Oct 1 – Today is the first of October we was going to start
for our labor but it looked so stormy we did not get away. We went down to Bro Roberts’s daughter and
spent night and had a good talk on the gospel.
SIX MONTHS
Oct 2 – until Oct 21 - Visiting saints and friends during
the last 20 days took a trip of about 110 miles started at Foster Falls and
went by the way of “Ivanhoe”, Quipple Creek, Speedwekk, Crockets Depot, Rural
Retreat, Corinth, Shelton Town, Wytheville, Sanders Wineo and back to our old
starting point of Foster Falls. It was
raining most all the time we was gone and snowed a little we had a very good
time during our altercate and found all well.
We did not take our gripes so I could not keep my record up while I was
away. We are now back to our old labor
canvassing.
Oct 22 – We left Bro Henry Roberts to go across New River
and canvas it looked very much like storm most all day but along toward evening
it cleared off. We had a very successful
day with a few Aposers. Elder Reid went
to canvass a house and I stopped in the woods and waited for him. But the man ran him off and would not let him
cross his land to come where I was so I did not know what had become of him and
went to look for him and the man sent me a big hunting and told me he had sent
my comp. The same with some difficult we got together. We did not get a place to stop until
dark. We spent the night with a very
rich man; He did not want to talk so he took us to our room.
Oct 23 – We left Mr. Crocket very early crossed Reid
Creek. We walked about 22 miles and did
not find many families. We met up with
two rich men who was a little bitter one did not want to talk so he left and
went to the house. Crossed Reid Creek on
the wagon bridge by Grims Forge. Elder
Reid save a lady some pamphlets and after we started she came and threw them
away and said we don’t except such stuff as this we the spent the night with
Bro Richardson.
Oct 24 – We finished all of Wythe County across Reid Creek
on the south side we got our mail at Max Meadows the second class was their but
our letter had not got there we went about three miles from town and spent the
night with one of our members. Bro Foman
he was working on a saw mill I saw the largest pile of lumber I ever saw it was
about 250 yards long and two rows on each side of the tram way.
Oct 25 – We spent the day with Sister Foman we walked about
10 miles to see a man who was very much interested in the gospel we held a
meeting at night and had a good time.
Oct 26 – We left Bro Foman soon after breakfast we sang a
few songs to Sister Foman we got our mail I got a letter from James & 2
from home all was well at home we started to canvass towards Clarks
Summit. We came to the sections hands
and sold them five books we had a very hard time to get a place to stop most of
the people was wealthy and they could not keep us they said. We got a place with a poor man who showed that
he was a Christian he treated us fine and ask us back.
Oct 27 – We left before sun up on the account of the man who
had to go to work we had some good talks on the gospel. I got run off by a man who had been told a
lot of lies and would not except any pamphlets.
It turned very cold towards evening we crossed New River on a fairy boat
and went to Bro Richmond’s to stop.
Oct 28 – Today is Sunday we went down to Bro. Roberts his
wife wanted to be baptized it was very cold most of the day. In the P.M. about 2:30 we went down to the
river that is New River there was a large crowd there waiting for us to come
Elder Reid Baptized Sister Roberts. We
held a meeting at might and had a good time.
We went down to Pro. Price and made a good friend of him. He said he had learnt a great deal of us and
was going to study our Doctrine.
Oct 29 – We left for Tipton to see the Saints before we left
Wythe County we had not been their long we Elders Bishop and Egan came to see
the saints they came from Cripple Creek.
At nigh we held a meeting and had a very good time Elder Reid and I
stopped to Henry Roberts.
Oct 30 – We are all ready to leave Wythe this morning the
Elders came down soon after we had breakfast Sister Roberts made me a Umbrella
Slip and Elder Egan gave the furl to with it.
Elder Reid went to Sister Roberts and ate dinner with them for Elder
Reid did not intend to get back any more.
After dinner we bid them all good-bye and started for Bro. Montgomery in
Carroll Co. We got there in good time and had some good talks on the gospel Ha
Ha Elder Bishop and I got the best bed and made Elders Reid and Egan sleep on
the floor.
Oct 31 - Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha We have got a big walk before us
today so we started very early we was going to Keno to see the saints. There Elder Reid had been through before he
got us off on some trails and we got lost.
It was very cool all day. We had
to wade a creek and it was not very comfortable. We walked hard all day and got to Bro Stuarts
Marshall’s a little after dark we was all very tired.