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Oct 18, 1860

Journal Entry

October 18, 1860 ~ Thursday

18 A hand pointing to the right I wrote 3 Letters to I F. Carter, Ozem Woodruff & Ozem
T Woodruff. Brother Kimball came in & herd one of his sermons
read. Brother A. R. Wright arived in this city with his train of
goods 11 waggons & 63 yoke ^Head^ of Oxen lost but 3 Head of oxen on the way


The company of missionaries was on Green river on the 5th Oct.
no accident except Brother Needhams Mule got scart [scared] at a Blanket
run & cut himself bad no other damage. came in with his ox train
in 60 days all well

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3 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Needham, John
abt. 1819 - 1901
12 mentions
Woodruff, Ozem Thompson
22 Dec 1804 - 28 Dec 1893
217 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Ozem, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
159 mentions
Family

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Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Green River, unorganized U.S. Territory

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I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Brother Taylor President Young preached to the people which were two vary interesting discourses the spirit & power of God was upon them & their teachings were vary plain & full of instruction there is a far greater outporing of the spirit of God upon the Presidency & Twelve & the Saints in general than ever before there is some great Events at the door of this generation which will effect both Zion & great Babylon.
~ Wilford Woodruff
there was much of the spirit & power of God rested upon President Young through the day and also upon the people. While walking with President Young I said Brother Young you feel well today and I am glad of it and I thank God that I have lived to see the day when the leader of the Church & kingdom of God fee is inspired to take the stand you have to day and the Lord will sustain you in it and I am satisfied that there is asome great Event at hand which will Effect Both Zion & Baybylon Presidet Young said "yes there is, and I am moved upon to take Just such a step as I do and I shall not take any other I feel as though the Lord stood by me & sayes punch the gentiles give it to them and I will stand by you"
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Letter to Ilus Fabyan Carter, 18 October 1860
Great Salt Lake City Brother Ilus Dear Sir I think I have not Received a line from youg since the 9th March last. We are all well at present There has been a good deal of sickness in this city this fall esspecially among children and Quite a number of Deaths as it is generally considered the Healtheast of any part of the Globe. Father Woodruff is still smart & works in the gardan daily Mrs W is quite well & has a busy fall in manu- facturing cloth from the wool Wilford is busy with my sugar cane mill we shall make some 1500 gallons of good syrup which we sell for $3 per Gallon there are many cast irons sugar cane mills in operation in the city and Territory which is a great Blessing to the people We have had a vary fruitful season in Evry thing Exept fruit A light crop of Apples & grapes. I think we shall Raise one & a half ^Million^ bushels of wheat this season and a good crop of corn in this Territory
Letter to Ozem Thompson Woodruff, 18 October 1860
Great Salt Lake City U. T. Brother Thompson Dear Sir It has been a good while since I have heard from you. I have just written a letter to Uncle Ozem Wooduff & I concluded to write to you. I have Just sent you a copy of the Deserett News containing the Report of our annual State agricultural State fair also some preaching at the conference we are Doing all we can to Encourage Home Manufacturing & agriculture I sent you papers occasionally but do not know as you got them for the post Masters frequently steal them we had the best fair this fall we Ever had in this Territy I have been a member of the Board of Directors fromits first organization. we appoint committees to examine & award premiums upon evry Branch exhibited at the fair I Had the first premium awarded me upon the following Article this season Best fenced & cultivated farm Not Less than 20 Ave $5 Best fencd & cultivated garden $5. Best Acre of sugar cane $5. Best 3 Acron squashes $2. Best 6 sugar Beets $2. Best quart Bush Beans $2. ^Best 3 Cantilopes $2 Blooded & wooled^ Second Best French Merino Bush $3 second Best 3 watermellons. diploma. 4th Best Apples Diploma. 4th Best grapes diploma My daughter Bulah Woodruff 9 years old Crozien Needlework Cottan 7th Diploma Our list of premiums are very Numerous Here the prizes are small we have had a very fruitfull season in evry thing exept fruit most of which was killed by a hard winter & late pests when all fruit trees was in Bloom No peaches in this city this year & but a light crop of Apples & grapes I think we raised a million

Oct 18, 1860