Letter to William Atkin, 9 January 1889 [LE-8974]

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Received Jan 14 [18]89
Answered 20 [1889]
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PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.
OF
LATTER-DAY SAINTS,

P. O. BOX B.

Salt Lake U. T. Jan 9, 1889

W^m Atkins

Dear Brother

I always make
it a point to steal time Enough to
answer all the Litters you write me
I read your Last Letter of Dec 29 to
Emma and she wanted me to say to
you that while she has great confidence
in your word upon almost Evry subject
yet she says it is hard work for her to
comprehend the truth that your 210 lb doctor
Did Realy keep you one Day & night in boiling
water & red hot salt she thinks if that
was Really so that after going though that
ordeal you would be so badly cooked
that your Doctor could always handle
you after that but I Expect it was

true or you would not have said
so but there is hardly any telling to what
Limit a Mormon can go through
as to myself I am Enjoying fair health
my cold is still with me more or less
I had a vary poor turn 2 weeks ago
was in council with the Twelve till midnight
was taken white in Meeting with sumthing
like the Vertigo or Blind Staggers I could
not walk strait or hardly at all it
lasted about 24 Hours before I got over it
but I came all right again Asahel has
sold out his affairs in the Vally House
I was vary glad to have him get out
for we found out that he had got with
the wrong man to do business with. He
will loose his summer work and about
$600 and glad to git off so Asahel
sold out to a Mr Carter a stock Man
I hardly know how our affairs will go in
Washington for a State Govenmet it does not
look vary favorable Give my Love to Sister Atkin
& all the family Your Brother L Allen