Show Biography of f Br Yd Young ng and and- History I of of the Mormon M rmon Church j M M. Verner Ver R R. R Werner er in Ladies s' s Home Journal Jo Continued from last week The Ul tlc of or tho the Quail The nights were p go cold coM that grass could and the teams o of oxen and horses 5 ha had to 11 liv on bark barka a ad d the U limbs lb i-lb of d. lb The rue mats 5 b became to o weak hI An luck of fodder odder that progress was even evel slover slow slow- er er Then rattlesnakes bc became amo rom com it on n. n and of If the animals an 13 were poisoned i Mormons l who hl had had- been 11 ruthlessly ruth rith lessly expelled from OO by he mob nob after the tho departure of Brigham Y Voting o 1111 g and the first party were now encamped oil on Sugar creek eek anti anil were wre suffering from lack of food Suddenly Sad Sud I I denly of came canto across the tile j sky and settled near their t waiting docilely for the hungry Mormons Mor Mor- mons mona mons to capture them and bat eal them The people praised God arid and ao o the e quail When Brigham Yo Young ng heard of of this miracle he exclaimed exclaimed- in hi his Journal Tell this to tone nation of the earth TOll it t to Ito the l Kings and nd nobles and great ones In the distress of their circumstances the Mormons forgot that quail were common cornmon com corn mon mOll in the the neighborhood and had been seen to settle peacefully at that season in other years ears The worries of Brigham Young were great and George Q Cannon reported d that by May 1846 Young Young's coat which in Nauvoo o he found faund difficulty in buttoning lapped over twelve Indies inches Brigham Young l himself remarked ema in a 3 public public pub pub- lic lie meeting that he could scarcely keep hOop from r m lying bring down and awaiting the he resurrection Besides the constant COlt COlt- con COIL stant dim difficulty of finding food for Cor his people he was worried by bythe the impatience impatience tience of those who wished to travel faster aster than their brethren n and nd b by bythe bythe the despair of those who could not travel so fast Some who became discouraged turned their meir wagons wagon b back ek east The journey wits WitS WitS' not entirely gloomy g om ho however v r- r for f r Brigham Young had brought along with his expedition Captain Pitts Pitt's brass band It is said said- that members of this hand were found by a 3 Mormon l missionary Iii in 11 an Engllish town and that after they had listened to I his is arguments and aUlI he lie had U listened ed to their p they hey took up ni their instruments nn and followed the missionary nary to the Unit Unit- United el ed States Slates To the music of this this' Land band whenever the weather V ather peri permit permit- 1 t t. t teJ to the people leoPle ll danced nc tl pui p t ikas kas Scotch reels and aud minuets led ed by ham Brigham Young You iud reed ed ell by prayer er The wa watz tz was wa's was ivas banned d. d at a unseemly A m member i of the pary had a- a a lL l C cl L I Madame Madam Cottin's Cettin's Elisabeth Exiles E iles of bf Siberia Siberia- a a rayon to n mental filial novel o olf of f the first half of r I i iI i h century particularly rh to the tIle rh AUg it t described bed in florid l the lic 9 of pf a a despi l i pel rind tl heroics s' s of a ah it i-it Ill MIS ii The book was very popular throughout throughout through through- out the world but in iii n the Mormon ni camp this one copy rec received i J wide circulation for it was olie one of or he hc few ew books books- besides the Bible i l i yS- yS pos possession session of or the people Men Mu nail and wo women en r read adit f it with delight b by moonlight moon moon- light ight in their wagons and n passed it Iti I orito the time next wagon aft r they UlY had fin I. I J n Tuesday May 5 1846 1346 William O Clyton lyton made mache this tilts entry in in iii his I journal I Went over over to J. J D D. Lees Lee's es e's an I learned that some some of the HIe clerks clerks' had I. I be beh e h to the president nt- nt and told told him iU tIt that t I had order ordered cl that they should in their reports cacti each vIa a 1 aman m man n has I did id not do an any such t thing O ony y requested each name should i m iH in if nil according to tile the of o a a pr previous council The Time it did cUd not not matter abut the n Jnes b being ing in full b bu i thine ic 1 it will prove proVo it does Doctor Richards h ks as I do The president I un- un nd n- n d stand appeared quite angry angry William Clayton was of the C p of lf Israel which was time tIle nan name th Mormons gave their exp expedition In Iii the co course of Ui the day he ha kept a avery very vcr complete journal of their trav- trav travels els elto to which we owe credit for the m most St intimate details of the daily life He of the Mormons during this pe pe- pe- pe rio In an introduction to his journal published by his descendants descendants descend descend- j ants Clayton is thus described I He was wa-s methodical always alway sitting sit sit- j ting in his own armchair having a certain place at atthe the table and otherwise other othet- wise showing Ms love lave for order which he the believed the first law of heaven His person personS was clean olean and ana tidy hi his hands small and dimpled He Ho wore very little jewelry but bu what what little he lie h had was the tIme best bes I money could buy He would no nOt net i carry carry-a a watch that was not accurate i and end this ibis clothing was made from th the b best t material It lt is fortunate that such a man maDI accompanied the expedition In a po- po po pa- where he could observe an anre and andre re ard his observations and it is al also al- al l so easy to understand that the themis o mis spi slon of tho the full fun names Dames of all ahl th the wives wies wi s would d I rov l in Brigham Young ruled ev every ry action n of his people William Clayton ha haa had bach hada bacha a music box b x and a a. set of china chin I which he tho thought of selling to ai aim an Iowa family but ber before re d doing Hl ro 0 o n tie lle went to Brigham Youngs Young's wagon t task to ask lt permission p n. n The Time president w wa waa busy but hut Heber Kimball his first firs i counselor gave Clayton permission to sell the time music box and anti the china Continued from last week n |