May 5, 1874 [1875]
we Baptized & confirmed 207 for the dead D. H. Wells sealed
29 for the dead W. Woodruff 19. I received 5 letters & wrote 2 letters to L. D. Halling & sent him 3 Bushels potatoes one letter
To F D Richards & sent him $5 to pay for a Book containing the
Family Record of the Dawson family
~ Thursday to ~ Friday
6 & 7. I spent the time in my Garden we are having a heavy rain
~ Saturday
8. I went to the field to day, & mended 2 rollers it rained a good
deal to day. I attended a meeting of the board of the D A & SM S 9.I paid Ezra Foss $80 to pay for his half of a reaper & Mower
~Sunday
9. Sunday I received a letter with $2 for seed grain I wrote
a letter & sent it back I attended my prayer circle & also with the
Twelve we then spent 2 Hours with President Young in his office
we also administered to G. A. Smith who is vary poorly
~ Monday
10. I spent most of the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 37. W Woodruff sealed 11 couple
~ Tuesday
11. I met with the Presidency & Twelve [to] take into consideration
the Z.C.M.I.IWe expressed our feelings upon the subject
~ Wednesday
12. I spent the day in the Endowment House we baptized 283 D H Wells sealed 21 couple W Woodruff 10
~ Thursday
13. I met with the Twelve, Bishops, Missionaries and others at
the City Hall & after discussing the subject of Z.C.M.I we
voted unanimously to sustain it
~ Friday
14. I went up City Creek Canyon about 8 miles with Brigham
& the Team & dug up about 20 Box Elder Trees & we carried
them on our Backs over a snow slide 50 foot deep & a quarter
of a mile long & returned home vary weary 16 M[iles]
~ Saturday
15 I went to the Depo & got the Champion Rotery Harrow
and had it Exhibited at the Union square it was much liked
I met with the board in the Evening
May 5, 1875
we Baptized & confirmed 207 for the dead D. H. Wells sealed
29 for the dead W. Woodruff 19. I received 5 letters & wrote
[FIGURE] 2 letters to L. D. Halling & sent him 3 Bushels potatoes one letter
To F D Richards & sent him $5 to pay for a Book containing the
Family Record of the Dawson family
~ Thursday to ~ Friday
6 & 7. I spent the time in my Garden we are having a heavy rain
~ Saturday
8. I went to the field to day, & mended 2 rollers it rained a good
deal to day. I attended a meeting of the board of the D A &M S
I paid Ezra Foss $80 to pay for his half of a reaper & Mower
~Sunday
9. Sunday FIGURES I received a letter with $2 for seed grain I wrote
a letter & sent it back I attended my prayer circle & also with the
Twelve we then spent 2 Hours with President Young in his office
we also administered to G. A. Smith who is vary poorly
~ Monday
10. I spent most of the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments
to 37. W Woodruff sealed 11 couple
~ Tuesday
11. I met with the Presidency & Twelve to take into consideration
the Z.C.M.I.We expressed our feelings upon the subject
~ Wednesday
12. I spent the day in the Endowment House we baptized 283
D H Wells sealed 21 couple W Woodruff 10
~ Thursday
13. I met with the Twelve, Bishops, Missionaries and others at
the City Hall & after discussing the subject of Z.C.M.I we
voted unanimously to sustain it
~ Friday
14. I went up City Creek Canyon about 8 miles with Brigham
& the Team & dug up about 20 Box Elder Trees & we carried
them on our Backs over a snow slide 50 foot deep & a quarter
of a mile long & returned home vary weary 16 Miles
~ Saturday
15 [FIGURE] I went to the Depo & got the Champion Rotery Harrow
and had it Exhibited at the Union square it was much liked
I met with the board in the Evening
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," May 6, 1875 - May 15, 1875, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/D9w6