Letter to Abraham Owen Smoot, 7 June 1856
Sister Smoot is with us to dinner, & says you
are not coming in, so I thought I would write a word &
send you a few strawburies as a token of remenberance, our
Eastern Mail is ^in^ & brought many papers & letters [some] letters,
but 3 bags were lost in the [wether], most of the Letters are
gone. the Indians war continies in Oregon. many lives are
lost, great whirlwinds in the States many towns Destroyed
by fire & wind. I am not very well at present, but
worked to hard a few days past. I am glad to learn by
Sister Smoot that you are getting along well in your School
Our whole city is at work on the canal to get the water
of Big Cottenwood into the City. We are all well as usual
Our garden grows finely, but our wheat is drying up
badly in the big field. I have not got the watch
fixed yet but will try to soon
Yours Truly
W. Woodruff
