August 24, 1872 ~ Saturday

Aug 24, 1872

I spent the day stacking wheat & in the Evening I attended a
Meeting of the Board of the D A & M Society I received 3 letters
[FIGURE] from Sarah, Azmon, & Wilford. A Meeting was held
25In Millers Grove Farmington Davis County at 10 oclok the
Presidency & Twelve were there

August 25, 1872 ~ Sunday

25. Sunday in company with the Presidency & Twelve I rode 18 M[iles]
in the cars to Farmington & attended the Meeting in the grove
W^m H Folsome Prayed B. Young Jr spoke 32 M[inutes] G Q Cannon 45.
At Noon we went to Judge Heights. The Presidency & Twelve sat near
2 Hours & herd Sister Secrist Enter her complaints against
Brother Thornton the case had been tried before the Bishop
& he had given his decision in the case & Sister Secrist
was Not satisfied & appealed to the Presidency after Hearing the
case President Young confirmed the decision of the Bishop
at 2 oclok we Met in the grove. W Woodruff spoke 36 M[inutes]
J Taylor 35, C W Penrose 10, & G A Smith 15 Minutes
we had a vary hard rain in S L City at 10 oclk & another
at 6 oclok we returned home & spent the night 18 M[iles]

August 26, 1872 ~ Monday to August 30, 1872 ~ Friday

26 to 30. I spent the week stacking wheat & oats some of My family
are sick Delights youngest child is vary sick I spent the night with
[FIGURE] it. I received 2 letters from Saxe & Sarah 6 M[iles]

August 31, 1872 ~ Saturday

31. I spent the day about home I administered to our sick child

September 1, 1872 ~ Sunday

Sept 1. The First day of fall cool after rain our child is better this
Morning I did not attend Meeting this forenoon I wrote a letter
[FIGURE] to Azmon Woodruff Br Harmon George Romney and
E. F. Sheets spoke in the Morning Afternoon G A Smith
spoke 65 Minutes

September 2, 1872 ~ Monday

2 I spent the day preparing for Threshing we threshed 31 Bushels
of wheat in the Evening

September 3, 1872 ~ Tuesday

3 We threshed 400 Bushels of wheat to day

September 4, 1872 ~ Wednesday

4. We threshed 66 Bushels of oats & 16 Barley this Morning
my wheat yields 42 Bushels to the Acre

September 5, 1872 ~ Thursday

5 I commenced cutting up corn to day

September 6, 1872 ~ Friday

6. I extracted honey from 2 Hives of Bees this morning &
went to the City & attended a Dinner Party on the Birth
Day of Elias Smith He was 68 years old