Show 4 missionary LETTER i I 1 ak perhaps it would be of some interest to tile the readers of this pa per to hear from a far off country as well as from one of their oo co r workers of millard county I 1 arrived in this city on the seventh instant in the midst of a terrific thunder storm this is next to the far farthest theEt mission from utah the turkish and palestina stina mission behag far ther I 1 have been working in in s the capital of the schweiz burn till the last of may when I 1 was told by the mission president to pack my trunk and travel towards the holy land as far as brasso hungary N I 1 left bern on the of may and went first to zurich while there we had a large conference for 3 days after which I 1 with another brother started for our field of labor while on our way we stopped off at a bev cities and altogether we bad a very nice and tin an enjoyable trip arriving here as stated above in this ois land there are thousands of good r st aia but priest ridden people they gre are hold held down to two or three religions outside of these reli religions 7 none others are allowed to bo be 0 prom promulgated ul gated therefore wo we cannot work like we should like to but nevertheless things are advancing da cancin 9 rapidly consider considering iia r 1 these disadvantages we have to work under the elders work mostly through the saints when they have friends who become interested in the gospel they are then invited to our meetings and me ate taught by the elders in this way many are brought to a knowledge 0 of the truth the people have very funny wa s and customs here for in stance the luzy lazy horse lias bas a z snap each horse is fastened solid from the singletree single tree trpe by an iron rod to the front axle of the wagon td and the animal which has the most ambition does most or all ah of the work double trees are arc unknown here r the animals in this country aro are of an inferior el class ass the horse is always small and generally poor there are not many cows hero here but instead are used tile the buffalo these animals tire are used ns its beasts of flesh and also all the milk comes from them I 1 have drunk this milk ever since I 1 arrived at and d I 1 must confess I 1 like it although tit at first I 1 thought that I 1 not the milk is generally more rich a and i nd contains much buttar fat oxen are used by the poorer class of people to do all their farm work indeed I 1 have seen them in largo large cities like vienna Mun cheny pulling heavy loads of coal wid and kegs kea of beer etc all animals when they become so old that they do not pay for their food are killed and eaten the women atre do their share of in mannel an nel labor while walking along the street yesterday I 1 saw about 20 women and perhaps 10 men are all working on a sewer the women which are generally generall y egyptians Egypt ions are always singing while at work one hearing them is reminded of an angry stand of bees there are four distinct classes of people here viz saxons germans Hunga rions egyptians Egypt ions and romanious Rom anions the two former ones are the two others are the of wood and drawers of water and as a rule are very unclean one walking along tile the street can distinguish each tribe iribe by the dress the they J wear I 1 send my love to all the people in millard co from your friend and fellow worker alma langston Lan guton erston Long gasse 16 brasso hungary |