Letter to John Taylor, 10 May 1879
Brothe Taylor
As our letters ly by us days and sometime weeks before we can get to the
office, I feel disposed to give an outline of events since the date of my letters. I will say
concerning the farms that the Agent John W sent to Buy the farms, returned ^having^ hay accomplished
the work But He was None to soon, for she had 3 offers, 2 from Garths & and
from Broth Johnson the ferry man. He & one Gentile offered $4006 each, & one Gentile
$5000 and they are Determining to get ^it^ but she had promised John W the ferry
for $3000 & she said she would stand by her promise, papers of contra^c^t
we sent her to sign But she sent the Gentile with her son to MoenCopy
to receve the stock portion of pay, the contract was for $2500 in stok &
property & $500 in cash. John W let them have a New waggon & the Brother
united with him in turning out stock is all here to the Amount of same
$1200, a part on tithing & I go to Sun Set to met with Lot Smith
(as soon as I am able to ride) to get the part of the stok there and in hope
to get the most on tithing and the cash will have to the paid in S. L. City
John W will make you aquainted with all the transition. I am not able to
write much. Silas S Smith is at [MoenCopy] with his coupy to go to his
place of Destination. Brother go with him for have who has been through
[FIGURE 9] I wish to say that after I wrote your Letter on Sunday to 4th I had
spoken in the Afternoon to the Saints & some Lamanites also in the evening, after I
returned to my tent at 9 olock took my supper of Bread & Milk, which lay in
my stomach like a Bar of Led, and it Ended in one of the most Deadly attacks
upon my Life & I ever experienced, at 10 oclock & was attacked with the Billious
