Show ACROSS THE OCEAN queenstown Queens town ireland ARMI april 19 1898 our company consisting of persons left salt bait lake city april 2 1898 for our various fields of labor some going to great britain others to norway and sweden some to denmark and still others to germany and switzerland we separated at chicago the following named parties going via baltimore ohio railway for washington albert H bergman I 1 frederick bergman Ber groan gustave bander son mable buckle pearl buckle joshua coombs hans P jenson lawitz E larsen george lowe martha morris robert mackinlay sarah E noal anna M reeves caroline smith jas F turner we remained over tw two days at washington viewing the places of interest including of course our magnificent capitol building from hire here we continued our journey over the baltimore ohio railroad to philadel phia where we arrived friday at noon staying at the green hotel the following named parties left chicago via nickle plate railroad tor for buffalo niels L anderson jennie brimhall wm R geddes wm J gough inez knight albert lockner myra M neal emil daniel B richards and ernest C smith we were met at union depot chicago by J Y calahan agent of the nickle plate railway and conveyed in omnibus to station where we left via nickle plate railroad for buffalo the accommodations on this line were good and the attention given our passengers by their agents were excellent we were met again at the depot in buffalo by an agent of the same road arid conducted to erie hotel and furnished tickets to niagara falls where we spent the day in feasting our eyes on the sublime grandeur of nature viewing the mighty columns of water precipitating themselves a distance of feet into the chasm below we in philadelphia april ath where the time was spent in viewing the historic scenes such as independence hall in which now silently reposes old liberty bell the tolling of which animated the hearts of our forefathers and led them on to victory we were met at philadelphia by elder john parr farr of ogden who left lef t ogden march and had been spending some time in washington and new york at 1130 am on the morning of april ath we all embarked on the steamship for liverpool we were greeted at the wharf by elder wm V haight and others who axe are laboring as elders in philadelphia the morning of embarking on the watery mirror of nature was a serene and pacific one made buoyant with shouts of goodbye and mid the waiving of hats and the flourishing of handkerchiefs the afternoon atter noon and evening were spent in acquaintance making and occasionally taking a farewell glance of the fast receding banks of america nothing came to max mar the peace of our company which consists of officers and crew and from to passengers till 1 on the following day when one of the number theodore schaller a german for some unaccountable reason saw fit to throw himself overboard to the depths below he was rescued in the course of fifteen or twenty minutes but too late as life had then ebbed away we have met a number of and notwithstanding our own is not a fast one we have passed many more on our voyage the officers of the american line in command of the steamship Belgen land have thus thug far I 1 been very courteous ard and haap granted us the dicing hall for divine services and posted for us on the bulletin di vine services at 7 pm all cordially in kited on sunday evening the awe held a meeting which was well attended by our people fairly represented by other passengers and even adorned with the presence of some of the steamship officers judging from the general sentiment expressed after the meeting it was a success the saints express themselves been beem well edified and much instructed while whale those who are not of our faith say it was quite a treat at all events the latter undoubtedly give us a greater amount of attention and accord us more respect since our gathering than before mosi moat of our number has been a little sea sick some acme however have escaped escape entirely and very few have been quite sea sick generally speaking we have had a pleasant voyage if we meet with no mishap we will arrive at liverpool early in the morning of april 21 very respectfully D B RICHARDS |