The was a day set apart by the Bradford Branch of the Church to have their annual Plum Island ride and I and my family had been invited to join them It was a pleasant day and we assembled in the morning at 1/2 8 o'clock at Mr Burbank's where we found our procession consisting of 18 carriages containing 78 persons Mr Burbank being the eldest led the van and was followed by Wilford Woodruff. On the way we were overtaken by 25 persons drawn in the "Bonnyboat" by 6 cream colored horses who headed our company as we went into Newburyport where we stayed 15 minutes then went on to Plum Island being 15 miles from Mr Burbanks Reaching the Island we went into a romantic valley surrounded by hills of sand and plum bushes A spot of half an acre in the centre of the valley was well covered with nice grass. Around this spot we formed our carell of carriages; upon the green grass the females spread their table cloths and loaded them with every dainty