Show rw thursdays daly sapt RUDDY KUDD the L I it colw vent to ills prophetic feelings re ho allig for space binl it Is granted the public veins left to conclusions JUNCTION you will oblige tins letter ho responsibility mo by publishing of which I take upon myself and am not afraid to lueel tho consequences resulting therea from I will first qualify by saying that I am no prophet only a firm believer in prophesy which in connection ti careful survey of the signs of tho times aided by the inspiration of heaven within the reach of all men who will strive for it I am prepared to present few facts which may be interesting to some can tho world produce an in stance chero drouth and famine camo any people first sending at least ono year of plenty I fail to seo that time then if utah fecla the effects of tore famine which verily is upon us wo will havo the consolation of knowing last year was one of great plenty such as waa never known in ho land and why why did wo not lay up and prepare for famine ao long spoken of may yet bo our pica last year I spoke of this drouth I even nent n ent so tar as to state in tho fall of 1879 a man can cross weber liver on the rocks with wetting his feet last year alien potatoes hardly worth hauling to market in a pub lie place I plant your potatoes and not feed them to your eiyo who will iri do this i will hit tho nail on the head let no man misjudge mo in my personal explanation I simply mention these things in to tho nil prevailing tradition to foretell things is dono away with etc laa winter in january I think I stated to many which I have no reason to recall as yet there will be throe years of preat drouth and famine m utah this year ie 1879 is tho first of the three which present grasshoppers destroying in some places thousands of bushels of grain aown on dry land never be harvested which lias all como to pass at tho end of third year I wall finish this letter september |