Who was the first American woman to sing with the Royal German Opera?
a.
Joseph Smith’s granddaughter
b.
George Albert Smith’s wife
c.
John Taylor’s daughter
d.
Brigham Young’s granddaughter
Yesterday’s answer:
b. A red hot fireplace shovel
My
grandmother was a little teentsy woman only about five feet tall and real
light, and she wouldn’t take guff from anybody. One day when she was baking
bread, a buck Indian came just as she was taking a loaf out of the oven. I
guess he asked for some, but when she said no, he said he’d take it anyway.
Well, she was building up a fire and had put the poker and fire shovel right in
the fire while she talked. Now the Indian was only wearing a little breech
cloth and when he went to take a loaf, she jerked the re-hot shovel right out
of the stove and smacked him on the bare behinder. He pulled his knife and
said, “I’ll kill you.” She took her shovel and said, “I’ll burn you.” And
chased him out of the house.
Nearly Everything Imaginable, Walker, Ronald W., Doris R. Dant ed., (Provo,
Utah: BYU Press, 1999), 492-93.
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