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NE MISSIONARY FIELDS
PARIS OF AMERICA.
=. ,muressIons Of Missionary OF
- ,be City of New Orleans


,..ossions of a Missionary of
." ,be City of New Orleans
Now orleans, La, March 3, 1900
70 The Editor
January 9th and 2sth the Elders
" ", 'Ssrrgja conference met In Macon
= ~. y, onS held conference. Elder Ken
Vl ' I'm us as was Elder Rencher, oil
y. Georgia conference. 90,
y, wv we're two meetings on the 9th
~, ,hree on the 18th. and they We're
~ well attended. n,.
w Var Rlch spoke In his usual forcipie
..,s.r and gave the Elders ana puDnS
~ excellent instructions,
s ~ No conference Elder Rich desired
a., Elder Edlefsen and go to the
..rI New Orleans to labor New Or
.,,i, In the Mississippi conference
W. ~, IN Macon on the 9Th Of February
~ vent 10 Columbus, Ca, where we
~. detained for two weeks on ac.-
-,, n heavy rains and high waters.
Y. .psnt the time probably, though,
/. ,,soundlng the Gospel in that city.
49, are some Saints In Columbus and
AZ certainly treated me royalty
s.shsr and sister lynn are the names.
fsying Columbus on the 22nd ulta !
,-y,led alone to Montgomery, Ala.
n,y / stopped for about one day and
~ ne chief points OF interest.
s,ooi On the same spot as did JEFF
,,.s,n Davis when inaugurated presi-
y, a the Confederated States OF
i-srca The place Is on the front
,-ea az the capitol building, which
Nd, on a beautiful site at the head
in.yter Ave. Irode over the Central
Georgia railroad from Macon to Co.
rbus and from Columbus to Mont
rtiy,
nklng the Il. & n" railroad at 1920
on the 2Srd, and meeting Elder
s,sen again, we proceeded 10 Mo
Ala, together. We arrived In
Rle at 4.i2 p. m. and stopped over
IN 10 take In the city.
MS city is the largest In Alabama,
4 being on the bay has a great trade
The Gulf and also many railroads
e!er here. The streets are very mar
" and badly kept. Some Of them
N paved with blocks Of wood turned
getwise.
LAYING Mobile on the gath OF Feb,
MY over the l.. 4 ~. We had a nice
IN over level, marshy county for lS9
Sls to New Orleans. We had an ex.
eitii view Of the Gulf Of Mexico on
GU journey.
We arrived in New Orleans at 7:4O
IN. on the cath ult, and got of the
tain a. the head Of Canal ST., right on
De banks or levee Of the Mississippi
tYet
p much has been written and said
aNsw Orleans, that ] hardly dare say
ily more, but win tell Of only a very
IA things that ! have seen while here,
hf short time OF one week.
% going down Canal street from the
rTg-that sounds queer. but II Is true.
ugo down from the river here in this
tg all the drainage running west Into
lake Pontchartrain--we came to the
Feai custom house and postofllce Of
hs United States, granite building
occupying one whole square and hay-
lns been over forty years In course
y construction.
We Arrived here Just In time for the
haFdl Gfas, great carnival which
She'd here every year. The city was
crowded with thousands Of visitors and
We we're glad TO be on hand TO take in
ne grand parades.
Especially at night, was the scene
nosi beautiful and grand. The scores
y beautiful floats and the costumes OF
y, performers were grand to behold.
Indeed.
We put W at e9i North Rampant. and
hsni 70 work 10 see what could be done
While The carnival fever was on, for
Ne good Of the cause We represented.
Nardi Gras" ended on the 9th ult.,
shl most Of the carnival visitors are
l.s gone but We do not miss mnnv m
q Vanal street, as il is yet crowded, as
usual here.
VI he 10Th ult. we visited the ceme-
ei'es here al New Orleans, and they
us certainly wonderfully constructed,
Az me tombs or graves are above
touha ana they present a queer sight
W Who are not used to such tombs.
s1sny OF them contain twenty or more
s,sles, and the ovens. l. e., the walls,
,alen are from twenty TO sixty feet
sSs sha six or eight feet high. are
.Ael Win bodies one above another for
w q SIX deep These ovens are also
nV'iaea With bone vaults. so that when
ssoqy has remained sufficiently long "a
49, l. e all the flesh, the bones are
sH'ptHed IN the bone vault, and room Is
W. .s mace tor another new body; this
s~sOluhualy being carried out. This Is
's,~nly "a city Of the dead"
a, .t uead Is thus placed away because
@ ground Is so wet and marshy. q
s se lug a foot or two will immedi-
49, w up with water. Some OF the
, @s,n are grand TO behold, and cost
ss ,.sShos OF dollars. All families that
~. savfa u have their separate tombs
NV ~ walls are Of brick. and usually the
rn are buried IN them. Many fine
A. nen's are erected TO the memory
n, us Confederate soldiers, one very
le 70 Albert $. Johnson ct al.
nv. w. .oih ana 9th were well spent In
t,S.slAs NE "Mardi Gras" parades
lgsiM,sy We're truly grand. There were
m, -.,sus o. masqueraders, as Is the
~" N The PROFESSIONS OF both days
NV were at least 1000 600 3eople In
street, " view the professions; the
~ 80 .. ana buildings were crowded and
a. u .9es We're immense indeed.
I'm VIZ .slh ut ] had a treat OF a life.
he ao,i visited "Jackson Square" and
sps,,g.S% - Louis Cathedral" and "Old
thamta. Nsuildo,' or the old courl
s,s,as but best OF all the United
alsss mint. Here l was highly enter
hs rre, saw how Uncle Sam makes
,bs ss ,nsy, ! was shown ali through
brlet,' p.alrunents. The silver bullion
H. ~ ~, me bars Of silver. the roll bars
pIeoss Guy pieces Of silver. The man,
q ne ' ss.y Tor stamping. the welghInl
the 49, ,eess, The stamped pieces anc
.achs OF money.
No, Weighing is attended 10 by wo,
II tlse M y very. very particular work
melted y The least BIT too light Il 4,
The lss... w " worked all over again. Il
but n 49, Oh heavy the lady files ID of
kaok =, great deal too heavy A IL SEN
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