Show HOW WHEAT WAS SAVED An Incident In the Experience of a Party of Salt lake Lako Gleaners To the Editor During the summer of 1877 1811 word came from Cram the of the Thirteenth ward to 10 the Saints to go or send noma one of each family to the Ills Field south of ot tho city to glean tho wheat wh lt found lying on the ground after the UIO crop crol had been harvested but with In not to trespass Father did not feel Just tight right about letting us boYd go but being desirous of at obeying ol t coun COUll tel f 1 and owing to the tho worthiness of tho Iho object which was to help the Hellet Society save IIa Ve when wheat t that would other wise WI go IN to w te and at tho same furnish employment to the unemployed he finally consented On tho morning of oC tile the day dllY that w to go iO 1 I took the cows to tour four miles below town and aull then re turned and was sent to tho Field with lunch for tor the boys 8 We had In ions to glenn unit the Hellet came down clown later In III the day and then to put our all in to fc gether her I U years cars old I 1 ber distinctly how hol proud I felt when father consented to let ua Us BO go and 1 also IIlo remember how Rind glad tho JoyS boys were to sen lIell me with that lunch I 1 found them In what later proved to bo the field of ot Brother John and 1111 they hal had considerable wheat already gathered My y brothers William anti and Orne and myself made up tho party As BOil BOD ns OR I arrived all hands set to work nt o the tho lunch and when wo had finished we e nil 1111 started to glenn glean glenns As s near an all I can recollect now It must have been 2 3 when drove aged eight years boy like struck n 1 mutch and lit u II piece of at stub ble and as nl there quite a 11 strong south wind it soon became ap parent that we lIe could not lIot extinguish tha th names Is II a 11 bad thing to fool with Ith here heN and no doubt will bo hereafter I remember we hod hll a n small lard bucket partly tilled with drinking water and I r in III the excitement grabbed this expecting to quench quen h the tho tire fire there by IJ but bUI of at course without success We Wo bent beat the burning stubble with our sacks and and kicked It with our feet teel but the harder we taught fought the moro more It 11 spread and soon Boon reached tho wheat wu IM shocked nt ot Interval through throughout out the tho field afterwards said to bo bit bushels Uy By this It certainly looked ns though the entire crop was doomed Having almost ox haunted ourselves In lu fighting tha tho fire which union watt rapid headway and belnA almost to death wa 10 all started l to run for tor home A man who afterwards proved to be William son of ot tho owner attracted by b tho flame came running across tha tho adjoining field antI and raught llIght me asked inu 1110 my name whom hoy I was a took me niP bark back to help him light fight the tire fire rest of ot tho boys kept on running reached home late hut afternoon but with Ith no for tho poor Shortly after tor my forced return to tho 11 of the tire fire lilT I mw Ill a 1 man drive up to the cn t side sille of ot tho field lIeM jump from his hili wagon take n a plow Illow unhitch his hili team from tho wagon h thorn thom to the plow start to toward ward us 1111 plowing MS 18 he came clune I thought of or aura OUI he was the owner of the field and that my lY punishment wn close c e nt at on 1 l 1 0 the Ih man horses and plow 1101 pusses ug u to tho north wont went wenton on Oi to tin wet went end of ot the tha field lIeh then turning around started back bak again plotting furrow tin IH hey Thin WI tn d tour four different times until n II Pil of ot land about tour four tt ld anti and th length ot tho field nell I hail plowed ID II the til m the fire tre lm ha 1 ranched thin plotted ground but Lut 1 nimbi to 10 i ap V ov r confined to a I burl which was u t 1 f to t b l about bo u t 3 of a Wi n thU hil man m with wih Hi lh plow ao m by b I 1 stopped 04 UI with wih my M ak k but not Ilot until I 1 hud had t my ev 01 1111 and l without ock 1111 th Ih na old low put ut hI Dion Mo IO thAt th t you U i 1 1 ar r nut nUt my Ihl w WN r Mr hed hedi hel i ni Th I 1 from th Ih HID I iu lf tU tg r with th UI I Ugh 11 i i if hl I II hi rt would INI I wh hf ii I h r it 1 known t 1 11 ti t 1111 inn that wi In tl lter th tk m I II i nt II un au I the thu I fi in ih man ni I hn Md M I 1 WO a 11 N i 1 doing tol MI It tv tl I M n I ih I in II i Idl i I in h K i i I i II 1 lol I l lik tu tuII wl II ik I t i ii i I i i 1 If t I I i hil hl 11 t lu 10 luti ti i ll II lI III Ih I III h Ml h t I l V Mif lu luI I I IHrl I 0 II tint 1111 h I M plowing h 1 1 N in II I iu t uj 1 uniting tt I I I I unhitched the horns ho I from the plow I put the plow In the wagon hitched up his team and drove dron away He Ue saved ved Wagstaff that day about 30 bushels of wheat and mode made nil an Im for tor good ro on Oi my ul that will 1 lat last forever to rever Who con e truthfully say that the good a 1 man does Is burled with wih him It I g It I 27 years car ago aso this summer this episode and It I Is I AS S In my lY memory today tony as t though U I had happened but yesterday Who w U s this man ml Why he ho stop atop his hil term ter sit It still and watch the fire fre and exclaim I too ball bad too bad baa and do nothing I will tell you OU He le was WM an nn honest God fearing who preached tho Gospel Go pel by testimony I example ond good works and who knew knel that faith without works Is dead who also emphasized the Golden ohlen HUle Do to 10 others other ns 1 you ou would have them do to you How did 1 he ho happen along Just Jus at particular with that plow 1110 In his won wagon and what prompted him to preach temporal salvation to Dro Uro Wag and foul jul to me It certainly was Wa providential The Tho Impression sion slen for tor good made malle by b tho sermon he preached that day to that old boy bo by b and uhl through example will wi be everlasting cv Ho Jo was an nn Intimate friend of at my grandfather Daniel Spencer and my father Claudius Claud us V Spencer and 1 I shall never forget him May ou au Heavenly leav leavI enly Father ather I remember the faithfulness of at this kind man and Ind perpetuate name for tor good god through the lives 1101 of ot his hil posterity He II departed this life le Feb 18 1883 He Ho Is abent but not forgot forgotten ten tel His Is IUle Is John J T SnIt Salt Lake City Feb 8 I |