June 6th 1882
I spent the day in the council of the Presidency & Twelve
in the forenoon & in the Aternoon in the office
~ Wednesday
7th I attended council in the Afternoon, and met with the Lawyiers upon some Legal questions untill 7 oclok I then went
to the field with Wilford & Leslie & camped for the night
~ Thursday
8 We started at 1 oclok to cross the Big ^mountain^ Canyon we took
Breakfast with Br Armstrong we crossed the Big Mountain
over a terrible road & camped on East Canyon Creek
at about Noon we tryed to Ketch some fish but the water
was to high & riley we labored faithfully till dark and ownly
caught some half a doz small ones and was vary weary
~ Friday
9 We took breakfast and started back about 7 oclok & drove
to Armstrongs station and stoped awhile to fish but cought
ownly one small one we then crossed the Little Mountain &
came home through the Emigration Canyon quite weary. 50 M[iles]
~ Saturday
10 I took cars at 8:10 with J Taylor & J F Smith rode to woods
cross there took carriages & rode to Bountiful Meeting House to attend
a 2 days Meeting Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Bishop Brown J Taylor spoke 50 M[inutes], J F Smith 35 M[inutes]. Afternoon John W
Hess Prayed. The Bishops Reported verbally W. Woodruff
spoke 25 M[inutes]. G Reynolds spoke 15 M[inutes] At the close of the
Meeting we attended a Priesthood Meeting and some
difficulty in the presidency of that stake was talked over
John Taylor J F Smith & W Woodruff spok and several
others I spent the night with Br Perkins 12 M[iles]
~ Sunday
11 Sunday we Met at 10 oclok Wm B Smith Prayed John Taylor
spoke 60 M[inutes] President Wm Smith & Layton both spoke A vote
was taken to drop it & Never bring it up again.
~ Tuesday
June 6th 1882
I spent the day in the council of the Presidency & Twelve
in the forenoon & in the Aternoon in the office
~ Wednesday
7th I attended council in the Afternoon, and met with the
Lawyiers upon some Legal questions untill 7 oclok I then went
to the field with Wilford & Leslie & camped for the night
~ Thursday
8 We started at 1 oclok to cross the Big mountain we took
Breakfast with Br Armstrong we crossed the Big Mountain
over a terrible road & camped on East Canyon Creek
at about Noon we tryed to Ketch some fish but the water
was to high & riley we labored faithfully till dark and ownly
caught some half a doz small ones and was vary weary
~ Friday
9 We took breakfast and started back about 7 oclok & drove
to Armstrongs station and stoped awhile to fish but cought
ownly one small one we then crossed the Little Mountain &
came home through the Emigration Canyon quite weary. 50 Miles
~ Saturday
10 I took cars at 8:10 with J Taylor & J F Smith rode to woods
cross there took carriages & rode to Bountiful Meeting House to attend
a 2 days Meeting Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Bishop BrownJ Taylor spoke 50 Minutes, J F Smith 35 Minutes. Afternoon John W
Hess Prayed. The Bishops Reported verbally W. Woodruff
spoke 25 Minutes. G Reynolds spoke 15 Minutes At the close of the
Meeting we attended a Priesthood Meeting and some
difficulty in the presidency of that stake was talked over
John Taylor J F Smith & W Woodruff spok and several
others I spent the night with Br Perkins 12 Miles
~ Sunday
11 Sunday we Met at 10 oclok Wm B Smith Prayed John Taylor
spoke 60 Minutes President Wm Smith & Layton both spoke A vote
was taken to drop it & Never bring it up again.
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," June 6, 1882 - June 11, 1882, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/EqgY