Show FROM NELLIE M DURHAM boston mass man oct 25 1917 editor of parowan carowan times that lett letter r to delinquent subscribers in the he last at dinue one just set act me to wondering in it if it is possible that a jear ear has rolled away since bince I 1 wrote you last and it surely has haa and I 1 enclose a check for renewal we enjoy home newa and the home paper the only objection we have to it is that it is such an excuse for all our family correspondents to use they say of course you get all the news in the times so we dont write often we are still enjoying every minute we are spending here there are wonderful opportunities here un on foldi n X and it seems hard to find a rood good stopping place W we a spent a wonderful summer in the green hills hilla of vermont we were fortunate in securing a a little cottage one half mile from the joseph smith memorial farm where we lived all summer enjoying nir the big outdoors after being cooped up p in an apartment house for two years unless you have had bad the experience peri ence you can not know just what that meant to us the neighboring farmers were all very cordial to us and we were ware invited to all the apple bees and corn rc roasts vats in the country and the vermonters Ver montera know how to have a good old country time we were near enough to t the he smith memorial to visit with all the he utah people as well as the hundreds of tourists who are annually annual lv v visiting that spot the crowning glory of the sum mer came the latter part of august when ben the mission p president resident gave nelson nelsia and frank mcgregor per mission to lisit isit us ray by ly lyman who was then laboring at B burlington u bricton vt also came to visit us as at the same time and we a had a parowan carowan crowd and a splendid time the boys th thought a aught they had struck home with drook brook trout green corn and fresh apple pie mary many times during the summer we were led to say the city has haa many say attractions but stay stav on the farm still the lights of floston boston looked mighty good when whan we returned with the return of autumn comes all the good con concerts carts with w world arid famous artists the boston S symphony again tunes up all the theatres theartres the atres have splendid bills and there is something very attractive in all these things in a great city amid all the hurry and bustle of 1 ad the a place though bough every nook and corner has something to remind us ansome in some nay of that which is 13 uppermost at in ia the mind of every true A bencan acla today of this great grant world struggle in which each and every one of us is a tiny part we have watched with interest through the c columns um n of the times holm euion the part on our r home e town has played our volunteers our drafted me men our first liberty loan the rod cross fund etc and we feel that parowan carowan is doing her share the very atmosphere here seems to be vibrating with war war war still we seem to be doing well with wheat heatless lesa na meatless mea iless inless and swee dava we have not been able to buy a pound abound of sugar for over ove a week weak we are told it was bouga houga bought t by the french and english commits commis sion that visited here recently mr durham to is well into his hia fifth years work at the conservatory of music with courses in piano voice and composition all ot of which he enjoys enjoy thoroughly there is a splendid bunch of utahna here as aa students a good gond branch is organized sed to do church work and we have many pleasant associations in this way meshall we shall hardly know parowan carowan with her fine new chapels school building new store new business blocks and residences if we stay a way much longer we shall have to get acquainted all over again beat regards to all Parow amans and success to the timea sincerely MRS NELLIEM NELLIE M DURHAM 54 astor st boston mass |