Oct 27, 1877
Saturday Met at 10 oclok for a 2 days Meeting Prayer By
Bishop Harper Reports of the Different wards of that stake of
Zion were presented and read also of the female Relief society
and the young Men & women improvement society then the
rest of the day was taken up in hearing the reports of the
superintendents of the different branches of the business of the
cooperative institutions of that Branch of the Church which was
vary interesting Their flock of sheep Numbered 7000 to supply
wool for their Factory The Authorities of the Church were
presented and Received
~ Sunday
28. Sunday Met at 10 oclok W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts F D Richards 45 Minuts Afternoon sacrament administered
F. D. Richards spoke 60 Minuts and W Woodruff 25 Minuts
In the Evening the sisters Met W Woodruff spoke to them 50 M[inutes]
then F. D. Richards followed. I took cars at 7.30 & rode to Smithfield and spent the night with my family 50 M[iles]
~ Monday
29 I spent the day in Smithfield held a Meeting in the Evening
and spoke to the people One hour
~ Tuesday
30. I took cars rode to Ogden in a hard wind it blew over
a train of cars on the Utah Central and injured
sever[al] persons. we stoped two hours in Ogden then arived at Salt Lake in the Evening 90 Miles
~ Wednesday
31 I received 6 Letters and wrote 2 & No 32 ^Attended Council 12, Presidency^
~ Thursday
Nov 1. I Received 1 Letter, and wrote ^No^ 33. ^I attended council 12 & Presidency^
~ Friday
2nd I wrote 2 letters to McAllister, 34. sent No 15 {[illegible shorthand]}
~ Saturday
3rd I received No 29, wrote 35 I spent the day in the office
~ Sunday
4 ^Sunday^ I received 30, wrote 36. I spent the day in the Historian Office Had severe cold
~ Saturday
Oct 27, 1877
Saturday Met at 10 oclok for a 2 days Meeting Prayer By
Bishop Harper Reports of the Different wards of that stake of
Zion were presented and read also of the female Relief society
and the young Men & women improvement society then the
rest of the day was taken up in hearing the reports of the
superintendents of the different branches of the business of the
cooperative institutions of that Branch of the Church which was
vary interesting Their flock of sheep Numbered 7000 to supply
wool for their Factory The Authorities of the Church were
presented and Received
~ Sunday
28. Sunday Met at 10 oclok W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts
F D Richards 45 Minuts Afternoon sacrament administered
F. D. Richards spoke 60 Minuts and W Woodruff 25 Minuts
In the Evening the sisters Met W Woodruff spoke to them 50 Minutes
then F. D. Richards followed. I took cars at 7.30 & rode to
Smithfield and spent the night with my family 50 Miles
~ Monday
29 I spent the day in Smithfield held a Meeting in the Evening
and spoke to the people One hour
~ Tuesday
30. I took cars rode to Ogden in a hard wind it blew over
a train of cars on the Utah Central and injured
several persons. we stoped two hours in Ogden then arived at
Salt Lake in the Evening 90 Miles
~ Wednesday
31 FIGURES I received 6 Letters and wrote 2 & No 32 Attended Council 12, Presidency
~ Thursday
Nov 1. I Received 1 Letter, and wrote No 33. I attended council 12 & Presidency
~ Friday
2nd I wrote 2 letters to McAllister, 34. sent No 15 {shorthand}
~ Saturday
3rd [FIGURE] I received No 29, wrote 35 I spent the day in the office
~ Sunday
4 FIGURES Sunday I received 30, wrote 36. I spent the day in the
Historian Office Had severe cold
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," October 27, 1877 - November 4, 1877, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/PZW1