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Show 1866 -22 sp·tot!/.e:-- .... pr.>e.H!il l't h.@ld m"'ing wlt'h us in th for$ lS., th® ."let in. tho aft$:noon GG:nrlG Durtcm and RO®3 ccnduo ted a rev! W 0:1:: th. m:il1ti&., At trj. m{0qs.tillf and tAt th r@:'''irN nuch was .t abcut ."ing nl:md t?.nd on h:r.Hl to dfnd oU.r¢l V. Th¢'t nc0ful.i ty for good '\rml j.!tdy fOl Uf was shown by thct gfpmakrG for U living 011 thta fl'cmtie>r 1;0 the d£.).ng" of oonttlntly X!)od ro• gnU.ng fo Th (W1.t'll)any l?ar,HlJa. on throu",h the elf-pl"srvt:.'l.tion. 001.1 ,:®rtl ttlf m.i·J1.o.l gi,ring o()u."2el fi\nd thn l--f)turrled to Salt lk& noon t .. City. .. About thiti tin:lqj 1 wa' 6.tllPo1rltOlld 't1d-de-or(1) "\r7.1ith th n'l,n'k of .j 01'" for t". lttit egirnnt, Iron 1ki.li tary Di,'atrict of tM l.fau.voo vftion. ,7J nod r .11 :r?:'Cj.t.ntly @\.nn moet of u) became h.ndy with tha uae of ti:r&z?l.rm nd. mili tQ..\ry "crolution!iJ. l:£o$t of th J,Hieoplc J took'n intrf3t in .,.cquir go od :J1.l'ffl2 ·t and usd f!8yry IDfHUlS ,in th®ir power to nd AnJrn'uni ;1011 . 0 lJovember 6, 18651 .j: c onsnenoed t'3:rYn of. fchool and t@.ught !t thtl 'j)n tl'? b0for® in ! hma. ta.brm out one my OttJ}'l hou<fJ. of th puti tions and :imQld a t:tirl:r good room th t would hOU$0 sity p" pi13 or mO:1."0. :t !'1md a full s choo L dUr..i.iJ.g th$ win·tar land got aLong qul.te \·711. lFy e1duc,tion W: limitd, hut. I fll}tudi0a. . .. I had done .. during roy par t1!n@, uing my ovnj,ng j.n olving problG.H''O® instead of goi:lg to. dance s and other ple.oetl of :murUnne!lt. S®ver&l ev@n1.ngf! & wk. my fJtJ11001 z-ocm W.$ oocupi i dtuwi.ng tht! wlnter for quorum meoingm Sl E&tc. M.y lal)ora in the mchool zoom In.''o?;ht me a. 11 t 't10 ex' t2rience, but ware not a ource of much Lnc ome , a. many of tho ; ills Vfer neve r paid and. I tnught ,·t an xtTrn(jly lOYI figt1l"@. F®1)TUary 2jt 1866, w. C. M1tch11 and I hitch®d our hOl'les to one wiigon .1: d took our folkfJ and w®nt to Ced.ar to ttnd. a ccncer s '1''<iJ had Q v€JCY ti.m\() and Emjoyable , r0tu·l"!l$d th@ next d.ay. The I'odm W0re qui te had but W went through all ri.ght wi th , double t1ar.a.; February 9. Bro. George A. Smith arriv®a in Parowan where h :relJ'k"lind four (1.RY; and lc1;ured, Yeral tirnm On venlng he ec tuzed on th rj.s® of ].1oh&t.medni.2Hn; hm,ndld 1;h® subjeet "'all, .nd gve t),.:rwth·l' prof of hi1J wond();rful 'On l$ctu:r. was devotd lU<Iemocy. to the i/;ncicnt himto:ry of .A.mrica. HIIll 9&Ve th" nQmu of th principal riv@l"m ta call1td by thi) Nphi t® p tand. alllY-O the madn eVe)ntm tht took ple,c0 on this. COl1tinent ll..r.; rcorded in th B(;"Ol£: of llormon. 11uch of hi t} tirn hrC!l 1 pen t p'X·efllohh'lg to the [:;$:?int HIl.$ th0rl viGli ted the Slttll'.Jentt; in th outh and. X'®tUl"'.i'10d hera on hl$ way l1orth. 0 'f;,;,.rc}1 and. {5. Our th(fatricfil troop p.errormd $J, ply which 5 ti f'f.tctl on • I h,d. t. part, bl th play., .!"l"rh 9 my t®'Tm of $ohoo1 cloeod Althc)U,C;;1. I hQld bCGn POO:dlY providd with book, tm, d®k, ®tco I bolieYG I hQd accompli$hGd muoh good. I workd hard and h8.d th Ul.tisfaotion of' seins ma.l1Y of ''il1Y pupils maJ.dng gave T.[fJ1:ry 5 good Wh(u'l :Ero. good .ad·o/@.ncmmt. G@OI'g Smi th l ®t'i.,rnd. from ""he o'uth he d.1Hid$d to cros ov@r, the mountai:l and. vi:tJit :&?angui tch E;..nd the !is@ttlementz th® Q:'l Sevi@r. During tb, f''ll (h.Yll 'bfore atarting) h$ pr&.ch(id., his main subject being putting ourlT in a pomit1on. to dtend our,!HJlve :.1.gairHIllt tb IndiarUh He urg®d th{j paople 'to 11v0 in i\ oompct group ana. gurd QgJ,rH!J·t Il'ldin dpr@dtioni3. !ch 18, Bro. A. M. LyrnM, '1irrho had jud; arrived trom the' ""'oJ .. north, prech®d Q.·YCJ/;ry good dillcourmqs on tr0ting it t· lngth nd with ability. the 'i:lubject of polygamy, |
