| Show STEVEN SONS TRAVELS ON off THE D B R 0 B R B R sept 26 1895 feeling my present mission to in the USA 7 B A drawing to a close and my presence pree enoe requited required at home I 1 will civik a briet review to abt I 1 baves have sid before of the city f quincy ills III I 1 would add IQ in 1839 aue be opened her joon boora to the abe exiled Mor mons the thrift of the city tto its druwin and pro gre gres grea s to la an evidence of god goda ld promises promise and blowing bles siDge while the spoiled polled and waste caces and gram grown streets areeta and walks of those cities which nave have t turned rood away mobbed robbed and sued hed the blood of hn his saints la is an aa evidence of displeasure while in galocy a three mile streetcar ride brouett us ua to the hildier nl nil dallorso Sal Sall lorB orsO home of over acher 1000 in matte we were shown hoeu turu tigh where 1000 loaves of bread are baked each day ton ten bushels bushel of potatoes potato tf peeled and ready for brook break feet everything was clean and next neat oar car a all i reidy to cevoy to each depart department mentIn in due time the town wao a so 10 delightful that I 1 took ft picture as aa a remember noe of a little well spent pent time in a city where the writer tolled many a day for davy dany broad bread when it WAG wa only a small email town A visit to park chicago in IB too good to begin writing of for want of time and space apace as aa also algo our eight mile ride out to the old fair where were attracted on a single day to see ae the glory or of the renowned fair air I 1 witnessed it to in iu IM glory blury and now in its if A ug mug oame game into my mind too toe world lu in its ito glory and I 1 la a its if eventual culot in 1839 1820 chicago was wag a swamp in 1884 the tax levy totaled in 1850 1650 toe be city wa lighted by gat gae 1868 1568 tre care can state street to randolph 6 contis fart 1871 october jtb acres ID ruing by fire buildings burned lose chicago Chica gose contribution to the worlds pair fair was 00 there are miles of paved streets sire ete miles ot of sewers churches aou anu the city government of chicago costs per day on monday at p in we took the excellent burlington reclining calr chair oar car to denver via Burl luKton and omaha without change I 1 will say aay that the comfort ease and accoe mod mutation mu dation eglon oo on this line excelle among the he western liades where ft a clean cleao towel soap eti etc are seldom found together and yet they are so BO great a luxury and at so BO small email a oot cost however there is a decided improvement pro ift the western lines linea for the comfort of travelers tra velere at denver we took the D B R 0 route via pueblo grand canyon etc rather rathor a longer but very desirable and cletur route A few more words worde about nauvoo be fore we close our trip of so ao much interest to us ua there was the location of the brick store where only two now living received their endowments jupt before the martyrdom of the prophet and where jeseph said bald adu addressing the twelve apostles Ap ostlee now I 1 require you to see eee to it that you preach the copel and bear off this kingdom for I 1 now DOW roll the ri r of this grem great work unto your should shoulders erv boon Soon after this I 1 heard beard the prophet say in a public meeting 1 I now am free go anere I 1 may the gospel tree la Is routed rooted never more to be torn up far there are meo men now dow under the sound of my voice who are prepared to bear off this church I 1 very much desired a p picture acturo of the brick store but it was gone it was torn down for the gateris a the base ment only romaine remain I 1 took look a kodak soap at we re remains malue also alio of the alu pria printing ting office which Is iti in a dilapidated candi condition tion the relies relics are fast disappear disappearing ine before leaving we visited the lodea lonely y graves grave of joseph smith senior his big wire wife lucy mack smith and the family a private bury ing ground which Is 1 on th ba ike of taw th just juat north of the old homestead of the be prophet the house on this to ie still standing and la Is owned by young joaeph as aa we call him Is ida Is occupied by a renter who after showing bowing us u through brough be low coiling rooms of the early days daya of piloted us ua to the graveyard to our surprise only one slab marked the last resting place of the smith family a list hat reclining slab of belabor ate dimensions on od which la in en on graven omnis smith bleaman Bl Ri daman born bora july jhb 1808 1608 died april jhb 1879 J still further north are three tombs he wife a n and daughter of joseph joaeph smith the grandson gran daon of ie he who lie liea with nothing but some lilac bushes to mark abe spot of himself his hia wife ana his ble family now I 1 bid farewell to nauvoo in lie its dilapidated condition caring not much it I 1 see eee it nob IDOL again until the waste places shall be redeemed As aa we glided around the great bond bend of the river several alveral miles from the abe upper landing of the city la Is opposite out our steam teamer er one passenger said I 1 thought that was wae nauvoo that we left some time ag but here it to ie right before us still in ID order to connect with the steamer line it became nece aary avary for us UR to remain over night lo in keokuk or to take train on OD to quincy fifty miles we chose to remain over take in the sights of the town anu rest ourselves oura elvee from so 0 o long and aad continuous a journey jou ruey we rode up main hain street which to la twenty behind gait bait lakel main too toe park to is a beauty bounded on the east by the canal and the be great mississippi river on a mas maa give monument overlooking the great waters is ie chief of the biao nation erected by subscription il several of the speeches are recorder deJ here Is part ot one 1 I am your chief it la Is my duty to rule you aa a father at home and to lead you to war if you determine to go the U S A is ie a great power 1 and unless we can conquer that great grea t aati nati most mast perish I 1 will lead you toe whites on one condi tion cion that we first put all ail our old men main and women ana children to death and then resolve having crossed the he mississippi sis sippi that we shall never return but among the graves of our father fathera rather than yield to the white non mf m F il this bears beara date of 1882 oar 0 ir ride down the river was wa delight fui and a chainge P nd addition to our pleasant trip of dillon in all and twenty three days daya travel farewell to those very attractive waste places after twentynine twenty nine trips over the plains plaine E STEVENSON |
