we continued our Legislative Business untill 3 oclok in
the morning we done a good deal of Business the Acting
Govornor vetoed several Bills. I went home so weary
& sick I could not sleep
~ Saturday
20. I arose this morning vary weary & nearly sick
After selling a load of Hay & doing other work I
took the Boys & went to the field & it was an extream
cold windey day I sifted with the assistance of Brigham
16 Bushels of wheat & I sowed 5 acres of wheat &
draged it one way did not get through till 9 oclok at
night. I tired my team out & went to Bed sick
~ Sunday
21 Sunday we have a driving cold snow storm this
morning. Sick But I had 3 lengths of fence to put up in
the snow which was blown down in the night I then went
to the City through a driving storm arived much chilled
got warm & went to bed. I did not attend meeting
Brother Penrose Preached in the forenoon & J Fo Smith in
the Afternoon, the Presidency & 12 met for Prayer
~ Monday
22. [FIGURE] I met in the state Legislature as a Senator and
attended to all the Business of the session in one day. I
a Military Ball in the Evening. 12 of the Quorum of
the Twelve were there it is vary seldom that all the
Quorum ever meet together but they did upon this occassion
& all the presidency
~ Tuesday
223rd I spent the day laboring with my hands
~ Wednesday
24. I spent the day laboring with my hands we met
with the 14 ward Female Relief society in the Evening
28 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning I
[FIGURE] then gave Susan Smith the wife of Gorge A
Smith her seconed Anointing this was done to correct
her former Anointing which was informar G A Smith
Also gave Phebe W Woodruff & Sarah Woodruff their
Feb 19th 1869
we continued our Legislative Business untill 3 oclok in
the morning we done a good deal of Business the Acting
Govornor vetoed several Bills. I went home so weary
& sick I could not sleep
~ Saturday
20. I arose this morning vary weary & nearly sick
After selling a load of Hay & doing other work I
took the Boys & went to the field & it was an extream
cold windey day I sifted with the assistance of Brigham
16 Bushels of wheat & I sowed 5 acres of wheat &
draged it one way did not get through till 9 oclok at
night. I tired my team out & went to Bed sick
~ Sunday
21 Sunday we have a driving cold snow storm this
morning. Sick But I had 3 lengths of fence to put up in
the snow which was blown down in the night I then went
to the City through a driving storm arived much chilled
got warm & went to bed. I did not attend meeting
Brother Penrose Preached in the forenoon & J Fo Smith in
the Afternoon, the Presidency & 12 met for Prayer
~ Monday
22. [FIGURE] I met in the state Legislature as a Senator and
attended to all the Business of the session in one day. I
a Military Ball in the Evening. 12 of the Quorum of
the Twelve were there it is vary seldom that all the
Quorum ever meet together but they did upon this occassion
& all the presidency
~ Tuesday
23rd I spent the day laboring with my hands
~ Wednesday
24. I spent the day laboring with my hands we met
with the 14 ward Female Relief society in the Evening
28 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning I
[FIGURE] then gave Susan Smith the wife of Gorge A
Smith her seconed Anointing this was done to correct
her former Anointing which was informar G A Smith
Also gave Phebe W Woodruff & Sarah Woodruff their
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," February 20, 1869 - February 28, 1869, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/G690