W Woodruff was Elected in the place of Professor O Pratt resigned
6th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Erastus Snow & spent the day in the office
7. I spent the day in the office The Presidency returned home
this Evening from their Southern Tour was gone 15 days
& President Young Preached 20 time & had 3 teeth extracted
one a sound one through a mistake I spent the evening in
his office He said I hope that Abel Lincoln was Elected
President of the United States yesterday & that the South
meet in convention & nominate Breckenride to day to
be the president of the South but I am afraid they will not
have pluck enough to do it I wrote a Letter to Amasa
[FIGURE] Lyman in England to day
8 I pruned my vineyard to Day forenoon & buried a
part of the vines the afternoon in the office
9th I finished covering my grape vines to day & pruned Elder O Hydes vineyard He has lost his crop two years in consequence
of not understanding pruning his vines he has cut out the new
bearing wood & left the old standing I have cut out the old
wood & left sufficient of the New wood standing for next years
crop I also pruned Orson Pratts orchard. I spent the afternoon
in the office I visited Bishop Hoagland in the evening He as been
quite sick but is now getting Better.
10th The Eastern Mail came in to day at 11 oclok I spent the day in the office
W Woodruff was Elected in the place of Professor O Pratt resigned
6th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Erastus Snow & spent the day in the office
7. I spent the day in the office The Presidency returned home
this Evening from their Southern Tour was gone 15 days
& President Young Preached 20 time & had 3 teeth extracted
one a sound one through a mistake I spent the evening in
his office He said I hope that Abel Lincoln was Elected
President of the United States yesterday & that the South
meet in convention & nominate Breckenride to day to
be the president of the South but I am afraid they will not
have pluck enough to do it I wrote a Letter to Amasa
[FIGURE] Lyman in England to day
8 I pruned my vineyard to Day forenoon & buried a
part of the vines the afternoon in the office
9th I finished covering my grape vines to day & pruned Elder
O Hydes vineyard He has lost his crop two years in consequence
of not understanding pruning his vines he has cut out the new
bearing wood & left the old standing I have cut out the old
wood & left sufficient of the New wood standing for next years
crop I also pruned Orson Pratts orchard. I spent the afternoon
in the office I visited Bishop Hoagland in the evening He as been
quite sick but is now getting Better.
10th The Eastern Mail came in to day at 11 oclok I spent the day in the office
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," November 5, 1860 - November 11, 1860, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/k516