I take pleasure in announcing to you
that the Eastern mail arrived on the 24th. Ulto.: bringing 28 brass
lock sacks, having left 2 by the way; it brought the last Oct. & Nov. mail:
anything later we have not heard by the Eastern mail. The mail was
accompanied by our friend J. L. Heywood, they all wintered about Devils
gate with about 20 of the brethren. They suffered much: subsisting
for one month on poor beef, and the next month on Hides. Brother
Heywood considers he has gained quite an experience in cooking raw hides,
they boiled, roasted, stewed and fried all ways; they all lived through it
and left as soon as they could get through for snow, and came near
leaving the mail at last. Many had much anxiety about brother Hey-
wood and all were glad to see him come home: he looks well with his
long sandy beard. The mail brought me 6 letters from you including
the one sent by A. W. Babbitt who, as you know was killed by the way.
I was truly glad to hear from you and that you was preserved in the
railroad smash up.
I was glad to hear that you had got along so well with
bro. Taylor in getting us out so good a history of the death of Joseph.
I have not yet seen it, I have not heard how it was sent, if by
mail, I expect it will turn up by and bye when the Winter mails arrive
I called on Bathsheba and read all my letters to her: she had received
letters from you too. I was pleased with your dream and I believe that
you will be enabled to start the cars engine or no engine that is
visible, it will be all right anyway. We will file it in the office.
We have had a hard winter in Utah if 8 feet of snow in
the vallies, and from 1 to 100 in the mountains makes a hard winter
I take pleasure in announcing to you
that the Eastern mail arrived on the 24th. Ulto.: bringing 28 brass
lock sacks, having left 2 by the way; it brought the last Oct. & Nov. mail:
anything later we have not heard by the Eastern mail. The mail was
accompanied by our friend J. L. Heywood, they all wintered about Devils
gate with about 20 of the brethren. They suffered much: subsisting
for one month on poor beef, and the next month on Hides. Brother
Heywood considers he has gained quite an experience in cooking raw hides,
they boiled, roasted, stewed and fried all ways; they all lived through it
and left as soon as they could get through for snow, and came near
leaving the mail at last. many had much anxiety about brother Heywood and all were glad to see him come home: he looks well with his
long sandy beard. The mail brought me 6 letters from you including
the one sent by A. W. Babbitt who, as you know was killed by the way.
I was truly glad to hear from you and that you was preserved in the
railroad smash up.
I was glad to hear that you had got along so well with
bro. Taylor in getting us out so good a history of the death of Joseph.
I have not yet seen it, I have not heard how it was sent, if by
mail, I expect it will turn up by and bye when the Winter mails arrive
I called on Bathsheba and read all my letters to her: she had received
letters from you too. I was pleased with your dream and I believe that
you will be enabled to start the cars engine or no engine that is
visible, it will be all right anyway. We will file it in the office.
We have had a hard winter in Utah if 8 feet of snow in
the vallies, and from 1 to 100 in the mountains makes a hard winter