Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

neighborhood turned out and broke the road to the
mill, after which we had something a little better to
serve our friends.
On the first day of January, 1867, I laid up my
carpenter tools for good, said goodbye to our
people in Waukon, and started with the Whites for
Illinois. When we reached the Mississippi, the ice
was again thoroughly frozen so that we passed over
safely. When we arrived at Galena, Illinois, Elder
and Mrs. White took the train for Battle Creek
while I went on with the brethren to Round Grove,
and soon began a series of meetings in the Hickory
Grove schoolhouse, three miles from the home of
Josiah Hart. As a result of these meetings, a
number of persons took their stand, among them
the Andrews family, and some of the Colcord
family. Robert Andrews and G. W. Colcord
afterwards became ministers in the message.
That the ministerial work was not a source of
great financial gain will be apparent to all when I
state that for the first three months of labor in
Illinois, I received my board and lodging, a buffalo
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