baptized one of them; the other will be baptized by his father, who is
an Elder and presiding over a small branch of the Church, and has a chap-
el in his own house. Brother went with me to . We called upon and ; both have large
farms, but cannot sell them for anything. John Maxfield's mills have
shared the fate of others in that country, been burned to the ground by
the sweeping fires; they saved their dwellings. Property in the prov-
inces will hardly bring cash at any price at the present time, and pros-
pect of it being worse. I ordained William Maxfield an Elder, and ap-
pointed him to preside over the branch there, of 32 members. There are
but four members left in . I sent word to brother and not to depend upon the fifty dollars left ba^y^ Giddle, until
returned, for I did not think your family ought to be troubled with it
while you were gone. I did not find but few Saints in that country.
Brother Russell made particular enquiry about your welfare. Sister may have named to you, in her last letter, that sister Bride died of
late at , of cholera. Sister was with sister
when she died. Sister Sayers is well and gone to the .
I had an interview, while at , with Elder , from
. He paid the fare of 42 families to the , and one lady
of paid the fare of 70 families, who went with Capt. . Bro.
Brown sent up 10,000 dollars worth of goods to the Bluffs. When he left
they were baptizing about 1,000 per month in that land. There has been
some terrible ship wrecks on the Atlantic this season. Two ships de-
stroyed by icebergs; 60 froze to death in one night on the ice. Anoth-
er vessel about 200 lives lost. The last trip of the Europa had a col-
lission with a Boston ship loaded with emigrants; the ship sank in four
minutes, 134 lost, 50 killed in the concussion. Many steamboat disas-
ters, and many lives lost on the lakes and rivers, and many railroad dis-
asters. You recollect writing a letter to you. He
palmed himself off on the churches as being sent to collect money for the
poor. He collected several hundred dollars, got $70 out of the small
branch in , Ct. Quite a number have been baptized through the
various branches in this country this season. and are
still carrying on their merchandize, but all branches of business are
baptized one of them; the other will be baptized by his father, who is
an Elder and presiding over a small branch of the Church, and has a chapel in his own house. Brother went with me to . We called upon and ; both have large
farms, but cannot sell them for anything. John Maxfield's mills have
shared the fate of others in that country, been burned to the ground by
the sweeping fires; they saved their dwellings. Property in the provinces will hardly bring cash at any price at the present time, and prospect of it being worse. I ordained William Maxfield an Elder, and appointed him to preside over the branch there, of 32 members. There are
but four members left in . I sent word to brother and not to depend upon the fifty dollars left by Giddle, until
returned, for I did not think your family ought to be troubled with it
while you were gone. I did not find but few Saints in that country.
Brother Russell made particular enquiry about your welfare. Sister may have named to you, in her last letter, that sister Bride died of
late at , of cholera. Sister was with sister
when she died. Sister Sayers is well and gone to the .
I had an interview, while at , with Elder , from
. He paid the fare of 42 families to the , and one lady
of paid the fare of 70 families, who went with Capt. . Bro.
Brown sent up 10,000 dollars worth of goods to the Bluffs. When he left
they were baptizing about 1,000 per month in that land. There has been
some terrible ship wrecks on the Atlantic this season. Two ships destroyed by icebergs; 60 froze to death in one night on the ice. Another vessel about 200 lives lost. The last trip of the Europa had a collision with a Boston ship loaded with emigrants; the ship sank in four
minutes, 134 lost, 50 killed in the concussion. Many steamboat disasters, and many lives lost on the lakes and rivers, and many railroad disasters. You recollect writing a letter to you. He
palmed himself off on the churches as being sent to collect money for the
poor. He collected several hundred dollars, got $70 out of the small
branch in , Ct. Quite a number have been baptized through the
various branches in this country this season. and are
still carrying on their merchandize, but all branches of business are