Show I 1 SOUTHERN W iv 1 N 1 missionary is n ary Q in manar Mami S 1 I 1 the following extracts taken bv bi the zer from a letter dated aug 19 received by mrs jcsse jesse J fuller of Prova from iier her husband who lias has been lab laboring J as 03 a 1 nil ision is ion ar y in n alabama grinj an r tennessee will brad with interest by bi maui many 0 felp con considerable J ibid anxiety on bro fullers account coun t since the receipt of the dis I 1 atch announcing his maltreatment E catch v a in lawrence county I 1 vo e yz I 1 r S J i since I 1 last wrote to you I 1 have bavo been with the elders eiders six six of them fi holding meetings which have been well attended and resul result edlin ahe church h besides ild Cs abiu two alb ert baptized the day before I 1 came aunt margaret who has been kind to me and has believed ghego the gospel pel so long was one of them she had been waiting for a month abr me fo to coffie come and ind after I 1 arrived w we p had lidd held a meeting ug at her house to which she had invited all her relatives and acquaintances to the number of df 50 or CO 00 I 1 frencl preached led the tho first mormon mornion sermon several of them h had aa ever heard then I 1 had bad the privilege of bap cizin hadr vina ber tores wife there fiere were a number numie r p present re seni who never saw paw a Ti mormon formon baptism and came out butof of cue curiosity dosity III 1 I presume you have heard of aie le boria dc jbf elders la ers gibbs and berjv at a meeting OP cane creek that ia is where J I 1 labored when 1 I first came out and have stayed at bro condora condors where the I 1 men mei were killed many times we heard of the murder in the pa papers perd but hoped the report would turn out to be false today to day I 1 got a letter from elder roberts which confirmed the sad affair and it makes us its all feel downcast last sunday there were threats of disturb disturbing ilIg our meeting and we were looking for some trouble as our meeting was held about a quarter of a mile from where wo we held meetings last september when wo we were threatened with tar and feathers but after the hepting blosel clo sedon on sunday last brother and sister L lawson awson desired to be baptized and we all hav went cia down to the creek where elder linton baptized them and all went on nicely no one offering 1 erieg 1 a h vard or arlook look against any of alie e proceedings then we separated the elders going home with the saints and frietas friet ds feeling thankful that all had bad ended so w well ell about midnight however a couple of the E elders iders were waked up and ordered to dress aress by several disguised men elder woodbury leaving his hat managed to get out odthe of the win don dow and pass by two or three of the mob without being detected the other elder was taken out a half mile and treated to a little sprouting and I 1 happened to be bethe the one who got the tile treat there were werd seven in the crowd that took ire out four of them had guns they were all young men and I 1 believe I 1 would have been allowed to go but for two or three surly chaps as it was they gave me a little 1 about the leg legs they left some marks on my right leg and arm but the one who stood on tny my left side iv lytdia not wish to hurt me as he lie struck lightly although the rN ringleader gleader said take off his coat and pop it on harder I 1 returned to thelio uso and tind found elder woodbury wood bury all right after having been gone an hour it was half past one p clock when I 1 returned and I 1 went to bed again and slept soundly i next day I 1 came back here Lauder lauderdale dalo co ala 10 mile miles all ho dic saints about 40 in number arc are feeling welland our friends who do not belong to the church are more attached to us than ever before 1 I am am feeling ellou splendid lid I 1 and thankful thit th at T acan can endure something for the gospels sake I 1 |