Show THE NEW YEAR IN cincinnati an ther now new years day another day for making now new resolutions an other season for review for rt for comparison for weighing ones onea self belt am aa it were a season which people of sentiment naturally iok upon as aa an epoch to in their life as aa a milestone oo on their jourvey through this thin proverbial vale of tests teare to those who are at home and at ease the be company of their loved ones onee who art are surrounded by throngs of friends and so ac who are basking backlog in the sunshine of bliss who are partakers par takers oi 01 joy and festivities on every band and whose cornucopia of good things has no do limit one season may appear as momentous as an any other but bat those who are differently situated who per happli are separated from home and loved ones or whose lives are oue one continual round of self denial who plodding against great odds forego pleasure sand practice attic teat economy in order to reach a desired end or accomplish com certain objects and those blee whose sunshine in this abia world is frequently obscured aud and whose measure of happiness is often scant are apt to look upon the present season from a different standpoint they comparatively speaking disburden and pause for a short season to take a new breath before climbing further lurt fur bei thet as they bantit gly wipe the perspiring brow their route look backward they look forward and after a period of rest refit sufficiently cl long for time in its ite cycle to switch over from the tracks of toe the old year to that of the new these merry travelers now refreshed and filled with now new energy and new hope again take up their load and resume their match march pressing dressing onward and upward we have had an exceptionally wild mild winter here so 0 far no snow enow no frost people have told old me how they have skated abated here on thanksgiving day ana an bow by this time of the year the ohio rivet has been frozen over so that traffic could be carried on across the ice instead of over the toll tod bridges to and from kentucky elder B H R aberts berte arrived here from utah last night eight he will hold bold two meetings mee tinga in this city on sunday the ard 3rd january and on monday he and elders and AlId geley will leave for pittsburg several meetings have been held here in cincinnati daring the last two or three months the attendance has varied from a very tow ew persons to seventy and eighty la in number the very best beat of order has baa prevailed and we have been treated witti with respect and consideration elder lois A kelsoe president 0 the northern states mission Is in also here a present he intends conducting some services in the german language and it is the intention to have a couple of elders come as soon goon as possible to labor as m missionaries in this city it certainly appears that thai there Is ie sonae some work for the he elders to do here we have two wo members beral now and two or three persons are ready I 1 for of baptism bap besl besides uee some evince consta erable interest in the cause much good must necessarily result from the labors of the elders here of late as the gospel seed need is in not dot dead but contains life in its ger germ m ila ib college one day is like another we have plenty of work and very little rest here as I 1 presume elise where many people look upon medical students as being devoid of any scruples concerning the life of a fellow being I 1 have had bad several stories told me by credulous people boru born and raised in this city about abbot the tr traps set for the unwary at the medical colleges in order to got get subjects for dla dis section of course material P P must come from somewhere but intelligent people can readily see that lawless interference ter ference on the part of the zealous medical student with the be life of follow fellow be being ingie to is out of the question it may seem incredible to many but there are people who while alve sell their bodies when dead to medical how dionik and worse still men in this oily city have sold the dead bodies boales of their own wives but jest my friends should think that all the dissecting material als as it Is called comes in this way I 1 will remark that there here are a great many persons dying at the hospitals and other public institutions who have no friends to claim them and the bodies of these persons are obtained by medical and dental colleges pro rate rata through a lawfully composed body ot of representatives from the different colleges I 1 am sojo enjoying ying my holiday vacation as best I 1 cati can but I 1 shall be glad when I 1 once more got get home to zion to stay I 1 mean CHARL L OLSEN |