Friday, July 23, 1875

July 23rd. I took the train for Nottingham at 10:40 A.M. passing Chesterfield at 11:00 , Trent at 11:35, Besshon at 12:00. We have been passing farms covered with water, also hay stacks standing in water at Besshon, houses surrounded with water and boats being used, teams in water to the horses' sides and the train passing in water from a few to eighteen inches deep. This is along Trent River, the highest flood in many years, the result of rain, rain, we have had. At Nottingham I met Brothers John Squires and Arta D. Young, who have been earnestly laboring, often holding outdoor meeting. They converted several and have several more investigating. This afternoon I was shown around Nottingham, the cemetery, the noted Robin Hood's Caves, where he and his bold robbers had their midnight orgies. The evening was spent in religious conversation. The Brethren are full of quotations applicable in support of the Gospel and quite convincing.