The Brigham Young Center

President's Office,
Gt. Salt Lake City,
Nov. 19th/66.

President Charles C. Rich,
Paris, Richland Co.

Dear Brother:

As Bro. Pugmire is returning to Bear Lake Valley in the morning I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines. We have been sorry to hear of your sickness which prevented you from coming to Conference; but pleased to hear that you are fast regaining your health. We have remembered you in our prayers, and have exercised all the faith we could in your behalf. We are led to anticipate from what we hear that you will be down in the City in time for the opening of the Legislature. You will probably learn after awhile, if you have not learned it already, that you can not endure every thing, and that to live out your days you must take more care of yourself than you have been doing of late. We have been much gratified in hearing of the good crops that you have had this season. The people will feel encouraged and be better contented than they have been in the seasons when their crops have failed. When you can have your ground plowed in the fall, and sow a grain that will mature early, there will be no trouble in harvesting as good crops there as we do elsewhere in this country. The settlement of the country, accompanied as it is by the faith and prayers of the Saints and the blessings of the land by the Priesthood will produce a modification of the elements there, as they have produced a modification in all the valleys which we have settled.

You have doubtless heard all the particulars of the killing of Dr. Robinson. The clique here have been doing all that they could to bring odium upon the community for his murder and to make capital out of the transaction. But, as usual, they have signally failed. They are keeping very quiet at present.

We are pushing forward the roof of the Tabernacle as fast as possible, and have shingled the centre bents as high up as we could and have them shed water, and are now covering the flat part of the roof with patent felting. The west end is being pushed forward, and we hope to soon have it shingled. When this is finished, we will have a large area enclosed, and the inside work of that part of the roof can be pushed forward through the winter.

The Telegraph is being pushed ahead as fast as possible. We hope to have it stretched to Logan in a day or two, and then we shall begin to push it South. This will be a great convenience to all.

With love, and praying the Lord to bless you in all your labors and in your ministry

I remain Your Brother,

Brigham Young