Show FROM OLD KENTUCKY BOWLING kentucky 9 dec 26 1895 perhaps a few lines from one of the old states of the union would be ol of some interest to the many readers 1 ol 01 I your paper it is 18 now bok onto on to nine alloo I 1 left dear old utah tot for my labors here and when I 1 look bach bacci the time seems to have flown swiftly my work has been in four coun counties tiep marshall barren jimpson sun and war rob ren ot 01 KV tUCkY and in the last jaet named elder bider N 1 T curtis and I 1 are till still warren is one or of the richer counties of kentucky bad there are many rich farmers ta in it who own ow from five to twelve tion hundred dred acres of good land tor for raising earn corn and tobacco of which there has been a super abundance raised this year so tuat that corn has baa been selling as low as one dollar a barrel oa riel the pretty little town ot of bowling green with its ton ten thousand inhabitant its line fine school situates situa teu upon the bill the reservoir on another hill the me riv r barren with its if white pointed painted steamboats pardy en an circling the this picturesque place is ia the county seat eat of warren my companion and I 1 have been treated well in many parts of warren county we have made friends out ot of many 0 of the well wail to do farmers farmer eln in fact we could spend over a mouth month visiting frieada frici frie tda ds and yet not stop over night at be house bouse of the same friend twice elder kimball president pren ident of the southern states stales mission has arranged the labors here so wat bat outwork our work is ie done to in a systematic matle and thorough manner two elders are abent at to labor in a county and we visit from to farmhouse la jim the country leaving a tract fact and converting conversing with the people ana pending night at the housoe different individuals and lo in working city every house la Is visited and a tract left and we try and hold bold meetings everywhere in the county in the differ ent eat churches anti anil schoolhouses so go that before leaving a county it to is thorough ly canvassed canvas bed may ma y families are warmhearted warm hearted an hospitable the ken guckian calls them clever people and aad we have stopped over with many or of these clever people in our labors just a short time back we stopped over night at the house of a rich farmer who owned over twelve hundred acres of fine river land avid through his hie influence we were able to hold three good meetings meeting and by too so doing mode made lots lota of frie friends cov it seemed as if the people do tot too much mu b tor for us ua toree attree families invited us to go anil spend the day and night witta them and when not holding meeting we wa sat around big log fires telling the people about our mountain home and some home of the experiences of ur pa parent routt in crossing the plains 1 he people aked all kinds of questions and bow we irrigate the land as the kentucky farmer depends uvon upon nature to supply him with sufficient water to grow a crop it seems strange to him that our farmers in utah can make a fair living off twenty acres of land while here one man scarcely ever thinks of tending less than seventy or eighty acres of 01 land often we stop over night at the houses bouses of the old soldiers of 61 65 and as aa we sit alt around a huge lug log fire they tell fell us ua some of nt their thrilling experience one old soldier after relating some of his hie experiences perien ces raised his hair which was wa brushed rather luw low over his bis to forehead us an Inden indenture thre I 1 his about the size of a bullet and said 1 I was bit by a slightly spent ball and bad it pulled out and here it IP J and be showed us the bullet which lae be was using as a charm charan on b bis is watch chain rattier battier a grim charm I 1 thought another old soldier said that in the regiment he be was iu in he had is a companion whom he be thou gt a good deal of and they fought side ba side in many a battle and shared the same blankets at night this companion had ayou a younger nizer brother who bad joined the confederate army one day they were to in an engagement with the army and the regiment reKi ment the old soldier and compa companion alon belonged to was ordered to the be runt the regiment poured three volleys of sho tinto the ranks ot of the ademy when suddenly the old sol iier jieri s companion fell on his bis knees and let his gun drop while deep convulsive sobs shook bis bin frame As the old soldier stooped to reload tile his gun be asked him if lao he wall wa wounded he answered no but loofe cooki there is in my brother br otner 01 0 1 and as the smoke cleared a little be looked and there saw the younger brother firing bring into their regiment it was brother against brot bei beil christmas of 96 has ban come and gone here in the southern cities on christmas and new year holiday boli dayn guns gone and pistols fire crackers ojman R aman candles and skyrockets sky rockets are discharged by the younger people the same as in riall dult lake city on the fourth of J july u ly and so ao ciles wre are placed to ID the way by the municipal aut heritter the young pega ate are full of mischief bd plan all kinds of jokes at the house we are staying stay log on christmas night about midnight after all had bad gone to bed and were asleep the boy PS of me he family a mischievous chap about sixteen years old let drop from the top of a 3 flight ot of stairs into a room where three young meo men his bis cousins were sleeping about twenty milk pans ug at once you can imagine the sensation IQ in southern cities the turkey dinner is enjoyed by almost i everybody on christmas and now new yean and at night negroes with tuela fiddles and abd baaij go around Ser serenade enad inu IDU and it a crowd rathers round found them one of their number will corni monco mence to hit bit the fluor floor with the heel beel and toe to tile the time ot of the ibe music and the clapping clap of hands of the watchers for all join in vr f r ve te people of the south are a warmhearted warm hearted people in the country the people burn 1 rn wood and oo on christmas and new years an extra large log which S will buru burn for two or three daylis day e is placed in the spacious fireplace and by its if cheerful blaze blase ail kidds of games are played oie oae person stands near the ore fire making popcorn for the merry crowd while the nuts are brought out oat jf if which all kinds grow wild here in the woods the chestnut hazel out nut and various kinds of hickory nuts and walnuts so the merry days of the old year pass off quickly y and joyously to the me cheerful and warm poo peo plo ot of the south and with abe tle general good feeling the fit ei ders are treated better at so ra rather therl and mothers i zion may rejoice as their sons auns are trying try log to do 1 air duty stood and in the perform ai ce or it ar being blessed 1 with many kind friends among those atio are not t of our religious rel Kious belief belie 1 I hope the new year may be a bright and prosperous one tor for all in the now new state it f utah JOHN C CUTLER JR JB |