July 7, 1892
Received my Territorial county & school tax for 1892 $597.15
A vary plesant Morning I met with the Telegraph Board
And attended to some business I met with Abram
H Cannon & John Henry Smith & Andrew J Stewart
about Mexican affairs & with Scears & Sherman
about Rail Road Freights
~ Friday
8 I had an interview with Wm Young{a cross man}
Two Brethren from Brigham City called upon me
& complained of Being droped from office without
a Hearing I wrote President Clawson upon
the subject. At 2 o'clock Broth C Wilken took me & EmmaAlice & Willey in a carriage & carried us to granite we passed through a vary hard Thunder
storm going up Broth Wilken returned to the City 20 M[iles]
~ Saturday
9 I spent the day in camp resting & reading
The granite settlement is one of the most romantic
spots on the face of the Earth for a settlemen in the
summer time for rest, health, & recreation that I
Ever Beheld, The Little Cottonwood Creek of cold pure
Ice water rushes down the canyon which abounds with
trout & furshes water for Every House & flower bed
and it is a Delightful & healthy retreat
~ Sunday
10 Sunday I spent the day in camp reading myself Emma and Vedi & WoodruffClara & Alice formed
the family to day Mr Sulivan & family and family
visited us to day in our camp
~ Monday
11 Brother Wilcken brought EmmaAlice & myself back
to the City to day I received 6 Letters on my arival at the office
~ Thursday
July 7, 1892
Received my Territorial county & school tax for 1892 $597.15
A vary plesant Morning I met with the Telegraph Board
And attended to some business I met with Abram
H Cannon & John Henry Smith & Andrew J Stewart
about Mexican affairs & with Scears & Sherman
about Rail Road Freights
~ Friday
8 I had an interview with Wm Young{a cross man}
Two Brethren from Brigham City called upon me
& complained of Being droped from office without
a Hearing I wrote President Clawson upon
the subject. At 2 o'clock Broth C Wilken took me &
EmmaAlice & Willey in a carriage & carried us to
granite we passed through a vary hard Thunder
storm going up Broth Wilken returned to the City 20 Miles
~ Saturday
9 I spent the day in camp resting & reading
The granite settlement is one of the most romantic
spots on the face of the Earth for a settlemen in the
summer time for rest, health, & recreation that I
Ever Beheld, The Little Cottonwood Creek of cold pure
Ice water rushes down the canyon which abounds with
trout & furshes water for Every House & flower bed
and it is a Delightful & healthy retreat
~ Sunday
10 Sunday I spent the day in camp reading myself
Emma and Vedi & WoodruffClara & Alice formed
the family to day Mr Sulivan & family and family
visited us to day in our camp
~ Monday
11 Brother Wilcken brought EmmaAlice & myself back
to the City to day I received 6 Letters on my arival at the office
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," July 7, 1892 - July 11, 1892, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 3, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mqBn