The St. Johns herald., 1898-08-13
A LETTER FROM THE MS
 SIONARY FIELD.
BRADFORD. ENGLAND.
 July 18th. 1898
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
 Thinking that some Of the readers of the Hearld would like 10 hear some thing Of missionaries from Apache Co. 1 pen few lines. D
 Jos Udall of Springerville, and I left our homes last January 10 % as mis- sionaries 10 Great Britain. After going across and seeing part of that great nation-the United States Of America We sai!ed from Philadelphia. Pa. Jan 29, 1898. We were upon the briny deep twelve days and during that tune there was little sea-sickness. Elder Udall however, was very fortunate for he was Bbout the only one of the passengers on board that was not very sick. When was at school thought homesickness was the worst ailement extant, but l have changed my mind as sea-sickness is fully as bad. At the end of the l2th day We were very glad to see land (even fit was old lre!and). We landed at Liverpool Feb. TO-. 1898. Eller UdaIl went to Nottingham and was assigned to 20 to Bradford.
 Since that time 1 have been doing missionary work, such as talking in- doors and upon the street corners tract l ing, eonversiHg, etc. l have enjoyed my labors very much, have not however 1 kept my eyes shut but have seen a lit- ! tle of this great nation, Engi and indeed is a great cOuntry. 4 person seems lost to be raised in the sparsely settled Rocky Mountain States and then come to a thickly populated country like Great Britain. Great Britain IS small CT in area than Arizona, yet it has in i t over thirty-five million people. It has one continuous lot of cities. towns and villages in it from one end of the island to the other. England has few cities Tn it The main qualification of town before it can become city IS to have a cathedral.
 Everything bnilt in England is made to stay. II a man owns or rents piece Of ground 10 feet square he puts great stone fence around It. The buildings in Yorkshire are made of stone and all the streets in the towns are paved with rock. Very little lumber is used, for nearly everything is built of either stone or iron. That English people do thelr work well, can be truthfully sad of them. but Americans could burId 3 houses, while these people are building one.
 1 have had the privilege of seeing a few old buildings while here and among those are Kirktall Abbey near Leeds. Boiling Hall in Bradford, Ripon Catte- draI and Weniard Castle near Stockton on Tees. It is interesting to read the history Of these old buildings. In do- ing so ani visiting them ore gets fair Idea of the awful tyranny of some of the past monarch's of Englgnd. The effects of the work of Cromwell can easily be seen.
 England is a very pretty country when one gets outside the large towns. The land all over England is very prolific and every spot is urilized, except that which is in the Eands of some Duke or Landlofd. To see man gardening in a lot about l5 by 90 rods and making fair living at It, causes person, raised ] in the western wIlds Of AmeUca, to stare. From this superficial description of this country l will take a digression ]
 The following persOrs and mysplfare laborIng in England as missionaries from Apache G.:
 A. A. Gibbons, of St. Johns, John | Jepson of Alpine and LJ Brown, Jr., !; of Nutrios" in Newcastle shire or coun- ! tv. address 37 CovendIsh road desmond. l NewrastIe-On Tyne; John II. Heap of. St. Johns at l6 Mid,ilesex Park road Barnsley, and Jos. UdalI of springer vIlle al 49 Sabine st. Nottingham.
 l have seen all of them excep' Elder Heap since came here. Last Tuesday took an excursion trip to Newcastle and there had the privilege of meeting Elders Gibbons, Brown and Jepson. They We're all in good health and were iolng a great deal of good. We all 1 Snent day together on the seaside. Of all the odd sIgIits 1 eyer saw sea- side resort contains the most. All ! classes of people were there and wadIng along the shores of the North sea bare footed, as ten year oId lad would in i our country (providing his mother did i not know iU. 1t seemed mere child play.
 rPalized that this letter is very one. yet desire my home people 10 know l have not forgotten them, nor that goodly land.
 ]. w. Lpsupur,
 8 ThIrkill Terrace,
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