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Day in the Life

Aug 27, 1863

Journal Entry

August 27, 1863 ~ Thursday

27, & 28 I threshed out my wheat we had 280 bushels on
10 Acres while last year we had 419 bushels on 8 1/2 Acres

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President Young spoke with great Plainness and Power. He called upon thHis councillors & the Twelve to wake up & get rid of there selfishness & get the spirit of God & Edify the people He called upon the whole people to covenant with upli- fted hands to Heaven to obey his council which we all did.He told the people to go to & build graneries & continue to lay up grain untill they had bread to last them seven years & not sell their grain to any body untill they had done this & stop sending their bread stuff to the gold mines & stop going to the gold mines to stay at home & attend to there own business, stop carrying grain to the distilleries to be made into whiskey, stop making whiskey & stop drinking whiskey, and if you will do this I promise you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you will suffer no famine
~ Brigham Young

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Aug 27, 1863