January 24, 1870 ~ Monday

Jan 24

I met with the Legislative Council & spent the forenoon I
called upon President Young while there I had an interview with
Mr John E. Cowles son of Egbert Cowles of Farmington Connecticut
He is the first man I have met with from my Native town for
the last 20 years. He gave me a great deal of information
concerning all the inhabitants of my Native town. I att[end]ed
the lecture delivered in the tabernacle in the Evening By Mr
Russell H Conwell He had travelled through Europe Asia &
America & was Now on his wasy to China & Jappan, his lectu-
re was vary interesting, giving an account of Ancient Baby-
lon Syria & Jerrusalem Of Abram offering up his son
Isaac & Jesus Praying in the garden of Gethsemane [Genesis 22:1-19] [Matthew 26:36-45]. He
gave an account of what had befalen him in his travels, while
walking on the shores of the dead sea A man wanted him to
buy a peaece of Lots wife after paying him twice for it to get
red of him He flung it into the dead sead & the man went in
& got it out of the mud & slime & want him to buy it again
He was robed By two Frenchmen in pParis of his money &
watch & when they started to leave him he drew a pistol
& ordered to them to lay down what they had taken from him
& rather than be shot they laid down on the ground his
watch & money & then run away He reported them to the police
office they asked him why he did [not] shoot them He said because
his pistol was not loaded many other amusing anecdotes
He told He prophesied a good deal concerning these mountains
& the people who inhabit them He said the higher & more
rugged the mountains the stronger & more rugged the
people many other remarks were made of interest

January 25, 1870 ~ Tuesday

25 We had a hard storm this morning I went to the Legislative
Council Mr Cowles called upon me & spent an hour at my
desk I had an interesting time iwith him in conversing upon
the affairs of Farmington He said Samuel dDeming was
dying with a cancer in the face I used to work for
him when I was a Boy Nearly all of the families of the
Cowles & dDemings were dead & their proper[t]y gone into other Hands
I wrote a Letter to Samuel Demings of Farmington

January 24, 1870 ~ Monday

Jan 24

I met with the Legislative Council & spent the forenoon I called upon President Young while there I had an interview with Mr John E. Cowles son of Egbert Cowles of Farmington Connecticut He is the first man I have met with from my Native town for the last 20 years. He gave me a great deal of information concerning all the inhabitants of my Native town. I attended the lecture delivered in the tabernacle in the Evening By Mr Russell H Conwell He had travelled through Europe Asia & America & was Now on his way to China & Jappan, his lecture was vary interesting, giving an account of Ancient Babylon Syria & Jerrusalem Of Abram offering up his son Isaac & Jesus Praying in the garden of Gethsemane. He gave an account of what had befalen him in his travels, while walking on the shores of the dead sea A man wanted him to buy a peace of Lots wife after paying him twice for it to get red of him He flung it into the dead sead & the man went in & got it out of the mud & slime & want him to buy it again He was robed By two Frenchmen in Paris of his money & watch & when they started to leave him he drew a pistol & ordered to them to lay down what they had taken from him & rather than be shot they laid down on the ground his watch & money & then run away He reported them to the police office they asked him why he did not shoot them He said because his pistol was not loaded many other amusing anecdotes He told He prophesied a good deal concerning these mountains & the people who inhabit them He said the higher & more rugged the mountains the stronger & more rugged the people many other remarks were made of interest

January 25, 1870 ~ Tuesday

25 We had a hard storm this morning I went to the Legislative Council Mr Cowles called upon me & spent an hour at my desk I had an interesting timewith him in conversing upon [FIGURE] the affairs of Farmington He said SamuelDeming was dying with a cancer in the face I used to work for him when I was a Boy Nearly all of the families of the Cowles &Demings were dead & their property gave into other Hands I wrote a Letter to Samuel Demings of Farmington