Day in the Life
Journal Entry
27 I set out a Bed of strawburies the vicomteese Harricart D Thurry
Also some Victoria & [blank]
I went to the office at 4 oclok. A meeting was Held at the Historians
Office to select a company to go to Uinta Valley Present B Young H. C
Kimball & D. H. Wells W. Woodruff & the clerks in the office A list of names
was called over 30 Answered to there Names several wished to be
Excused 3 were excused George Bradley wished to be Excused He has
been one of the main whiskey makers in the Territory. Then President
Young said. If I had called for volunteers on Sunday I could have
got 200 Names but this I did not wish to do I have been requested
many times to permit a settlement in that valley, But I have Never
wished to do it untill now But now I want a settlement there and I
wish to pick my company. The Gentiles will take possession of
that valley if we do not & I do not wish them to have it Anterro
the Cheif of the Pampa Utes wish me to make a settlement there
and I want to say a word to you Brother Braadley I do not wish to
excuse you I want you to go so that you can neither make whiskey
or get it For any man that makes whiskey or Beer is guilty of putting
the cup to his Neighbors Lips and any man that will make whiskey
to sell here would sell the kingdom of God for a pickcayune. I have
shown by my acts what I think of whiskey making. I have the best
still in the Territory and as soon as the Gentiles brought whiskey to
this Territory I laid up my Still & I have not used it and I wish that
all the whiskey that the gentiles brought had been so filled with poison
as to have killed all who drank it I despise the whiskey maker
more than I do the Thieves I have no fellowship for Either if I had
the power I would blow out the Brains of Evry thief in the Territory
yet I would rather a man would steal my ox evry six months
Than to ask one of my Family to drink whiskey with him one in
six month the thief is the best man of the two for the whiskey
maker will be of no use when he gets in Hell ownly to tocarry
swill to the Hogs. I would not kill a man who would make & sell
whiskey & destroy the souls of men for dimes for I would consider
myself disgraced for I would want to kill a more descent man
if I killed any body, and any body who will make & sell whiskey
to this people for money ought to be damned and He will be &
& I will tell you Brother Badley that you will welter in Hell
for what you have done and so will all others who have made
& sold whiskey for the dimes Publicans & Harlotts will enter into
the kingdom of God before you, and I mean all I say Cursed
be the man that puteth the cup to his Neighbors Lips Others
remarks were made at the close A vote was taken to adjourn
to President Youngs schoole House at 6 oclok Saturday evening
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