Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20

Inc hublolned letter from Elutr
Platte u. Lyman. president 81 the Eu-
ropean mission. written from copcnha-
gen. Denmark. 20 Elder T.. Partridge.
president of the Utah stake. appeared
In the Provo Enquirer Of May IL
II II six months today since left
Nun. and NJ n rule the time has passed
very pleasantly, and there have been
heavily on my hands. My hoalth IL
good and on the scorc Of personal COM
fort and general good feeling ! have no
reason TO complain.
one month ago today I left England
TO visit the conference In the Scnndl-
navian mission aud In Germany
Switzerland aud Holland. ! passed
through Hamburg on my way here.
and since then my time has been spent
In Denmark ana Sweden. Although
I have not learned 10 speak much Dan.
ish. am gcttlng used to hearing II all
the time. and can understand more or
less u what " said. | have attended
three conferences In Denmark and one
In sweden. and have two morc 10 visit
In Sweden and one IN Norway before
I am through with this part. will
then rcturn to Germany and spend two
months visiting the branches there and
IN Switzerland. and then after few
days In Holland. | VIII return 90 Eng
land
a son u bishop Farrell In presiding
NNNf NNf liuIlAlu OF sNffNNfllNu tUlNAlun
and a. A. lilncklcy u laborlng IN that
mission. a son OF benjamin Robinson
ana one OF Charles Mcbride are IN the
German mission and arr doing we'll.
Charles swallow Of Fillmore Il In Eng
land. he 4 also doing good work. l
many Of our old Willard county pco-
pie.
have Travelled nearly tho whole
length % this kingdom several times.
ana am very fayorably Impressed with
the country and the people. This IL
essentially an agricultural country.
The land II good and comparatively
level. and nowhere does II rise much
above sea level Timber II not plcnti-
full. and peat or dry sod II used mostly
for fuel. The utter absence OF coal.
Iron and other minerals ana the SCAT
billty OF any extensive manufacturing
Industries, and az a consequence there
are not many large towns and all tho
towns OF any consequence nrc seaport
towns. There are farm houses forty
two miles apart or ihercabouts. al
over the land. and Il reminds one OF
Nebraska and Western Iowa.
Denmark II composed OF islands. and
peninsula that Il lndontcd BY many
lakes and bays. 20 that there are water
ways nearly everywhere.
The country at large bears general
60 be contented and In faitly comfort
able circumstances. Although all the
people drink. there seems to h. much
less drunkenness than In England. and
there II no evidence 81 the AFFECT pow
efty, dcutitution and mcdicancy 20
common In the large towns OF England.
The Danish arr tho most invctcrate
and buHinsrs-liko smokers I have ever
met, ana their pipes nrc dreams 81 art
isllc beauty ana comfort.
The population II s.s00.0oo and they
Indulge In the luxury of an extensive
" not expensive royal family. an army
and navy and all the other adjuncis
and Accomplishments ~ q modern king
dom. besides they support IN ldlcuess
ana comfort several hundred thousand
utterly worthless dogs, that are treated
with morc consideration and affection
than many children are In some parts
Of the Christian world
copcnhnrru o. q beautiful city ~
about $4,000 Inhabitants. has good
harbor. though small. n " tho resi-
dencc Of the klng and II the principal
city In the kingdom. Many of lta atrcrta
ara broad and furnished with SHADE
trees and II II better supplied with
public parks, pleasure renorta and pru.
nenndcs than any other European
town I have visited. II has nm electric
street car system. and there IL a chain
o. lakes extending right through tho |
heart Of the city. There IL no district
In II but what has good air. There il |
not 10 much FOG. smoke and ,lust In the
air here as Ia England. Hut the air In |
clear ana bright. and many OF tho days
here are aa iinc ah In Utah.
In Scandinavia. We have something
over 1000 members and there are about |
100 Elders laborinE here aud making |
good progress, Some arc being added |
TO the Church, and all our meetings are
crowded, nnd many are Interested IA |
the Gospel II We had the religious |
liberty that prevails In some parts on |
the world, there II no doubt that many |
Thousands would obey the truth.