We had a pattern we made our garments by. We knit our socks & stockings all but women's stockings & mens socks. As the children grew we bought their socks & stockings.
It was only at times that they could get to haul freight.
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always fresh & so near.
We always had a garden by the spring. Since water got scarce Benjamin & Alice moved over by us so they could have fresh water running by their house. At times Moroni & Ben would fit up a freight team & wagons, trailing the wagons & get freight from Holbrook for the stores. It took days to make a trip, that way we got clothes & groceries when their wasnt grain raised to sell. When one of them would go, the other stayed to look after the farm, even then we had to be wise & only get the bare neccessaries. Sometimes Alice & I would get a bolt of unbleached cloth & divide it. It was cheaper by the bolt for sheets, pillowcases & for underwear for we couldn't buy them ready-made as we could later. We got bolts of gingham & calico & heavier cloth to make mens shirts. We made all our clothes but mens pants or overalls & boys as they grew older. A man's suit wore for years then & we women didn't have many dresses, just 2 everyday ones to change & wash & a Sunday dress. Moroni's sisters often passed on clothes I could make over for the children & I made quilts of them & how glad I was to get them & always made them as pretty as possible. His sister Emily was well fixed & passed on many things I was glad for like my sister Lizzie did.
We were so glad to get over by our spring and
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Lou was 14. His sister Ruth was a big help. Lou was so patient with little sister Bessie who had to be put off, when a baby comes a mother can comfort the one that has been baby but not when there are twins. They loved each other & had such cute ways. They were double blessing & joy to us all & I kept them as clean & neat as I did one baby
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watercress & have the good fresh water & garden by the house. I could have flowers. Pansies & many I longed for for so long & tried many new kinds & we enjoyed the fresh watercress from the spring. We could get it any time now. Our Twins Leigh Montrose & Josephine were born premature, 18 July 1902 just before we were moving to St. Johns. They were weak, so was I, but Lou was such a big help & so willing & no one could have been better to help them. Moroni's sister Scharlotte, who is a midwife came & stayed several days. Then Alice would come & wash the babies until I could do it. I am so thankful for their help, I needed it so badly. When school started in September Lou & the boys had to go to keep up the district. I had to wash Sat. so I could have their help. At times as we couldn't finish & had to Sunday morning I would tell the family I guess the Lord would forgive us for he knew he sent us 2 babies at once. That winter for months I felt that if I drew a long deep breath I wouldn't live to draw another. They were not strong babies & kept me on the go, if one awoke & cried it woke the other. Moroni would say never mind dear when they get older they will help you keep house as you love to & they did.
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