Congress rejects fourth petition for formation of State of Deseret; Brigham Young still serves as Governor.
7th I finished filing & packing up my family letters & all
all corresponding letters at noom. In the afternoon
I rode in President Youngs carriage with Him & D. H. Wells
& Albert Carrington to Brother Abram O. Smoots who was
still vary sick President You[n]g said we ought to be cheerful
while among the sick. When we are well we ought to live our religion
and be faithful in our prayers and when we are sick be Jovial
& get a fiddle & not be cast down we all laid hands upon Brother Smoot
President Young was mouth & blessed him I then returned to
the office & read History to Geo A. Smith I visited Brother Smoot
in the Evening and again administered to him. I had 3
children taken quite sick at my house this afternoon viz
Sarah's Emma's & Phebe's they were quite sick through the
night
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