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Show - 8 5- -155- J.he time dre.gs heavily on our hllid' and. I feel qui t e lcneo?ma doing but little and .apend nll that! 'brought v;lth me end no i e e.ns So t home to 1 i. ve on. These ref 1 act 1 ona bring such (61, dade 010ud that I nave bu.t. ).:H,tle he ar t t o rtad or ever m strlJdy Spe nict';.• \71 icb I he. va be en trying to do e. 1.1:t.tle. We are canped aut on an open 'prairie cxpo aed to the hot rayn 01' the sun. 'e are not even able to got (!: con "(,11 ber- enough to make us comfortable ehnde a 'fhcae' eil cumat anc e e t'Ituke mOAt of lU!J feel. <le.spondaht. Vl have ie on w(1 t,in ":or OOI.'le time r01" a purchase end now 1 t Sf)r;ms much .turther oft ·tthan i·t,. was tJhen we ('x·t':!. vr.-d here. June 27 Sf'.turdav I 8.rm fort/,r-fi ve yers old tcc'&J'" and I ean find a few e:ray h1rs in my hf-led which makes me feel us if I Vlere ge'ing old. rH·(). Ca.1l onme in from Deming whc r e he had be en freight,ing but, h'ftd noe made e.nyt.hine.· BI··O. '1'cn.sdnle o a Ll.en e, pr-icsthood meeting tOday £.t 1 ?"M&> It had been rumored that M. F' Romney had bOC1 guilty of drunkne sc and ();t.empted rupee Bro. Romney waa c a i Le d ·o anewer to it,. Fie acknowl.edge d to drinking 8. little t(lhis1cy but danied all the rest. Others spoke as ermlss1ori·was given to those uo kne rtbou:t,. it. anyth:tn.g very 11 ttle testimony was gi von as t.he charGe carne from th Iv!exico.ns. He ·asl-ced fOl"gi vcne.ss and wns forgi van by the brethren •. ("his Rcenal hae been noised about among the Mexicans a great deal) but it Goon died down. July 2. Th:tU''':.;{1ny l,"'ast meeting was held' as' usual. B):-o. Teasdale and others spoke,,! I spend much of my time in gnarding and hoeing, roy ·corn.. rle have had but little t'ain. and we.te-r iet scarce for OUr' st-oclc. our cows are not c'!.otng wll1. 'l\he grass 1a good but poor water) wh:tch. some" think is the cause. other;:J t.hink that it is .t he chanGe of olimrd:,e. Their' lungs £Pf>ea.r ·t.:; he affected. The Rtock raiehd here aro nt·so affected. Ju ly /4. 'Sa turde.y tiros. Teasdtlle', J N. Sril'l t h , Ed.mnnd Riche:rd.rwn and Israel Call st,:u-ted this m')rning for San :Jose. or El Paso to meet,' Brow l,nnM "'.hay expect, to go exp Lor-i.ng for a location .. • am .. , . . .. . . ro. .. ' - .. . It •. ber or-e the\'" return. July. MondRY worked diRging a well nbout a mile west of rest The of the weak I spent in camp We 11v qu1t poorly most of the time, but have some hoeiug corn. O1i lk. 1 i:bot at cow from Bro. Vlr.· W. Roundy when he werrt back W'e have mA.clo a few Gornmss.l, milk and bu t t.er- corrmrises our far-e pcund s of bl.l,i"t.er to ael L; weJ• gat about ·thtrty fi ve cents a pound for it. July 13 Monday Meetil1 WP' S held yesterd,y as usual, Lot. Smi th presid ing. A fe'w of out' c ompany moved up to our ne s c arap El"otmd. but there was no union about our go t ng , everyone going when hG "Iished. crll1e stock is troubling our Tbis caused some feelings. crops and it takes me about. half of my time to il.'atch i·t. My son John L. went UP to CAroletm:! today wi th B1"054 f."Jill1anui and Sanders. They took anlmals {or the company that were going where we . '_'.J expeot to I move to. , ... . . .. . .. exploring. July 1.7. riday Bro. Lot Smi th recei ved a let·ter today from F. M. t.vmen, requenti"ng him to meet the party e.t Caroletus prepard to go exploring r:::.nd to sf.mr.1 their mai 1 U' he did. not go. Bro. Smi t11 G€:nt me the let,ter' and refused t9 do anything about it. 1 . borroV'Jod ... horse trom Bro. Burke and rode about, fifteen miles hor aeback to hurrt I went to tovm twice and down to, up the ma.il. the lower camp. Sa turda'" r rnoved to the new camp gr-cund !.:ly son July 18. John !.. .• returned from Caroletu$ t.oday. He reported th t the exploring party started'. this orning. The. FE'.rty wer .1" •• M. George Teasdale, A. F. MCDonald, J. N. smith, G. C 61111am0 h a , , .. LY!l!a.l1: |
