July 22 1874
I spent the day at the farm prepard for cutting wheat in the morning
we cut & bound about 7 Acres of wheat. Brother Putnam
Extracted some 5 1/2 gallons of Hunny from 4 of my stands of Bees
July 23, 1874 ~ Thursday
23 I finished cutting wheat
July 24, 1874 ~ Friday
24th July 1874 [FIGURES]
This is the Anaversy ^Anniversary^ of the Entrance of the Pioneers into this vally
on the 24 day of July 1847, Being 27 years ago the Inhabitants
of this City have been laboring for several weeks to adorn the great Tabernacle to prepare a Great Jubeilee of the sabbath school children
of 34 counties Salt Lake, Utah, & Davis & Webber from 8000 to
10000 children Assembled in the Tabernacle & the rest of the Room
was occupied by adults it was judged that there were 14000
people in the Tabernacle Most of the time was occupied with songs &
Music short speeches were made By President B YoungG A Smith
& G. Q. Cannon. The whole Tabernacle was decorated with Ever-
greens & taking it altogether it was the grandest view & scene of my
life A day long to be remembered
July 25, 1874 ~ Saturday
25 I shocked up my wheat & Hoed corn 6 M[iles]
July 26, 1874 ~ Sunday
26. Sunday I attended meeting at the TabernacleO Pratt preached
one Hour & 25 Minuts on the setting up the kingdom in the last days
July 27, 1874 ~ Monday
27 July I went to the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
[blank] persons D. H. Wells sealed [blank] W Woodruff sealed [blank]
July 28, 1874 ~ Tuesday
28 I spent the day drawing Hay
July 29, 1874 ~ Wednesday
29. I spent the day in the Endowment House we Baptized 300
W Woodruff sealed 25 couple D H Wells 17.
July 30, 1874 ~ Thursday to July 31, 1874 ~ Friday
30 & 31. I spent the time at the farm it rains now nearly Evry
day I have Never seen as Much rain in summer in this valley
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," July 22, 1874 - July 31, 1874, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 2, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OyER