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Show CHAPTER 6 John the Generous than just being able to separate oneself from of dollars, piece property, or a wedding gift; it consists in in interested being people and wanting to help. John Tanner and his family were first of all, people, human beings, meeting and ming Generosity a few is more a ling happily with other human beings. Like Will Rogers, John Tanner never saw a man he did not like, nor did his family. In Bolton they kept a hotel of sorts, and charged for their services, but never turned anyone away because he could not pay 'for his food and lodging. People like this may be imposed upon by the irresponsible or occasionally taken-in by the crafty, but all people really worth knowing admire a generous person, and John Tanner was one of those whom the entire community admired and loved. After he embraced Mormonism, his generosity may have been rechanneled and made manifest more in the interest of his religious brethren, but he never became one of the bigoted persons who is able to see good only in his coreligionists. John Tanner was a neigh bor to all the world, and his hand went out to anyone in need. All our stories tell of his helping to outfit people who were John kept good horses, good cattle, good trying and his barns and granaries were well filled wagons, good harnesses, to feed properly the animals he used. to get somewhere. When he started on a trip, he did not expect to breakdown and be bailed out by some more provident traveler; he was always as well prepared for the trip as careful preparation could make. He knew the weak points in his harness and outfit, and took along extra |
