| Show GOOD WORDS FOR THE FAIR A cheering communication from the wilds of new mexico dr A S condon now surgeon in U S army and located at fort bayard new mexico writes a few lines to the promoters of the catholic fair dr A S condon at all times one ot the most public spirited ot ogdena citizens writes from his post at port bayard mexico at which point he Is t now stationed as assistant surgeon of i the U S army to add his mite by word and deed to the work now going on to forward the finishing ot the catholic church and his letter foi l lows post hospital fort bayard N M f nov 1898 i dear father cushnahan read in alte STANDARD that you are about to kold a fair in ogden to aid the com of your church enclosed please find my mite intended both as f a personal reminder of your old friend and also as a trifle toward the fruition of bour project I 1 would haap you alep into the fair when everything la ready and buy something with it that you fancy and all the little bill will get so it thereby will not only give you pleasure but will also help a little in the cash drawer I 1 wish that 1 could give more I 1 ardently wish your venture all possible success and I 1 believe it will toe successful tor the people of ogden in a worthy cause are the most gen rois in the world I 1 believe in spending money for anything that ennobles humanity or matl gates the grievous conditions of mankind whether it be multiplying churches thur ches or repairing public highways and if I 1 were able I 1 would build your church myself and feel that I 1 am debtor tor the privilege when the government is through with me and I 1 turn my longing eyes toward the welcoming bills of utah and familiar faces there I 1 hope your bouse of worship will be fully completed and too I 1 hope that time and ahe tempest will deal gently with the structure and ahat for many a generation it will continue to point its finger of admonition toward heaven while the teeming and deserving population of ogden city overflows into adjacent districts those who educate nurses as the sisters of charity and inspire them with the faculty of being more than angels in the home of sorrow and the hospitals of pain should have their powers and capacities enlarged and if those who have been nursed back from the shadow of death to the sun ehline of health by those gentle beings whose eyelids are never heavy with and whose feet never tire on the errand of mercy should bring but one brick street bill would not hold the foundation and the spire would reach to the sky with all best wishes for you and yours I 1 remain truly your friend AS CONDON P S ahls is the third time I 1 have ever tackled a typewriter A S C |
