Snow’s First Impression

Joseph Smith

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Joseph Smith first had contact with the Snow family was during the winter of 1830-31. While Joseph was warming himself beside the fire in the Snow home, Eliza watched him from a distance and said what about his face?

a.            There was deception in his face

b.            He had a honest face

c.             He had a trusting face

d.            He had an angelic face

Yesterday’s answers:

B   Furniture stain

In Utah’s early pioneer days, good paint was hard to come by. As a consequence, many pieces of furniture were simply seasoned in the smokehouse and then rubbed with oil. Wood finishers often used a mild or buttermilk base paint colored with blood—an ingredient that was readily available at slaughtering time. The color thus obtained naturally came to be known as “oxblood.” Another red-colored finish was made by mixing Utah’s red earth with lard and rubbing it into the wood for a interesting and enduring stain.

By 1854 some commercial paint became available, but Brigham Young’s sermons often extolled the virtues of the flaxseed paint produced at the Public Works plant, noting that the local product was as good, if not better, than any that could be brought in form the States. Local citizens were also admonished to grow flax in order that the seeds might be used for paint manufacture.

Lesson Committee, Museum Memories-Daughters of Utah Pioneers, (Salt Lake City, Talon Printing, 2010), 2: 262-263.