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Show -18 ... -1886 -142 ... .. 28.' I ,took'd1nnr with w. C. itchell and 'spent an 10 time \'!dt ,old frien.ds. I at/tended meeting (it 2 'T.J.M." I sp01 e f;\bout· one hour· mostly on the oondition of affairs in Arizona. and the per secutd ona of the saints., pec. 29. ,My son-in-law iool his teanl and. we ,went over' to Beaver. Wo otarted quite' early.' ,Vie at opped ,a short time' ut, Po.ragoonah and called on Bro. ,John Topham a.nd the two'oister Darnes' The latter \1'r:e feolil'l,£!; quito lOlloaome, t3rolt. Dt'tme heWing d cd la.at tall. ns, ,'il Vi nt on to Bea.ver where we" urri ved' about uneet. 'We' had a very and ! was chill.d through' vhen VJ$' got' in. ! stopped wi th my da.ughter Josie Barraclough.', I me t Apoc;tles, F. M,_ Lyman and George TGasdale I had "a ta.U:' iN,! th 'l:,hem' in, the, evening. o.bot' our, per-se cut.t ona 'in ; ag4 Dec e ea ,,', , , ' COld1 ' Arizona. ' ' ' , " , Deo. DO.' l' spent the day 111 vi'si ting about, 'Ill! th old friends. and relations and\lobkrig about the:place. I paBed most of the tim with my daughter., Sh ha'a fine boy bu\ had lost three children, all at. child birth. 'Her husband John Barraclough c,ler"ks in the dis'ttric'L court, which pln1nly shows that. 'he is not much ot a Mormon. Dec. 31. I spent a part ,of the day wi th E. VI.' Thompson and family. My sister Julia was 'absent in Salt Lake City. I 'looked through jte cour-t house which '1a qui te a. '¢l;;;edi' to ,the c,ounty as it iS,well fltted up ," Thus,olosed the year'1884. I \'Vas 'among friends but etill an exile doing nothing for my family and $pendlng v:hat. I ,h(:\d"with me$ It is hard totravel even among friends w1'i:,hout spending money. Our troublea nad just begun in'Arizona and Utah was to soon tollow. ! 'fully realize the old- saying thut the, 'lot of -the saints is that of 'hatr'ed and persecution.' We. lil{.e tlla tormer day saints find but f e VI :r r 1 ends. ,Jan .:1, 1885. This Was an 'eventful year for me. r cont-Inued my pilg:r.image by leavi;ng B.,av,er at 8 A.M. I went- 'vvith t.he stage, which Vlan an' old three and' a fouit,h inch shutler wagon' as the ccach was cr oken, \,'1 erri ved 'at."rUneraville about 11 'A.M. i;x remained there about ·twv hour-s and then moved 'on, arr,1 "ing at Mi Iford about, SU11set,' It was an ,'ext,remelY,:':Gold day, eo!' ''SUffered much wi"th the oold' .',' My i'are from Bea.Ver her e was $,4.00. I,' tok the train at Mi'li'or'd' at 7 ',P.M" l:1:ha night,. was a cold one, but, I managed to, get a 11 ttle a Le ep 1. was kept, awako 's. part: of the time by a few dl'1ken miners who were'on the'train. We art'1ved at Payson. aboutdaylighto Jan. 2. 'l.'he, ,trai.r stoppod a short time 'at'l:J1"'ovo for breakfas·t. Here! met, Bro'., Hutch "who wae getting on' here.' He told me that a No '. and Lot'smfth had gone on to,the cit.y. We arrived in Salt LeJ:a City 'about 10 AlfM.' I met, Bro.' J. N. smith at the depot.,,' 'oNe went to Elias ,'Smith's' wher-e Bro. Smith' was' atopping 'we went up o' the l-')res'., Office where we spent'il. short 'time.We took dinner with Pres ,Taylo in the Garda House. 'Those who were pr-esent of our party were ,. }r., ; Lot, Smi th Bro. Hatch and mysef. B.rcr;·-' sta.ndiflrd and Bushman were ,with the teams and had not got in yet. We.took supper, with,Elias Srnith and spent the evening at Br. Jolm Morgan's f!>'(ery, agreeably_" 'I slept at, Elias Smi't'lh's,with Br,o. Hatoh. ,', 'Jan. 3. We got up quite early as ,Bro 1. N. ,.d Lot Smith were going ,off' wi th Pe3. 'Taylor and PfJI'ty. This tr,':.:r was arranged and but' !ew r:new' ruiyt,hing abo 1'c.., They expect, 'tsQ go into Mexico \b.ef,p,re returning. I went down to the depot and saw them off ,at 7 A.t:l. ': 'r met '(i te number' qui of, ,old friends) ',t!0hn W. Young among ' ' , , ' ' , . ," ' ' " , ' ' ' , , - ' , " • ' - ' , ' " ' , I , t , , , , ' . , ,\ , " ... s0?r:t11' " , , ' tne numb at' _ '. ,', 'I' ha.d breakfast \11th Bro Hatoh at' his ,brotherJ a , Abraham Hatelt. t ook di'IuH3r at Suae.n Smith's. "I arranged, about, getting nome passes o go ue ck ·on. I t cok tile tl"a;in at 4- P.M. and went to Cent,erville.·, ,: .. " I, ' |
