Day in the Life

Jul 31, 1857

Journal Entry

July 31, 1857 ~ Friday

July 31: I called upon Brother Kimball early this morning & had some
conversation with him He told me a dream He said He thought He
had some Hogs caught with ropes & he was driving them up a moun-
tain He had one vary fat hog He said we had better kill him
he would never be as good again to kill as now he told some one to
take care of him for a while till he could attend to some others
and they let him get away from them & the hog ran up the mount
ain with all his might when Brother Kimball saw him he took
after him & told the brethren to help ketch him & kill him
but they could not ketch him so he got away He gave me what He
thought to be interpetation of the dream the Hogs were our Enemies
& one of them run away a few days since. I called upon President
Young & had some conversation with him I then went to the
Endowment House & worked till 2 oclok {President Young sealed Sarah Delight Stocking to me.
She was born in Canton, Hartford County} Ct July 28 1838 I spent the
Afternoon in the office while in the Endowment House Presid-
ent Kimball said He wished me to write the account of the saying
of Joseph the prophet when He plegded himself that He would
not speak upon a certain occasion untill all the 12 Had spoken
so he had to sit 3/4 of a day & hear the 12 express their feelings
& he could not say a word He then said to the 12 you have
caught me this once & I now want to give you some advise
never get caught as I have never go into a cornor unles
s you can see your way out in some manner we gathered
togeth[er] a copy of all our works by request of President
Brigham Young to make a Deposit of them {in the corner of the temple}

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
173 mentions
Family

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Jul 31, 1857