Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10

New Burnawlck.
May l0th, 1890.
% ih5 Eiltori
Perhaps the readers u the "Ncws'
| ail b. pleased 10 learn that thcrc are
4 Goo Elders u the church of Jesus
christ of Lnttcr-day Saints laboring ne
f.H.onurica here among the 'oluc
Ihr Gospel f. now Just being intro.
decd Into this country the second
Hrf Elder J. W. Hudson and my CONE
| auIIn. Elder ~. 4. kCvlUr, were sent
To- November. 1897. TO labor 10 this
province.
mo- travelled ON foot IN the cold
Iudnih II January. isps, some .1o miles
tf0Gsh the deep snow. and made their
ay into Nova Scotia, and thus Intro
| lasi the Gospel there. IN November
~ Elder Keller returned 20 THIS place,
lHrFlnE with him o. companion, Elder
Wn Cameron. They iahurcd iu this
ila and Fredericton and also rumr ln
aIt0n county. held some meetings
found some friends. but not among
uIlf relatives. They attended the New
gland conference held AZ Providence,
o. O. March 18TH and 18Th, ana az that
afafrncr / was appointed 90 labor In
Niu iirunuwick with Elder Keller
since leaving my native home ON
lsul nth. isgs. / have performed mis-.
lulry work In New Jersey, Ia the cit
10 of Elizabeth and Newark While
htdung there I often had the privilege
q attending aud taking part Ia the
ragiInEs held az nfty Concord street.
/ lfuHklyns
Whsn We left Providence. the streets
ulr were dry and dusty, ais
amr ht ii0Hton. but un We proceeded
HH our Journey 20 the northeast the
n1U began 60 appear and when We
reached our destination We found the
i1N several fcct deep, even the fences
utfr completely covered, surely, !
bought We had reached the Kl0ndikc
uaHty, o. cold. drrary country. but
shat great change has taken place.
Nr have been holding cottage meet
1u ln this place and Fredericton, the
Bat Uf government Tor the Province,
Many friends have been found and
much prejudice nllaycd. Most uf tho
IHau'. are willing Co read our literature
900 some are sincerity investigating the
UHpgl 40 converts have been made
aH SCI.
Tts hospitality OF the people ia good.
bg..lr than ID u Ia the States, I believe
NU Hru located CA the bank ut the
beautiful g. Johns river which be-
tUatIy mile wide at this pOlut, and lH
UaunGd By "a wooden bridge. Some
fau were entertained that % would De-
carried away with the outgoing of tho
o. which took place on the s0th %
April but the lee JARED uut quietly
and Uaa followed BY hiHh water The
river raised from " 90 10 fcvt and the
beautiful Islands OF mradowland that
can now be- seen Ia the river, were lus
undated. ana travelling from one ruHl-
drnln 90 another In the town 81 Man.
rtNillr. seven miles below here. was
done ln hirch-bark canoes.
u 10 claimed hy many u the people
here that President brigham Young
was % native or this province, ana
came from Grand Lake, about forty
miles from here; and when ON his way
20 lhe states padded his canoe up the
~ Johns, II d. also said OF him that
D. Hlt here on "A mission uftrrW ards,
Many converts nf "Mormunlm' lot
lrIa Cor the States at one time, Near
v llu century has passed since w.
urf ltuHhy ana Brown lnhufed ulunr
lNH river. The experience uf these ~.
qgu has been published IN the Faith
Promoting Series. AZ the time they
were here hore was persecution 20 cn-
sur and opposition 20 meet, now there
hIi little OF either, as We can pursue
our lahuru without moleatntion,
N seems itrango that We have "a
conc l1 FAR away from home 60 learn
hhii IN done IN Utah. one uf th1
many stories nfont here D. that in ttuh
shtH people become old and helplrs.
ufy ATE placed on raft nd set udrifl
o. ihv Great Sait Lake. and no NOR
"a seen or heard N them
LAUNDERING II the principal industry
a a.I. although farming iH carried or
suite extensively
lhe "NowH" h received and greatly
APPRECIATED by u.s. n any OF ~ read
eiH have friends or relatives in this sec
uon whom they would desire us 20 Wis
v. We viii be- glad 20 do 80 upon receipt
OF thelr NAMES ana addresses
W. W. HARRISON,
n, A. KELLER.