Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
You Talk About Hard TmeS!H

collect, every one had pumpkin
squashes, potatoes, cabbages and
currants TO pay me, but not cent Of
money. A missionays wife brought
brick enough to build a house i7xtl Tor
which she paid mo two patchgl.wofkod
quilts, one hickory shirt, and straw
hat made by herself She had no thread.
SO she unrayeled piece Of cotton cloth
To- sew the straw braids with The cloth
was not new; hence when I came TO-
contact with the who'd Ii soon broke the
sewing. My hair, (which / wore long, SO
MS to be IN fashion, would work through
the crown, so much 20 that often during
the day had to take both hands and hit
1t oil, and set Il back on an the hair
again Many straw hat have I seen
worn all winter.
We often had dances. The first thing
to do was 10 make peace with the
fiddler and then go aud engage your
girl A peck ol wheat per couple was
the usual charge. II YOU had no wheat.
you must satisfy the hddler some other
way. An went to the dance aud there
was no society papers 10 report what
each lady wore. one thing / now ~.
member they had ON was smiling
cuuntcnnnce and they alaays wore an
honest heart. We were as one family
when we met, aud It was d meeting Of a
happy family
My clothing gave out, SO purchased
a pair Ol puckskin aud smoked them
with sagChfush SO much that they had
the flavor OF an Indian wickup. had
a par ui tight pants with spring bottoms
and straps TO keep them IN place. us q
few elderly readers will remember was
the fashion those days. ripped these
spring bottoms. laid them on the buck.
akin, and cut around them, forgetting to
leave anything fof shtinkagc, aud seWcd
them up with welt In the seams. Then
had buceskin jumper to lap little
over at the waist. and but little; also a
pair Of shoes made out OF villey.tan
leather that had neither oil nor bacSing
enough In 10 make them pliablc or black
They were "ioccY' costing Ioou brick.
A good woman knit me pair OF socks.
Wool had to be corded, and spun by
hand hence the socks were short. Win
the hickory shirt, straw hat, new shoes,
and buckskin suit went 10 meeting
As / passed the boys | heard them
say Look at Henry, how well he Is
dressed" have had many a suit since,
hut none that stood up in with the
same pride did with that.
But the old saying, pride goes be-
tore ialln came true. Monday morn.
ing went after the horse, It hiu rained,
the grass was wet. my pants got wet.
they got long, lrolled them up one
tuck; went on more wet, another tuck;
until / had most Of the pants rolled up.
/ took them oil, unrollcd them aud
hung them up to dry. Weill they dried;
and when ! beheld them dried, my
heart sank within me. made a rush
for lish Hoops. who helped us green-
horns out OF difficulties lie told me to
dampen them and draw them on and
lie, them dry. which I did. When dry
there was a space between the yllley.tan
shoe and the top OF the sock, and still
larger space between the top Of the
sock and the bottom OF tic pants; also
some discrepancy between the pants
and jumper, so you could see the shirt
The spring bottom had dried into a
horn. the knees bulged out, the seat,
well, Il looked like wanted to sit down
all the time; on the whole 1t looked as u
| were squaiting ready to jump. But