Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting
in the TabernacleJ F Smith spoke in the Morning one hour & W. Woodruff
in the Afternoon 55 Minutes. At the close of the Meeting I took cars
& rode to Cotton wood station then walked 1 1/2 Miles to John Benbows
found him sick then visited Isabel Benbow was quite sick & her
child 3 weeks old. Mrs Woodruff was there waiting upon her
I spent a few minutes with them then took cars & returned home 25 Miles
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
6 to 9. I spent the week on the farm it rained almost
Evry day we are having more rain this spring than usual
12. Sunday I attended Meeting in the Tabernacle. TJ. T. D Mcallister
spoke in the fore noon one hour & 15 Minutes Afternoon O Pratt
spoke 67 Minutes I Attended the Prayer Circle & Preached in the 13 ward
in the Evening I received 2 letters & wrote one to Wilford
~ Monday
13. Near 3000 children were taken on the cars to the sandy
for an Excursion But they had a hard rain & hail storm I went to
the field & spent the day & returned at night & we had the Hardest rain
night I Ever saw in Utah the whole land was afloat sister Jane Richards
spent the night with us Delights child was sick & I administered to it
~ Tuesday
14. The whole Earth is wet this Morning I spent the day in the orchard &
Making Picket fence
~ Wednesday
15 I spent the day Making fence
~ Thursday
16. I went to the farm & Wilford & David arived from Randolph
in the forenoon I finished Marking out my corn ground at noon & Planted corn in the afternoon
~ Friday
17 We planted corn to day & I spent the night at the farm
~ Saturday
18. We finished planting corn at noon & went to the City I did
not get up in time to attend the school
~ Sunday
19. Sunday I met with my Circle in the Morning & attended Meeting
in the Tabernacle Elder George Teasdale spoke 68 Minutes G. B Wallace
23 M[inutes]. Afternoon D Candlin spoke 23 [George Albert Smith|G. A. Smith]] spoke 43, I met
with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer
Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning & attended Meeting
in the TabernacleJ F Smith spoke in the Morning one hour & W. Woodruff
in the Afternoon 55 Minutes. At the close of the Meeting I took cars
& rode to Cotton wood station then walked 1 1/2 Miles to John Benbows
found him sick then visited Isabel Benbow was quite sick & her
child 3 weeks old. Mrs Woodruff was there waiting upon her
I spent a few minutes with them then took cars & returned home 25 Miles
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
6 to 9. I spent the week on the farm it rained almost
Evry day we are having more rain this spring than usual
12. Sunday I attended Meeting in the Tabernacle. J. T. D Mcallister
spoke in the fore noon one hour & 15 Minutes Afternoon O Pratt
spoke 67 Minutes I Attended the Prayer Circle & Preached in the 13 ward
in the Evening I received 2 letters & wrote one to Wilford
~ Monday
FIGURES 13. [FIGURE] Near 3000 children were taken on the cars to the sandy
for an Excursion But they had a hard rain & hail storm I went to
the field & spent the day & returned at night & we had the Hardest rain
night I Ever saw in Utah the whole land was afloat sister Jane Richards
spent the night with us Delights child was sick & I administered to it
~ Tuesday
14. The whole Earth is wet this Morning I spent the day in the orchard &
Making Picket fence
~ Wednesday
15 I spent the day Making fence
~ Thursday
16. I went to the farm & Wilford & David arived from Randolph
in the forenoon I finished Marking out my corn ground at noon
~ Friday
17 We planted corn to day & I spent the night at the farm
~ Saturday
18. We finished planting corn at noon & went to the City I did
not get up in time to attend the school
~ Sunday
19. Sunday I met with my Circle in the Morning & attended Meeting
in the Tabernacle Elder George Teasdale spoke 68 Minutes G. B Wallace
23 Minutes. Afternoon D Candlin spoke 23 [George Albert Smith|G. A. Smith]] spoke 43, I met
with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," May 5, 1872 - May 20, 1872, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed September 1, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ER80