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Day in the Life

Jan 22, 1857

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January 22, 1857 ~ Thursday

22 I spent the day in the office looking over the exchanges [scraping]
& reading History President Young had an interview with Mr
W^m Garrish who said that at the time that Drummond made
out his papers vouching for the expenses of his courts for the Govt
to pay Marshall Haywood that at the same time Judge Drummond
wrote for the Government not to pay them. Judge Kinney
done all he could to get the pay made from Government but
He had $1000 paid him for his services. Mr Garrish had some
trouble with the Chief clerk at Washington the same man that
Thomas Williams had trouble with

I attended the ward Meeting at the 14^th ward. J. V. Long J W Cumings
J. W Johnson Bishop Hoagland, W. Woodruff & Bishop Hunter
all spoke we had a good meeting. I told the people to live their religion
to sustain their Bishop to get the Holy spirit I spoke against interfer-
eing with a mans family that a mans family was his throne
& kingdom & no man had a right to interfere with him that many
women would spin street yarn & go from House to House & try to
turn away women from their Husbands & stir up strife in family
we had a good meeting

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1793-1883

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I told the people to seek for happiness by doing the works of wrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil for that was contrary to the principle of Salvation as taught by the Lord our God. I exhorted them to live their religion

~ Wilford Woodruff