Attention At the close of the Meeting the Presidency &
Twelve Apostles were Invited to go down & take Supper in
the Pulman Palace Cars. President Young G A Smith & D. H. Wells & O PrattJ. Taylor W. Woodruff & G Q Cannon
of the Twelve went down went through the whole train was
introduced to all the Gentlement & Ladies & partook of a grand
feast with the Board of Directors of the company in going through
this long train of Palace Cars & visiting their printing office
whare a daily paper was printed & [ca] their stoor room then
dining Room, parlor, sleeping Rooms, all lighed with gass
Manufactured as they go along was wonderful it looked
like going through a street in Boston. we had a vary
severe cold Rain storm while visiting the cars we left
& met at President Youngs office & attended to prayers
~ Monday
May 30. [FIGURES] I spent the day attending to various
Branches of Business I Bought one share in the general
Cooperative Merchantile institution of Jeremiah Murphy
which made me $400 of interest in the institution
In the Evening I wrote 3 letters to Wilford Woodruff N. C. Mitchell & H. A. King & co, which closed the
Business of the day I asked King for the Agency of the
American Bee Hive But on Reflection I do not like it
~ Tuesday
31. I travelled through the city in a rain snow & hail storm
visiting Friends I first called upon Elias Smith, & we read
the Long tedious fals Cragan speech, upon Utah affairs I
next visited Brother Fulsome & saw the American Bee hive now
being Made I then called upon Wm Johnson & we visited
the Kidder Bee hive. We then visited the American side of every
movable comb Hive did not like it we then visited
Brother Faust Italian Bees, then visited Brother Thurston
New Bee Hive, & Bees. liked his hive putty well then visited
Brother Roberts & Brigham H Youngs Bees, then visited Paul Shutlers Imported Fowels, Many different kinds which
were vary fine He has a dozen different kinds of imported Fowls. Many different kinds which
were vary fine He has a dozen different kinds of imported
Fowles He sells his Eggs tfor $10 & $5 per doz He is Selling
them through many parts of the Territory which is a Blessing
May 29, 1870
Attention At the close of the Meeting the Presidency &
Twelve Apostles were Invited to go down & take Supper in
the Pulman Palace Cars. President Young G A Smith &
D. H. Wells & O PrattJ. Taylor W. Woodruff & G Q Cannon
of the Twelve went down went through the whole train was
introduced to all the Gentlement & Ladies & partook of a grand
feast with the Board of Directors of the company in going through
this long train of Palace Cars & visiting their printing office
whare a daily paper was printed & ca their stoor room then
dining Room, parlor, sleeping Rooms, all lighed with gass
Manufactured as they go along was wonderful it looked
like going through a street in Boston. we had a vary
severe cold Rain storm while visiting the cars we left
& met at President Youngs office & attended to prayers
~ Monday
May 30. FIGURES I spent the day attending to various
Branches of Business I Bought one share in the general
Cooperative Merchantile institution of Jeremiah Murphy
which made me $400 of interest in the institution
In the Evening I wrote 3 letters to Wilford WoodruffN. C. Mitchell & H. A. King & co, which closed the
Business of the day I asked King for the Agency of the
American Bee Hive But on Reflection I do not like it
~ Tuesday
31. I travelled through the city in a rain snow & hail storm
visiting Friends I first called upon Elias Smith, & we read
the Long tedious fals Cragan speech, upon Utah affairs I
next visited Brother Fulsome & saw the American Bee hive now
being Made I then called upon Wm Johnson & we visited
the Kidder Bee hive. We then visited the American side of every
movable comb Hive did not like it we then visited
Brother Faust Ilukian Bees, then visited Brother Thurston
New Bee Hive, & Bees. liked his hive putty well then visited
Brother Roberts & Brigham H Youngs Bees, then visited
Paul Shutlers Imported Fowels, Many different kinds which
were vary fine He has a dozen different kinds of imported Fowls. Many different kinds which
were vary fine He has a dozen different kinds of imported
Fowles He sells his Eggsfor $10 & $5 per doz He is Selling
them through many parts of the Territory which is a Blessing
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," May 30, 1870 - May 31, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 30, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/W6nQ