.
I retired to bed at 9 pm. did not sleep much befiore
midnight.
~ Monday
June 14th. I slept better during the morning hours,
and arose at 815, ate my breakfast, and left for the office
at 9:40 Dr Snow called on me at the office and told me that I
should take a trip for 2 or 3 weeks onto the sea level as I needed some
change & to get away from the office duties for a season. I said I would
consider the matter. Afterwards spoke to Bro L. John Nuttall told him what the
Doctor had said & asked him if he could accompany me, say to Portland.
He said he could & would take good care of me if we went. I said we would
talk further about it. Attended to some business matters and left
at 350 pm. called at Clara's, on the way home. I walked out & rested
ate supper with the family, and retired to bed at 9 pm. & slept.
~ Tuesday
June 15th Had a fairly good night. After breakfast drove to the office
I wrote a letter to Madam Mountford & mailed it. quite busy until
4 pm. when I went home. With my wife Emma I attended a social
gathering at the residence of Bro John R. Winder this evening. PrestsCannon & Smith & some 70 others were there. They had a nice agreeable time.
Bro Winder has built quite a large room adjoining the south side of his
house, in which he says he can get together his family & some of his
friends occasionally. Many of the ^lady^ Temple workers were present.
~ Wednesday
June 16th Spent a tolerable good night. Bro. H. C. Barrell has
acted somewhat curiously. The well borers & fence makers are
busy at their work & my man George was working alone digging post
holes & setting posts. I asked Bro Barrell to help him by holding the posts while
George filled & pounded around them. he did so, but commenced
finding fault & saying he was not hired to set posts &c & complained
.
I retired to bed at 9 pm. did not sleep much before
midnight.
~ Monday
June 14th. I slept better during the morning hours,
and arose at 815, ate my breakfast, and left for the office
at 9:40 Dr Snow called on me at the office and told me that I
should take a trip for 2 or 3 weeks onto the sea level as I needed some
change & to get away from the office duties for a season. I said I would
consider the matter. Afterwards spoke to Bro L. John Nuttall told him what the
Doctor had said & asked him if he could accompany me, say to Portland.
He said he could & would take good care of me if we went. I said we would
talk further about it. Attended to some business matters and left
at 350 pm. called at Clara's, on the way home. I walked out & rested
ate supper with the family, and retired to bed at 9 pm. & slept.
~ Tuesday
June 15th Had a fairly good night. After breakfast drove to the office
I wrote a letter to Madam Mountford & mailed it. quite busy until
4 pm. when I went home. With my wife Emma I attended a social
gathering at the residence of Bro John R. Winder this evening. PrestsCannon &
Smith & some 70 others were there. They had a nice agreeable time.
Bro Winder has built quite a large room adjoining the south side of his
house, in which he says he can get together his family & some of his
friends occasionally. Many of the lady Temple workers were present.
~ Wednesday
June 16th Spent a tolerable good night. Bro. H. C. Barrell has
acted somewhat curiously. The well borers & fence makers are
busy at their work & my man George was working alone digging post
holes & setting posts. I asked Bro Barrell to help him by holding the posts while
George filled & pounded around them. he did so, but commenced
finding fault & saying he was not hired to set posts &c & complained
"Journal (April 1897 – September 1898)," June 13, 1897 - June 16, 1897, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mYEr