In Panguitch, as elsewhere he had lived, he seemed to keep on the go. Right away he helped his son, Alma, who had land in Panguitch, to thresh his wheat, but the machine broke and the weather turned stormy and cold.
He was asked to be a Sunday School assistant teacher. Also on December 29, 1873, he began teaching a private school, which consisted of his own children and those of William D. Kartchner. This school was held in the Kartchner’s kitchen. Three of his children eventually married Kartchner children.
He attended dances, which was something he greatly enjoyed. He made a sleigh, and since Panguitch is a cold place, usually receiving much snow, his family undoubtedly made much good use of that sleigh. Both old and young could enjoy the winter sports of sleigh riding, skiing, hockey, ice-skating, or just playing in the snow making snowmen and having snowball fights. Typically of Panguitch, on March 1, 1874, Zemira recorded: “The past winter has been the hardest for 8 years.”
The next day, he received a letter from the Bishop in Panaca regarding some money, which the Bishop owed him. So he decided to go back and settle up all of his business there and collect the money owed to him. It was a difficult trip, for he encountered deep snow.
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