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the Perry country and finally reached the herd. Walt Cox was herding the sheep at that time and he was in bed asleep when Henry arrived so Henry hobbled his horse out and woke the herder long enough to tell him they would have to get up early the next morning to get the mutton ready to take back. Henry noticed that from the time he reached the top of the mountain the horses had acted strangely, had shied and thrown their hends and, in general, had acted rather nervous and "skittish." T h e next morning when they got up, there had been half a dozen sheep killed by a hear. This, apparently, was the reason the horses had been on their nerve all the way along. After they got the mutton ready and packed on the horses, Henry headed for home so there would be time to get to Dixie to make the trade for fruit. All the way back to the top of the mountain, he could see bear tracks right on top of the horse tracks made t the n i ~ hIxfore. A hear and her tvro cubs had followed him all the. way t r ~ camp.' the When H m r y arrived home, Mary Alice (Uncle Uriah's wife), Ald~ic, Trehame, Sadie Jones, Henry and young Henrietta climbed into the wagnn and headed for Dixie with all the sacked-up mutton. They went throush Belleview, which is now Pintura, through Toquerville and continued on to Virsjn City where they proceeded to make trades as they went down the street. Henry laughed as he told this story - he said thc mutton hadn't even cooled out: "We just threw it in the wagon and left. Imagine how people would react to something like this now. We traded every last one of the mutton we brought, and people were darn glad to Set them." T h e group went hack as far a Toquerville that s night and camped there in nick Highee's yard. Brother Lamb, a peddler, was camped there also, and he and sister Haight, an elderly lady from Toquer\~ille, were cutting up fruit for drying. They were having a wonderful l i n ~ e together drinking Dixie wine and dancing around like a o p e of k i d . Sister Haight lost her halance and fell down, landing in tht- middle of a pan of peeled peaches. She was using the tablecloth as a n nprm." There was ver>-little money in those days, everything that could Lie traded was used as barter. Fruit peddlers came to Cedar City regularly and traded fruit, raisins. and molxsses for potatoes, meat and ~.oal. 7l'hile the boys were' having experiences with the cattle, sheep and the farm, the girls were very busy with other chores. Hmrietta and .\nn were the two husiest girls in town, they worked as hard as any two girls possibly could. The family took in boarders in the winter, usually students going to the Branch Normal School. The college meant a xreat deal to the people of Cedar City and, by supplying housing for some of the students. thcy could help the school. The Joneses charged $2.00 a

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Language	eng
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Description	the Perry country and finally reached the herd. Walt Cox was herding the sheep at that time and he was in bed asleep when Henry arrived so Henry hobbled his horse out and woke the herder long enough to tell him they would have to get up early the next morning to get the mutton ready to take back. Henry noticed that from the time he reached the top of the mountain the horses had acted strangely, had shied and thrown their hends and, in general, had acted rather nervous and "skittish." T h e next morning when they got up, there had been half a dozen sheep killed by a hear. This, apparently, was the reason the horses had been on their nerve all the way along. After they got the mutton ready and packed on the horses, Henry headed for home so there would be time to get to Dixie to make the trade for fruit. All the way back to the top of the mountain, he could see bear tracks right on top of the horse tracks made t the n i ~ hIxfore. A hear and her tvro cubs had followed him all the. way t r ~ camp.' the When H m r y arrived home, Mary Alice (Uncle Uriah's wife), Ald~ic, Trehame, Sadie Jones, Henry and young Henrietta climbed into the wagnn and headed for Dixie with all the sacked-up mutton. They went throush Belleview, which is now Pintura, through Toquerville and continued on to Virsjn City where they proceeded to make trades as they went down the street. Henry laughed as he told this story - he said thc mutton hadn't even cooled out: "We just threw it in the wagon and left. Imagine how people would react to something like this now. We traded every last one of the mutton we brought, and people were darn glad to Set them." T h e group went hack as far a Toquerville that s night and camped there in nick Highee's yard. Brother Lamb, a peddler, was camped there also, and he and sister Haight, an elderly lady from Toquer\~ille, were cutting up fruit for drying. They were having a wonderful l i n ~ e together drinking Dixie wine and dancing around like a o p e of k i d. Sister Haight lost her halance and fell down, landing in tht- middle of a pan of peeled peaches. She was using the tablecloth as a n nprm." There was ver>-little money in those days, everything that could Lie traded was used as barter. Fruit peddlers came to Cedar City regularly and traded fruit, raisins. and molxsses for potatoes, meat and ~.oal. 7l'hile the boys were' having experiences with the cattle, sheep and the farm, the girls were very busy with other chores. Hmrietta and.\nn were the two husiest girls in town, they worked as hard as any two girls possibly could. The family took in boarders in the winter, usually students going to the Branch Normal School. The college meant a xreat deal to the people of Cedar City and, by supplying housing for some of the students. thcy could help the school. The Joneses charged $2.00 a 136
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