Asahel Sept 13 [18]84 16 Talbot St. Leek Staffordshire Sept 13 [18]84 England Dear Father Your kind and welcome letter dates Aug 26th was recieved by me yeasterday on my arrival here I have ben greatly shocked to hear of the massacre of the Elders in Tennesee It seems hard that innocent law abiding citizens should be shot down in cold blood by a ruthless mob for no greater offense than declaring the acceptable day of the Lord. If a Mormon has the daring presumption to go about minding his ...

[upside-down text] se. Am glad to heare that the wheat crop was tilence continues which no doubt they will. are and all enquiring friends. Love from your son Asahel. [end of upside-down text] as well as the rich. At Ecles a few nights ago we were holding a meeting when bro Allen finished speaking the crowd—which had ben warming up at the rate of about one degree pr minute—was just about at boiling point; they said I must not occupy over 30 minutes, but as they were not running ...

[upside-down text] Well I shall have to draw my letter to a clo good, it will all be needed if the wars and pes give kind regards to the bretheren in the st [end of upside-down text] a few minutes, when he must have come to the conclusion that I was not going to scare so without farther ado he walked out of the ring, and I felt that "God and one man was a big majority." As he was leaving I heard him say "that's true doctrin" After I had finished one man had the ...

them we had dismissed our meeting, but if they wanted to they were at libirty to do & so without more ado they went down on their knees in the middle of the st, and th[en] we had a fair sample of an old Methodist ranter meeting; they preyed both long and loud so loud in fact that people flocked from all directions to ascertain the cause of all this braying, while the chamber windows were thrown open on either side of the st for a considerable distance and the people in night-caps and dishabille made their appearance being greatly ...

5 Bro Holt. Briggs & I are going over to Oldham to day to hold meeting in the openair, we keep preaching away but it does not seem to result in much good. It may be like bread cast upon the water which will come forth at some future day. I saw old dad Worthingtons Widow & daughter the other day; he used to live next to Wagstaff in Johnsons old place just mention it to mother shee will remember him: the old lady ...

a great big haddock for thrippense, it was enoug for both of our suppers This Week is Whitsuntide a regular galla day for the english people. I am going to Bell Vue gardens during the week, these are reckoned the finest in E england, there will be a grand display of fireworks in the evening, among other the bombardment of Alexandria. The fenian tried yeasterday to blow up the Scotland yards also St James Square in London several people were injured, no clue to the perpetraters of the daring act ...