Show HELPED BY AN AM ENEMY SINGULAR 1 t WAY OP OF AIDING A NORMON MON FAMILY TO EMIGRATE the following letter is from frem ashville N C under date of may two mormon elders came to this town a few days ago and baptized three souls robert kups and his wife and a neice ot mine miss crosby cresby it soon leaked out that ithe the elders were here and at my house I 1 went to work this morning as usual and was met b by the foreman of the job who salz said smith you must hunt another job lob you cant work here any longer I 1 j I 1 asked him what I 1 had bad done that I 1 was discharged he said mr john hart the contractor would not work a mormon if he be knew it 1 I told him bim I 1 I had bad belonged to the mormon char church nearly five years land and I 1 thought that t was a poor way to convince me that I 1 was wrong he said you are a good brick layer and a good hand to work but you cant work here any longer after awhile I 1 saw mr hart the contractor and he be talked a long time with me and said all manner of evil about joseph smith brigham young and the present leaders of the hurch church at length he be said smith I 1 like you as a man but I 1 am sorry for you as I 1 have heard most of the contractors say they would not give you a lick of work to do on account of 0 your belief and YOU WILL HAVE TO LEAVE TOWN TOW I 1 said mr hart you are mistaken I 1 will get work in this town for I 1 have not done any anything thine to be discharged for and the god that leads the latter day saints will raise up a man that will give me work in this town and you may write that down run there ere were several standing around who heard what was said mr hart then said smith I 1 will give you a word of advice you get on the train in the morning and go to utah and take I 1 your family I 1 answered 1 I came here to try money enough to go 1 there but bat now new you have discharged I 1 me e and how am I 1 to go without money my family are not able to walk there and I 1 cant go without money he said smith I 1 am sorry for you I 1 am satisfied that you are A GOOD HONEST MAN but you have been lead away by those infernal mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 will offer you work on one condition lets hear the terms said 1 I he answered if you will save all the money that I 1 pay you yeu over your support and lay it up until you get enough to go to U utah and leave ashville and not spend any of the money in helping to establish your doctrine here in ashville but will use it in going to utah you may go to work ang and work to that end I 1 told litra him I 1 would accept his offer and gave cave my word in the presence of I 1 witnesses that I 1 would save my money and as soon as I 1 had bad enough would take my family leave ashville Ash vilie and go to utah so awill I 1 will go 80 to work again tomorrow to morrow they told me to tell the elders if they did not leave at once they would cowhide them I 1 delivered the message to elders crowther and hyner they are making preparations to leave I 1 guess I 1 have been spending my money a little too freely and the lord wanted to bind me up to be a little more saving with it alt it looks like that was the way of it since I 1 had to bind myself in the presence of witnesses that I 1 would save it from now on john hart he is working against the mormons cormons Mor mons but he is doing just what I 1 have wanted some one to do lor a long ions lime ne avs lu sive live me a job until I 1 can make money togo to go weston west on just what I 1 haye have been wanting for a long time he has been riving giving me two dollars per day and from now on I 1 look for my wages to be raised as he be seems to want to help me off i 1 fully believe that he will raise my wages so our god raised up a friend for me and mr hart was the man and mv mr words came to pass but he cant see if it you see anything in this worth publishing you can do so every word is truth and I 1 am responsible for it your brother in ia the th new and everlasting covenant JAMES JAMBS ALL SMITH |