I wanted to be a school teacher and in those days you could go to summer school and teach elementary school after graduating from high school. But Chris persuaded me to get married instead. We decided to get married in June. I graduated the last day of May so we were very busy getting everything ready for the wedding.
In those days weddings were not like they are today. There was a big feast with lots to eat. Mother had cooked for a week in advance, cakes and all kinds of goodies. She had made a beautiful wedding cake, worked on it for days along with all the rest. Aunt Eddla and some of the relatives were already there as they were going to have the supper ready when we came home. We had to go to Logan to the temple to be married. We got there at 7 A.M. and didn't get out until nearly 5 P.M. (Nowadays a couple can go through the temple in 3½ hours). When we did get out we had to hurry; we had 40 miles to get home and supper was to be at 7 P.M.
When we came around the last corner, we saw the folks' house was in flames. There was a birds nest by the chimney and a spark must have come from the chimney and set it afire. It was a dry farm - no water to put out the fire - and the wind was blowing so all we could do was take what little furniture and things we could get out fast, and then stand and watch it burn. All the presents, good food, the beautiful cake and decorations went up in smoke.
The neighbors took mother and the children to their homes for the night while father and some of the men stayed to see that no sparks flew on the barn and other buildings.
Chris and I had rented a farm at Bonida, about six miles away and about a mile from Esther and Riley Cole. No one had lived in the house for a couple of years. We had planned on staying at the folks for a week or so, while we went forth and back to paint and clean up, because we had been too busy before the wedding.
After the fire we went over to Esthers house and had some bread and milk plus a few more things about 2 A.M. She had been to the wedding and none of us had eaten since 6 A.M. After our snack we went to our house and brushed the dust off the bedstead - we had a new mattress and bedding there, so we did have a bed. I was used to sleeping three in a bed and Chris had been sleeping alone. After we heard a noise and Chris got up and there was a rat in the house. So we had a very unusual wedding and first night - you could say we got a hot start.
In those days weddings were not like they are today. There was a big feast with lots to eat. Mother had cooked for a week in advance, cakes and all kinds of goodies. She had made a beautiful wedding cake, worked on it for days along with all the rest. Aunt Eddla and some of the relatives were already there as they were going to have the supper ready when we came home. We had to go to Logan to the temple to be married. We got there at 7 A.M. and didn't get out until nearly 5 P.M. (Nowadays a couple can go through the temple in 3½ hours). When we did get out we had to hurry; we had 40 miles to get home and supper was to be at 7 P.M.
When we came around the last corner, we saw the folks' house was in flames. There was a birds nest by the chimney and a spark must have come from the chimney and set it afire. It was a dry farm - no water to put out the fire - and the wind was blowing so all we could do was take what little furniture and things we could get out fast, and then stand and watch it burn. All the presents, good food, the beautiful cake and decorations went up in smoke.
The neighbors took mother and the children to their homes for the night while father and some of the men stayed to see that no sparks flew on the barn and other buildings.
Chris and I had rented a farm at Bonida, about six miles away and about a mile from Esther and Riley Cole. No one had lived in the house for a couple of years. We had planned on staying at the folks for a week or so, while we went forth and back to paint and clean up, because we had been too busy before the wedding.
After the fire we went over to Esthers house and had some bread and milk plus a few more things about 2 A.M. She had been to the wedding and none of us had eaten since 6 A.M. After our snack we went to our house and brushed the dust off the bedstead - we had a new mattress and bedding there, so we did have a bed. I was used to sleeping three in a bed and Chris had been sleeping alone. After we heard a noise and Chris got up and there was a rat in the house. So we had a very unusual wedding and first night - you could say we got a hot start.
I wanted to be a school teacher and in those days you could go to summer school and teach elementary school after graduating from high school. But Chris persuaded me to get married instead. We decided to get married in June. I graduated the last day of May so we were very busy getting everything ready for the wedding.
In those days weddings were not like they are today. There was a big feast with lots to eat. Mother had cooked for a week in advance, cakes and all kinds of goodies. She had made a beautiful wedding cake, worked on it for days along with all the rest. Aunt Eddla and some of the relatives were already there as they were going to have the supper ready when we came home. We had to go to Logan to the temple to be married. We got there at 7 A.M. and didn't get out until nearly 5 P.M. (Nowadays a couple can go through the temple in 3½ hours). When we did get out we had to hurry; we had 40 miles to get home and supper was to be at 7 P.M.
When we came around the last corner, we saw the folks' house was in flames. There was a birds nest by the chimney and a spark must have come from the chimney and set it afire. It was a dry farm - no water to put out the fire - and the wind was blowing so all we could do was take what little furniture and things we could get out fast, and then stand and watch it burn. All the presents, good food, the beautiful cake and decorations went up in smoke.
The neighbors took mother and the children to their homes for the night while father and some of the men stayed to see that no sparks flew on the barn and other buildings.
Chris and I had rented a farm at Bonida, about six miles away and about a mile from Esther and Riley Cole. No one had lived in the house for a couple of years. We had planned on staying at the folks for a week or so, while we went forth and back to paint and clean up, because we had been too busy before the wedding.
After the fire we went over to Esthers house and had some bread and milk plus a few more things about 2 A.M. She had been to the wedding and none of us had eaten since 6 A.M. After our snack we went to our house and brushed the dust off the bedstead - we had a new mattress and bedding there, so we did have a bed. I was used to sleeping three in a bed and Chris had been sleeping alone. After we heard a noise and Chris got up and there was a rat in the house. So we had a very unusual wedding and first night - you could say we got a hot start.
In those days weddings were not like they are today. There was a big feast with lots to eat. Mother had cooked for a week in advance, cakes and all kinds of goodies. She had made a beautiful wedding cake, worked on it for days along with all the rest. Aunt Eddla and some of the relatives were already there as they were going to have the supper ready when we came home. We had to go to Logan to the temple to be married. We got there at 7 A.M. and didn't get out until nearly 5 P.M. (Nowadays a couple can go through the temple in 3½ hours). When we did get out we had to hurry; we had 40 miles to get home and supper was to be at 7 P.M.
When we came around the last corner, we saw the folks' house was in flames. There was a birds nest by the chimney and a spark must have come from the chimney and set it afire. It was a dry farm - no water to put out the fire - and the wind was blowing so all we could do was take what little furniture and things we could get out fast, and then stand and watch it burn. All the presents, good food, the beautiful cake and decorations went up in smoke.
The neighbors took mother and the children to their homes for the night while father and some of the men stayed to see that no sparks flew on the barn and other buildings.
Chris and I had rented a farm at Bonida, about six miles away and about a mile from Esther and Riley Cole. No one had lived in the house for a couple of years. We had planned on staying at the folks for a week or so, while we went forth and back to paint and clean up, because we had been too busy before the wedding.
After the fire we went over to Esthers house and had some bread and milk plus a few more things about 2 A.M. She had been to the wedding and none of us had eaten since 6 A.M. After our snack we went to our house and brushed the dust off the bedstead - we had a new mattress and bedding there, so we did have a bed. I was used to sleeping three in a bed and Chris had been sleeping alone. After we heard a noise and Chris got up and there was a rat in the house. So we had a very unusual wedding and first night - you could say we got a hot start.
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