Show THE TOE MOVE SOUTH RELATED BI J L news tile the other day I 1 was thinking over some of the experiences of my early life and thought they would bo be interesting to some of the young people today so I 1 will give you a few of them in its I 1 hired out to work for a man by the name of john walker who resided in the southwestern part of wilard CRY city while lie he went to the echo canyon war at the time Johns John lonea stones army was coming to utah other men from willard had been sent to the war and one day while I 1 was doing chores bishop alfred cordon and HOOT er call came to me and said we are short one man to send out to echo brother call here is willing to go but he has no boots and you have a pair it if i iou ou will give him the boots we can call make up the number and drother brother call will go I 1 pulled oft aff the boots booth and gave them to him aney were a i good pair of boots and I 1 had to wait about two weeks before john nichols of brigham briehan city could cyruld make rue me anotoli adoth ji t TJ K aa cr r pair and during that time lime I 1 had wet feet every day I 1 was sleeping nights with adam walker whose mathei was dutch and we had a feather bed over us and oh how I 1 sweat at nights aud and I 1 believe that kept me from getting sick until I 1 got my new nev boots in the spring the order came to move south and we were told to be ready to move more at once I 1 had to move my father stepmother and old lady wood as we anve called her and a very fine old lady she was we got an all old light wheel wagon cut down made a box ol of dough lumber and hitched a yoke vi of two year old steels and a yoke of cows cow to it what objects of curiosity we would N bo be with such an outfit today in ili the public places and how bow I 1 was dressed I 1 had on oil a pair of at john nichols boots over a pair of buckskin pants katits with fringe down the legs and silver stars around the edge of the pockets made by tailor walters of brigham also wore a wide belt with fancy scabbard holding a big butcher nife inife 1 a hickory shirt and Shul berdine home made hat atter after we reached centerville Cent erville I 1 was detailed to hurry back to willard to guard our property I 1 found all tile the people gone except tile the few men placed on guard we e occupied three houses the officers at lash malloris Mal lorys house a few of us at the school house and tho the balance at the harding house there wore were about platoons of us and we had a good time ville tnie with nothing to do but dato ii the indians had all gone arth on ani soon I 1 vent tent to help father more mora on an farlini south and when we ave reached salt lake city the place was deseri de ze I 1 and wo we continued on oil through lell american fork pleasant grove provo spring ville spanish fork and thou then to where we stopped there were two or three other fa milin from willard at this place and we all camped lor for a few weeks there wan wa a man in the compa company hi the name jr 0 Lank head kliu hv had a voi col ored boy ov iv the nama nam jc nati lla H and I 1 were sent back to 10 iniard willard Iii ard tor t ar r brigate uie the spring grail awl tot lot back there in the latter part of 0 jam iiii we 0 o went to work to get acad r to everything and there came one ot ol tile finest storms I 1 have ever seen it soaked up the ground all aal give gave tre grain a good watering so we had nothing to do but return to Poi town and we were the alie last two individuals to leave willard and box elder county to the mercy of tile the indians ani the soldiers eold lers whom we thought come and take our lands and grain but in ill about two weeks after our clurn to word came for ul in all al to move back to our home as col kane had corne come froni from washington to the val va lies arid and arranged a peace and tile the sol diers under johnstone linstone Jo were going tl tj march through salt lake city and go oil to cedar valley west of utah lake when we got back to willard we found the crops better than it we had stayed at home and tended them the lord had blessed the ilie land and preserved the grain and the volunteer wheat gave a crop free from smut and we harvested a big yield it was the same everywhere in the vallies and there was good market for the grain at camp lloyd and also plenty of worl work as tile the soldiers had to have winter quarters and the saints were hired to do the work there was lots of money meney in circulation and plenty of clothing everybody ever body most wore an all army overcoat and we got along fine in 61 1 I was called to go back to tile missouri river to kielp the emigrants across the plains and while returning we met many companies of soldiers returning to their homes in ill the east who told us they were nere going to take part in ili tile the civil war I 1 was told that most of them fought against the union in that war la in 1863 1 I and brother george harding were called to go back to the river to tc help the emigrants and during that year we slept together and ate together for six si months we have been warm friends ever since and our experiences have been somewhat similar we both married welsh girls both been on oil missions both now have lost our wives the hearing of both is somewhat affected and both have raised big families our lots join and also our farms and both of us have met dl t with many and severe acci cents ond we are still both in ill tile the land of the living imy illy accidents came many lears ago and brother hardings have happened during the last few months I 1 try to see him or hear from him every day and lie he has had the best of care from his children his daughter mary alary is one of the best nurses in dox box elder county and brother harding has borne his afflictions patiently and cheerfully JOHN L EDWARDS |