Letter to Lot Smith, 31 January 1882
Salt Lake City
Prest Lot Smith
Dear Brother
Your letter
of Jan 12 arived all safe and I was
truly glad to hear from you, but
certainly sorry for your serious
affliction I did ^not^ nknow how it happened
befor and now I do not ^know^ what part of the
Machinery your leg got into, but it
certainly is a serious affliction I
do not know how you are Doctoring your
leg But I want to recommend a remedy
which I wish you to try, for it saved my
life and was given me by Revelation I
was seriously poisioned through my whole
system by being cut while skining an
Ox that died with piosen. I drew the poision
out of my body with my arm by Onions &c
untill my arm was all inflamed and
liable to go to my Vitals & Kill me And
