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Show 1912 , J • f I Wr:lS the ::I'traha;sr, arni "'a,a expe c to d to first time in' 36 yoars. I talked soe about the prinoiples do a large ahare of tho talking. c our religion and had qui te an' agreeable' ,time. I went ,horne ,d th my cousin Eleanor Abott, the daughtel of Uncle ,Championts, and had a pleasant vioi t wi th he r and' hsr son Horace" a fine young man about 24 years of age. She has another son"away from homo, and her husband haa been Fish, <oo for s$veral years. I spent moa t or the Angus t 20. , day wi th my couef n Kendri ok , and talked with him 'somewhat about our'religion, etc. ita is, te a n Lce young man, but does no t have good heal th, and no child qui This is a f:aillng 1th qui te a number in this country ... ren. August 21. 'I visited the old churohyard where my grandiatbe7 and grarldmother and many, relati ve a were buried. I Vlent to my uncle Lemuel s and wrote some I went over In the home. aftornoon /lat'tare to ":I:agog Lake ith my cqus1n Thoma.s on a fishing nxcur-s Lon "[Ie ate supper wi th rJY ccuarn Lenard. who 11 ved. on, the way. and t oak him and two of hi s boys ,,1 th us on arriving a.t the 10.ke we got a boat' and I'owed two miles up tl1.e lake and anchored. We fished until midnight wi th good aucc cas , then rowed back to shore. As it \'1ao storming a littlo w'e f'ound our way to a barb! and stayed there the re,st of th" , . , ' night., trip. where . I got up with a cold caught during our 1ehing August 22. V/o gathered up our fish and returned to Leonar-d Fish's, we ate breakfast, and returned the afternoon ,I want to my to my uncle Lemuel's. cousin's, Sally n)mer,y. Mr. , In Emmery old.fashioned, two-story I stopped all night with them. hey are quite religious and we' had some talk on that subJeot. After brea.kfast I went up to see a lJr. ]'o"{llor. a August 23. cousin of a fjeighbol' of mine in Uta.h, and. was racei ved very kindly. over gra.ndfather's old plaea. building with ixteen rooms. ovma It is an 1. ate , dinner Vii th Jonathan Leavi tt. lIe showed me about and told me many things of interest regarding my folks, especially my mother. Leavitt and others raiae:some stock, especially horses, which are I saw GOnJa hogs that would weigh takn into the States and sold. I want to my uncle Lemuel' 9 and commenced to bid .600 pounds. each. I had not been with them long but had spent the 'my folks goodbye. I had nevor seen any of thorn bee'ore and time 0.3 ben t I could. l)ro bably never vrould again. I cousin Lydi& took me as far as Celena Keser's, where I stayod 8.11 night and had a talk on relig10uu sub jects. lliany of my folks had never seen a Mormon before. They were quite anxioua to hoar about them, but their interoot did not ppcar to go, far enough to investigate, as they ahould:have done to be convinced. ' I took the train early, and was 'soon' at NeV1port f AUBust 24. claoe to the line in Vermont. It is a beautiful place at the head of !'.eml)hre-.uIagog Lake, :Landl.ng I got So :Bart en man J' bany going ·there. ' and a fashionable reoort in aumne r At chance t'o ride over to Albany.lvlith a young Wa paaued through Iraabourg and. arrived at A1 I took dinner wi th )l1och novtell, whose fire t , .. about noon. Zha had been dead two years. Caroline Leavi tt, my coue m I had a She was g·,woma.n of pleasant -.risi t vii th· him and his' wife. education, had never Seen a, :Mormon but was ·strongly prejudiced, against' them. She aslcod many questions and I had the pleasure of vlife was . , . . .1'.. ';"" ,4' I |
