Feb. 4, 1866
&
met at the close of the Meeting for prayer John W. Young was
set apart for his mission. We met again at the
at 7 oclok & set apart
& for their mission
February 5, 1866 ~ Monday
[FIGURE] 5 I went wrote 2 Letters 2 to one By & sent
By him to Wilford $25 in gold, & sent By in
green Backs $110, $50 for myself & $60 from Mrs
February 6, 1866 ~ Tuesday
6. I went to my farm & took my sheep & cows & drove them home
& put my sheep around my Hay stack but they went into my
garden during the night & girdled som of my apaple trees & done
me much damage
February 7, 1866 ~ Wednesday
7 [FIGURE] I started from my house this morning with my sheep
& 6 cows 2 span of Mules & horses to go to
Brother & son went with me we found the Road vary
bad we traveled through snow, mud & bearground till abot
9 oclok at night & many of our sheep gone out & we had to
camp on a bear ridge 2 miles East of Coones House for
the night & there came up a vary cold canyon wind & it
seemed as though we should all freeze to death before morning
I did not sleep any I suffered vary much
February 8, 1866 ~ Thursday
8. I arose at day light this morning I found 6 sheep frooze to
death & we were all vary much chilled we gathered our stock
together & drove them to Coones House left to take
care of the stock & we returned home. I went to bed soon
after I returned home & lay till morning
February 9, 1866 ~ Friday
9. I arose quite sore I sheared 3 dead sheep & went to the office
& spent a short time arived in the Evening
February 10, 1866 ~ Saturday
10. I spent the fore part of the day in the office
we gave Endowments to 17 persons sealed 3 couple
W. Woodruff sealed 7 couple
February 11, 1866 ~ Sunday
11. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended
meeting in the . spoke in the morning &
spoke in the Afternoon I met with President &
& , for prayer
