Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-22

mother viii probably be glad to pre-.
serve them.
On the day followingI visited what
is known AZ Lookout Mountain, Witch
commands a view u the scene where
The bloody battle OF Missionary Ridge
aud Lockout occurred. The sleep
ascent is msdc by cable cprs, which,
were the cable 90 break, would ciinoh
the track and hold fast.
Sixteen hundred feet below winds
the mfJtailc lenu,gsos river, forming
the wonderful prodigy known bs
M0Ccasin Bend IL d. IN the
exact form OF an immsnre foot.
The different positions at Generals
Grant, Hooker nnd other chiefs
on thu memorable day OF battle are all
plainly discurniulu ffom this height
which, on O. day which b Cleah com
munIs % View 90 seven surrounding
staios. Appearance nom THIS point
are extremely deceptive. The Iennts'
soc, which locke 10 DO no more ihlu
go feet Ia width, meafufts. ia reality,
1900 itut ut the nearest pOiu.
The scene b. one Of grandeur aud
tire historic NEGOTIATIONS which cling u
% lend uIblimity TO the view,
Thcfo arc many other things, dt-
scflrti0n Of which might Interest YOU
but / have already doacribcd at greater
length than 1 intended.
viii return i0f u moment 60 my
affair. on the evening 0f my vislt 10
Lookout Mountain, Brother Smith
Informed me that % was his desire that
! should stnrt Gt $40 3. IN. for the
slate Of Mississippi, where, ns you
know, my brother John ia laO0riug.
I had no hand IN tue matter Of Cheui.
ing field of labor, Tut ] ON fully con.
tented with the result. Mississippi ID
Progressing better than Gny other
conferences ln the misli a..
trsnchod my destination, McComb
CITY, about o O'Clock in the evening
and hired conveyance 10 Tho huusu
OF one Brother Rgid. We found tina.
he had moved fiX mlleH further ou.
We Attempted the journey, but, meet.
ing with u slight miahnp, decided To-
return 20 McComb Tor the ulrht. Tho
next moruing met Brother Reid O..
tufuiur 10 hlH former ftHiururr. no
directed nc 90 the house OF one Brother
Wand, where ] ann pcnuinE this letter
Ny health Is good aud feel well IN tue
Gospel.
Ou the On We walked twenty Milo
TO tho home OF "a Brother COliiu1t
whtfo We expected 20 Ind Brother
llunChcf and J0hu. l wnv oveLOycd
90 the prospect oi seeing John, and
was greatly dilupr0inttd thNt hc dii
not nrflvC. We returned on Fdlny T.
The home Of Brother Ward.
We hold a meeting yesterday tiun.
day. nc the home OF a Brother Crane,
anu 1 tried 10 lay down the Goapel lur
ton minutes. / touched upon the
universal blcrbingI aud responsibilities
attending the fraiofsilou 0i the Glapci,
SUI then dwclt upon the p0wcrs or thu
Holy dhuo'.
John viii probably bo here this after.
noon. Time seems 90 pHHl very slowly.
when have the blUsfud privilege of
seeing him, you can depend upon me-
10 wfitr, f1f / can realize something OF
how much you arc Interested in h.a
welfare. / think shall have the priv.
lcgU Of travelling with John ior Tow
months. We 6hail probably go %
C0piah county, which is a now Held.
Though / have been hnrlsset with
doubts md ptrplexitirs, I nov iunl n'
u hHd reached calm sea AMI l0oa
forward 10 my lnb0m with pleasure.
Give my love 10 mother. There I.
no reason 10 be worried about me iu
the loasi. I shall certainly have good
companion Ia John. ifust that you
VIII 10 plcntud 10 learn that cigcum'
star ccH have turned 0ui u.s. they have,
Elders Walker aud Blackwell
have lu5. arrived. We were not *,
pecting them. Brother Walker and /
will fiart Tor Collins On Wgdncslay,
where wc expect 90 nni John nni
Elder Iaycock. Elder walker T. nov
cnioylng excellent health nud takes
the grga,oHt pleasure In his missionary
labofs.