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Show 163 she learns of the death of Brigham Young (August 29, 1877) and mourns it mightily. Her first week of activity in the country includes: Sunday September 2nd Spent the day in writing home but I fear my letter was not very cheerful for the experiences of the past week have not had a tendency to make me lighthearted but rather to make me gloomy and sorrowful. Monday September 3rd Gave a lesson in dress cutting. Washed and ironed some, cut pattern for Mrs. Schafer and attended to my darling Olea. Tuesday September 4th Mrs. Wilson came. Glad to see her. Wednesday September 5th Went canvassing. Walked several miles, but without success. My way was over fields and meadow lands. While crossing a swamp I chanced to spy some beautiful ferns, which I stopped and gathered, took them to Mrs. Dubois and pressed them between the models. Thursday, Friday and Saturday was kept indoors by the rain, employed my time in reading and figuring the models. I want to have them ready for sale as I intend leaving some with Miss D. Perhaps she will be more successful than I have been as she is better known than I in this vicinity.12 Out in the country for a "darkey Camp Meeting" the following Sunday, Ellis notices the absence of city smoke, of clouds, and of something else: "look where I would, I could see no mountains." Of the meeting she says, Here were blacks and whites assembled, the colored to worship God in their peculiar way, the whites doubtless from curiosity and for pleasure. But instead of being amused I felt more to pity them, so earnest and zealous, but yet so far from the truth. For the Indian race there is hope-but the African, when will he be redeemed? I think it will be in the own due time of the Lord.13 On September 10, knowing she must now return to Philadelphia, Ellis makes a last effort to sell some models. She acknowledges that the Lord has blessed her in affording her the opportunity to |