Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-08
A NAUyOO VETERAN.
Knew The Prophc, Well, and Lived
Under Hlg Roof.
PINE YAtnrY. Fsb. q. 1906.

hoit0r Dcsor6. Ac.gA
Though 1t may be somewhat lato to
do sg, 1 viii NV uudctvDr 20 report 10
tho friends n the Pioneer cause ns
made mnmf.st ~ the celebration last
year at salialr, that q would have
boon very iuc1uvoniont indeed fog me
u us there, aud also that my present
plauc u rcsidcnou Is Pine Valley dis.
riot or ward, Washington county,
Utah. From s0mu cause / am under
tho impression that 1, 10 rather desired
al the present time that tue rcmalniug
members Of the Pioneers, the carly
to,tlurs OF the valloya, aad SUCH IA had
personally known tho Prophet Jogtph,
should report themselves In some way.
As 1 am one OF eacu oI those three
glasses, 1 thought / would do NO
through tho medium OF your excellent
paper should IUu feel disposed 10 iu.
cert the same therein.
Ny acquaintance with the Prophet
c0mmoaCrd soon after the expulsion
from M,a,ouh mud tho settle.
mcnt at Nauyo5, upon " yiHt
at my hthus's In McD1nough
county, tIliuos, with his fumlly-lt
mus, have been Ia tlu summer " 1880
or iD-Bfolhor Joseph suggested to me
that 1 come aud stay with him aud
work on the Temple, which after
watta DID. My WORK on the Temple
applied ~ timing Tor my father, and
/ my b1aui answered thv same purpose
Tor Brother Joseph. / wa now some
Is 70 20 years Of age, consequently
/ capable ui Judging Of mon oIuHt4urnuly
TOT myatlL 1 watched the Prophet
closely; / was anxious 20 know whether
hu was % Prophet Of GUI, 30, uf course
1 watched MIN, uud nom ull 1 cJull
discover, he was not Ouly Prophet 10.
Coz, but mighty Aui great, a. we'll
as "A good man, Jcsuph wan a large
mnu, 1 think a litUu DvcrFiN feet tAll,
and very heavily built, wolIbaIuucBi
ami prOporiiontu, hia limbs all rounded
Oh ana beautifully his weight, / think,
VAS ftOm 80 o. - u1uulr, MS uIm.
piexiOn lignt win fall, Que OF gray
oyer, which when tutnu4 upon you
]
would instinotygly feel that hu
WAS reading your very thou shtb
liu certainly hud very peculiar ca
preston Ia his i,cp, always pleasant,
cheer ul aud llvuiy be was very cluu
tiu Ia MS movements, ! think the mos
30 OIAuy other man I oyer saw. llil
manner Of talking was very simple
plain aud i0rgiblU. THo expression u.
nlH words was 81 such nature ~ &.
make All imprt ssibu uU0n tur mind MOI
easily rnsccl. He WaI sympathetic
aud kindly perhaps, oven % a fault,
hut On! when necessity or motive de,
maudpd ~, with what vruruuucu GbI
jrcu ne could attack his foe! Jusuphi
time AT home wtth nls family was yefy
limited on account OF tho Ou0fmOui
amount aud vaubly OF business 10,
necessarily hgd 90 attend tot al
kiudsuuI ueHuflptiuut-thu building
up az d new city, nnd settling down %
r. great community Of people, Hll look
ing 20 him a. thuir guide auu director
not uuly la religious mattert, bu
about everything ust; atiil ho WI
with IN enough 90 enable as 90 wltnvs
much ~ uiH peculiar faculties, pUWuu
aud dispositions which we're glWAy
exercised Ia uIbleuUsH anu kiuIuels
one more trait VI Josrph's genera
character that / noticed want @
speAk Of here, and after that 1 would B.
pleased 10 relate several incidents, o
nuocdltoB perhaps they might br en- led
49, connected win Joseph ana olnc
individuals, "A 10 do 80 would roquitl
p another onduHyUr or article, ns thl.
, perhaps, l. lengthrpel Gus aluivs
/ enough:
After common laboroB stopped wotb
Ing on tbs Temple on acc 10 ot win
tor, / had more tlmu ut JlBeph''. Hl
family was worry large, consisting, be-
siues his own anu other persons, ,
whumso0y0T came there 90 stop nwhil
or 10 sec the Prophet. There wen
| many travellers, and sometimes me-
who We there called "wiutrrbound'
, | would make their way u she Prophet
I s1metimes, perhaps, out OF cuTiOsiiy
sometimes would stay quite a while
that N, several day, mzy loo a week o
z more; when Joseph would disCUvr
| that such a man OF men were hon
sst, honorable aud Sincere noticed b
would always appear 10 hu anxious {
eulighlen them upon the subject OF Oh
b Gospel, bearing his testimony ~ {
4 what tho Lord had made manifest
b himself In relation thereto. THIS }
tue trait Of character wished % reie
to. W, A.. NASCE,