Letter from William Johnson, 30 April 1889 [LE-12557]
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Wm Johnson Beaver Rcd May 6 [18]89 Asd May 6 [18]89
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Beaver City, Utah, Apr. 30th 1889.
Prest. Wilford Woodruff:
Dear Brother,
I hope you will pardon me for the liberty
I take of writing to you.
Being a stranger to you it necessitates me
to ^introduce^ myself. I am, and have been, the princi-
pal teacher of the Beaver Central School for
the past three years. Am also a normal grad-
uate of the Brigham Young Academy. Have
been teaching for 14 years. I am 34 years of
age and have a family consisting of a wife
and four children, the eldest is about seven
years.
Our school, this season, closes the 10th of May.
I have been teaching Physiology and Hygiene
daily during the past three years. I have a de-
sire to give public lectures in the settlements
south of Beaver on the above named subjects
during vacation.
I believe a great deal of good might
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be accomplish^ed^ in that way, and, perhaps, the peo-
ple could be made to see from a scientific
stand point, the terrible effects of narcotics and
stimulants upon the human body.
I would like, if it is agreeable to your
mind, a recommend from you to the bishops
south of Beaver giving me the privilege through
your authority to lecture to the people assembled
under the authority of their respective bishops.
I believe by this course I could get more
people together and thus could ^do^ more good.
It is as easy to speak to a house full of people
as to a half a dozen at least it is more interesting
to the speaker.
I have a conveyance of my own.
I take the liberty of enclosing a recommend
from J. R. Murdock, president of the Beaver
Stake of Zion.
If my project is worthy your considera-
tion please write me as early as possible.