In the evening Alfred Smith addressed the Saints advoca-
ting the claimes of Gladden Bishop who had tried for
many years to gather a company together that he might
lead them as many other foolish men & fals teachers
have tried to do at different time much confusion
rested upon Alfred Smith while speaking he made
many fals statements, & at the close was followed by
President Young made a few remark after which
Alfred Smith & wife & another person who Joined them
in their sentiments were cut off from the Church

August 2, 1852 ~ Monday to August 7, 1852 ~ Saturday

Aug 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7. I spent most of this week in drawing and
stacking wheat

August 8, 1852 ~ Sunday

8^th Sunday I spent the day at Meeting & reported President
B Youngs discours G. D Watt reported the same as is published
in Extra Deserett News containing the new Revelatin
on Patriarchal Matrimony

August 9, 1852 ~ Monday

9^th I cut a load of wood & drew it home

August 10, 1852 ~ Tuesday

10 [FIGURE] In company with Samuel Hardy & Father Woodruff
I went to Parley Canyon & caught 39 Trout & camped for
the nigh & cooked our fish

August 11, 1852 ~ Wednesday

11 we took an Early Breakfast walked up into the
canyon about 3 miles & fished down we caught in
all 203 we had to wallow all day through a hard thicket
in order to keep by the creek it made it vary hard labour
we went home quite weary we had a hard thunder
Storm in the canyon 20

11^th I spent the day at home we had a Rain Storm

August 12, 1852 ~ Thursday to August 14, 1852 ~ Saturday

12 13 & 14 I went to Cottonwood with Ms Woodruff
spent the time visiting friends & Hunting cattle 30 mils

August 15, 1852 ~ Sunday

15 Sunday I attended meeting & reported President
Youngs sermon one of the greates ever preached it is also
published in the extra star

August 16, 1852 ~ Monday to August 19, 1852 ~ Thursday

16 17 18 & 19. I went to Mill Creek Canyon each day & got
a load of dry maple wood. each day I had to travel some
34 miles clime the mountain cut some 3/4 cord of wood and
draged it down the mountain loaded it & went home through
a vary bad road It nearly wore both myself & team out

August 20, 1852 ~ Friday

20 I attended a great feast at the South Cottonwood ward
President Young was taken quite sick so he could not
attend Brother Kimball, O prat & W Woodrff of the 12
were there & a great collection of people speaches were
made by President Kimball O Pratt & W Woodruff of
the 12, & W W Phelps Bishop Hunter & others

4 of the Twelve arived from their mission in the City to
day viz J Taylor E. T. Benson & E Snow & F Richards