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Show ;9 ·- raising of their crop. In other words, both the spiritual and the material phases of life were treated . '.i.'hen, t oo, he felt that he had never attended a church service where there prev&iled a be tter or more sacred sp i r i t . · H.:is companion , however , did n ot share with him his . i nterest in the city and its peo pl e . tie was anxious to get the money due him and continue on his way. ~~~~~~~mrrMJ~~~~~~~~~~~~~mn~~±€y l'. t s peopJ e ,. nc:peas1. ng, an d:1n:'t o p61 r9+o rl8r I ~ J• .ncroa~n• ng ;\J d~<a J• re :t. _,o/ I At the expected time o:t Mr . Jenning 1 s r eturn , he a rrived h ome and immedia tel y met with hi s two young empl oyees and made settlement with them in accordance with the terms of 'their contra c t . Shortly e afterwards , emi grants pass i ng through the city on t heir way 'to the gold fie l ds of Cal i fo r nia empl oyed his c ompanion as a bullwa cker on one of the wagons , but John I~ organ decided to remAin l onger to further s tudy the pro spects of g oing into business in Sal t Lake City . He was now passed twenty- four years ot· age ; pos sessed of' an interesting and enga gi ng personality and cons i dered by 'those who knew him a t that time , as in common pa rlanc e , good-looking, With appa r entl y easy eff ort he i mmed iatel y won many f riends and the respect o:t all with whom he came in cont.act. It did not require much t i me f or him to dec i de upon the course he was going to t ake . In making a hurried but s t ud i ed survey of the e duca ti onal facilit i es in the Valley, as well as throughout the Territory , he concluded that he could render valuab l e service am ong 'the peo·ole along schola s t ic l i nes and pa rticula.rly was he i mpressed with the possibili t ies of starting a downe rcial ~ll ege for young men . |
