15 In company with Earl Rosebury & J Taylor we
visited the woollen Factory, Seninary, cooperative Store &
other places we all dined at Brother Smoots the Ladies
were introduced to Mrs WoodruffSmoot & other Ladies
at 2 oclok we took carriages for Battle Creek to take
cars for home we all suffered with cold President Young had a chill we arived in S. L. City at 7 oclk 50 M[iles]
& found the ground cove[r]ed with snow & trees badly broaken
down
~ Thursday
16. Earl Rosebury left for home this Morning it is cold
& ground cove[r]ed with snow I spent the day at the farm
20 to 25. I spent the time on the farm shucking corn & drawing corn
~ Sunday
26. Sunday I met with my Quorum & attended Meeting in the afternoon E D Woolly prayed Erastus Snow preached one hour. I met with my
Quorum & the Presiden[c]y in the Evening for Prayer
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
27, 28, & 29 & 30. I spent the time drawing corn gathrering carriots Asahel received a bad cut acrost the left wrist
~ Friday
^31^ I Attended a Blessing Meeting at the Historians Office & set apart 27 Females for Midwives to officiate in that capacity
among the Saints O. Pratt W Woodruff & J F Smith officiated
15 In company with Earl Rosebury & J Taylor we
visited the woollen Factory, Seninary, cooperative Store &
other Places we all dined at Brother Smoots the Ladies
were introduced to Mrs WoodruffSmoot & other Ladies
at 2 oclok we took carriages for Battle Creek to take
cars for home we all suffered with cold Presidt
Young had a chill. we arived in S. L. City at 7 oclk 50 Miles
& found the ground covered with snow & trees badly broaken
down
~ Thursday
16. Earl Rosebury left for home this Morning it is cold
& ground covered with snow I spent the day at the farm
20 to 25. I spent the time on the farm shucking corn & drawing corn
~ Sunday
26. Sunday I met with my Quorum & attended Meeting in the afternoon
E D Woolly prayed Erastus Snow preached One hour. I met with my
Quorum & the Presidency in the Evening for Prayer
~ Monday to ~ Thursday
27, 28, & 29 & 30. I spent the time drawing corn gathering carriots Asahel
[FIGURE] received a bad cut acrost the left wrist
~ Friday
[FIGURE] 31 FIGURES I Attended a Blessing Meeting at the Historians Office &
set apart 27 Females for Midwives to officiate in that capacity
among the Saints O. Pratt W Woodruff & J F Smith officiated
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," October 14, 1873 - October 31, 1873, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 7, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wmrX