2 Owen went to Ashley. I think you ought not
to have let him gone leave the chores
for you to do; pleas give me the dates of the
last letter received allways when you write.
I got a letter from Henry & Nellie last week
but Henry did not say any thing about
his haveing lost a horse though he menti-
oned the dificulty they had experianced in
preserving the dam, and the loss of their
crops concequent upon their haveing had
to neglect them in order that they might
protect the dam; it seems to bad that
they should have sutch bad luck. You
are right I can always find time to read your
letters if not to answer all of them. I am
begining to come to the conclusion that
I must not say anything in my letters
but what the whole world might read for
it seems that you are letting every one read
them that you come in contact with. I am
not affraid but what they are truthful reports
of my labors— for I always mean to tell the truth—
but I am not fond enough of notariety to
to have my name arrayed before the public
either through the columns of the "news" or in
2
Owen went to Ashley. I think you ought not
to have let him gone leave the chores
for you to do; pleas give me the dates of the
last letter received allways when you write.
I got a letter from Henry & Nellie last week
but Henry did not say any thing about
his haveing lost a horse though he mentioned the dificulty they had experianced in
preserving the dam, and the loss of their
crops concequent upon their haveing had
to neglect them in order that they might
protect the dam; it seems to bad that
they should have sutch bad luck. You
are right I can always find time to read your
letters if not to answer all of them. I am
begining to come to the conclusion that
I must not say anything in my letters
but what the whole world might read for
it seems that you are letting every one read
them that you come in contact with. I am
not affraid but what they are truthful reports
of my labors— for I always mean to tell the truth—
but I am not fond enough of notariety to
to have my name arrayed before the public
either through the columns of the "news" or in
"Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 31 August 1884," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kD6K