May 12, 1869 ~ Wednesday

May 12, 1869

Robert Scholes arived to day I paid tithing Money
into the tithing office sent from the south.

May 13, 1869 ~ Thursday to May 14, 1869 ~ Friday

13 & 14 I spent ion the farm planting potatoes & sowing oats

May 15, 1869 ~ Saturday

May 15 I attended the school of the prophets I was vary
weary with hard labor. A Letter was read from John
Pack ridiculeing cooperation & the work of God for which
He was cut off from the Church.

May 16, 1869 ~ Sunday

16. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon two
Methodist Ministers spoke in the forenoon In the Afternoon
G Q Cannon spoke 50 Minutes & W Woodruff spoke 35.
I was followed By one of the Methodist Ministers who spoke
in the forenoon, his name was Allen He was a Decendant
of Col Ethan Allen who took Ticondiroga Mr Allen
acknowledged what we said was true & said Amen
to it He seemed almost converted to the gospel I followed
him again & gave an Account of the organization of
the Church. At the close of the Meeting I attended the prayer
circle with G Q Cannon & J. F Smith President B Young &
concil was at Ogden

May 17, 1869 ~ Monday

17. President Young Broke the first ground for the Salt Lake
Branch of the rail Road from Ogden to Salt Lake City
I spent the day at the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
48 persons W Woodruff sealed 27 couple J F Smith 19

May 18, 1869 ~ Tuesday to May 21, 1869 ~ Friday

18 to 21. I spent the time in Planting corn & diging water
ditches

May 22, 1869 ~ Monday

22nd I attended the school of the prophets President
Young G. A. Smith D. H. Wells W Woodruff G Q Cannon & G D Watt
& president Joseph Young all spoke upon the case of John Pack
Joseph Young sen did not vote to cut off John Pack with the
President B Young said that inasmuch as he did not vote
that cut the thread of union between those who did vote
& him. (He required ie President B Young) that his Brother
Phineas should give up his ticket & keep away from the
school Because of trading with outsiders at the
close of the Meeting I rode with Jeremiah Stocking to
Fort Herriman & spent the night with a portion of my family

May 12, 1869 ~ Wednesday

May 12, 1869

Robert Scholes arived to day I paid tithing Money into the tithing office sent from the south.

May 13, 1869 ~ Thursday to May 14, 1869 ~ Friday

13 & 14 I spenton the farm planting potatoes & sowing oats

May 15, 1869 ~ Saturday

May 15 I attended the school of the prophets I was vary weary with hard labor. A Letter was read from John Pack ridiculeing cooperation & the work of God for which He was cut off from the Church.

May 16, 1869 ~ Sunday

16. Sunday I did not attend Meeting in the forenoon two Methodist Ministers spoke in the forenoon In the Afternoon G Q Cannon spoke 50 Minutes & W Woodruff spoke 35. I was followed By one of the Methodist Ministers who spoke in the forenoon, his name was Allen He was a Decendant of Col Ethan Allen who took Ticondiroga Mr Allen acknowledged what we said was true & said Amen to it He seemed almost converted to the gospel I followed him again & gave an Account of the organization of the Church. At the close of the Meeting I attended the prayer circle with G Q Cannon & J. F Smith President B Young & concil was at Ogden

May 17, 1869 ~ Monday

17. President Young Broke the first ground for the Salt Lake Branch of the rail Road from Ogden to Salt Lake City I spent the day at the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 48 persons W Woodruff sealed 27 couple J F Smith 19

May 18, 1869 ~ Tuesday to May 21, 1869 ~ Friday

18 to 21. I spent the time in Planting corn & diging water ditches

May 22, 1869 ~ Monday

22nd I attended the school of the prophets President Young G. A. Smith D. H. Wells W Woodruff G Q Cannon & G D Watt & president Joseph Young all spoke upon the case of John Pack Joseph Young sen did not vote to cut off John Pack with the President B Young said that inasmuch as he did not vote that cut the thread of union between those who did vote & him. (He required ie President B Young) that his Brother Phineas should give up his ticket & keep away from the school Because of trading with outsiders at the close of the Meeting I rode with Jeremiah Stocking to Fort Herriman & spent the night with a portion of my family