. The Mormons . reached Gunnison in time tosee the last touches given to that fine newchapel and to raise the Stars and Stripes. Itwas a spectacle when Old Glory unrolledher ample folds in the Utah breezes. The school opened in the new building withits two rooms, taxing the best gifts of motherand daughter. Mrs. Green happened to bein possession of some financial resources inher own right, a somewhat unusual accidentto befall a mission teacher. Hence she re-solved to abandon that wigwam that hadpretended to shelter her predecessors. Soshe did and in due time found herself livingsomewhat comfor
. The Mormons . reached Gunnison in time tosee the last touches given to that fine newchapel and to raise the Stars and Stripes. Itwas a spectacle when Old Glory unrolledher ample folds in the Utah breezes. The school opened in the new building withits two rooms, taxing the best gifts of motherand daughter. Mrs. Green happened to bein possession of some financial resources inher own right, a somewhat unusual accidentto befall a mission teacher. Hence she re-solved to abandon that wigwam that hadpretended to shelter her predecessors. Soshe did and in due time found herself livingsomewhat comfortably, and was therefore ina condition to sympathize with her comfort-able friends in the East, who had sent her ona mission. The Sabbath school was taken vigorouslyin hand. The Salina minister, when thechurch was able to indulge in the luxury ofhaving one, came over to preach and rendersuch assistance as possible. Dr. Martin ofManti, fifteen miles to the north, has everheld himself ready to minister to the con-. THE MORMONS 83 gregation when other provision could not bemade. The Christians of Gunnison have con-nected themselves with the Manti church. The people of Gunnison early discoveredthat Mrs. Green had sufficient knowledge ofmedicine to be of great value to the com-munity. Hence she had the double task ofteaching the children in school and the moth-ers at home. She added to her other dutiesthe pleasure of giving lectures to the motherson the subject of caring for their own healthand the health of their families. In the ab-sence of a minister Mrs. Green had providedherself with several volumes of sermons,which she was ready to read on the Miss Alice at the organ and her motherin the pulpit with one of Spurgeons sermons,a minister came very near being a superfluity,though he was always welcomed. The work of these busy teachers did notend with teaching and preaching. They pro-vided a reading room where the young peoplecould spend a social evening away from thef
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