Show CORRES correspondence corresponded CF SOUTHERN SECTS AND SCENES MT rozell KOZELL limestone co alabama dec 3 1886 editor deseret news D due ne respect for the opinions and endeavors ot of others constitutes a principle principe we all could be liene benent fitted ted in practicing particularly if actuated by sincerity when it assumes the character t er of charity no matter how widely separated the views entertained may be but if after error is pointed out an indulgence cont laues charity chanty puts on the robe of sympathy the religions and religious teachers of this region certainly merit a front seat in the latter case missionary baptists baptista christians Campbel Campbelll lites tes and methodists are most in interested terestea here in the salvation of souls each possessing vastly diff different er views in the accomplishment of this to worldly minds greatly perplexed question the baptists baptista are perhaps strongest in point of number their greatest claim being imbat age adds to value the candidate tor for a better world is allowed a wide biride scope of discretion in the manner of baptism some selecting immersion mer sion others who have a horror of water in any form preferring sprinkling after the initiation initiation by this system an independence seizes them that cau can scarcely be reached by tile the most persuasive efforts so great becomes their contentment about once a month the preacher makes his rounds when eb chicken icken beet cash etc are stirred up and should he meet with any reverses such as a lack of number present a tongue lashing for a sermon greets those who have ventured out and anc the prospective two days or weeks meet ring lag suddenly dies the minister goes away determined to await an invitation it the interval is not too great and his bis comforts at home arp are not made to suffer too severely in one instance the minister became enraged at the presence of mormons Mormon Mor mons 4 and announced as his subject these peculiar people eople 1 the elders in this neighborhood tood determined to attend and learn something about themselves and their belief mr minister failed to come up to bis big appointment but buethe the congregation insisted on having preaching and the elders were requested to officiate which they did giving those present something substantial for reflection those who came to scoff remained to pray the Campbel lites who by the way become insulted when this damelis name is given them feel thair growing strength and have i concluded the euphonious name of christians expresses more f ully fully their power and aad deF destiny tiny this denomination is already considerably indebted to mormonism for what they teach and each year auda ads to this indebtedness debt edness faith repentance and baptism have heretofore been all that was necessary in the church until their eyes were opened to the bible by the elders when with the ease of a turncoat they ordained a deacon and an elder and this in the face of those who showed them their error they now announce as part of their doctrine the la laying ging on of hands hand 13 or at the e members insist this is part of their belief and that the mormons cormons Mor mons with but a trifling exception preach their doe doctrine trino entire so much confidence have they in the el de r s adso 1 aiso I little regard for the feces si ty being da divinely called to preach th after fter w ks made to one of the el ote by b this denomination n that if he W would oil id preach for them they would pay ill him m twelve hundred dollars per year the eider eder replied he would not accept the sum of twelve thousand dollars per year but the truth that he had bad and was preaching could be obtained free the necessity of gathering nas has suddenly seized them and the peculiar way of doing this isto is to instruct the ladd owners to discharge all who are not christians and only permit suell such as are to occupy their lands as renders thus being to together fether yet scattered top the world over the judgments of god wll come like a bounding ball skipping lver the earth striking only where the non gliding gl christians christian are e living iving the methodist be belief ilief notwithstanding tand the reflections of mourning that it if brings is not exclusively sad though perhaps intended to be entirely serious like the baptists they have circuits which they visit once a month sometimes 0 betimes r two months the greater rh the e length of time between the meetings the greater the peace and prosperity of those who think it necessary to salvation to be religiously religious iv connected with some denomination the consideration of authority being much less than to which of V al all I 1 fashionable neighbor belongs belongs aby toy also resemble the christians in being susceptible to suggestions par it if comfort is brought in question during the hot weather they seem to be most affected and have introduced what is called the cooling board a simple piece of workmanship indeed but very sellice able one would imagine the discovery of this attachment another stride in this age of wonder and convenience lt it cons consists ests of a plain board located I 1 in the coolest place to be found among the trees the minister in his harangue works himself to such a pitch as to actually become exhausted he is then thea picked up carried out and placed on tile the cooling board where all the palm leaf fans obtainable are brought into active service until the unintentionally tio nally exhausted man is restored edThe the report is going lits rounds bers jare are considerably enraged at wha has just developed in connection ditl this coveted board and a certai L divine who played them thelby by occupying the board most of the time during the hot season another strange feature to a utah youth is called Is a wallowing pen this consists of a small enalo sure where the victim when he be gets religion is placed A bed of straw is ie provided and sometimes three or four persons occupy it at one time and remain wallowing like hogs bogs until they are relieved irom from the power with wit 11 which they are possessed I 1 A couple of the elders in connection with a friend from this country concluded to visit one of the nume numerous roub protracted retracted meetings that were being held E eld all went merrily until the minister was informed or noticed himself that there was one present who did not kneel in prayer using this as an excuse to invite the mormon as he aup supposed posed out he waited on thedell the gentleman who came with the elders and told him his bis presence wis was not ot Oe desired sired this incident required all tile the persuasive powers of the elders to preserve mr finister Vi minister nister from a severe flogging an rider elder fresh from utah desirous of seeing the performances at these meetings was told of this circumstance out but concluded he could steer clear of offending and with his companion went to church unfortunately they were late and seats were scarce however one bench to the front allured them on and the young elder sat down with all the composure of a reserve reserved 10 seat monopolist nothing was more vivid in his bis mina mind than the fate of the disobedient in the circumstance related and in his anxiety he competed strongly with those who occupied the bench beach with him not realizing until his bis companion informed him after the exercises that he was occupying the mourners bench A person cannot help concluding when such things exist that the tae situation was ver vernwell Lwell shown up by the minister who hen pressed closely made the acknowledgment to an eld elder that if any deno denomination i were correct it was tile the mor mons hut but he added where would m my bread brea brealand dand and butter come from if I 1 md did not engage in this business when sunny bunny south is applied to this chounn country it is about abou as consistent as it would i be to say torrid pole 11 in fact consistency would be in favor of the latter expression as the pole is yet undiscovered hence climate unknown during the night here the snow tell MR two feet thus competing strongly elih a nightly fall in the tops of the mountains the surrounding atmosphere is no less behind some of our cold canon calion breezes at home B nettle stir among the settlers is noti noticeable emble and as we look out over the country we see here and there a log IOK but entirely enveloped in snow surrounded by tall trees of the forest stripped tr ppe of task t air autumn leaves eaves with w t no signs of at life anywhere such scenes b bang ng vividly to mind the story ot of the shepherd erd boy and an inclination forces itself upon us to come down but we are immediately fe reminded minded that the sheep would suffer in our absence and we conclude at any expense to remain W LAND A LOCAL correspondent AFTER SPARKS SCALP editor deseret news there Is much complaint by the people all over the country on account of being called upon to make supplemental proofs or affidavits in support of their entries already made and many claimants may and possibly do think that this is caused by the faulton fault or negligence of the attorneys who make out their entry papers tills this may be the case with those attorneys who do not make the land business a specialty but it is not the fault of those v who no do and in justice to them and for the purpose of enlightening the people on this matter we deem it proper and just to inform your patrons where the trouble lles and by doing so to give the d 1 his due dile the tault fault most always lies at the door of mr wm A J sparks the commissioner of the general land land office who has spent most of his time since hp be got into office in hunting up frauds frau os sus I 1 pending the issuance ol of patents raising technicalities making ez ex post facto rulings ruling calling on entry men for things that were mgt not required when their proofs were made calling for them to state the times and duration of their few days temporary absence from their claims tor for flye years or morel long since past adding useless expense on final ent antiles en ries tiles squiring requiring about one hundred and torta nonsensical cross questions to be written out oat and answered by the claimant at his expense causing caulina cau aina claimants to multiply their lies heb if any are arc told tor for it if an entry man and his witnesses perjure themselves in their direct testimony they will be generally sharp enough to repeat it time and again on cross examination therefore the longer the proof pi bof toe the more moie lies the shorter the proof tile less lies mr sparks has now succeeded in mixing up the land laws and rulings to such adi an extent as never known before in any administration since the foundation of the republic public Te when a person makes an entry of his claim he dont know whether he will ever let a patent or not dont know whether the entry as made will suit the dei defecate leate technical taste of mr sparks or not dont know but the commissioner Jom om missioner will put him or his bis as to the expense of furnishing f uri lishing supplemental affidavits and 1 perou proofs 0 8 in future years thus y your our patrons will readily see where the fault lies and the reason why claimants claimant are so frequently called apon to furnish f additional proofs I 1 at their own expense their attorneys cannot be expected to spend their time and skill in answering the technical and ex post facto requirements cements of tills this commissioner for nothing they cannot afford it and so the entry man must foot the bill we are informed and believe that any reliable attorney wha makes a of the land practice who should make by his own fault any errors or omissions in land or mineral entries will correct them without cost to his bis clients therefore do not blame the land agents for such a state of things but blame mr sparks and tur therA he has so crippled and delayed the progress pro eress of the public surveys vea a that bottlers on lands find it all but impossible to get their lands surveyed so they can make their entries there are returns of surveys which bave been in the general land office for over a year which have been specially examined the examiners report made and his account p paid aid and yet mr sparks wilfully neglects le et the approval of tte surveys surreys themselves to the great detriment of the settlers and damage to tile the surveyor by keeping him out of his hard earned money so long we advise the people all over the great west to petition the president to remove mr sparks from his office lor for he is carta certainly the hardest customer this country has ever knows knobb AT KAYSVILLE KAYSVILLE davis co utah december Decem bei stil 1886 editor deseret news our quarterly stake conference was held here on the ath and ath we were addressed on the first day by apostles john henry smith and heberd grant their discourses were for the cie most part of a very practical nature the saints were urged very strongly to cease the suicidal course they have been pursuing in sustaining oy by their patronage those who seek to bring us into bondage on ane second darwe day we were addressed by apostles franklin D richards john henry smith and john W taylor I 1 noticed a reporter on the stand so we will probably have that days proceedings in print thanksgiving day was a day ot of rejoicing among the poor and aged in this ward the Y L M 1 I A 1 wi with th considerable zeal 11 and enterprise gave a dinner to the poor and all over 65 years of age without respect to party parry creed or color dinner was set out in the meeting house about noon four long ions tables being necessary to accommodate the guests these were presided pre bided over bv bishop P barton counselors john A barnes thomas V F rouche and brother wm court and were fixed in very tasty style and laden with an abundance of the good things of this world f after dinner a pro gramme of speaking and singing was rendered in a very eflee effective tive manner it was interspersed with selections ions by the harmonica f band which were duly auly appreciated by I 1 those assembled 0 the young ladies are deserving of much credit for thus contributing to the enjoyment of the poor and aged and to say the least the affair was a grand success your correspondent was unable to be present which partly accounts for this being sent in at so 80 late an hour respectfully correspondent NORTHERN NOTES MOTES LAKE TOWN rich co dec 13 1886 editor news elder george C parkinson lately f from the boise penitentiary where he be suffered twelve mouths months altogether as I 1 believe unnecessary and cruelly unjust at incarceration visited and hold meeting with us on OB tuesday night last his mission was particularly in the young peoples interest and he filled it excellently well purity parity of life and rigid adherence to all the commandments ot of god and the destiny of the children ildren cn ot god were his theme aud and there was a great outpouring of the peaceable spirit of god accompanying his bis remarks one could not help realizing that prison walls cannot repress a righteous mans integrity there was waa lo 10 no spirit of retaliation man manifest test in this excellent young mans remarks maiks re so much did he acknowledge the goodness of god that bat he be felt to acknowledge knowl his hand even in his bis affliction and f felt elt more than ever consecrated consecrate to his service brother P had bad v visited the other wards in the northern part ot of the stake with the same object and went on his way south rejoicing with many good wishes from our people thursday night the stake presidency of the Y L M I 1 A sisters nancy amy cook and L M hart adar addressed essed a public meeting here as they bad aft previously done in other parts of the valley there remarks were concisely forcible encouraging increased fidelity to |