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Show T IN BARHSLEY. j, THE MISSIONARIES Take a Ramble. ' V A Description of the Landscape, ' From tho Result of I ' Oild Weather. ' jTlhe summer luiscoinon id sonc, wlillc I lntve been waiting for nrni weather 1 and sunshine, but tliev never came. ' winter bus aenl forllt his first Mustering brcozca, tbo leaves nro tinning yellow, " , ordritenlnlnto ml, ami soon tbo baro, tirlm branches of tbo trees will nod ho'lemnly to tbo wintry bhet. Though w Inter will soon look sa 1 and gloomy, w c can't nlfjrd to wiwto tlmo piling up nail thoughts and troubles wbllo tbcro iaco inueb Utility to sco. When I first nr- ilved hcro,l ndntlicd tho beautiful green "" " fields mid woods, and no leas do I now admiro tbo changing hues o! tlic forest, whero the greatest painter la displaying tbobcantiia of his work, but they nro not bo grand to mo na tho red of the Mnnle, and tho yellow of tho quacking 'nsp which crown with glory tho distant tideaot our mountain nt home. Itia not so grand or magnificent, for the bo billa aro not our muJeAlic mountain!!, . nor tho woods out primeval forests, but they aro full of bonuty of another typo, it typo that pleases tho native of York. tiliirc, and it bolug different from what I have been, I can enjoy it with him for 1 am not mi prejudiced an American tli.it I shut my eyes to grand sights ( tiiuiiud inc. 'o inourcountry ndmira Nature ami the lino works of modern arrlittcclurc, while hero they admlru old halls and cistlcs built yeais ago, )vhlch are almost sacred to the people, end nuny lathe legend and tiadltion told ot such old places. 1 havo vlsltid eoino of theso old l'y-cocrcd places, but cannot see as much to admire as In a display of modern urcl iteeturo. in. , , - . . 'iaapM-criTT'mmr"0"'rc1' ''kwM.wuvn president, my companion and I, took a trip through part of thU country, and, m Mormons never ridu when they can I walk, wo did moat of it on foot. Wo ? started on one of the finest dajB I have seen here, the nun shining brightly most cfthoday. Wotirstwcntlobiidwell.a .walk of live miles, whom we wcro made welcome and given dinner by a family of Saints. After a short chat we start over hill and dido for Shellleld We I.ass lloyland, through the woods, down .tlirough' tho village of Ulmp'Uow it and onto the summit of tho next hill, where wo stop to look mound and surely a more lit idaco could not bo found. lie-In- us to the cast is a pit, tho smoke stack filling Iho nlrwitlisinoko while tlio rumble ol the inncliiuciy reaches I ue. From this to the lop of tho hill oppositcls a tldok wood whiclfith its various liuei", looked lo.ely its thotiftir-noon thotiftir-noon sun Hliono brightly upon it. The foot and summit of several hills lie ahead of us bo wo past on and after passing them vy came in sight of tho li'rg') work-hoiiBo on Iho ouWklrtsoi tiliefllehl. It U a mammoth concern and niuH glveslicltertulmiidreds of paupers. It la surrounded by a flno garden which furnishes supplies tor tho house and is l.ipt in order by tho inmates. In a ,i,prttiuiow6 nru at our ii.iruov's end, """- ,i't 0f iho country intc tho smoke, dust, noise and bustle of Sheffield. Wo remain hero over Sunday, an I attend two me:- Inga of tho 'SalntSj.which wc nrorallc upon (o addrcai. Tho next day v( ilaft out on another tramp, this tlmi with our fares eastward oxpccllrgli land nt Kitetou I'ark, n placo nclthor of na 1 ad ever visited. When wc get nut sldo of tho cily wo look back and see, not v fine city, but n multltudo of cliimnrjr ineh doing lis best to fill tho air with imokc mid a deep, danio cloud of It entirely covers the city and enshrouds ll from view. Thousands of people llw and brcatho tho polluted nlr beneath that cloud, what a contract to clear air of our mountain home I Wo leave It and tramp on tlirough Darnell nmlTreaton. Here wo noticed a convenient arrang-ment; arrang-ment; two public houses opened Into tho church yard m tho unfortunate native couUgotdcad (drunk) In tho former and boquietlylaycdoiitncarby In the latter. ft was near this village wo wcro taken In and given dinner by kuw of our people l'rom there wo walk to WoodliOMso Junction whero wo takotho tram for our destination. On alighting we found threo roads and naturally enough, wo went ii'hortdistaucoou tho wrong two beforo finding tho rlgla one, nnd when wo did, wo found wehnu rode loo far for wo walked bark quito a dis'anco before we came to the villngo. It is hero some of the people now in JChl formerly lived, and we wished to call on some of their relalivcd nnd friends now living there. I had tho addnesca and after several Inquiricawe succeeded in finding them, When wc explained idio wo were, we wcro taken In and royally entertained. enter-tained. They wcro anxious to hear about Lebi and their friends over their, and I was pleased to answer then questions. Wo spent that night and Uio next morning with them conversing on Utah and iho Uosprl which they were pleased to hear, aa it had been some tlmo slnco tho I'ddcra had vlbitcd tliem. llcforo iinon wo left nnd walked 10) miles back to Sheffield whero we tinted over night, nnd next dar walked 11 mills to Daruslcy calling at lloyland on thu way and having a short chat witli soiuool tho Saints there. Thus ton sco tho life of a missionary In theso lands is a changeable ono aa wo never know n week ahead where wo will b1, but so long ns wo tiro doing something In the iniiilalivlio nro linnnv and ruiijuit tin "niilrvnciTtllo troublei" iitiil'inuH,v8iitcrt and insults which Bonictlmes coino our wav. Wi Harnsloy, Oct. (I, 181H. |