May 6, 1868 ~ Wednesday

May 6, 1868

I wrote a letter to my Brother Azmon Woodruff conta[in]ing
10 pages of fools cap Answering a long letter of his wharein he
says he does not Believe in a leitter[al] gathering of the Saints of the
Jews in the last days, or the building of Zion or Jerrusalem or does not
Believe that Man is conscious of any thing after death I took up all
these subjects & treated upon them at length also plurality of
wives I kept a copy of this letter

May 7, 1868 ~ Thursday

7. I went to Fort Harriman took Keets & David & in the ev[en]ing
drove up Wilfords Pinto Mare & 5 of her postarity & altered one
hors colt that Wilford gave to Keets 20 M[iles]

May 8, 1868 ~ Friday

8. we drove up one of my cows & 3 of her calves, & Branded
them & our colts. I held a meeting in the Evening & preached to
the people they are making some improvement in Fort Harriman

May 9, 1868 ~ Saturday

9. I returned home & drove home a cow & calf called plum

May 10, 1868 ~ Sunday

10 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended
Meeting in the Big Tabernacle. it was divided in the Middle with
a cotton veil so the people could hear better & a New canopy
over the Priesthood stand the Building is so large & the arch
so high that it is impossipble to make all the people so as to underst[an]d
A P Rockwood Prayed B Young Jr spoke 305 Minutes E D Woolly
50 Minutes. Afternoon Prayer By W Woodruff Haden Church
spoke 10 Minutes R. T. Burton spok 6 minuts Joseph [blank] 3 M[inutes]
and President Young spok one hour & 20 Minutes I met with
the Presidency & 12 for Prayer & Preached in the 15 ward in the Evening

May 11, 1868 ~ Monday

11. I attended the school of the Prophets in the Afternoon &
went to the farm in the Evening

May 12, 1868 ~ Tuesday

12. I put in one Acre of potatoes

May 13, 1868 ~ Wednesday

13. I marked out 5 acres of land for Planting & drove grasshoppers
into holes & Buried them

May 14, 1868 ~ Thursday

14. I planted 2 acres of cane

May 15, 1868 ~ Friday

15 I planted 3 acr[e]s of corn & one acre of squashes

May 16, 1868 ~ Saturday

16. I let let water into my furrows & made a small net of
musketoes Bars & set in the stream & drove grass hoppers into it
& Buried Bushels of them. a Net was set in canyon creek
& its ditches & 175 Bushels were caught in 3 days. I retu[rn]ed
to the city there were 60 Endow[men]ts D H Wells presided & sealed 30 couple
Preasident Young sealed 2 couple

May 6, 1868 ~ Wednesday

May 6, 1868

[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to my Brother Azmon Woodruff Containing 10 Pages of fools Cap Answering a long letter of his wharein he says he does not Believe in a litteral gathering of the saints or the Jews in the last days, or the building of Zion or Jerrusalem or does not Believe that Man is conscious of any thing after death I took up all these subjects & treated upon them at length also Plurality of wives I kept a copy of this letter

May 7, 1868 ~ Thursday

7. I went to Fort Harriman took Keets & David & in the Evening drove up Wilfords Pinto Mare & 5 of her postarity & altered one hors Colt that Wilford gave to Keets 20 Miles

May 8, 1868 ~ Friday

8. We drove up one of my cows & 3 of her calves, & Branded them & our Colts .... I held a meeting in the Evening & preached to the people they are making some improvement in Fort Harriman

May 9, 1868 ~ Saturday

9. I returned home & drove home a Cow & Calf called plum

May 10, 1868 ~ Sunday

10 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended Meeting in the Big Tabernacle it was divided in the Middle with a cotton veil so the people could hear better & a New canopy over the Priesthood stand the Building is so large & the arch so high that it is impossble to make all the people so as to understand A P Rockwood Prayed B Young Jr spoke 30 Minutes E D Woolly 50 Minutes. Afternoon Prayer By W Woodruff Haden Church spoke 10 Minutes R. T. Burton spok 6 minuts Joseph [blank] 3 Minutes and President Young spok one hour & 20 Minutes I met with the Presidency & 12 for Prayer & Preached in the 15 ward in the Evening

May 11, 1868 ~ Monday

11. I attended the school of the Prophets in the Afternoon & went to the farm in the Evening

May 12, 1868 ~ Tuesday

12. I put in one Acre of potatoes

May 13, 1868 ~ Wednesday

13. I marked out 5 acres of land for Planting & drove grasshoppers into holes & Buried them

May 14, 1868 ~ Thursday

14. I planted 2 acres of cane

May 15, 1868 ~ Friday

15 I planted 3 acres of corn & one acre of squashes

May 16, 1868 ~ Saturday

16. I let let water into my furrows & made a small net of musketoes Bars & set in the stream & drove grass hoppers into it & Buried Bushels of them, a Net was set in canyon creek & its ditches & 175 Bushels were caught in 3 days. I returned to the City there were 60 Endowments D H Wells presided & sealed 30 couple Preasident Young sealed 2 couple