Show tw i f I 1 I 1 feb 7 ath t h 1868 f president ent brigham oung dear brother having a few leisure M moments omen tsI do not know that they can be better vetter employed than giving you a view in n a small way how things are moving in in this part of the lords vineyard I 1 am happy to say by the careful management of bro moses thatcher and the assistance of the spirit of the lora lord the work is doting steadily along there are three traveling elders hero in the birmingham conference my brother brothen chariton henry J moore and myself there is a branch in barrow in furness in lancashire made up of saints removed from this conference it is igo m miles iles lles distant bro james stua stuart rt ia is kud has been laboring there ever since last october ho he gives very favorable reports that the strangers are anxious to know concerning the principles as taught by tho the latter day saints he has baptized three the spirit of the lord ia is working upon the hearts of the people in the vicinity of birmingham and I 1 may say throughout the entire conference 1 there are a good many strangers coming forth to investigate for themselves and recently quite a number havo haver rendered obedience and gono gone down into the water of baptism A spirit of inquiry is being manifested by those who heretofore would to do without with our doctrines and many seethaa bee eee thab that the predictions dictions of the servants of god are being brought round rounds bro thatcher is using every available means to give the people a fair wa warning r n ing that they may be left without excuse the brethren and an d sisters bisters are round every week distributing tracts many receive them kindly some slam the doors in their faces occasionally where a tract has been left the people beo seo the broth j ers or sisters coming open the door doo wide enough to shove it through and tell them not to como come there with any more of their rubbish others othera say the pr parson 0 o bays says it if is false doctrine ac 0 occasionally cas casio caslo conall nally y some who have been rude and denied the tract when they see the distributors distri buters will call after and ask them to give them one the brethren and sisters are not backward in letting their shop the printed word that they may judge between right and wrong and not bo dependant upon those who sere are paid to think for so many I 1 may bay eay millions ortho human family financially the saints Saint sare are 1 in many any instances in straightened cil circumstances on account of the stagnation of business genera genena generally Y throughout the edu country but although poor in this worlds wealth they are striving to amass the riches of heaven and treasure up wealth that the grasping and unscrupulous masters in the world cannot deprive them of the condition of the laboring class clasa ia Is indeed deplorable throughout the country masters are grinding down the men in their wages wage s on every hand if a man daro dara speak about more wages he is discharged on the spot but through all the hard times our people have been greatly blessed in obtaining work I 1 if f there has been any to get they have secured it trade is very bad and provisions high 4 we have an institution chata the government for making paupers haupers on the shortest notice and filling the work house and poor honse boase to overflowing as well as ohp he streets with human beings who have hive got to live honestly or dishonestly if begging cannot supply the want theft must I 1 am happy to say that there are none of the saints sainta driven to these extremities we try and look after those in straightened circumstances and assist them all we can ever since our conference which was held on of Janu january ary gry the saints have seemed to be filled with new now life and determination to press on in the good work and use their talent for the building up of the kingdom they are all loo looking kine king forward to the glorious future that wj will ill til bring them deliverance and burst asunder the rho galling bands which bind bidd them and make them slaves to the will of wicked merciless men mien they are anxiously waiting for the morn to dawn when they canu bid adle adie to the land af f their thein birth and go to their homes in the west at eur our conference I 1 noticed a difference in the people who attended they were of a higher class of society than those who usually attend they paid good attention and jjck w all believe that a great amount of good will be done the talk about immigration is bring ing ng to life lifo many man bof of theold the old oid bones that ha have e been kicking about for years the last few weeks have brought bome bomb some to meeting who could not find time to come for the last few fe years they aro ard ready to testify to the truth of the work and some wind up with what they have done years ago what privations they have under gone ac brother thatcher is well in spirits but has beqir been troubled with a cold which for the last two or three weeks has troubled him some but he is getting over it chariton is well and feeling the same brother moore is also riso well my health has not been hardly as good as I 1 could have wished but nothing serious when warm war i m weather returns I 1 will be all right we all join in bending sending love to you and bros and wells praying god to bless you alid and F prolong your days I 1 remain your bro in n the gospel y ZE ULON ulos ULO N JACOBS k provo feb 1863 E aitor deseret news solely to remedy in part the dreadful neglect masters I 1 send you the following I 1 list litof of letter packages that arrived at a this 1 place lace this afternoon in the mail from at st george U i one package plainly addressed to washington one to Ka Xa narrah one to cedar city one to chicken creek bno on to deseret city two to cedar springs one to manti one lo 10 Ephr ephriam lam one to moroni two to mt pleasant one to td santaquin San ong one on to Poud rond town and two to I 1 recollect olice on ee being in the post office at beaver and in the mail sack just then from salt lake city of see ing in several packages addressed ad dressM to persona sons sona s in salt lake city and papers and letters among which werft wera packages of the NEWS and telegraph to almost every intermediate place nearly all of these parcels were plainly addressed if the postmasters know what an impediment to business it Is and how m much u ch pe people ople opie were annoyed with thia this at state ate of things they certainly would be more careful I 1 recollect that one of the packages I 1 saw at beaver benver be nver aver was addressed to mr amos beed reed the name printed thereon soon after his appointment as secretary respectfully yours ac A MILTON musser mussen payson feb 29 1868 1 dobr bro zannon cannon for the first time since once your occupation of the chair editorial anth a the NEWS office I 1 seat myself to scribble a few items lr lor its dear old holum hoium bolum columns ns the editor of the NEWS has ever had hail my sympathies and pray prays ers and I 1 will add my support so far as subscribe sub subscribing scrib and paying for the paper is concerned Y I 1 realize in gorde some bome small degree the responsibilities theca the eares cares fes ies and the labors that devolve upon you sou as editor edito of the church organ as a public servant and I 1 hope I 1 may ever feel to contribute my mite mito to sustain you as such LEAP YEAR BALLS Th this isyou you know is ordinary kind of year aside from the importance it assumes on account of the grand presidential campaign that will occupy much of the attention of the nation it is you know isnow leap year and therefore a very interesting epoch to the ladies since the incoming of their privileged year the ladies ladles of payson have been no ways slow in availing ay alling themselves of the opportunities thus presented dented not nol of getting husbands any fater faster than usual I 1 be believe lieTe but of gett Ingup parties for the purpose of procuring means to contribute to the great fund that is leing being raised all over our territory to assist in gathering the poor saints from europe sister M simons sister slater A mclean and sister dimick lead off with a grand ball bull some bomb weeks since and last evening our hall was again crowded with merry dancers sisters LJ L J wightman Wight man mau and eliza L cannon candon presiding over the festivities the hall was fitted up with inimitable tast ta stend eandi elegance mirrors dressing stands banners organ ani and and carpeted carpe carpp ted platform for the musicians all crowned with wreaths of evergreen I 1 and the whole scene brilliantly illuminated ted by chandeliers and lamps also adorned with ever green suggested to the mind the pro 7 printies prie ties les and decorum due to the presence of lovely woman in her own elegant boudoir or charming bower dancing was waa the ahe chief feature of the tho occasion lon ion but food for the intellectual man was not wanting an 0 opening enina address was read bead by sister jane simons and essays recitations songs and toasts were frequently called for and responded to by several of those present plesent pie sent I 1 had but one fault to fond find and that was as there too to oma man forthe capacity of olour our hall hail Halll which r necessarily caused noi nol seand confusion thin than hike I 1 like ilke 16 to have haj e indall lna ina ball bail room but as the proceeds s were to be so charitably appropriated I 1 I 1 did dici note knot nofe feel disposed to complain mm p E FUND FUN D our good bishop has succeeded in collecting nearly 1300 in this ward to as si stin this years immigration and Is quite sanguine that he will be able to collect seven or eight hundred dollars more for the same purpose the people in this section have but a very small amount of means that can dan be m ado ade available to apply on this fund but considering their circumstances they are gon don contributing tribu tin g very liberally I 1 know of several of the brethren who having but two cows cowa have donated one of them to the fund frind t agricultural the citizens of this place and pond town which is embraced within payson ward will bring into cultivation two large tracts tract of excellent farming land one east and one west of payson rayson pay ray son this spring extra exertions will be used this season by our farmers to raise heavy crops of cereals and vegetables and if our heavenly father will bless our labors and give the increase so much desired and so much needed I 1 believe that as a people we will be dent ment and careful of these great blessings inthe future praying that the blessing bleesing of god ma may y attend you 1 I Lr remain emain your brother in the gospel 2 t f isarah ISAIAH P S we have a large and thriving ink inh sabbath school in payson and much interest is manifested in it by our juveniles 1 I 11 C |