| Show OVER IN KENTUCKY MUNFORD munfordville VILLE hart county kyj ky june ath 1897 the winter spring and this mum much oft the summer here in kentucky have been very wet and cold and farmers are not yet quite through plowing and plant ing everything seems very backward last year at this time some of the corn was nearly as high as the men who in some places were cu cultivating tiva ting it for the last time laying it by as it is called here the prospects tor for a fairly good crop of corn are yet good provided no early frosts come in the fail to blight atie ripen ing ears v heat and oats look only middling appes peaches and blackberries will soon be very plentiful being the staple fruits ot of the bbate at least among the poor class ot of farmers some farmers sold their corn in the fall for twenty and twenty five cents per pec bushel and are now buying it back for fifty five cents per bushel this comes by living a year ahead ot of a per sons income a serious mistake many of the people here make As near as I 1 can learn very little to bacco has been planted owing to the very low price it has brought for the last few years tobacco raising and using is ruining millions of people bodily mentally and financially I 1 have seen a few children of parents who bacco very heavily who seemed to crave tobacco more than food and could od id would actually eat cat not simply hew ahm the very strongest kind of plug tobacco and thousands ot of children beth bein using the stuff before they are eight years old if the means which is spent annually for drugs tobacco coffee liquor and tea were used for the building and running of good schools and reaching publishing teaching and I 1 ving the everlasting gospel which was revealed through the prophet joseph smith there would soon cease to be work tor for many do dolors clors lawyers saloon men and a vast army ot of revenue officers and stillhouse still house watchers during this spring my companion com and I 1 have baptized eight grown people and blessed eight children many more have bave been baptized in other parts of the state by the other elders at present there are in this conference about thirty two elders many ot of the people are beginning to 10 think senous seriously ly of the message we bring and before the close of the year we expect to see many more honest schuls obey the truth by yielding obedience to it not simply believing as many now do great progress is now being made by the elders of the south and this chis cor coc ference though not leading the mission is coming to the front conference will ill convene on august ath and jtb at which time the first church house built in w kentucky by the latter day saints will vill be dedicated it is buit on the dividing line between green and metcalf counties about two and a halt mili miles northeast of sulphur well P 0 it is is to be known as the junction branch meeting house myself and com companion pinion elder george E miles are now laboring in a clos closed ed or previously canvass canvassed td county named hart bart in reopening opening re the county we did so with fasting and prayer traveling absolutely sol without purse or scrip we went to the county seat Munford munfordville ville and tried to procure a pace to preach in ID but could not do so N ight came on cool and threatt thread ning rain we ve ate supper with ith the prin principal ciral of the boyd high school piot Pirot matthes Mai thes who told us to go to the boyd hotel and if they would not care forus for us free of charge he would pay the bill we went and found the landlady favorable telling us that our room and bed were ready but we did not feel to go to bed unit unil mr boyd cime c ime in though hough his wife wie owned d the place lace about zo jo p m he came and cursed and swore saying he be would not keep us without pay neither would betake he take prof matthes for or the bill we found out aft afterward erwardi that he owed the professor for some t tuition ul tolling telling us to ito go down to prof matthes and get the cash and then he would keep us we told him we would do no such thing his wife then sai said d 13 own this place and they can stay he said no they cannot unless they 4 say pay for it we left them having a banel over it went down to the walton house and were kindly received by its fits genial host prop john F haeseley Hae reley who is a native of switzerland we passed a pleasant night arose re fleshed from our slumber and attended the presbyterian sunday school which ch was very poorly conducted hence acor ly ity attended it was our fast day all day clay long a cold cheerless rain came steadily down so we kept our room quite ite closely until evening then we balfer ratted on mr J B lyons the jailor and he be told us to make our home with awaa while wt we stayed in the town the dy day before he had invited us to call on him before leaving our room we had prayer asking the lord to soften his heart toward us our prayers were answered a very nice home provided and we know toe the lord does answer prayer monday morning may 3rd ard was still cool the county court was in session we preached on the street holding three services finding many friends sell selling ng several books and getting two invitations to come out in the country to hold bold mp meeting eting the county clerk gave us fifty cents to buy stamps with we were needing them badly we spent the night with the jailor tuesday may jtb was a little warmer the court was not yet closed and we held services on the street at io 10 a m called on J S mitchell mitchel the methodist minister had dinner with him and received a thoughtful warm invitation to come and spend the night he went with us to the afternoon services two in number which we held on the street some pens and shoe blacking were given to us by two different store keepers and we spent the night with preacher mitchell wednesday ednes eveni evening nv in walk walking irig with our host preacher mitchell over the ruins of fort craig it was interest in interesting teresi ing to hear him explain the plan of bastiand batti and how the southern forces force took the fort we called on the county clerk cerk and he again gave us fifty cents we then bade munford ville and our friends in that part farewell and went out to mt olivet school house which we found cleaned and lighted for us and we held several very nice meetings there we have been in the county only a few days over a month and have hae held up to date forty seven meetings and have other appointments out everyone is not friendly In endly to be sure but a great nany many are and sone some so ne few are investigating JUNIUS J TANNER GEORGE E milus MILES |
