Mar 9 1917 Fri
I take great pleasure in putting down today's work in this book, for it has been another day of success. I have been lucky enough to sell my first Book of Mormon today. I sold it to Mr. & Mrs. Fred Montroy, 28 Russell St. They treated me very nice, told me we were welcome to come & see them any time & also welcome to come & have dinner or supper or breakfast with them, and even come & stay overnight if we felt so desired. I thought it was real nice of them to treat us so. I promised we would come & spend an evening with them & sing for them by so doing we might win a home you see, ha ha.
In my day's work I also distributed 75 tracts, visited 33 homes & had 15 conversations, 11 invitations into their homes. I feel I have done well today, but I get so awfully tired walking around so much, and not only that, but I sometimes feel as though my tongue needs a little oil once in a while, so it gets tired talking so much.
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1917 Mar 8 - More Tracting
Mar 8 1917 Thurs
To day has been another day of success. I distributed about 60 tracts, I had eighteen conversations & had 17 conversations into their homes, and as a whole the people treated me swell. Once lady, after I had talked to her awhile, telling her what I believed to be wrong & right & what I was out her for & of my loved ones I left at home & myself out here in the world, a wandering boy alone, friendless & homeless, it reached her heart & she broke down & cried, said she wished all the boys were as good as me & felt as I do and this world would be a far better world today.
When I left she asked me to call & see her again, for she would be glad to have me call on her any time. I thanked her & left. Told her I would call again. Some class when you can get them to cry for you at your first visit to them. But such is missionary life. I worked six hours tracting & spent in four hours studying. I sure do get tired walking around so much, but it is enjoyment to me as long as I feel I am doing some good or kindness to someone else beside yourself. To have a kind word or a kind thought with someone that might start or lead to the straight and narrow path.
To day has been another day of success. I distributed about 60 tracts, I had eighteen conversations & had 17 conversations into their homes, and as a whole the people treated me swell. Once lady, after I had talked to her awhile, telling her what I believed to be wrong & right & what I was out her for & of my loved ones I left at home & myself out here in the world, a wandering boy alone, friendless & homeless, it reached her heart & she broke down & cried, said she wished all the boys were as good as me & felt as I do and this world would be a far better world today.
When I left she asked me to call & see her again, for she would be glad to have me call on her any time. I thanked her & left. Told her I would call again. Some class when you can get them to cry for you at your first visit to them. But such is missionary life. I worked six hours tracting & spent in four hours studying. I sure do get tired walking around so much, but it is enjoyment to me as long as I feel I am doing some good or kindness to someone else beside yourself. To have a kind word or a kind thought with someone that might start or lead to the straight and narrow path.
1917 Mar 7 - Met the Mayor
Mar 7 1917 Wed
After breakfast we came back to the room, got our tracts all ready & our books & went out to break the ice, and it just went fine. I was invited in to several homes & had twelve Gospel Conversations, sold two books, distributed 28 pamphlets & tracts and four Liahonas, quite a nice day's work. It took me about 6 hrs to do that much work. It was sure funny one place, I found an old lady out feeding her chickens, so I went out to the hen house & we had a dandy talk for half an hour. She thought so much of me that she called me dearie once. Some class, when you can get to talk tot them in a hen house.
We also called on the City Father this morning (the Mayor). He treated us very nice & he wished us all good success in our labors & told us to got ahead and preach as much as we pleased.
After breakfast we came back to the room, got our tracts all ready & our books & went out to break the ice, and it just went fine. I was invited in to several homes & had twelve Gospel Conversations, sold two books, distributed 28 pamphlets & tracts and four Liahonas, quite a nice day's work. It took me about 6 hrs to do that much work. It was sure funny one place, I found an old lady out feeding her chickens, so I went out to the hen house & we had a dandy talk for half an hour. She thought so much of me that she called me dearie once. Some class, when you can get to talk tot them in a hen house.
We also called on the City Father this morning (the Mayor). He treated us very nice & he wished us all good success in our labors & told us to got ahead and preach as much as we pleased.
1917 Mar 6 - The St. Lawrence River
Mar 6 1917 Tues
We studied for a while & then I wrote a letter to LaVern and to Niels after which we spent the remainder of the day in sight-seeing. We saw them ferry the railroad cars across the St. Lawrence River. The ferry would hold 10 cars. It kinda makes me homesick to get over to Canada, for I can sit here in my room & look across the river into Canada.
We also went down & had a look at the large ships that are here, frozen in along the edge of the river. There is about ten of them here & it is sure some sight for me to look at. We came home & took our laundry out to the chink, had supper & beat it to bed.
We studied for a while & then I wrote a letter to LaVern and to Niels after which we spent the remainder of the day in sight-seeing. We saw them ferry the railroad cars across the St. Lawrence River. The ferry would hold 10 cars. It kinda makes me homesick to get over to Canada, for I can sit here in my room & look across the river into Canada.
We also went down & had a look at the large ships that are here, frozen in along the edge of the river. There is about ten of them here & it is sure some sight for me to look at. We came home & took our laundry out to the chink, had supper & beat it to bed.
1917 Mar 5 - Arriving in Odgensburg, NY
Mar 5 1917 Monday
We got out of bed at 4 am & took the train at 5in am for Odgensburg. We did not have time for breakfast & so we had to fast till one pm, when we landed in Ogdensburg, where it was snowing & blowing to beat the band. We, Elder Shumway & I, checked our grips at the station & beat it up town to see if we could find a place to room at. We roamed around four hours hunting for a room and I sure thought of home, for it was pleasure for us. The snow was blowing in our faces, cold homeless & friendless & with wet feet we wandered, for the snow was deep.
At last we found a room, which only cost us .75 per week, & the cheapest board we could find was 21 meals for five dollars, so we took that. Now I can tell you, such a day makes you think of my dear old home sweet home in Raymond. Gee I wish I was there again.
Odgensburg is a city of about 25000 people. It is situated on the St. Laurence River, a beautiful place, I believe in the summer, as there are so many trees around. But it doesn't look very encouraging now to a person, as it is so awfully cold & the snow is so deep. Give me Canada, or rather, Raymond. For mine, well, I'm going to bed.
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We got out of bed at 4 am & took the train at 5in am for Odgensburg. We did not have time for breakfast & so we had to fast till one pm, when we landed in Ogdensburg, where it was snowing & blowing to beat the band. We, Elder Shumway & I, checked our grips at the station & beat it up town to see if we could find a place to room at. We roamed around four hours hunting for a room and I sure thought of home, for it was pleasure for us. The snow was blowing in our faces, cold homeless & friendless & with wet feet we wandered, for the snow was deep.
At last we found a room, which only cost us .75 per week, & the cheapest board we could find was 21 meals for five dollars, so we took that. Now I can tell you, such a day makes you think of my dear old home sweet home in Raymond. Gee I wish I was there again.
Odgensburg is a city of about 25000 people. It is situated on the St. Laurence River, a beautiful place, I believe in the summer, as there are so many trees around. But it doesn't look very encouraging now to a person, as it is so awfully cold & the snow is so deep. Give me Canada, or rather, Raymond. For mine, well, I'm going to bed.
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