Letter from George Lionel Farrell, 30 April 1895
Smithfield, Utah, .
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Geo. L. Farrell
Apl. 30 [18]95.
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Prest. Wilford Woodruff,
Dear Brother:
Yours of 26th to hand inclosing a note from
Brother James Burgess, and in answer will say, that we have
been furnishing him Flour, Meat, Potatoes, Butter, & Wood along as
he called upon us, but he wanted Merchandise and Wheat, and
I told him if he would come and do a little carpenter work
I would let him have some Wheat, but he left without saying whether
he would do so or not, and I have not seen him since. He has
2 boys, that he says he can do nothing with. I advised him to
put them out with some good Men who would watch over
them and teach them to work, & make them comfortable.
One of the Brethren told me the other day, that Bro Burgess feels
that he has done enough for the Curch to be supported the balance
of his days without work. I have known him for 10 or 12 years
and I think that 25$ would cover all he has done in that time.
Still I am willing to help him, but I consider that he should
work, "for some of it at least," there are older men, who are more
feble than he, who work for their living, and I think he should
do something towards getting his living, he will run in debt, and then
come to me to help him out of his trouble, he traded of part of his
farm last fall for a Buggy & Horses, but if he had sold part of it and
