| Show Reminiscences of o Nauvoo I g By B Bathsheba By at s e a W S try f I II Id I J d t I 4 I r q j tt i il ir l r h L ha a i iM M HOME OF BRIGHAM YOUNG IN NAUVOO tit i w lOU GR a n few years we lived happily In FOR Ef During these times Imet I 1 IW W met many good and great men anti and women I 1 first saw Eliza R fl REnow Snow Enow at a n celebration on July Jul 4 at Ilist Nauvoo Sho was WM dressed In white whit from sg head to foot and It was all her own handiwork Her Tier veil yell was decorated 1 r t with her own needle work the white whito lace were tho Product of her own hand and all nil the tho embroidery embroider was ex ox exquisitely 1 beautiful It II spoke well of 1 I her Industry thrift t and taste I met G her lier many man tunes The Tho meeting of tho f fret first Relief was held and organ organized t 9 by b Joseph Smith with him were 1 I Dr Willard Richards and John Taylor Emma Smith was waR tho first president t and she was the most able and gifted of tho the women She was full of kindness s sand I and charity charily Sister Eliza was tho the fret secretary and I have her minute book bookIn sta In which she Rhe recorded cd the history of ot the first meetings I did id not think at that tm 1 first meeting of IS 18 members that 1 Ix should live to see twice members 1 et d or that we e should toe Ire able to have such f beautiful bc and comfortable headquarter for our organization as wo we now nen have 1 I am the tho only living witness of ot the tho i endowments given Iven during the t b life and I have havo officiated In all of the thO h 1 temples except Kirtland I attended all allI I of the public meetings during the then n prophets fo at which he spoke In Nau Nauvoo au roo 00 and as DR I married his cousin I was wat wason waton x on very friendly terms with Emm Emmet Smith I heard Joseph charge chan e the twelve t with tho the work that would fall from fromI I his shoulders to theirs their I saw him leave for Carthage He was very vcr serious and ill i looked earnestly at me as he passed by byI My I husband who was WM w na a n favorite cousin cousins s t i of his was then absent on a n mission After Aft r his Ills martyrdom I wept and mourned as did all the faithful saints mints tte My 1 daughter was born two r i weeks after this tragic event Instead tJ of weakening weal my m faith the daily trials seemed to strengthen my reliance upon UlOn c the tho word wor of the Lord Though Thou h after tho the 3 exodus from Nauvoo wo suffered In sik poverty and nd sickness and death visited with and anda our homes the Lord was WM us a was made mode manifest dally daily dall yr My h father died tiled at Quincy and my m mother at Winter Quarters My M last lust child John but 4 hours old 01 1 was burled buried L t by my m mother My husband left me to toKO too ih KO go o with the tha first pioneer company I Iran ran remained with my two children George 11 g I A and I remember that my m e 1 I Ison little girl liked the corn bread but my myson son would not cat It 1 Great was our Joy to Get pet tho the first message from tho the Salt lIt Lake valley vale In October r 1819 I came Into the val valley valley valley ley with Mr Smiths company compan Among tho the band were many Welsh Vel h and their sweet songs did much to cheer che r rus us on tho the way wa How moro more than grand rand It was to be home To be ho In a house once more To be In ht a comfortable room with a blazing fire on the hearth where we were safe sate from the ele elc elements clements ments That house still stunts stands at tho the corner of North Temple and FIrst West Vest street and was the home mudo by Alfred Lambson and wife Ever since I had ha left the comfortable roomy farmhouse In West Vest Virginia I had lived In tents huts and In wagons but at last a beautiful home was wa built for me which Is now the Historians olIlee In his work of oC tho ministry which Included the exploration and develop development development ment of oC Utah my husband was often orten away awa from home and I aimed to be I supplied myself my elf children and house houst with such things as I could make mako with my m own hands I spun tho wool Into yarn un colored and aud wove it Into flannel nannel linsey and blank blankets blankets blankets ets Mr Smith had raised a quantity of or flax This I spun and wove woo Into table cloths towels and bed bell ticks s I II spun pun I and wove Dixie cotton Into cloth for fOI dresses bags spreads and the like e eI I spun und tend wove candle wicking bed ticking and table linen I 1 also knit with my m wool yarn socks stockings hoods neck wraps mittens and skirts I made eyelet embroidery and made lace with netting and WId made designs In It with needle and thread I also dried great quantities of fruit from our orchard on West Yest Temple op opposite the Temple block blockI I hailed with whim Joy jO the first gift of franchise to women and have never failed to uso use It nor to do anything In my m power to secure and hold tho time right of or equal suffrage In Utah My 1 only son see was taken from Crom me In young oung manhood my husband was called from fromm my m side 35 years ago but there Is still much of ot Joy jO for me mime meI I built my m little home where I now reside and often have hap my daughter grandchildren and with me I do not believe I have passed any sweeter years than those under this roof root with my grandchildren about me I have always loved my homo home whether It were a wagon on the plains a tent or a beautiful house Home has always been sacred to me |
