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Show -4John Bushman diP..ry 1909 August-September Aug. 29, 1909: This morning Emma Smith is quite sick with chlorea. morbus ac.ministered to her. After breakfast we go to the station a nd boarded the Srn Pete train and the Provo Valley trs.in took the car we were in and. we did not know until we st'3.rt. Then our trs.in had gone, so we stop s. 11 d1.1.Y• Phoned s. Fowles vie would come tomorrow. Attended meeting a t 2 in the large ta.barnacle where all the wards meet. The large choir gave a sacred concert. ~hde a.n explanation of ea.eh piece before rendering it. vre r. ei: Bro. Frisby and Bro. and :::iister .Kartchner. We went to their home and after .supper went to ward meeting. A home missionary, Thomas, spoke on prayer, very good. Silas D. Came from the reservation, seems encouraged with prospects out there. A.ug. 30: At 9:30 we start to Fairview and arrive there at 11:30. Bro. Jacob met us at station & took us to Sarah Fowles who had dinner waiting. After a good dinner Jacob and Sarah took us in a buggy around town. In the evening Ida & husband & Ella came and all ha d supper with Sarah. I da has a pair of be9.utiful twins, girls, Sarah and Ida Anderson have beautiful homes. Sept. 1: 1909: Sarah Fowles son J. Timothy, Jacob Bushman Jr. came, we all had dinner with Ida, after which they came to the station to see us off. i'[e stop at Thistle Junction till 10 p.m. and came to Colton by 12 midnight. lay here until 11 on account of washout. We came to Helper & stop 25 hours stop at Helper all night. Sept. 2, 1909: We leave Helper at 9:15, passed safely o-,rer the wash outs. Nine pa.ssenger trains meet us go i ng west. There are 7 passenger trains going east, beside many freight trains. During the day some of the passengers were commenting freely on the Mormons and wishing to know some things about the :Mountain Meadows &c. & very many things in a enquiring way when I told them I had known the Mormons a long time & would like to answer soma of their questions. This seemed to please them and a lady, Mrs. J.F.Johnson of Lincoln, Nebr9.ska asked many questions which I answered as well as I could. Quite a crowd gathered to listen. When I told them the Mountain Meadows were over 300 miles from Salt le.ks City & no telegraph they could see that Pres. Young was not to blame for not stopping it. She wanted to know hOVT or why we practiced plura 1 marriage & how could v!e do such a thing without fighting. I told them the Lord revealed it to J. Smith & required it of his people &: they were blessed in its practice, did not quarrel more than others. Asked if I had ever had more tha.n one wife, if they fought &c. V'fhen I told them I had 2 and they never had quarreled she held up her hands & said impossible! I pointed to my wife and ask them to ask her but they accepted my stater..ent. They thanked me for my frank ness and said this was the crowning point of their long excursion. Severa 1 asked questions after and vro.nted some of our literature. I found a News with a sermon of Elias Morris in o~ Aug. 15, 1909 in S .L. ~ity which I gave it to a rnan who read it in an hour & I gs.ve it to Mrs. Johnson of Lincoln. who said she would take it home? 1 1 I |
