Show KABY MESSAGE ducr de r leti J tailor writes from froin virginia virg ala hiton I jell ogden on oil the lay flay of october last in company with others to fill amis a mis bion mon to which Vl liell I had been called at the tile last general conference aj we had hall a it very pleasant sant journey laid in due link arrived in Chattan chattanooga tenn where we inet john morgan with whom we nye spent about t two days viewing the city cit and ita its vicinity vicinity we wc IZI the pleasure if lf behold beholding int some of tile HATTLE of oatlie the late war notably at among 10 ija which yas vas that of lookout mount mouin where luma lunny althe ot the breastworks breast works yet remain to of the bloody scenes of the past with which lauy of oatlie the people still express the ir di dai pleasure and ill openly declare thy would not again lc leave ve their homes hoines to battle but would defend their in teree ts with their lives after rece receiving lying my appointment from front prest morgan on my way to my field of labor I over p portions or of smith bland and tazewell counties r where here I met many friends of RON U D II 11 who and esteem him high highly on arriving at my destination I met elder J W bean with whom I am now laboring he lie hag has been here several months and is i very energetic in the work wo we I have lave man many y friends in this neighborhood and I think a more inore ho hospitable bitable people t han these could not be found this commendable trait of character is more pr prominent eminent in the interior or r mountain re region n th than an in the cities and ind towns w where te re vices and fashions predominate there arc are a few saints here and a goodly number who are investigating the principles u P plea les of the gospel we are colef confident te I t of bringing i some of them into the church I c can in not say that the financial c condition ondi tion of the country k is very pro prosperous sp erous REAL ESTATE brings but a very very low figure in some parts of the state land that is covered with a heavy growth of excellent timber cabbe bought for lepi than one dollar per er acre while the few railways ruil nays and small amount of manufacture bring wages very low when employment can be obtained tho the usual waged are fifty cents per day I heard one roan man who seemed in in every way competent to perform good ini manual anual labor to aock work lor 25 cents per day but he lie did not know where ho he could obtain employment p even at that price hence it can be seen that it is difficult for many to obtain the lecese necessaries acrivi of lifo lif linosay osay say nothing of the comforts comfor Ls the reanon reamon for such scarcity ecar city of work seema to bo be a I LACK OF enterpriser on oil the part of oatlie tile capitalist capitalists thit this together with a state debt of over I two tto m million illion dollars hanging over the people makei things look er cr dark I take pi ensure in wy lAbom and never enjoyed myself better wishing you in your labors I remain your our brother in the cause of truth LEVI lm J SWORD CREEK russell co ya NS dec ath 1882 |