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Show IJ9 of c ha relatiVes e ... c t.e r t s t.i ryleasantly, c e -273- spoe of they as Bro. Smith's and had a tendency and union in a nromntGd unon ino1dclt and life . . . Ail of ..Il-ich worrt of::: VCl"'y wero impress upon all tho ree sity 1dft before it wac qui e out 'startilg or Folbrooc at about 10 p M. I rode down witt Tho. i\ cClaron who one of t.he parties who is running an ojjosl t,io .it, was near stage line. morning when we got into, Holbrool 0.1.. ny feet were $0 cold I could not get to sleep,' so bat few miltas I got to rest did me but little good, as I lay shivering untO I aot up and made a. fire ready f'Ol" the morning wor-k Dec,ember 12. vaturday. I went up to v'oodruff with my'son J'oseph C, and r e t.ur-ne d t.he next mor-nt ng on the buc kbo ar d The ce outs from the s tore are rv.ery shor t', but are abou t all I have to note outside of my book keeping work., Deceber 13. Sunday. Bro. Jeane N. Smith came down f_on Snowflae on his way to the Irrigation Congress whicl is to meet in Pboenix. December 23. Br6. Smith retrned'ffom,Phoenix where he ad at t.ende d the Irrigatio:n Co ngr-e s s Bp llob,n Hunt and J. H.' 'J11113 were with him. Apostle Brieham Young returned witlL them and they all went on up to Snowflake. December 26. Saturday. Apostle B. Young returned f om abo'e and took noon train going east. 3ro. L.,R. Hatch: brouGht hi do·n and I went back with him to Woodruff. December 27. Sunday. I attended meeting at Wood:cuff> and s pol;e a short time. Bro. Clark Owens wno had be en back to (ansas City ave an account of 11is visiting Independence and the block Temple I found Julia's children all down with the meas Le s Relax d was helping arou:n t o Ler-ab Le wll, but, 'Nilford appe.ared to e qui te. The baoy was not qUlte so sick. bad. but the tnree of he managed to keep JUlia tolerably busy. I returned to l-iolbrook the next A person in'a store has but. morning,,/going down 1,:vith o. D. F'Lake Ii ttle t.o note in the way of a j'ournal or record of daily aff.i..irs 'It is the same routine of' posting .up the' ac c ount s , oalancing ledg,r,t. mak i ng up the s t.at.emen t e j e t.c and still when I glance over what I have noted, now it looks e.s if I might have put down many tl 11 gs which I have ami tted and thus it is t.hr-o u.jh lifo we do not do Lalf p t.ha t. 'V'/0 would like to do s I am spending a.lI m:t o dd mcme nt.s on my love O family. to I s. .. _ - , , , , i ' . rl , . i "1'.1 , '* , istory. to it, The but It I year is n slow job where I have so litle,time Cl"l0 it all the attention tha.t I can. 1896 has passed, and c hve had a to ds·ote . remarkable'fine vinter, 80nsiderable of snow and rain has fallon this wintGr', and Btck and sheep are doinG vry well and there arc goo prospects both for the ranch men end the furmers •• My labors in the store are not hard, never GO out only when I go to Snovv-flah:e , but quite confi1ingQ I \nl"oodruff t and I ofte reGret that v poverty places me in such a position where I have so littl chanceto,be with ,my family or to attend meetings. etc Btt ,I pass all my time that, I have to spare in v'lOrltL1g on my history 'so I hear li ttle of the local gossip and do not 8e' to read the papers as much as I 9ught. Still I am having better health than r had the last year while·on tho'Gila, and that is one encouraging featare. or · , 'I |
