The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-12

collect have travelled and preached, and at the
sane firre sustained my family by my labor and
eosnomy. II | borrowed hundred 4 Has or
FIFTY, or II 1 had i've dollars IL almost universally
vent into the hands OF Brsher Joseph to pay law
yers fees and to lioeate him from the power Of MS
enemies, 50 far as II would go. Hundreds aud hua-
dI+ds of dol airs, that have managed get W bir-
row and trade for have banded over TO Jose ph when
l can home That IL the way got help an it sls
good for me; It learned me grest deaf. 'hoasa
bad learned, hfore heari Of Mormonism,' To lake
care of pumber one. For me- TO travel and preach
without purse or scrip, was never hard never saw
the day i never was in the place went into
house. when was alone, or when would take tn.
lead and do the talking. but what could get all
wanted, though have been with shose VINO yoad
AXE the lead and be mouth, and been urped out or
d. ors great mary uits,a aud could not gesa nights
lodging. But when was mouth never was turned
out OF doors; could make the acquaintance of the
family and sit aid sing to them and chat with them
and they would eel friendly towards me; and whea
ter l hsd gained their good feelings.
When the brethren we've talking about start
| ing press in New York, and how il has been up
| hsld, l old wish to relate an incident in my
| exferienee. In company with several OF the
| rWelse l was sent To England in 1889 We started
| irom home without purse or SCRIP aud most OF she
Twelve we're sick; and ,hose who we're not ok when
they started were sick on the way to Ohio; Brother
1ay Tor l. " by the roadside, by old father
sltrin, though he did not die. | was not able 10
wak 10 the river NOT so far acros this block, 40
4
river in oroer tn get into boat ~ il This
was abn,t our tuati0n mad not even an overcoat;
| tn small quit rom the trundle bed and that
served forDy overoat. while Was travelling To the
| : ate If New York, chen | bad coarse satines
~. Ieoat given to me. Tins went 60 Eugind 20
| strange land, TO sol III among strangers.
When We = acbed England we designrd - start
4 laIer bot we bad not the frat penny TO do
1t with. l had enough to buy MT and ply
ny pasaee 10 Preston, for from the time
| let bone, had worn IL old caJ which my
slis made on. Oh pair o. old uanta!oons; but the
NJ, - Ui q were entirely destitute OF means 90 buy
even any necessary article. We went 20 Preston
~ held our coat. renee and decided char vonld
Iutl.h paper; br, ther Farley Z. Pratt crsved the
rvi, ge If editing it, and We graz ted hin. the pri
,iltpe We alsp decided TO print th ee thousand
hymn books, though Dad not the first cent 70 he
liB With ard we're stanaers IN u strange land. we
APP oin'ed roher woodruff to Hereforostire. and
ateon panied BIN on h.s journey to thai place. |
wIo to brother Pratt for Information about his
lai and he sent ne h,s prospectus, which stated
bal When he bad q sufficient number OF subscribers
ano money enough In bard e. justify his publish
losg We might have waited for that | know
not. tut l wrote to HIM to publish two thor
ara raae,s. and / would loot the bill. b,r-
,oaed two hull and fifty pounos of sister
Ja,e eenbow, one hundred of brother Thomas
KipgfoD, and returned TO Manchester, where We
I,i ted three thousand by mn books and i've thou
,apd books Of Mormon, ana issued tS0 thousand
MI er ial Stars mont,ly, aud in the course Of the
sum printed and gave away rising OF sixty thou
ssId tracts. also pad ON five 70 ten dol ars per
week tor ny boaId, and hired a house for br ther
Willard Richards and his si'e, who came ~ Man
chester ana .u-tained them; aco gave sixty pounds
g. b,otber p. Pratt 10 bring his wife from New
TX. slo commenced the emigration in that
year | was there one yea and sixteen days, with
ny brethren the Tseive, and during that time
b upht al my clothing, except one pair Of pan
falcons, Which the SISTERS gave me Ia Liver
pool, soon after ] arrived there, and which !
really needed I told the brethren, in one of
my disco urses, that there was no need OF
her logging, for II they needed anything
the listers could understand mat The sisters took
The hint sDd the pantaloons serc Forthcoming. l
aid tb,te hundred and eighty dollars to get the
ork sttrIs d in L<'ndon and when arrived nome
in NaLvoo owed no person one artbiDg Bfo..er
King Oh received his pay from the books that were
L'nted. and Sitter BehbJw, y1o started To Amertcl
The sap wear, lett names enough of her friends %
,eceiye the two huidset and nlty pounds, which
sa- pa d Them, notwithstanding | he'll her agree
mt that sbe hsd given II TO The church. We efe
two III, us3pd live hundred collars worth OF boss
in tie office, pad our pass ges 10 &c. aud paidabot
FIX bunor- d,lsra 70 smigi ate The poor who We're
sta wing u death. besides giving away tn Sky
Thousand tracts; and that too. thougn had not
six, CT Q ann we first landed in p es'"n, aud !
do no. know lha, one OF the stlve had. could
net help thinking thu. il l could accom-
psn that much 10 Eaglipd, Ia that poor,
hard country, It could not he much Of JOB
thought that to be one Of the smallest things that
could be; could make money at il. We sent Bro
tbtr George Y. Cannon, one Of Brother Taylors ne
phi. VS. TO Calif,rpia. year ago last pring. to
print The hook 81 Mormon in the Hawaiian Ian
gusge He has printed large aud haodsome edi-
zion Of THAT book, has published weekly paper aud
paid for ~ has paid for the press and tie type and
Paid bis board end othiDg bills though be had not
o farming To start with; that rs. be went with,"t
purse and without scrip 40 far as | know. a. did
also s}iosf cs Bull ard Wilkie, 20 went With him.
II rs ODE Of the smallest abors that could think OF
r. establish paper and sustain it in st. Louis,
New York, Phllacelt hia, Boston, or any OF
the Eastern cities | wish to say this
much. Tor the information OF th0se who
think ID great task 10 establish and sustain n
paper; though an not aware that any of tie
brethren thlbk 90 yil Mite another incident,
which occurred during our journey to ENGLAND. b.
Gemge A. Smith accompanied me 10 New York city,
ard we had not ,.onev enough TO Ply the last five
miles fare. We started fiom Me- Haven in a
stesnnboat and when left the boat hired pas
sage in the stare 20 New York; the captain Of
thc steamboat happened to be IN the sane
tal,, "will you have the kindness u pay this
gen'ieman's pissape and ninel" I hid had no
convel sat,on with bum dnripg the day. onls In
in'erhoDgiDg the common am usual compl-
men =, but when We left him he greeted Us
cord ally. and said that be bad paid our stage
fare with the prcl,ess pleasure, AMI sao1E our
baud a. heartily as orotber, saying. May
g. bless and prosper you 10 your ltborsp 10 I've
MINUTES we were IL the hou-c With Pariey p Pratt,
Nho had moved to that city the fall bsfore A
soop those Of the I sel,e who were appointed on
thai MISSION " EbRlsno came In, We con laded that
We would not 90 am ,ng the branches bat GEEK out
aid preach e. those who hal not nad "a opportunity
f.r hearing the gospel. Accordingly we sspara ed
and went INTO many parts Of the state 81 New York
Long Tsland and New Jerey, ard 20 ne vent iato
the cry Of Philadelphia. Alter se had got through
With the regular meetings, We proposed 10 the
be'b,en. IL any Of them si-hcd 70 bave Isciuys ia
their private houses. add you'd tel us when ADD
where, that w. would e.t with them. II was rot
more thsn q week or ten day. before mad oeen ia
Atty din r,.pt ulnres I'm Ne~ York city add the suF
ro' nding country and tho>e who cane 10 hssr in
yite1 tbeir lie ghbors and thus preached and bap
tzea ano gather cu en rgn 70 defray the
expen.e Of our passage . E1g,tnd, Jfncpsily f'om
ttusc who were TIC fruits " our o IN abo-s. rnoigN
the people In the States are DAILY bscomipu msfe
baf,hnc0 against tie truth, yet II ! was In Mes
Yok this day and u was ny 1usitess e. be there,
would mt ~ here long be ore ! would have many
elders preaching througo different pa T. q that iity
would have them prra hing in the In, ish, Danish,
French German aud otter languages and soon