September 1st to November 31st 1900
2nd and 3rd Sept
Came to St. George. Worked drying grapes, making wine etc for D. Hatch until 8th.
9th & Tenth Sept. attended conference.
11th First day of Fair. Attended Z. M. in ?? meating in tabernacle. Watered in Uncle D. Hatch's lot. Was visited by a crowd of young people.
12th & 13th Sept. Attended Fair.
14th & 15th Still in St. George. Went to Dodges spring eve of 15th in company with Mr. Sam and May Sullivan, Will, Josie and Eva Higgins. Misses Ann Pierce and Aggie Wordsworth, Charl's, Dogg & Andy. Attended Balls on eve 6th 10 & 12th on way home from dance on 12th Sept met miss Wordsworth.
Sept 16th 1900
Sun 16th Stayed home nearly all day.
17th Came to Washington
For over a week Luther is reporting work in the brick yard, making up to 5,000 bricks a day. He doesn't mention anyone else in this project so we are left to wonder if this was his own project or was he working for someone and was he part of a team of workers? The work would have been strenuous. Our family saw a demonstration of brick making in Nauvoo and the set up and manufacture of the bricks including the kiln and firing process are very portable and could be set up in any vacant lot.
There is a Democratic rally that he attends to hear the Honorable Frank J. Cannon speak.
There is a Democratic rally that he attends to hear the Honorable Frank J. Cannon speak.
The brick works takes up days and days, but there is still a day or two off to loaf around town, and go for a ride with friends, including several young ladies with a trip out to the farm of two of the young ladies' to get some melons. Sundays are usually taken up at least partly with attendance at meetings including an evening meeting on the 21st where President Duffin of the Western states mission was the speaker. He may have spoken at the earlier meetings in the day also.
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27th-28th made brick. ?
29th Hacked brick in forenoon. Went to St. George in afternoon.
30th Sun. Went to S. School. Came back to Washington.
Oct 1st-2nd Made 5,000 brick each day.
3rd-Wheeled brick 3/4 of day.
4, 5, 6, Made brick each day
7 Sun. Went to St. George.
8th Wheeled brick 3/4 day. Went to Democratic Rally. Hon. Frank J. Cameron spoke.
9th Wheeled brick all day.
10th Made 5,000 brick. Best yet.
11th Made 1250. Wheeled 1250 and went home. Commenced raining in afternoon.
12th and 13th Loafed around town. Received letter from mother.
Sun 14th Went to St. George and back again. Spent evening at Mr. Nealsons'
Mon. 15th Off bore brick. More snow in sight on Pine Valley Mts.
16th Off bore 5,000 brick 17th Off bore 5,000 brick. 18th Off bore 5,000 brick.
19th Wheeled brick.
20th Off bore brick. Went for ride in evening in co. with ? J. M. Taubion? , Isabel Pierce, 2 Misses Bastion, & Tilda Nealson. Went out to Bastion farm and got melons.
21st Stayed at Washington. Went to S. S. and two meetings, one of which was held in evening. The time was occupied (by Pres. Duffin of the South Western states mission.)
"Went to Mutual" This is the youth organization of the church, held once a week on a week day.
"After meeting went in company with Isabel Pierce, Miss Lula Parker, Mrs C. Hall, and Brother Sinsbery to Mrs. Hall's home and ate grapes and ?ammons? (Persimmons?). On our way home Miss Parker and Brother Sinsberry jumped in creek accidentally"
This is the first reference we see to Lula Parker whose brother was Robert Leroy Parker, better known as 'Butch Cassidy' the well known outlaw. Later Luther was to have an encounter with Butch that has gone down in the annals of our family history.
November 1st starts with the brick yard and ends with choir practice. The next day is the first day Luther mentions going to school. He went to school in the morning and back to the 'factory' in the afternoon. He ended the day with a social gathering at Mrs. Crawfords in the evening.
It is interesting to note that he at one point got a letter from his mother, so he wasn't living at home and is out working with some school and social life at the age of sixteen, something we wouldn't consider for our 16 year old sons now. He mentions Uncle Dave several times so it may be he was staying with his uncle, and he mentions a boy's boarding house but doesn't say he is living there. Wherever he is living, he seems to have complete freedom to go wherever he likes whenever, and to search out different jobs. He is often in Washington, often in St. George and doesn't seem to have anyone supervising him, but he works, goes to church, and socializes and seems to take a fairly mature and responsible charge of his life.
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Monday 22 Made brick.
23rd Wheeled brick
24th Made brick
25th Wheeled brick 3/4 day then went to St. George. Met Harvey & Bill in Midelton. Harvey came from Salt Lake City on 24th.
26th Came back to Washington and filled pit.
27th Made 2,000 brick.
Sun. 28th Went to SS, meeting and to a social gathering at ? in evening.
29th Wheeled brick.
30th Wheeled brick. Went to Democratic Ralley in evening.
31st Filled pit. Went to Mutual. After meeting went in company with Isobel Pierce, Miss Lula Parker, & Bro. Sinsbery to Mrs. Hall's home and ate grapes and simmons (Persimmons?) On our way home, Miss Parker and Bro. Sinsbery jumped in creek accidentally.
Nov. 1st off bore 5,000 brick. Harve and Weller went to St. George. Went to choir practice.
2nd Went to school in fornoon. Went to factory in afternoon. Attended a social gathering at Mrs. Crawfords' in evening.
3rd Worked on the Cooper and Prince dance hall. Some of the ladies came in to see us in the evening.
5th Wheeled brick to finish brick kiln.
6th Election day spent the day in Washington. Waved Old-glory in every part of town while the brass-band was playing patriotic tunes on their corner.
Attended dance in the Cooper and Prince dance hall, given by the owners for the boys helping work on the shingels and new floor. Took Hulda Pearce to dance. About 12:30 accompanied Miss Lula Parker home. Dance dismissed at 1:30.
7th Came over to St George with Mr. Rub Jolley.
8th Went to field with Uncle Dave. Spent evening of 7th and 8th at Dr. Higgins home with the Misses Higgins and Wordsworth.
9th Went to Washington field to burn brick kiln for Wm. H. Marshell. Commensed plastering killn.
10th Prep fire in killn and finished plastering. Wm. H. brought Mrs Baker and Miss Bell Modsley--down and ate dinner with us.
Sunday 11th Fired brick killn. The boys' boarding house ladies and Mrs. Formaster came down, ate dinner with us.
12th Went on shift firing at 7am and came off 7 am the next day. The first 24 hour shift I ever put in on a job of that kind. Wm. H. Brought a crowd down in the evening. they stayed untill mid night.
13th Slept for 8 hours in fornoon, then stayed at killn until it was shut of 6 pm of 13th. Covered kiln with about 4 inches of dirt then came to town. Got home at 11:30 pm.
14th In town. Didn't do anything worthy of note.
15th Went to Washington with grit for Uncle Dave. Stayed there all day. Received letters from mother and Andy. Came home at 9 o'clock. Found Hulda very sick when I got to Washington. Paid $6.50 tax assessed A. P. Winsor.
16th Watered on D. Hutch's farm. Slight shower of rain.
17th Watered on farm again. More rain. Rained nearly all night.
18th Sunday. Stayed home and wrote to ... Mother and Andy.
19th Still in St George and still storming. Does not look very prospective of fair weather yet.
20, 21, 22, 23, 24-Stayed around the house. Rained nearly all week.
24th Went to Washington to dance. Took Harvey, Marshall and Norm Stratton and their girls, over in Uncle Dave's caboose.
25th Sunday Stayed home untill 4:30. Wrote to mother.
Izzie Pace, Evie Higgins and Agnes Wordsworth came after me to go to the Clar? with them. On our road home had a tip over but wasn't seriously hurt. Hurt Miss Wordsworth's shoulder slightly. Spent the evening at Mr. Formaster's playing Crocano with Harvey and two girls. Met Miss Cnpy on the street and took her home.
26th Started plowing.
27th Plowed in Field
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2nd Sunday Finished plowing in field. Had my fortune told by Eva Higgins.
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