Chapter 8—Publishing and Traveling
“My husband soon commenced the publication of the Advent Re-
view and Sabbath Herald at Paris Maine. The brethren there were
all poor, and we suffered many privations. We boarded in Brother
A.’s family. We were willing to live cheaply that the paper might be
sustained. My husband was a dyspeptic. We could not eat meat or
butter, and were obliged to abstain from all greasy food. Take these
from a poor farmer’s table and it leaves a very spare diet. Our labors
were so great that we needed nourishing food. We had much care, and
often sat up as late as midnight, and sometimes until two or three in the
morning to read proof-sheets. We could have better borne these extra
exertions could we have had the sympathy of our brethren in Paris,
and had they appreciated our labors and the efforts we were making
to advance the cause of truth. Mental labor and privation reduced the
strength of my husband very fast.
“About this time we received a special invitation to attend a con-
ference at Waterbury, Vt. We decided to go, but let Brethren R. and A.
have our horse to visit the brethren in Canada and Northern Vermont,
while we took the cars for Boston and New Ipswich, N. H. It took us
two days to go forty miles to Washington, by private conveyance. The
blessing of the Lord attended our meetings in that place. We then rode
fifteen miles to visit Brother S. who was befogged with spiritualism.
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We were anxious he should attend the conference at Waterbury. But
he had no horse, and to help him, we told him if he would get a horse
we would ride in the sleigh with him, and give him our fare which
would be about five dollars on the cars. He purchased a horse for
thirty dollars. It was in mid-winter, and we suffered with cold, but
we were anxious to see Elder Joseph Baker who was shut up at home,
and encourage him to attend the Waterbury meeting. Weary, cold and
hungry, we arrived at Brother B.’s. Next morning we had a solemn
season of prayer, and Brother B. was deeply affected. We urged him
to attend the conference. He said he had not health and strength to
drive his horse through the cold. My husband handed him five dollars
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