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Show Missionary Letter. ! Ye'lo uprln, Ham-wk t , Nov. -I, IfXto. Ynm valmblf ppr I receive each aei-k. Iieonlalni niurli newi nf in eril t me. lVfiint these few nordi ltki.pae In it. Am ei4jliig lood health In my mi-lonary mi-lonary work. There la great demand (or Elderi in the eoulh, ai in other parte and work It fait hearing fruit. There ll muoh lellgloui condition exliling among thedlu, rent demonlan lno(th t etatr, poitlbly at mu Ii in Hancock Co , where 1 nn laturln, ai any other part otthe.lati'. Elder II C Ford and I entered the county July S,and have mt hnlthed i our xoik, which hai taken ui three and a half liioiithl. IU. hid moch trouble in getting our inestage befure Iho people. Could not get church houeei to preach In owing perhlipt to a resolution paned In 1001. At a man meeting held at Bner aWIHe, the county aeat, whero the reiolulloni were paeied that no one would accept a tract on entertain any "Mormon"elden, or bid them Uod ipeed. Hut under theieclrcumitancei we obtained lour houiei owni-l by tha llaptltti in which to pruent our goepel mieeago. Upon one occaelon bilng retU'eJ a cliunhhuuie.agenlloman told ui we could bold meeting in hit houieat long ai we wanted. Hie invitation wai gladly accepted and n meeting appointed. The houie not being large euough, we held forth In the door yard, having the porch for the pulpit. Our meeting, however, wai very lucceeitul. Wo have made many good Irlendi in Hancock Co., fol lowing In the (ootitepi of Elder Oram, Houitan Hlnkley, Itoblneon.and Wood-ard. Wood-ard. Eldir Woodard li from Kataai, Summit Co. xnucuTtos it TX'earsna. Ciect the most cinntlal tbtngi, yet moit neglected In Tennetiee I. eluca-tlon. eluca-tlon. Her ichool bouiei are ery cold and crude. With half enough equipment! equip-ment! Decenary to carry on a eucceie-lul eucceie-lul achool Mott ol the houiei are made ol hewn logi, covered with ehlng-leaiplltoutol ehlng-leaiplltoutol oak wo.vl treei. The benchei are made at rough lumber or togi hewnt flat on one tide and two legi lit In each end. Very few ichooli are foituoate enongh to hai black-board.. School commence In Aug. and dfi. continued In Novimber and December. The la of Tenneneo require ilxty-two ilxty-two enrolled before a ichool can be demanded de-manded Colored children are not allowed al-lowed to so to a whlto nhool. They haeIioutei built (or themielvei and taught by a colored teacher. Teachiri uccho (35 to 4S per month. The average ichool anly runt i raonthi per year. Eldir Ford and I bad an occatlin lovl.lt a achool not long ago. We llitened with greatlntereittotheclanei recite. Alter whlcb we were called upon to addren the ichool. One of our eight grade ttudenti could conduct (he ichool In a bettor manner than thli lo-called prnfeteor, Howeier, the itato official are doln; much to advnoco education In thtiatate and to eilabllih a compuliory vliuol law. riieiearo 912 llliteratei to every thoutand throughout the itate while in eAitTenneieee there are 300 to every thoutand. While our itute liat only eight Illiterate per tboutaml. ranu I in, Farm life li not a map hero Land li very rough few level valleyi are ieen in our travel!. Side hilli are farmed wbereivr a perion can climb out with a bundle nf corn on bit back or a mule can drag a tlelgb. Moit of the faraalng Ii done on a tied land being toe rough to get on with a wagon. The harveil ii all gathered , corn being the principle crop. Seme wheat li grown. Cotton and tobbacco not to a great pitent-Jutt enough tobbacco It railed (or their own uie. Oornylildi thirty buibel per acre ; In wheat 10 buiheli. Allwhiatii planted In the (all. Much land ii being abandaned became ol 111 lack of itrengtb Well are the wordi ot Iealah fulfilled (IiaZ4:-S) "The earth alia ii dialed uadir the Inbabltanti thereot; became I they bava trantirened the lawi.chaaged tke ordnancn, breken tba everlattlng covenant," Your Brother in the Qoiyel George L. Ii.be. a, |