13. Sunday The Presidency & most of the Twelve were in Ogden. I met
with my Quorum in the Morning & Preached in the old Tabernacle in the
Fore noon to the saints & strangers. I spoke 50 Minutes. In the Afternoon O Pratt spoke one hour & 15 Minutes W Woodruff followed him &
bore testimony of the great work of God on the Earth for 5 Minutes I received a Letter from my Brother Azmon stating that his
wife Harried died 10 Minutes to 12 oclok Oct 21, 47 years of
Age she was not Baptized But wished to be
~ Monday
14 I spent the day at home choreing. I attended a Meeting at the City hall in the Evening of the Deseret Stock Company & herd the
reports of the committies & speeches Made & arangements made to other
fine stock
~ Tuesday
15. I went to Fort Herriman & held a Meeting in the Evening E F Sheets
spoke I followed him. I spent the night at Brother Stockings 20 M[iles]
~ Wednesday
16 I Joined the Fort Harriman Cooperative Stock Company the
shares are $25 each I turned in one cow & calf & 2 yearlings
prised at $[blank] I took Delight & 2 children & returned to
the city & spent the night at home I Butchered a steer in the Evening 20 Miles
20 I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting in
the Tabernacle through the day I spoke in the forenoon & O Pratt in
the Afternoon. I also followed Brother Pratt in the Afternoon much
of the spirit & Power of God rested upon us. G Q Cannon spoke
in the 14 ward in the Evening & I followed him
~ Monday to ~ Friday
21. In company with Brower Pettit I left the city & rode
to the Lake in Utah west of Lehi & I spent 11 days with him
fishing & hunting we caught a ton of fish & some 150 ducks 8 geese
& 3 otter. Brother Pettit shought all 3 of otter in some 15 Minutes
we had some Rough weather on the lake
~ Saturday
We got home on the Morning of
~ Monday to ~ Friday
Nov 7, 1870
7 to 11. I spent the week on the farm geting out manure & ploughing
13. Sunday The Presidency & most of the Twelve were in Ogden. I met
with my Quorum in the Morning & Preached in the old Tabernacle in the
Fore noon to the saints & strangers. In the Afternoon
O Pratt spoke and W Woodruff followed him &
bore testimony of the great work of God on the Earth for 5 Minutes
[FIGURE] I received a Letter from my Brother Azmon stating that his
wife Harried died 10 Minutes to 12 oclok Oct 21, 47 years of
Age she was not Baptized But wished to be
~ Monday
14 I spent the day at home choreing. I attended a Meeting at the
City hall in the Evening of the Deseret Stock Company & herd the
reports of the committies & speeches Made & arangements made to other
fine stock
~ Tuesday
15. I went to Fort Herriman & held a Meeting in the Evening E F Sheets
spoke I followed him. I spent the night at Brother Stockings 20 Miles
~ Wednesday
16 I Joined the Fort Harriman Cooperative Stock Company the
shares are $25 each I turned in one cow & calf & 2 yearlings
prised at $[blank] I took Delight & 2 children & returned to
the City & spent the night at home I Butchered a steer in the Evening 20 Miles
20 I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting in
the Tabernacle through the day I spoke in the forenoon & O Pratt in
the Afternoon. I also followed Brother Pratt in the Afternoon much
of the spirit & Power of God rested upon us. G Q Cannon spoke
in the 14 ward in the Evening & I followed him
~ Monday to ~ Friday
21. In company with Brower Pettit I left the City & rode
to the Lake in Utah west of Lehi & I spent 11 days with him
fishing & hunting we caught a ton of fish & some 150 ducks 8 geese
& 3 Otter Brother Pettit shought all 3 of otter in some 15 Minutes
we had some Rough weather on the lake
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," November 7, 1870 - December 3, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 11, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/G6ZL