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DAS ALTE VATBRLAND.
Elder YOodruH's LlbOTs lnand AollI
Pfahkiufl.A.Hiln.


LoprRsdAssE, No. 5i BoRNiiEiM'
Fransmtt.A.Main, uefmaulI7'p.'
LIT, 1894
Editor Dcicrct NewE
s,mesiS months have passed away
since leaving home and friends TO iui-
nj mission In switzsrland and
Germany. We DID not loco much
time buzzlng scfoss from Uiah TO Ne"
York, only making short Stops 10
Denver, Kansas CITY aud Chicago.
o. reaching New YORK We spen'
week looking over the great cry
which was made uoubly pleasant ~
the company Of my broiher' A, H.
woodruff, And RoDeft Patrick, a. q
NJ. 1. agents, vino were very kina 10
assisting Us 20 see the sights.
Bidding mother America farewell,
We set out for the port Of Rotterdam On
board the Dubblodam. Twelve long
days and nights were spent upon tue
angfy waves ~ the stormy mluth o.
February. several Of u we're EWiully
sick the entire lurney-l Will not Gay
VINO Of our party was Ia the w0fsi coli
dilIon, A. We All zee msi 10 think our
own case was the most serious. From
Rotterdam We passed. through Ant
werp aud Bfussrl. aud on TO me gay
city Of Paris, where fige days were
spsnt In tho galleries anu teuii ZONE
OF the principal sights. Leaving the
French capital We next made SNORT
atop At Bern, Switzerland, where We
got a nue. view VI \ number OF the
snov-cfowned peaks OF tue Ais, aud
au excellent view Of the fangt,it belug
a clear day. Here we were assigned ~
our nelIs Of labor, and our
pleasant little party from Salt Lake,
consisting OF President George q.
Magic aud wife, J. NJ. Weller q. ID.
Ham, William MoESan, q. ID. -ohel-
llsf, Rudolph Gigi ana myself, was
broken up and We continued our Jour
nsy to the different places a,iignsd W
to lAbof In.
was hut sent 10 Mannheim and
after lew days was appointed 10 LABOR
IN FfankfJft-On.thc-M Main, n very beau.
tiiul anu Interesting city, though
smaller than some i've or ak VI huf
sister cities Ia Germany, having popu.
lation OF about 100000. La this place
Elder J. IA. schlvckmann had hap
tIcd some thirteen mvmbeTs aud had
occasionally paid visits u this city,
though there had been no Elder sta.
toned here. Ia April J. IA. schleck.
mann and e. J. Mag came mere from
Mannheim anu We organized biancn
OF about eighteen souls, which row
numbers twenty.thfee. l have been
entirely alone until about two months
ggo when Elder Albert Bryner was
appointed 10 LABOR with me.
1 nnd the dsfmkN people Kind,
polite and ~ Tulo a viAAsant people to
lAuot amongsL As Tor tue land, no one
eau ueny tho many BEAUTIES o.
Dtutschiand. hRve had the pleasure
Of making trip down the grand OIL
Rhine which IL "a very beautiful triI
anu can only be fully appreciated when
seen, anu once seen eau not help but
be loved anu admired by all who de.
light In tho beauties OF nature. Toe
beautiful scenes which the old castles
present on the rocky cliffs, covered
with ivys aud surfounded by most
luHuriant growth Of GhTubbcfy, Rnd
the Immense forest spreading IN every
direction AZ far ~ the eye eau see, the
grand old river wendiug It's way
through suon scenes Of beauty In ita
race 10 tho ocean aud bearing the bur.
dens Of commetco-All makes a ucenr
that once gazrd upon eau never be for
gotten, anu when long years nave
passed sweet recoliecti9nu will awaken
iu the hearts VI those who have teen
the river Rhiue.
A few days ago Brother Bryner and
were taking u trip through the neis n.
boring Villages for the puiplau OF uIs.
tribuilng tracts anu preaching the Cos.
pei OF Jesus Christ wherever We cuuId
Had . lisiensr. II Ia harvest time mere
and the farmers IRE real busy. Toe
grain IL almost entirely threshed with
HALL aud windmill, the same process,
which existed Ia Utah some thirty
yeafr ago. As We were going from
one village TO another We were at
trRcted TO n large farm house which
stood OIL some distance from the road,
by the sound Of n steam thresher. Our
American curiosity was aroused TO see
the difference between tho German
aud American mode Of thTrshing by
steam; this being the FIRST opportunity
We have had In this countT,. On entor.
Ing the iarmyArJ, surrounded with a
wall about ten feet high, we wero mel
by tho manager OF the farm anu his
son. We informed them that We
were Americans aud desited to watch
the process Of thteshiug, stating We
were fafmsrs ourselves. They were
exceedingly kin ; the gentleman going
Into the house anu getting ua each a
chair, which he placed where We could
get good view OF tbs machine aud the
workers. As tho straw comes from the
machine II Is all bound into bundles by
about four men aud pitched into a
barn loft where II IL received by about
three buxOm maidene anu piled away
neatly for winter ust. The chan i
carried away In baskets into portion
OF the barn reserved for that special
purpose aud the grain itself 10 carried
into blus In the same building. There
IN not handful VI chat or straw
wasted, anu every BIT goes under
cover, where II Is kept dry and clean
that II may be- uill IiI, Inc iurrs
employed 10 run hu itu Is about
twenty men gud women Dut dD1fs an
about six girls In tue farm hOuie 10 do