February 23, 1860 ~ Thursday

23 ^1860^
A clear cold morning I spent the day in the office. Capt Gibson called
upon us and spent a short time in the office I attended a meeting of the
D A & M Society at Bishop Hunters. I attended a party & took supper at
J. C. Little

February 24, 1860 ~ Friday

24 Presidents Young & Kimball came in to the office at 1 oclok P.M.
also E. T. Benson & C. C. Rich. I spent the day in the office

February 25, 1860 ~ Saturday

25 I spent the day in the office I wrote a Letter to the citisens of Washington Co
[FIGURE] and one to Jacob Hamblin signed by Bishop Hunter & G. A. Smith. I met with
the Quorum of the Twelve in the evenigng O. Pratt Prayed J. Taylor was mouth

February 26, 1860 ~ Sunday

26^th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning I attended meeting at the
Tabernacle Elder James H. Hart Preached upon the Kingdom of God. I preached
in the evening to the people of the 14^th ward I had much of the spirit of Preaching

February 27, 1860 ~ Monday

27 I spent the day in the office.

February 28, 1860 ~ Tuesday

^28^ I attended The Lecture of Capt Walter M.
^28^ [FIGURE] Gibson delivered in the Social Hall upon the geography of the Indian
Archipeligo giving an account of the Animal, Mineral, & vegitable kingdom
touching upon the inhabitants, & said there were some 10 thousand Island
in the Indian Archipeligo Chain He also spoke of the feathered tribe
his lecture was vary interesting He also spoke of the Navigators for a 1000
years past who had visited those Island & there fate. O Pratt opened by prayer
& J Taylor closed Notice was given out for Capt Gibson to lecture on
Saturday night & Orson Pratt on Thursday night. John Taylor Dismissed

February 29, 1860 ~ Wednesday

289 I spent the day in the office President Young called upon us at 1/2 past 5
oclok He said He had now Forty living children 23 girles 17 Boys He had
born unto him 23 Boys and 24 girles and had lost 7 children He spoke
[FIGURE] of Capt Gibsons lecture about the Temple 500 feet high

March 1, 1860 ~ Thursday

[FIGURE] March 1^st 1860 This is my Birth day I am 53 years old this day
I feell [feel] sensative when I look at these figures, truly how short is
life like a weavers shuttle it soon passes. Man should strive diligently
to make his life useful. He should speak the truth, live honestly,
practice virtue, and set an example generally worthy of imitation
and ever keep in mind that it will pay no man to defraud
his Neighbor, or break the Commandments of God.

I spent most of the day in the endowment House assisting in the
Endowments we gave Endowments to 24, 7 men 17 women H C K
Presided in the labor of the day President B Young attended to the
sealing I attended Orson Pratts lecture upon Natural History & Philosophy
treating upon the motion of Bodies which was quite interesting