Castle of Spiders

Pioneer Ann Howell Burt jokingly dubbed her dugout the “Castle of Spiders.” But it wasn’t just the spiders that caused her to desert her dugout. What else contributed to the eviction?

a.      Reptiles

b.      Natives

c.       A leaking ceiling

d.      The dirt floor

Yesterday’s answer:

 (A)     His head was full and heavy

Millen Atwood remembered, “The first time I ever shook hands with a prophet he was easy, free & sociable, with all, he said that he rejoist to see us being Yankees for, said he, ‘I was born in the State of Vermont.’ Br. Robert Pierce was present and said to Br. Joseph why don’t you hold your head up as I do—Br. Joseph said to him haven’t you past by a field of wheat when it was ripe and seen some heads stand strait as yours does and others down as mine does [?] Yes sire said Br. Pierce. Well sayes Br. Joseph the full heads lop, the empty or blasted head with not much in them stand striat up like yours does. Joseph with all present had a good harty laugh at his expence[;] he comforted our hearts.”

 Orton, Chad M. and William W. Slaughter, Joseph Smith’s America (Salt Lake City: Deseret Books, 2005), 190.