Te Karere . r way oflife, the world has yet to produce anation of free men who do not livelife more abundantly than those whoare committed to any other man is so well off without freedomas he could be with it. DO GOOD THINGS WITHOUT BEING TOLD It is a source of sincere satisfactionto any parent to have a child whoknows how to receive instructions andhow to carry them out; to have a sonor daughter who does precisely whathe or she is told to do when he orshe is told to do it, without excuse,without protest, without resentment orreluctance. But there is an even greaterthrill than this t
Te Karere . r way oflife, the world has yet to produce anation of free men who do not livelife more abundantly than those whoare committed to any other man is so well off without freedomas he could be with it. DO GOOD THINGS WITHOUT BEING TOLD It is a source of sincere satisfactionto any parent to have a child whoknows how to receive instructions andhow to carry them out; to have a sonor daughter who does precisely whathe or she is told to do when he orshe is told to do it, without excuse,without protest, without resentment orreluctance. But there is an even greaterthrill than this that can come to par-ents—one which is exceedingly greater —and that is to have a child proceedto do a god thing without having t«be told. To teach someone correctprinciples, and then to have him goforth and by his own initiative, by hisown good judgment and common sense,do a good thing o\ his own choice—that is surpassing satisfaction, and a ((ontinued on Page 231) //mac. 795/ 229 51 WIN AIM EMIGRANTS. THE cost of transporting emigrantsfrom England to Salt Lake Valleyrose so rapidly during the early fiftiesthat in 1856 a new experiment wastried to cut down the cost. Wagonsand carts made entirely of wood, thewheels looped with hickory and raw-hide, were used by some of the Saintsin crossing the plains earlier than was proposed that light carts bemade entirely of wood and pulled orpushed by hand across the plains. Bythis means of travel the emigrant couldjourney from Liverpool, England, toSalt Lake Valley for about £15. The first emigrants to use theHandcarts left Iowa City in June,1856. They arrived in Salt LakeValley Sept. 26, 1856. All of thesepeople walked across the plains, push-ing or pulling their handcarts. Two other Handcart companies werefitted out in 1856. The first company,under James G. Willie, left Iowa City,July 15, and reached Winter QuartersAugust 19. The second, under Edward Martin, was nearly two weeks Winter Quarters the companies,cont
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