May 23, 1879 Batesson had charge of the Dairy After Dinner Br
Bates and myself went out on horsback to view the country
and see the Game. we soon saw the a Deer lying Down I
shot at him The Ball just cleared his back we saw 15 Deer
& 5 Turkies on our ride But caught Nothing I visited the
Lake on the top of a high cone But it being a vary dry seen
it was nearly Dryed up. The Game of the surrounding
country came there to drink we rode 10 miles & returned
to the house I was quite weary Distance 20 M[iles]
~ Saturday
24. I started out with two other Brethren at Day light to see
if we could not get a turkey I wrode 8 miles but sayw nothing 8 M[iles]
we assembled for a Meeting Orvil E Bates Presiding 4W Woodruff spok 40 M[inutes], Lot Smith 25, Br Lake 20. we
then rode to the Saw Mill over a Rough stoney road
we saw about a dozen wild Turkies they were of Divers
coulers of white read & Black like tame Turkies & not all
Black like the Mo wild Turkey but they were vary large
The mill is a stem saw mill, the one that was at Trombull
it has a capacity for sawing 10000 feet of Lumber per day
it is surrounded with an immens forest of Pine timber
the surface of the Earth is sprinkled over with quite a quantity
of loose rock yet the whole face of the Earth is coared over
with rich luxuriant Bunch grass, which makes a good heard
ground for all kinds of stock. I spent the night with Br Merrill
All the settlement live in the United Order and eat at one
table and all seem happy and contented 10 M[iles]
~ Sunday
25. Sunday I felt unwell, took cold. I met with the people at
11 oclok I spoke one & a half hours Br Savage 12 Minuts
May 23, 1879
Batesson had charge of the Dairy After Dinner Br
Bates and myself went out on horsback to view the country
and see the Game. we soon saw a Deer lying Down I
shot at him The Ball just cleared his back we saw 15 Deer
& 5 Turkies on our ride But caught Nothing I visited the
Lake on the top of a high cone But it being a vary dry seen
it was nearly Dryed up. The Game of the surrounding
country came there to drink we rode 10 miles & returned
to the house I was quite weary Distance 20 Miles
~ Saturday
24. I started out with two other Brethren at Day light to see
if we could not get a turkey Irode 8 miles but saw nothing 8 Miles
we assembled for a Meeting Orvil E Bates Presiding
W Woodruff spok 40 Minutes, Lot Smith 25, Br Lake 20. we
then rode to the Saw Mill over a Rough stoney road
we saw about a dozen wild Turkies they were of Divers
coulers of white read & Black like tame Turkies & not all
Black like the Mo wild Turkey but they were vary large
The mill is a stem saw mill, the one that was at Trombull
it has a capacity for sawing 10000 feet of Lumber per day
it is surrounded with an immens forest of Pine timber
the surface of the Earth is sprinkled over with quite a quantity
of loose rock yet the whole face of the Earth is coared over
with rich luxuriant Bunch grass, which makes a good heard
ground for all kinds of stock. I spent the night with Br Merrill
All the settlement live in the United Order and eat at one
table and all seem happy and contented 10 Miles
~ Sunday
25. Sunday I felt unwell, took cold. I met with the people at
11 oclok I spoke one & a half hours Br Savage 12 Minuts
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," May 24, 1879 - May 25, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 24, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kZjE