Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-08
TRAVELLING IN TgNSEssEF.
Varied rxp rietc OF An tld'ri iafrw
Months--tascs Of ki.sS.

NAItNiLLE, Tonu., Oct. j, 1895.
To tho Editor
For the lsst i've months ! have
peruitd with aeep interest the letters
from the Elders Ia the various ml'slon'
ary fields, ai published IN the M w,
which q. always anxlsusly looked 10 =
sud The fr,t road, after the letters from
homo afe looked ovoL feel that II 10
tho duty OF each Elder 10 fapaft bfi,tiy
bic experience iu bis field VI laboi;
consequently email ordtavor to give
mlue.
lett my home In ~. join. Tooela
county, utan, April ", 1895, leaving
halt Like ely Aprl n, arriving ~
ChsttanooFa Apfii 2j. After
spending two days iufe, foeoiy.
ing distinctions, and visiting such
places a. Lookout M0untair,
the National cemetery, olc,, wac a.
signed 10 labor Ia the miidle TonnVa.
zee conference. | arrived ~ Nashville
on the gTth, took hack Tor Eliois'
headquarters 1905 n. Marie. street,
tut BY Tick Of the hackman, 4 was
driven 70 4. Market 1905 then Of oluto
back ~ n. Mafkui, wnon 1 was H..
quusied 10 pay double fare, and rather
than 10 have trouble 10 begin with,
paid u. I make mention OF this tnat
other Elders Will 10 on their guar
for all ain . Of trlokefy "a praulictd %
order to catch penny.
femained at headquarters taking
In tho objects OF Interest Ia
this city until May 4. 1896,
when Elder Gootge Ashcroft arrived
from Mitsitsippl where he had botn
lab0ting. Ho had the ohillg anu lever
down there and was seul into this con.
ference Tor hit health. | have con-
oluded that Mississippi chilis are q
good appetizer for Tennessee Elders
Tot Elder Ashcroft did eat heartily NJ
our table, aud hae been well ever since.
lie IL now one 0i tue most able Elders
In every particular that there IL "a the
conference. | lgblted with Elder a,
IN Nashville ull May "a, when was
sent into bedford county 10 travel with
Elder L.. 3. Larson. The fitt walk
toyk with him, n distance VI Elk miiea,
found that was not Abls
10 travel, ono Of my Limits,
which has been affected fof
twenty yeafs past, lifoi oui, causing
Intense paip, on account u which
have been released and will soon be on
my way 90 Hon. lahlftd with
Elder Larson shout three weeks, dur.
lug which time | enjoyed myself cE.
pesdingly. We were visiting nnd
Adding meetings ami Elder Latslu
would mAto appointments near rail.
road stations, 20 took our grips on tue
ears anu no would walk. The tct.
ings were well attended and the people
were blessed.
During the three weeks We held ten
well attended meelingr, sold seven
books anu loantd ave, aud would
nave done ~ much mlfg had l been
able 10 travel with Elder Larson,
40 he would 90 twenty. mllta a Jay
aud not tie. | have often hutfd how
friends sheu tears In the departure u
the Elder. Well got TO eco some VI
It Tor mytrlf. IL was known that Elder
l.. was preaching his last sermons 10
Tennessee. aud on leaving frionds the
tears did now anu tn some instances
"uood by" could not DO uttered.
returned to Nashville on June ~
and lat ofed till cot ference drew nig "a
with Elder Rlbeu Archibald. GA
June 70, took trAin 20 Columbia,
Maufy county, anu wss there mot
by Elder Ogdan with team, who
bsd come 10 meet PRECEDENT kimbAll,
J. NJ. Brown ana myself We were
driven 10 Shady Grove, where Confer.
euoo commenced at 10 q. M, on tho
.5tb, n iull aecount Of which you have
published. suffice II 10 say, that
never witneetoi n greater 0utlourlnn
" the Spirit OF God. Thu Gospel was
preached In plainnsts, the Elders sptko
la great eafncsintta, more especially
Elder kimbalL In the Pfltsihn0u
meeting we could lltten 10 Elurf
kimbail Tor four hours NJ time aud
wish for more, anu notW ithttAuuiuK
We oil took notes, We are 10 y DEGREE
like the children OF Israel la the days
OF Moses, soon 10 iorgtt. thought
NJ We could attend conference
once \ month instead OF once n yUaT,
we would DO greater wort,
% the afternoon OF June 80, Elder
j. NJ. Brown aud l Two cfipplttl
started for DoratuT county Whsfs We
were assigned TO labor. Ga this tflp
We enjoyed all tho pleasuiss OF the
"licks" and "IiggsTs," Hua tho cToss.
ing OF HlreAms, neat, the eating OF
blackbeTTies anu nearly all OF the sx.
psfiBuces OF a m aslOnaTy life. On
July sth alter viewing the peanut fac.
tory nj Bfltps Landing, Perry county,
We crossed the Tennessee Tiyet Into
Decatur county. Paid our way over by
assisting 10 row the Terry boat. % at.
irving In Dscatur we retired ~ the
woods, prayed ~ instructed and TOOK
up our labor without money, a. We hAu
received Instructions al conference,
that no more cities or oouDtiea be-
opened except II DO ono without pune
OF scrip. We laboftd four days 10 this
county when Elder Brown, toalIzluK
that he WAS not Abls 10 continue the
work, aud ~ he was previously In.
formed by Elder ID. q. Young that biz
release was feauy, DECIDED 10 return
home. Iwae left Ainost u month here
alone, awaiting companion,
10 PASS away the time A.
tfal could, Walsh did o.
g. coolest place II was possible
81 snI, flf such hot weather had
h, = loiofs ioli, aud never expect 10
ngtin. 10 10 aaiu that thla hes buun the
hottest summer iof twenty yeAfs iu
irnuOtfer.
fuAlly got Instructions 10 10 into
Wayne county 10 labor with EigeT
h. 4. Blown, who was Lett there
alone through the Hioknels o Elder
.. "A. Hewlett. went 10 Wayne
county anu met my companion Ia the
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