Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-03

death who ,yui rin,l,y remember him.
have Travelled hundreds Of miles with
this rood man IL any wera sick be wns
syinpithe,ie and ready To holp. ifany
wagons were stalled. he was tho irsi 20
roll up M. sleyo. TO lin. digand push. Il
animals wore sick ho was an expert. lie
was a. tr.,polv fond OF good horse.
won canning dino eanie.noo or might,
animal. were the drst % receive his a.
tention, thon meals wero attended to and
all must faro Mike. Aud you would
always find tho csmp rallci to order aud
piayor oiforod 10 tod aud'lf ho himself
did the pr,yinp b WA an earnest,
thoupbifnl appoal " his Heavenly
Fa'hef, but ho novof sllghtod his
brethren. thov too must take thcir turn.
lie was worry kind. though he could
not look upon the dseds OF his follow
men with That charity and forb capnce
that some mon can. uc rebuked rather
sharply. being o quick tompor, or,
rather, h. hastily put his foot down .n
all manner Of inlquliy, and his rcbukes
were generally kindly received as all
know they were intended to elevate and
be,tor mankind. And this ~ how his
friends looked upan him. Ills earnest
desire was to have all things 20 right,
sud nothing short OF this would satisfy
bin, honco his peculiar IN ode was
considered and his advice generally at
hurcd To.
Tho poor he never passed by unno-
iiccd or uararod Tor. Food, grain, seed
grain, flour and other provisions have
boon amply furnished by him to hum
drods without any return. lilo wns Kind
to the stranger aud amply adapted TO
entertain them, Jow or Gentle, all woro
treated kindly. Ilo was very interesting
aud entertaining, both In public and In
private, and any ono couid,sepond upon
him for SOUND doctrine. Hc was a wise
mhn in general things, though lac had
not much school learning, but the bookoi
Nature, both In rogh I'd to man aud beast
and all the wonders Of Cod were studied
by him and hi. experience was world
wide. To enjoyed liic we'll He had the
thorns and tho ih.stlus, The ups aud the
downs. and many soro ,rials, but ho dos
pissed none OF Gods dealings, butts treach-
crous man was to him loaihing and the
only thing have ever known him to
hate.
brother Lot was tried soroly In tho
latter part Of his life and none but tho
angels oan tell this story corrcsilH He
had his log crushed into pulp IN a horse
power, and had whole year or moro Of
suffering through this painful calamity
This had somewhat Of q tendency to impair
his once strong memory. lilo lost two
beautiful bows In the last few yoars, ono
drowned and ono scalded with lyo water
tiil no died. An enemy u his hired a
man TO xiii him but allied, and various
aud rapid were his trials.
lie was good ptovidor and has u
number Of his children on fair way 10
becoming thoroughly educated. lie was
A large man la stature. over six feot IN
height when In tho prime Of life but
WA. not quite so tall laltcfly. 10
weighed from 200 to 2li lbs. Ito
drank no tea nor coffee, used
no tobacco md drank no liquor
While with him in 81. George
I have soon him refuse to drink drop u
wine with his old.tlino friends. lIo
never proianed, and always robukod
those that did. However, he would some
tncs treat houscMl Of those who de-
sired Il to the amount Of SO to $50. lie
y,,. d, o,od frontlor.nan. nctiyo and am.
bltious and performed noble work NJ
Sunset In the interest Of tho Arizona
mlssion and IL. final success.
uis Motley toward the Indians was that
Of brigham Young. "Fced them, not
nrht them,r and many wero the good
aud instructive letters he received from
! President Young In that early day which
no would read in public aud always adj
Wis, tho pooplo to carry them out punclu.
nnv. Lot said NJ ono time Ia my hearing:
AN who feel like cursins an Indian and
.,ylug the only good Indian Is u dead
ono arc released 10 20 homc.r lie meant
ali b.a,id. and hundreds of thom came
down and armed at sunset and he was
not A whit bchind In showing them all
hon, farming. He visited tho dineron,
tr,bo. of,en and always on1uirsd Of
tbcir welfare, and asked IL any OF our poo-
nlo vor, iu,rndine on their rights, often
-, i.,,,,, n ,,o ,y,ro yycIr,tnn In their