June 1, 1906 – It is the first of June and very hot the
months soon come and go for I am busy at work and I am feeling very well only
my leg does bother me all of the time. I
met up with a woman who was very bitter against us she abused me but I did not
care. We passed thru Eliston Co. went
and stopped with Bro Meachom who was investigation our religion he read much of
our books and said he thought it was all right.
June 2, 1906 – We are going to rest up for my leg is a
little sore and Sister Meacham wanted us to stop with her for she has been
having very much trouble. She lost one
of her little boys and one of her daughters has lost her mind. I went and picket some straw berries there
are lots of them here and I enjoy eating them very much. We had several talks on the religion we are
preaching Bro. Meacham is investigation our religion he has got him a book of
Mormon I got some what lonesome but I think what I am out here for.
June 3, 1906 – today is Sunday and we are staying with Bro
Meacham I have got the rheumatism until I can hardly walk. We went to meeting it was a Methodist they
did not have much of a meeting I did not think but I enjoyed see the people in
there religion the face shows it is not the work a God. We enjoyed our self
very much.
June 4, 1906 – We left Bro Meacham and started to work we
visited Elliston & Lafayette we found the people very friendly and some a
little bitter. I am getting to work it
is getting a little old to me I give away 23 tracts and had many good talks
with the people. I have got the
Rheumatism so bad I can hardly walk.
June 5, 1906 – After breakfast we decided to go over to
Salem and stay a few days for my leg was so bad I could walk & we thought
it best to stop a few days and doctor it up.
Elder Bishop had been over their several times there is a few families
of saints over there and they have a meeting house. We got there about noon and it started to
rain after dinner and rained most of the after-noon we spent a few hours with Sister
Bowman then went over and spent the night with Bro & Sister Ferguson we had
a very enjoyable time talking for they are some jolly people. I was interested in reading the New to see
how the big dam was I was glad to here it was all right
June 6, 1906 -- We
went to see some of our saints and to spend a short while with them for they
were all glad to see us. As we was going
to Sister Grace we stopped and ate a few cherries they was very nice. Bro Ferguson had a ladder in the trees. We went and spent the night with sister
Grice After I had got to bed I took with
the cholery marbus it was about one oclock when I got to sleep. I don’t think I want any more cherries for a
few days.
June 7, 1906 – I got up feeling a little sick for I did not
get much sleep until early in the morning.
We stopped with Sister Grace until in the after noon. Just before dinner there bees swarmed. Elder Bishop & I helped them to get them
in a hive. While we were in eating
dinner another stand swarmed I did not
eat much dinner for I did not feel very well.
I went over to sister Furgerson’s and stopped there most of the
afternoon talking to his daughters they belong to our church and they were very
nice girls elder Bishop had gone to the P. Office to see if there was any
mail he go to talking and did not get back
until almost sun down. We stopped with
Sister Boham.
June 8, 1906 – We are visiting all of the saints we left
Sister Boham and went to the P.O. to see if there was any mail but there was
not we went and spent the night with Bro Webster. We took dinner with Bro Fergerson he had lost
his wife a few weeks ago. Elder Bishop
& and I went up the creek and washed our feet for mine was getting so sore
I could hardly walk.
June 9, 1906 – We spent most all of the day with Bro
Ferguson talking on religious matters.
We got our mail. I had a good
time enjoying the conversation of Bishop & Bro Fergurson. We spent the night with him and enjoyed
hearing his daughter play the piano.
June 10, 1906 – to-day is Sunday and a very nice day. We held meeting at ten oclock there was a very food attendance out to it we
took dinner with Sister Ferguson and we held meeting at half past three. There was about as many out I the afternoon
as there was in the forenoon we spent the night with Sister Boham.
June 11, 1906 – We are going to start on our labor again
this morning we have been resting a week.
We have got a large mt to cross and the sun is very hot walked about
eight and came to a branch we stopped and took a bath and come on our way we
walked until evening and stopped with a friend Bro. Richardson he treated us
very nice.
June 12, 1906 – It looks very much like storm & is very
cold we are busy at work again we passed by the Tide Water railroad they are doing a big business I had a long talk with a man explaining the
principles of the gospel as I understood we only got lost one & walked about 2 miles out of our way we
stopped with a friend named Wn. Varden he is a nice man and treats the elders
fine.
June 13, 1906 – It was raining when we got up this morning
and was a very cold day we did not think we will travel any to-day it was raining when we ate our dinner we
spent most of the day talking on religious matters I have got Rheumatism until
I can hardly walk if it don’t get better
in a few days I am going to Richmond.
June 14, 1906 -- It
has been raining for a few days and is very foggy this morning we are going to
start out on our travels the air is so heavy a person can hardly get their
breath we walked all day through the mud.
I got my mail and was very glad to here from home. We had some difficult in finding a place to
spend the night we thought we would have to stop with Uncle Sam & his beds
are not very good.
June 15, 1906 – It looks very much like storm to-day and is
a little cold we are going over in to Giles Co to see some of our saints and
stay until it clears up we got to Bro Kirk about 11 oclock and it started to
rain a few minutes after we got their after dinner we went down to some more of
our saints & was going to hold a meeting but they could not come so we had
to put it off we spent the night with Bro. Kirk.
June 16, 1906 – It is still stormy and very muddy we are stopping with one of or saints We spent most of the day talking on
religion. At night we held a meeting at
Bro Miers and had a very good time we walked back to Bro Ratcliff and spent the
night.
June 17, 1906 – It is Sunday to day Elder Bishop is going
over to the church preaching at Mt Lake
I am going to stay at Bro Ratcliff and rest up. S. Ratcliff.
Stopped home with me and we had a good time eating cherries At night I
helped him milk. We held a meeting &
stopped with Bro Ratcliff.
June 18, 1906 – It looks very much like storm. We were going to Montgomery Co. but sister
Myers wanted us to stay with them one evening Bro. Myers got a stick of goint
powder and laid it on a rock and shot and hit it with a rifle it made lots of
noise went up and ate some cherries
June 19, 1906 – We left Bro Myers and started for Montgomery
Co. it is about two miles to the
line we walked down a little valley for
about ten miles there was not many
families living on the road. It started
to rain in the evening we found a place to spent the night.
TWO MONTHS
June 20, 1906 – It is little foggier to day after the hard
rain we had last night we have got a
large Mt to cross over we walked until we was almost give out. We had good success all day. I left Elder Bishop and went about 2 mile
canvassing while he sleep when I got back he was waiting we got a place to
spend the night with some pleading.
June 21, 1906 – It is a very beautiful morning the birds are
singing we are going to get our mail at McDaniel’s Mills. We went and got it. I was glad to here from home for I have been
wondering how they all are. We started
on our way to Blacksburg. We stopped
with a man by the name of Smith
June 22, 1906 – We are about a mile from Blacksburg we walked in an I had my watch fixed it cost
me 50¢ We took a back
road and canvass it we got on a road to Christianburg we came to one of our friends near the coal
bank.
June 23, 1906 – It is a very beautiful morning We are going toward Blacksburg The place
where we ate dinner there was a preacher he talked a little with us We went to
the coal mines we had a good time but I was a little homesick we got a place to
stay all night.
June 24, 1906 – Today is Sunday we are at a little cottage
on a back road we spent most of the day in reading & writing in the
afternoon the man went to Christainburg
& we had to leave the people was a little predigest there was two boys came
looking for us we was resting in the
woods they had been drinking we meet two men that was going the same way
as we was they showed us the way. We
found a place to stop. There was a
Methodist meeting we went and heard him preach there was a great many people
there. I was very tired when we got back
it was about ten oclock.
June 25, 1906 – It is a very nice day the birds are singing
we are in the mining camps of Mt C. They
are coal mines we had good success in our labor
I sold 3 books my companion he sold one it was the best days work we
have done But we did not get any dinner
it clouded up in the after noon but did not rain but very little we stopped at
the poor house farm.
June 26, 1906 – We have nearly got all of the county canvass
our tracts run out & we had to quit we went to Christianburg Station &
got on the train & road to East Redford
We did not get any dinner spent the night with Sister Payne
June 27, 1906 – We went out to East Radford to see bro
Ferrows he was at home sleeping he had been working on the RR yard we ate dinner with him & went and saw the
City mayor he gave us permission to
canvass the town. We got our mail in the
evening. I received a dollar bill from
my father all was well Hettie had been sick I was glad to get a letter from
home & to know was feeling better spent the night with Sister Payne.
June 28, 1906 – It is a very nice morning we started tracing
in the after noon I got me a new
collar. I met up with a man in labor who
run me out of his lot he said he did not want any thing to do with the
Mormons. After we got throng convesing
we pressed our pants. Them went down to
the East End and I got a crystal put in my watch I had some good talks in
religion.
June 29, 1906 – It is very warm morning & every thing
looks beautiful we are canvassing in West Radford & having a good success
the people treat us fine. I had a long
talk on religion explaining it we spent the rest of the day with sister Frost she enjoys the elders company very much after supper we went to East Radford &
got some tracts for we was most out. I
received some money from the Office. We
are stopping with Sister Payne.
June 30, 1906 – Ha, ha, it is the last day of June it has
been a little warm but there has been a breeze all day and that made it a
little more pleasant We have been
canvassing the west part of Radford I
had good success met up with a minister & had a talk on religion He said the Mormons was not good American
Citizens & insulted me but that showed his religion. After we had got our supper we went to the
store I got me a pair of shoes. Elder
Bishop & I are having good times enjoying our selves in our work I am getting a little more use to the work Ha
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