November 24, 1880 ~ Wednesday

Nov 24, 1880

We Attended Meeting with the Female relief society Mrs Woodruff spoke to
the people 35 Minutes and gave vary good Instruction to the people we
took cars & rode to Salt Lake City & I had a sever cold upon my
Lungs and had a sick night Distance of the day 95 Miles

November 25, 1880 ~ Thursday

2Nov 25 [FIGURES] Thanks Giving Day I received 5 Letters from J G Bleak 2 Phebe
and Robert Scholes, G Teasdale ^I wrote to J G Bleak^ we have had quite a snow storm
Endowments Given to day & quite a number of young folkspeople Married
[FIGURE] My son James has his youngest child buried to day at 2 oclock
Bulah returns home in the evening I heard a Letter read from
James Blackburn a Missionary at Michigan giving an account
of the persecution He was Meeting with theirre, they were Driven from
place to place, He also related a most Horrible circumstance He
[FIGURES] had recieved a letter from B Palmer of Cleaveland
Ohio saying that the water Reservoir of that city had become
so foul they could not Drink it and they Dreaned [drained] it off
and found in the bottom of it 700 Dead Infants all probably
Begotten out of wedlock, How long can a Nation stand with
such corruption in one city, Not ownly evidence of 700 cases of
whoredom, but of 700 cases of Murder in one city and the inhabitants
drinking the water from their Dead Bodies. I went to the farm 6 M[iles]

November 26, 1880 ~ Friday

26 [FIGURE] spent the day at the office I wrote to
J. D. T. McAllister sent a recomend for Spery My Daughter Bulah
arived Last night & I found her at home this morning

November 27, 1880 ~ Saturday

27. [FIGURE] I wrote Letters to I F Carter sent Draft for $62 wrote to
Thomas J Lutz sent his Description of John Taylor Erastus Snow
Francis F Lyman & John Henry Smith I visited C C Rich & found him
much Better I wrote to Susan Phebe & Robert Scholes

Nov 24, 1880 we attended a Meeting with a relief society Mrs Woodruff spoke 35 Minutes and gave vary good instruction to the people we took cars & rode to Salt Lake City and I had a severe cold on my lungs & had a sick night. Distance 95 Miles

Nov 25 FIGURES Thanksgiving day I received 5 letters. I wrote one letter to Br Bleak we had quite a snow storm Endowments were given to day there was quite a Number of young folks Married today My son James Buried his [FIGURE]youngest Son daughter to day. My Daughter Bulah returned home from the East this Evening I heard a letter Read from James Blackburn a Missionary at Michigan giving an account of the Persecution He was receiving from the people, they were driven from place to place He also related a most horrible circumstance He had recieved [FIGURE] a letter from B Palmer of Cleveland Ohio saying that the water Reservoy of that city had become so foul they could not drink it they drained the water off and they found in the bottom of it 700 dead infants all probably begotten out of wedlock how they can as a Nation stand with such corruption in one Christian city Not ownly Evidenc of 700 cases of whoredom in one city but of 700 Murders in one city and the inhabitants Drinking the water from their bodies 6 Miles

26 [FIGURE] I returned to the City & wrote a letter to McAllister

27. FIGURES I wrote one letter to I F Carter and a Draft for $62 for Bulah I wrote to Br Lutz I sent a descrption to him of John Taylor, Erastus Snow, Francis M Lyman & John Henry Smith I visited C. C. Rich He seemed some better [FIGURE] I wrote to 4 Susan, Phebe, & Robert Scholes