| Show A LETTER FROM cincinnati mr cha dea L olson of payson utah llulu V at pre sentis studying at the th e ec weco medical institute cincinnati W and expects to graduate in may aad the subjoined sub joined interesting com to the neww news cincinnati ohto ohio january 9 1899 payson utah on the I 1 at chicago on the morning of the 00 uit and at once repaired for itt 14 TA moyne headquarters of the northern Kor thern states mission in the abonce of elder bider kelsch elder joseph E burdon of logan was the chief bunc A free holiday entertainment the sunday school and the saints athe been arranged for thursday even tm ahr december soth and being requester e to remain and take part in the do lagis my old violin being my com nid I 1 did so no the entertainment 14 V wu indeed deed 4 neat affair the elders 4 keg here e as elsea elsewhere ere not being behind in V their full share sha re towards ajan making 9 the undertaking a success inick seventy persons were present aud ad judging from appearances one would be led to believe that the eljer eldo who have labored and do labor in great creat and very wicked city have reward for their sacrifices in se see ing that the gospel does not all fall on dry ground while in the windy city I 1 visited some relatives and also chanced to meet and have a pleasant chat with my friend the former payson journalist and allaround all around hustler J frank pickering leaving chicago december I 1 arrived in this city cincinnati in time to bid farewell to the good old year good yes in many respects notwithstanding I 1 suppose everyone thinks he has his share of trials and perhaps heartaches in 97 as well as in any other year of his existence in this proverbial vale of tears right here allow me to give expression to a thought at the end of the year in meditating upon what we have passed through during the period of time then closing how apt we mortals are to take that only into account which has brought us sorrow and heartache and to brood over sad experiences recalling them often loften to our minds while those experiences in life that bring us happiness are passed by almost unnoticed some in looking at the picture artists give us as representing the close of the year the grim old visage wrinkled and wan the lean and the ill III nourished form bent double with care and weighed down with trouble the scythe the sickle the hourglass hour glass glasa the timepiece etc seem to fancy that the past is dead and gone an expression often heard but a year well lived is not dead to me the following lines appear most opportune why cry so many voices choked with tears the year is dead it rather seems to me full of such rich and boundless life to be it is a presage of the eternal years must it not live in us while we too live part of ourselves are now the joys joy it brought part of ourselves is ia too the good it wrought in days of darkness years to come may give less conflict less lesa of pain less doubt doubt dismay A larger share of brightness than this last but victory won in darkness that Is past la Is a possession that will far outweigh all that we have lost so let us rather cry this year of grace cannot die at the college I 1 was welcomed most heartily by professors and fellow students it was also a mutual pleasure to meet the elders and saints in this city we axe are having typical cincinnati weather smoky dark and gloomy no snow no tee ice but at this writing it has been raining incessantly for eighteen hours and it Is still pouring down dr fridtjof nansen the arctic explorer lectured in the music hall this city night before last being myself a norwegian by birth though american at heart I 1 concluded I 1 would try and see the man who Is referred to as the greatest living hero of the century 11 the modern columbus etc through his private secretary mr lionel Cla clapham pharn of on tyne england I 1 obtained an introduction to the noted personage I 1 attended his lecture which was an illustrated account of his famous north pole expedition after which we had a short chat together the doctor said he a aimed to go to denver but d did id not think he would get as far as aa utah as he had to return to norway soon As aa I 1 am nat nt entitled to a professional card yet I 1 handed the representative norseman my atto autograph graph card with present and home address on an one side and the articles ai of faith on the other I 1 ho hoo he reads both sides CHARLES L OLSEN |
