March 23, 1872 ~ Saturday

March 23rd 1872

I came to the City & drew up the frame for my Pig & Chickens House &
set it up, 3 departments for Pigs 2 for fowls, 40 feet long By 8 wide

March 24, 1872 ~ Sunday

March 24. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & wrote a
[FIGURE] letter to Col Peter Saxe & Attended Meeting in the Afternoon H S
Eldridge & W^m Folsome spoke in the morning & A Carrington in
the afternoon spoke 65 M[inutes]. I met with the Presidency & Twelve
for prayer & took supper with President Young & the Twelve I attended
Meeting in the 14 ward in the Evening & Herd A Carrington speak
one hour one my return I wrote 2 letters to Phebe a Snow
[FIGURES] and Sarah & Wilford I received 3 letters

March 25, 1872 ~ Monday to March 29, 1872 ~ Friday

25 to 29. I spent the week on the farm sowing grain & in the City
tearing down old picket fence & building new.

March 30, 1872 ~ Saturday

30. I attended the school of the prophets & spoke 30 Minutes followed
by Joseph SF Smith I met at the close of ^with^ the Agricultural board

March 31, 1872 ~ Sunday

31. March Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended
Meeting all day in the Tabernacle. Isaac Grow spoke in the forenoon
47 Minutes & O Pratt in the Afternoon 67 Minutes I met with
the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer & Preached in the 14 ward in
the Evening I received 6 Letters from Sarah, Susan, Ilus,
[FIGURES] Azmon, Bleak, &c. I wrote 4 letters to Azmon, Susan
Ilus & Sarah & I sent a Box of cutings to Robert Scholes

April 1, 1872 ~ Monday

April 1, 1872 I spent the day fenceing & building

April 2, 1872 ~ Tuesday to April 3, 1872 ~ Wednesday

2 & 3. I spent the time building pig pens

April 4, 1872 ~ Thursday

4. [FIGURE] I met in the City Hall at 12 oclok as a senator in the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Deserett we organized & after transacting some
business we adjourned till to morrow at 12 oclok to Elect 2 Senators
to the United States Congress

April 5, 1872 ~ Friday

5. Both Houses met at 12 oclk after Balloting about a dozen times
the Senate Elected Capt W^m H Hooper as one Senator but did
not agree upon the Second but adjourned to meet in Joint session
on the Morrow at 12 oclok. I received 3 letter & wrote 2 to
[FIGURES] Col Saxe & Editors of the Bee Journal & sent $1.50 for the
Journal

April 6, 1872 ~ Saturday

6. April The general Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints Met this Morning in the New Tabernacle at 10 oclok President Brigham
Young was not permitten to Attend being in the Hands of the Marshall for