Olive Smoot Bean, Correspondence, 1883

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April 16, 1883-Manassa, Colorado
My own true loving wife
"...I do not find as much division among the people [of Colorado] as I anticipated and the Saints are very kind, and very glad to have us among them, but they have much to learn, before they can fully sense, and live up to the principles of the Gospel....Bro. Glazier told you about my beard did he? Well I ought to have charged him not to for I had calculated to suprise somebody, but he has spoild it all; then it is-such a pretty one(?) it would be a shame to cut it off; it is a great wonder that the young ladies of the South have not all fallen, in love with me, if not with me, with my beard(?)....I am so glad that you and dear Pollie find time to associate together some, and that you still feel that interest and love for one another which makes you so dear to each other and doubly dear to him who loves you with his whole soul. I am pleased that you read that letter to her as well as all others, and I trust that she took it in its true meaning, and I earnestly pray that each sentiment may serve to strengthen her faith, confidence, and love for me, and that she will appreciate my desires and endeavors to promote her happiness. God bless you, my darling wife, for your earnest desire to do right in this pure and holy principle of our religion. God bless her, that she may appreciate your love and affection for her....when I see some of the ways of the world, and how indifferently they regard the marriage covenant, the gratitude I have, for the one noble wife I have, and the hope I have for another like her, knows no bounds."
April 20, 1883-Provo City, Utah
My own true loved husband
"...Lib and Milton go on much the same as usual, and the public connect Miltons and Nettie Southworths names most emphatically and Lib denies it just as emphatically. But one thing is sure, Lib gives him a good scoring over quite often, and I notice Miss Southworth is the whip she lashes him with...."
April 23, 1883-Ephraim, Colorado
My Dearest loved and loving ones at home
"...You intimate that there is some difficulty between Sister Libbie and Milton. I hope she is not objecting to him entering into those holy covenants, by which alone, they can be exalted to a fullness of Celestial Glory....In regard to addressing your letters, I am sorry to learn that my loving wife has the ordeal to go through of being made fun of by the neglect or ignorance of her husband in failing to consult my very precise and fastidious brethern of the Court House how I should address her....but as I have not started out in life to gratify public opinion...you will please get your mail through some other way, and relieve them of such an annoyance."
April 29, 1883-Provo City, Utah
My own true husband
"...there is one thing that does wear on me fearfully, and that is staying alone of nights. Week after week I stay there alone only when Dottie comes, and she is no protection. Every slight noise sets me trembling and some nights [I] cannot sleep for fear. I was not so nervous until last winter when I got a great fright. Since then I do not know what comfort is when I am alone after dark."
April 30, 1883-Manassa, Colorado
My own true loving wife
"...I was in hopes Libbie would begin to be happy herself, and there by make Milton and those around her happy. If she is not careful, she will realize when it is too late that she is fighting a principle which is intended to bestow upon her the greatest glory in our Fathers Kingdom."

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1883

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