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 Lunt. — Mercantile and Manufacturing Association. — Effort requisite. — First, Merchandise. — Second, Tannery. — Third, Woolen Factory. — Fourth, Dairy. — Fifth, a Horn Stock Herd. — Agricultural Department. — Hat Factory. — Between thirty and forty industrial branches. — Furnish employment for all. — Form of checks. — Labor received for capital stock. — Organization of the Association. — Directors. — Council. Page 290

All was flourishing. — Attaining to Independence. — Factory burned. — Sent a chill to Lorenzo's heart. — Instead of discouragement it was proof of the strength of their compact. — Everywhere manifest, even in the Children. — Union could not be broken. — Impregnability of their Order. — Deseret News speaks. — Commendatory. — Sympathy. — Calamity is proof of the strength of the Co-operative system. — Determination to rebuild. Page 298

Dedication. — Fourth day of July. — Gratitude andr thanksgiving. — More than two thousand had suffered loss. — In six months the Factory is rebuilt. — Great rejoicing. — Dedicatory prayer Address. — Speeches. — Brigham City M. and M. Association. — A raid. — Railroad contract. — How a village sprang up. — An onslaught. — Confuhion ensues. — The Grand Jury issues indictments. — Men drove to jail in a herd. — Great excitement. — Superin- tendent Dunn speaks. — John Merrill in custody. — Handcuffed. — Chained in jail. — Telegrams from the United States President. — How the Judge received them. — More about Merrill. — Left unguarded and unacquitted. — About the mill. — Dishonesty of Jurors. — Financial loss. Page 300

To President F. D. Richards. — Burning of the woolen factory. — In thirty minutes all consumed. — Forebodings that the people would be discouraged. — Fears unfounded. — What was done within six months. — The people superior to the loss. — A raid follows the tire. — An unlawful tax follows the raid. — Statement of losses. — Business curtailed. — Checks canceled. — Eleven industrial departments in operation. — The mercantile flourishing. — Confidence preserved. Page 306

Remarks by the Editor. — Lorenzo writes to George Q. Cannon. — Makes suggestions concerning the illegal assessment. — Letter two. — What Lawyer Sutherland says. — Letter three. — A description of Scrip. — Plow used. — Affidavits. — Correspondence. — Joseph F. Smith writes. — Lorenzo responds. Page 310

Stake Conference in Brigham City. — President B. Young expected. — Preparations made. — Flags hoisted, Conference in Bowery. — Box Elder Stake re-organized. — Lorenzo calls the officers of the United Order together. — Nominate officers. — All are accepted. — O. G. Snow to preside. — President Young's fatherly counsel and blessing. Page 319

Oliver G. Snow speaks. — His maiden speech. — Performs a good deed. — Called to go to assist the emigration. — Encounter with Indians. — Mission to England. — Visits New York. — Arrives in Liverpool. — Goes to Manchester. — An incident, relative to the death of Dickens. — Oliver attends a sectarian lecture. — Is challenged. — Attempts to respond. — Is repulsed. — The priest is disgraced and forsaken. — A visit to Scotland. — Descriptions. — Return to England. — Incomprehensible dialect. — Released. — Home again. — Ordained member of High Council. — Marries. — Mission to the States. — Visits Oberlin. — Ludicrous incident. — Visits his grandmother. — Preaches her funeral sermon. — At home appointed President of Box Elder Stake. Page 321