The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-01-29

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PLxnoUTn, Pontotoc Co, Miss,
January 10, 1898.
Editor Broad AZ:
have received your spicy paper
regularly and pernsed It With pleas
nre-doing as Paul says: "Proye
al things and hold fast to that
which Is good. 2 Your series of
political slnrs (by High Private
It the church which I represent
vas Rad and q vain attempt made
to grasp the good but could not,
owing, perhaps 10 my not being IN
the political atmosphere which has
been the environment of Zion dur
ing It's recent municipal travail.
The extra papers sent ] have given
to friends whom / have met.
With the exception Of this ar
ticle it has given me great pleasure
to show the people Of the south
your bright lively paper, .sthe pro-
duct Of q colored citizen of fair,
fair Utah." and it has always oc-
casioned complimentary comment.
I see you took a trip to Chicago
snd left the better half of the lay
lor family home while you prone
naded Dearborn street with ga best
girl" IF 1 were Mrs. TAYLOR 1
should make it Dear (borne) pro-
menade for the editor of the
Broad Az, and hereafter do the
promenading myself and let him
bear the labor Of getting out the
Broad Ak Evidently you had
quite a time taking in the big
town" where it is said old Boreas
has such q mad whirI among ones
hirshute appendages and the tall
buildings create rayines of the
streets and mountainous hives of
busy humanity.
/ trust you will have cleared your
desk sufficiently TO enable your
patient perusal Of this letter writ
ten In the esunny south" where
one day it may be balmy and
springhke and the next a cold,
blustery sleet or snow storm. We
Mormon Elders have quite varied
experience in this country with all
the variableness of the weather,
from the cold "get out" of the
bigote6 zealot TO the burst of tears
at our departure of the warm
hearted convert. We travel on the
same combination that Adam did
before horses were trained and fol-
low the same tactics as did the dis
ciples of old, without purse or
scrip. 1t is somewhat exasperatiug
to have some of the information
seekers Cd ask us If We can't find
an easier means to 'sget living
than walking so far and preaching
just for our food" 1t seems pretty
hard to have to walk so much Il
have walked 1904 miles since
August 26th to January LIST but it
gives one a hearty appetite and a
vigorous constitution, and in this
country Is the only sure means of
getting around among the people,
being as it Is so sparsely settled
and the people so poor in many
cases they can scarcely spare the
food given without feeding a team
to say nothing Of the trouble to
attend to it. One may say chow
about bicyclef" Well the roads
are In such q shape that half the
time at least you would be under
the necessity of pushing your wheel
mp hill, through bog, over :
stretch of sand, through a dense
underground, or over a rocky road
that the weight of the wheel alone
would destroy the tires premature
y, so your walking is the only
practical means of locomotion.
Now Mr.. Editor it may be that
that these matters have no interest
Cor your readers, and being SO I'll
not intrude further. Wishing the
Broad AK every success, ] remain
Yours very sincerely,