Show THE missionary FIELD fr new from aids er experience the following extracts from a letter written by y 0 O elder frank vink stratford of this city now duy onal million in iii the southern sae staler to friends in loan logan we take from the utah journal myself and fad companion started put out ome some five or six wee geee t ago g in search of a new field bel d of labor br and at the end of one days journe journey yoe we bad had only traveled the distance of f twelve miles after t trying the the hospitality of several odthe of the citizens we succeeded in obtaining lodgings lodging 9 with the family of john durkins where wo we were kindly treated this gent gentleman lemau next morning gave ua us directions to the residence of mr boyde who was one of the leading men in the towa and also deacon of th the methodist church we called on ciui hitland hit and asked for foi the be uee use of the ch apel to hold services in the sunday following but on telling him bim that wo were mor moo mon elders ehlers it seemed to paralyze par alize him almost I 1 most as bad As a a severe shock of egria earthquake would have done ho be na nad recovered from the shaking up be he bad had sustained be trembling and excited want and consulted a dudish looking fellow who flood stood near by and to our great surprise when he returned he era em chati cally declined the ibe use bf 07 the chapel stating that the people in that section want any of the influences in their midst we thanked him very kindly and traveled on about one mile lurt Jurt lier lei we since ame to the conclusion j czi wo we were weri going contrary to our gude whitis the holy spirit so 80 wi traced our I 1 footsteps back three nilles and obtained a email small log cabin to hold ald meeting meetings in we iva went on our way rejoicing cinK jn lne jour our notice in reference to tle the meeting geeting fron ailace place to place until night overtook overto okus when we began to ask for fora a nights lodging aller after being refused at ut six or seven p places aces we fe banfe came across a com company pany of campers who bad had compassion on us treacil treating us as beat best they could the next day say we traveled ou on giving out our appointment inquiring aa as we journeyed along for a night nigh ts lod lodging gi og when the dark ol 01 n night ig h t began begali to draw thick around us u wo we called upon a mr ervin wha took u us in and very kindly created treated us next morning we lo 10 journeyed to the schoolhouse where we announced that meeting would beheld be held at the appointed time we were at our post there had as a large congregation some of whom wh am bad had traveled five or eix six miles mi hel to secand see and bear hear mormon elders arwe a we a sere the first that bad ever been in that section at the close of the meeting three different diffie rent parties invited us to accompany them home we accepted the invitation vi tation monroe robinson who bad refused to take us in A few nighta before on monday mur cuming we started back mackto to our old field geld in Plainy PI anville ille for the th purpose of procuring a supply of tract tracts we arrived there in the evening end were greeted ayour by our friends ri ends we remained there three or four days after which we returned to curnew our new field and gave out an appointment for meeting jhb sunday following friday night it began bei ana to anoland enow and prospects appeared gloomy for the sund sunday ay meeting as its the people here are somewhat somewhat scared seared ot of enow snow we remained with our friends until sunday when we started through the snow for the place at which we intended to bold As the snow was ankle deep d e mp and still snowing we did not expect many hearers in this we were not disappointed disappoint edi for to our surf prise when entering the house ve we discovered that our congregation consisted of two hickory withes aud a notice which rea read d as follows take taki warnings warn warnia ingi gl we as a band of citi citizens of f this place having become tired of this business of mori preachers tramping through mi nur country have decided to stop it i therefore morman morn preachers or latter dav day saints who want to get gets back to 0 istah with their scalps on had better ic in three days this means bu business if these withes are not eppu A 4 we e can get more ap this notice was lying ain ho the pulpit with the hickories acrons it but ut aa as there the was no one to use tl s e cheni they did no barm harm wo weep took u L it t for what it was worth and trav aled on a e mile and nd tailed called on an a methodist preacher who took caro care of ua us until the two feet of snow which fell that night had settled and tracks been broken through it |