Day in the Life

Dec 18, 1858

Journal Entry

December 18, 1858 ~ Saturday

18th Saturday We rode into Filmore took Breakfast at Broth
Hoyts We then met at the State House Organized the
Legislature with its officers in separate Houses we then
met in Joint Assembly Received the Govornors Message through
the Secretary had it read through ^by^ the clerk dissolved the
Joint Assembly, met in seperate Houses, excused Absent
members Passed a Resolution adjourning the Legislature
to the Social Hall in Great Salt Lake City at 10 oclok on
Monday the 27 of Dec we then returned to Brother Hoyts
took Dinner then I met with Lorenzo Snow F. D. Richards


& Daniel Spencer for the purpose of Hearing a statement made
By Brother & Sister Hoyt concerning their being disturbed
by a company of the Saints the following is their story


On the 28th Sept at 10 oclok they had a child born it being
the first child born unto them they having been married
over 20 years A company of the Mormons came & surround
his house about 25 of them they blew Horns & sung the
most vulgar songs for about one hour then went
away about an hour & returned & appeared to be more
than at First they commenced to tear things to peaces
killed some hens made them squall opened the windows
& flung the fowls onto the beds filled his windows with
fence polls also his chimney dirtied up their beds the
wind blew upon their children. as fast as they would
open the windows on one side they would shut them till
they were fastened open they poured out a Judgg of
vinegar they yoked up a pair of his oxen facing
each other. they said the Bishop told them to go dow[n]
& suerenanade him till he would treat. He said the
Bishop would till him what he did say to them. He lent
them a Base drum to go with. Brother Hoyt said He
had talked the matter over with Bishop Brunson & had
agreed to settel it He also read a Letter which He had
written to President Young & accused Brother Brunson
of trying to get one of his wives away from him
The mob shot many pistols while in their operation
Our Horses were hitched up & I had to leave in the
midst of their story. I talked with Brother Brunson
& he denyed being the institggator of it

We then left Filmore Rode to Cedar Springs took
supper & bated our animals. it began to snow hard &
we were fearful we would be blocked up so we all agreed
to Harness up & all travel through the night which
we did arived at the Severe at 4 oclok in the morning
whare we bated. we Brokedke our Iron eaxletree inside
of the hind wheel. we raised up the carriage placed the end
of the axletree betwen two spokes on the side of the Hub made
all fast with ropes & in 10 minutes started again drawing
our wheel as though it was locked like a sled runner
we had traveled to day over 50 miles & snowed nearly
all night

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74 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
2 mentions
Spencer, Daniel
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
65 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
3 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
5 mentions

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I told the people to get the spirit of God & follow its dictates & to remember daily their prayers & to pray for the Presidency & all the Authorities of the Church & to pray for the President of the United States & for all men in Author- ity as the spirit of God shall dictate.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 18, 1858