First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).
29th
I recieved 4 letters one from
Holmes Clark Davis & Charles Miller
I wrote 2 letters one to Holmes one to
Davis. In the evening I went to the seashore
with Elder Stratton to Baptize, on the way
we saw a man run over a child with a waggon
their was 500 people gatherd around it
in as many minutes they thought the child
was killed but it soon revived the man
was taken up by the poliece, & fined for
being drunk & carelessness. When we arived
at the water the tide was out we got three
cars to take the candidates down into the water
and Elder Stratten went down into the sea
and baptized 12 persons we had a plesant
and interesting time, many of the Saints were
present & numbers of the world, & the whole
company left the beach singing by the way
I took supper with Br Hall distan {of the day} 6 m
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