that room no longer without doubling our rent; so we gave it up and have
held no meeting in since. I opened my own hired house for meet-
ings on Sunday and one evening in the week, which I have kept up to this
day, except part of the time on Sunday at brother 's. I had full
houses and I baptized a dozen or so. One was Mr. Snow and wife, a Uni-
versalist, and a keeper of one of the engines; another was ,
from , a smart man and one that I think will be useful in a future
day, in carrying the Gospel to his own nation. Another was father , Mrs. father. He was 78 years old, is smart, walked
to the top of with me. He is strong in the faith.
I was truly glad to baptize him, as he has been believing for seven years
Mrs. Woodruff feels that it amply pays her for coming to this country.
Elder , one of the pioneers forom the , spent sev-
eral days with me, and brought several of his relatives out to meeting.
Father Carter spent about one month with me. , son of
sister , also called upon me, and wished me to assist him
in getting into a good company to go to the gold diggings; so after
looking around, I got him into the Massachusetts Bay Store, Mining and
Trading Company. He left for on the ship Acrates, on the
5th of April. I sent letters and papers to by him. He wrote from
, was getting along well. I expect he will call upon you.
, of , died on the 20th of February, a Srtrangite.
I left home early in the spring for the west, visited , ,
, and many other places. I assisted brother
to start off for the from Philadelphia, with a company of 80 Saint^s^
50 from the Philadelphia Branch. He arrived at all safe with
all his family; baptized four of his family, three sons [of William I. Appleby] and one ,
the day before he started. But when he arrived in St. Louis, the cholear^a^
was raging in all its horrors, from to , and up the
, and all over that , slaying its thousands. Every
steamer on all those rivers was pickled with the cholora, and officers,
crews, and passengers were dying by scores. He went on board of the
steamer Monroe, bound for , with a company of soldiers or godl^d^
diggers, bound for , and the cholera was on board when he went
on to it. About a hundred Saints went on with brother Appleby. By the
that room no longer without doubling our rent; so we gave it up and have
held no meeting in since. I opened my own hired house for meetings on Sunday and one evening in the week, which I have kept up to this
day, except part of the time on Sunday at brother 's. I had full
houses and I baptized a dozen or so. One was Mr. Snow and wife, a Universalist, and a keeper of one of the engines; another was ,
from , a smart man and one that I think will be useful in a future
day, in carrying the Gospel to his own nation. Another was father , Mrs. father. He was 78 years old, is smart, walked
to the top of with me. He is strong in the faith.
I was truly glad to baptize him, as he has been believing for seven years
Mrs. Woodruff feels that it amply pays her for coming to this country.
Elder , one of the pioneers from the , spent several days with me, and brought several of his relatives out to meeting.
Father Carter spent about one month with me. , son of
sister , also called upon me, and wished me to assist him
in getting into a good company to go to the gold diggings; so after
looking around, I got him into the Massachusetts Bay Store, Mining and
Trading Company. He left for on the ship Acrates, on the
5th of April. I sent letters and papers to by him. He wrote from
, was getting along well. I expect he will call upon you.
, of , died on the 20th of February, a Strangite.
I left home early in the spring for the west, visited , ,
, and many other places. I assisted brother
to start off for the from Philadelphia, with a company of 80 Saints
50 from the Philadelphia Branch. He arrived at all safe with
all his family; baptized four of his family, three sons and one daughter,
the day before he started. But when he arrived in St. Louis, the cholera
was raging in all its horrors, from to , and up the
, and all over that , slaying its thousands. Every
steamer on all those rivers was pickled with the cholora, and officers,
crews, and passengers were dying by scores. He went on board of the
steamer Monroe, bound for , with a company of soldiers or gold
diggers, bound for , and the cholera was on board when he went
on to it. About a hundred Saints went on with brother Appleby. By the