting city hough bough mailer mallert than hansome flome live five or six alx of her bar liter later cities to in Germany Gormany having a population of about in this chii place bider J H Sob lockmann had baptized some ome thirteen members and had occasionally paid visit to this city though there had been no elder stationed here bars lu lm april J H schlock mann and C J mang maag came here from Man mannheim ubelin and we organized a branch of about eighteen souls soule which now BOW numbers twenty thres three I 1 have been entirely alone until about two months montha ago when elder albert bryner was wae appointed to labor with me I 1 find and the german people kind polite and as aa a rule a pleasant people to labor amongst As AB for the land no one cau can deny the many beauties 0 Deutsch deutschland land I 1 have had the pleasure of making a trip down the grand alu rhine which is ia a very beautiful trip and can only be fully appreciated when seen been and once seen can not help but bul be loved and admired by all who delight in the beauties of nature the beautiful scenes which the old canales cantles present on tile he rocky cliffs covered with ivya avys and surrounded by a moot moat luxuriant growth of shrubbery and am the immense lorest forest spreading in every direction as far an a the eye can see gee the th grand old river wending vending its way through such scones cones of beauty in its if race to the ocean and bearing the burdens of com commerce meroe all makes a scene that once gazed upon can never be forgotten and when long years yean have parsed 94 west sweet recollections will wl 11 awaken lu iu the hearts 91 those t L lose who have been the he river rhine A few days ago brother bryner and I 1 were taking a trip through the neighboring villages for the purpose of distributing tracts and preaching the gospel of jesus christ wherever we could find a listener it la is harvest time here and the farmers are real busy buoy the grain la in almost entirely threshed three hed with a flail and windmill wind mill the same game process which existed in utah ash some thirty years ago As we were going from one village to another we were at to a large farm bouse which stood off some distance from the road by the sound bound of a steam thresher our american curiosity was aroused to see aee the he difference between the german and american mode of threshing by steam this being the first ire have had in this country on entering the farmyard surrounded with a wall about tera ten feet high we were met by the manager of the farm and his son we informed them that we were americans aud and desired to watch the process of threshing stating we were farmers ourselves they were exceedingly kin the gentleman going into the house and getting us each a chair which he be placed where we could get a good view of the machine and the workers As the straw comes from the machine it is all bound into bundles by about four men and pitched into a barn loft where it to is received by about three buxom maidens and plied piled away neatly for winter use the chaff abaft is carried away in baskets into a portion olD of 01 the barn reser reserved veA for that special purpose and the grain itself is carried into bins in the same building there is not a handful of chaff or straw wasted and every bit goes under cover where it is kept kent dry and clean that it may be utilized the force employed to run the farm to is about twenty men and women out dors do rs and about six girls in the farm house to do the cooking and general house work in answer to my questions the fore man was very kind and obliging when asked what wages he paid his harvest hands band he said one mark 26 25 cents per day and board which be in formoe me was considered first class wages for such work the german farmer is in to be admired for the cleanliness and orderly appearance of bis bin barnyard and farm and I 1 think he la Is a worthy example to the american AmeriO SD farmer farmerie far merin in this respect we answered a great many questions and when our friends found we were cormons mormons cormons mormons Mor Mor mons they were doubly interested in us we preached the gospel to them bud and left some of our literature ore of the gentlemen left his work to walk with us to the road some distance away to direct us our best way vasy back to frankfurt after thanking our kind friend for his hospitality and receiving a warm invitation to return some ome sunday when they bad more time to oon verse we bid each other adieu and were soon boon on our way through abady country ion danec we have bare had bad the privilege of bear ing our testimony to the truth of the work of god established in the these the lost lat days and to preach repentance and baptism to a great many people and I 1 have hare hopes that some of the need aeed sown iown through the help of the lord has baa fallen upon good ground and will bring forth stood bood fruit respectfully A OWEN WOODRUFF Fr |