September 2, 1856 ~ Tuesday

2nd I spent the day in the office preparing History I called upon
President Young Brother Kimball & Grant was there reading the Calaforn[ia]
News President Young called upon me at the office & conversed
upon the subject of his history & Journal R. L. Campbell T Bullock
& Myself walked with him to see the Font which is building in the public
or temple Block. I then walked with him to the New Historians
office I then returned to the office & met in Council with the Directors
& spent sever hours together H. C. Kimball & myself laid hands upon A.
Lyman & blessed him Br Kimball was mouth blessing is Filed in Historians Offic

September 3, 1856 ~ Wednesday

3rd I settelled with Hooper & Williams & paid all demands against me
I spent the day in the office President Kimballs granary is 34 by 24 feet
laid with cobblestone & cement. Also President Youngs barn is 102 B[y] 60 feet
built of the same material

September 4, 1856 ~ Thursday

4^th President Young went up to Feramore Littles we had a cold
rain storm in the valley. Robert Scholls & my son Wilford lay on
the mountains all night in the cold I spent the day in the office on
the History [FIGURE] I wrote a letter For the Standard

September 5, 1856 ~ Friday

5^th President Young was about home most of the day also president
Kimball & Grant Brother Grant is doctoring Brother Thurston who is
vary much afflicted with the Rheumatism the following remedy
is given for a cure take a cucumber about ripe cut oput one
side take the seeds out put in salt as much as the Juce will dissolve
put it in an oven & bake it soft squzes it all through a cloth rub
the Juce on the parts Effected. Annother cure is given take shunks
oil, beefs gall, spirits of Terpentine, & High wines mixed together
& rub on the parts Effected is said to be a cure. Also brandy & soap
rubed on hot. Also salt peter oil & vinegar rubed on I have tryed
many of these without any good. I spent this day in the office
on the History

September 6, 1856 ~ Saturday

6^th [FIGURE] I spent the fore part of the day in the office on History I met
with Parley P. Pratt and a company of Missionary in the 70^s Hall
P. P. Pratt W Woodruff Joseph Young Z. Pulsipher A. P. Rockwood
& H. S. Eldridge Blessed 24 Missionaries 20 To England & 4
To the states we ordained 2 Elders & one seventy W Woodruff spoke
to the Missionaries a short time & exhorted them to keep a Journal
of their Ministry every day of their lives He said I would advised
you to get all of your blessings written & preserve them. In writing your
Journal I do not care about your keeping an account of what you eat
or drink or whare you sleep unless you should be in a Desert, in the
wilderness or on a mountain & have nothing to Eat then if the beast of
the field or Fowls or Heaven Come & Feed you as the ravens did Elisha
then I would want you to record that, but I do feel to Enjoin it upon you
to make a record of Evry official act of your life. If you baptize, confirm
ordain or bless any person or administer to the sick write an account of
it if evry man will do this the church can write a correct account of it
we are not apt to think of the importance of Events as they transpire with
us but we feel the importance of them afterwards we are living in one of
the most important Generations that man ever lived on Earth & we should
write an ofaccount of those important transactions which are takeing place before
our Eyes in fulfillmen of the prophesies & the revelation of God there is a great
flood of Revelations fulfillig in our day & as they are transpiring before
our eyes we want a record made of them if the power & blessings of