February 9, 1848 ~ Wednesday

9^th I have been troubled for several days with a head ake
I finished reading the Book of Jasher & found it to be
an interesting work. It speaks of the great victories
the Twelve Patriarchs the sons of Jacob accomplished in
their Battles with their enemies in consequence of their great
faith in God and of Joseph career in Egypt & many other
interesting things

February 10, 1848 ~ Thursday

10^th [FIGURE] I made President B Young a present of fine
blue broad cloth which I got in England I spent a part
of the day with Br Young I walked with him from the
office to Br Warner Porters whare President Young administ[ered]
in the ordances of the house of the Lord. I read several papers
from the eastern states which gives an account of the dredful
famine in Ireland more than 130,000 persons have died in the
famine and apparently the destress has but just began, also the
the breaking of the banks and large firms throughout England
which has caused a great panic & much perplexity throughout
those nations the United States are still at war with Texas
& much division in the government concerning the war

February 11, 1848 ~ Friday to February 12, 1848 ~ Saturday

11^th & 12^th I still suffer with pain in the head I spent these
days at home reading writing & choreing

February 13, 1848 ~ Sunday

13^th Sunday It is the most beautiful & warm weather that
[FIGURE] I ever saw in the winter time. The Camp of of the
Saints met at the stand for a meeting to day meeting opened
by singing, & prayer by W. Woodruff, the meeting was then
addressed by President Kimball then addressed the meeting
and said that he wanted to give an exhertation and a word of
caution and after reproving the saints said many flattered
themselves that they were going to lean upon others to save
them without doing any thing themselves but they will
get disappointed, for to bring up a figure he said you migh[t]
graft ever so many sproughts into a tree if they did not adhear
to the tree they would remain there dead sticks stick-
ing out of the tree they would be dead themselves, not
bring forth fruit, & do the tree no good but ownly scar
it up, & those scars would remain untill the dead sticks
were broakke off & the skcar healed over or other grafts
put in that would bring forth fruit. So it was with all
who leaned upon others to save them & would not
harken to their council & take their advice & no man
can save them if do not save themselves and many
other remarks of Interest he made.

W. W. Phelps then read the V chapter of Math as he
had translated it from the greek

W Woodruff advised the people who were going to
settle on the east side of the river not to settle on the
bank or in the bottoms so that the first flood need
not wash them into the Mo river.

Meeting was dismissed
after which in company with Mrs Woodruff I went to
Br Pulsiphers and soon Presidents Young & Kimball came
& attended to sealing four couple in matrimony, we had
a feast of spruice beer & cakes on the occasion