25. We Finished shearing to day & returned home in the
Evening I went to my Farm when I arived there I found
the creek high & flooding my premises I stood in the
water knee deep 4 Hours & dug ditches to save my place
~ Thursday
26. We dug ditches & made dams all the fore noon to
save the field crops & ploughed in the After noon
~ Friday
27. We took out about 100 bushels of potatoes out of
pits filled with water spread them to dry
~ Saturday
28. I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House we
gave Endowments to 42 persons. W Woodruff sealed 16 couple
~ Sunday
29. sunday I met with my prayer circle in the Morning &
prayed. Elder G A Smith preached in the forenoon on the History
of the Church. in the Afternoon C P ListonJohn
Staggle & Marias Ensign spoke followed By Charles
W. Kimball & President Young I attended the prayer
circle in the Evening
~ Monday
30. I Bought a yoke of steers to send Back for the poor paid
$75. The teams went out to day I received a letter from Wilford I spent most of the day choreing
~ Tuesday
May 1. sI spent most of the day choreing at home I went to
the farm in the Evening
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
2, 3 & 4. I spent the time planting corn I returned to the city in the Evening of the 4.
~ Saturday
5 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment we gave
Endowments to 39. W. Woodruff sealed 22 couple H. C. Kimball 3
I met with the Jordon Irrigation Company at 3 oclok
~ Sunday
6. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Attended
Meeting in the Tabernacle at 2 pM. G. A. Smith preached in the
forenoon on the History of the Church in the Afternoon Joseph
Russel spoke followed by G. Q. Cannon I met with the President Young & the Twelve for prayer. I spent the Evening at President
Youngs office
~ Monday
7. I spent the day with Ezra Pettit on the Lake we killed 20 duks
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
8. ^9^ I spent the day in my Garden
~ Thursday
10 I went to Coones Canyon & got 20 sheep & got wet by a storm
25. we Finished shearing to day & returned home in the
Evening I went to my Farm when I arived there I found
the creek high & flooding my premises I stood in the
water knee deep 4 Hours & dug ditches to save my place
~ Thursday
26. we dug ditches & made dams all the fore noon to
save the field crops & ploughed in the After noon
~ Friday
27. we took out about 100 bushels of potatoes out of
pits filled with water spread them to dry
~ Saturday
28. I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment House we
gave Endowments to 42 persons. W Woodruff sealed 16 couple
~ Sunday
29. sunday I met with my prayer circle in the Morning &
prayed. Elder G A Smith preached in the forenoon on the History
of the Church. in the Afternoon C P ListonJohn
Staggle & Marias Ensign spoke followed By Charles
W. Kimball & President Young I attend the prayer
circle in the Evening
~ Monday
30. I Bought a yoke of steers to send Back for the poor paid
$75. The teams went out to day I received a letter from
[FIGURE] Wilford I spent most of the day choreing
~ Tuesday
May 1.I spent most of the day choreing at home I went to
the farm in the Evening
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
2, 3 & 4, I spent the time planting corn I returned to the
city in the Evening of the 4.
~ Saturday
5 I spent the fore part of the day in the Endowment we gave
Endowments to 39. W. Woodruff sealed 22 couple H. C. Kimball 3
I met with the Jordon Irrigation Company at 3 oclok
~ Sunday
6. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Attended
Meeting in the Tabernacle at 2 pM. G. A. Smith preached in the
forenoon on the History of the church in the Afternoon Joseph
Russel spoke followed by G. Q. Cannon I met with the President
Young & the Twelve for prayer. I spent the Evening at President
Youngs office
~ Monday
7. I spent the day with Ezra Pettit on the Lake we killed 20 duks
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
8. 9 I spent the day in my garden
~ Thursday
10 I went to Coones Canyon & got 20 sheep & got wet by a storm
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," April 24, 1866 - May 10, 1866, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PNjW