hold another meeting; but I felt anxious to continue my
journey, and on the I parted with my father, step-mother and sister, and took stage for Hartford with my
wife.
On my arrival at Hartford, not having money to pay the
fare of both of us, I paid my wife's fare to Rowley, Mass.,
where there was a branch of the Church, presided over by
Brother Nathaniel Holmes, father of Jonathan and Milton
Holmes, and I journeyed on foot.
The first day I walked fifty-two miles, the second day forty-
eight, and the third day thirty-six miles, and arrived at
Rowley at two o'clock, making 136 miles in a little over two-
and-a-half days.
I spent eight days at New Rowley, holding meetings and
visiting the Saints, including the Holmes family, and left
there on the .
On the , in company with my wife and Elder Hale, I visited my wife's father, Ezra Carter, and his family
in Scarboro, Maine, it being the first time I had ever seen any
of her relatives. We were very kindly received. My wife
had been absent from her father's home about one year.
I spent eight days with Father Carter and household, and
one day I went out to sea with Fabian and Ezra Carter, my
brothers-in-law, in a boat, to fish with hooks. We caught
250 cod, haddock and hake, and we saw four whales, two at a
time, it being the first time in my life I had ever seen the
kind of a fish which is said to have swallowed Jonah.
On the , I parted with my wife and her
father's household, leaving her with them, and, in company
with Jonathan H. Hale, started upon the mission that I had
in view when I left Kirtland.
We walked ten miles to Portland, and took passage on the
steamboat Bangor, which carried us to Owl's Head, where we
went on board of a sloop which landed us on North Fox Island
at 2 o'clock, a. m., on the .
hold another meeting; but I felt anxious to continue my
journey, and on the I parted with my father,
step-mother and sister, and took stage for Hartford with my
wife.
On my arrival at Hartford, not having money to pay the
fare of both of us, I paid my wife's fare to Rowley, Mass.,
where there was a branch of the Church, presided over by
Brother Nathaniel Holmes, father of Jonathan and Milton
Holmes, and I journeyed on foot.
The first day I walked fifty-two miles, the second day fortyeight, and the third day thirty-six miles, and arrived at
Rowley at two o'clock, making 136 miles in a little over twoand-a-half days.
I spent eight days at New Rowley, holding meetings and
visiting the Saints, including the Holmes family, and left
there on the .
On the , in company with my wife and Elder
Hale, I visited my wife's father, Ezra Carter, and his family
in Scarboro, Maine, it being the first time I had ever seen any
of her relatives. We were very kindly received. My wife
had been absent from her father's home about one year.
I spent eight days with Father Carter and household, and
one day I went out to sea with Fabian and Ezra Carter, my
brothers-in-law, in a boat, to fish with hooks. We caught
250 cod, haddock and hake, and we saw four whales, two at a
time, it being the first time in my life I had ever seen the
kind of a fish which is said to have swallowed Jonah.
On the , I parted with my wife and her
father's household, leaving her with them, and, in company
with Jonathan H. Hale, started upon the mission that I had
in view when I left Kirtland.
We walked ten miles to Portland, and took passage on the
steamboat Bangor, which carried us to Owl's Head, where we
went on board of a sloop which landed us on North Fox Island
at 2 o'clock, a. m., on the .
