June 13, 1893
The well driving machine was set at my house last
night I went to the office & spent the day
~ Wednesday
14 I went to the office I signed a Note for $20000
to be payable in on[e] year to Goldberg at 8 per cent
~ Thursday
15. I went to fishing in the creek a short time
in the morning but caught Nothing the water vary
muddy I went to the office & spent the day
~ Friday
16 I spent the day in the office got a Telegram from
President G Q. Cannon that He would have to go to England
alone as H. J. Grant will stay in New York I was taken with pain in the stomach in the fore noon I went home
at 5 oclk & was taken with great suffering with pain
in the upper Bowels & stomach like the Billious cholic
which lasted me 5 hours I took castor oil & terpetine
& finally got relief but was poorly all night
~ Saturday
17. I spent the day in the House was quite poorly
~ Sunday
18 Sunday I spent this day in the House
~ Monday
19. I was not able to go to the office I spent the day at
home A company of Artesian well diggers commenced
diging me a well with a vary large Machine they
went down 40 feet when my Man Peter Hansen
shut off the water from the Ditch He caught a trout
that weighed 3 1/2 lbs
~ Tuesday
20 I went to the office in the morning attended to the business
of the day I& visited the rases in the Afternoon for a ride
June 13, 1893
The well driving machine was set at my house last
night I went to the office & spent the day
~ Wednesday
14 I went to the office I signed a Note for $20000
to be payable in one year to Goldberg at 8 per cent
~ Thursday
15. I went to fishing in the creek a short time
in the morning but caught Nothing the water vary
muddy I went to the office & spent the day
~ Friday
16 I spent the day in the office got a Telegram from
President G Q. Cannon that He would have to go to England
alone as H. J. Grant will stay in New York I was taken
[FIGURE] with pain in the stomach in the fore noon I went home
at 5 oclk & was taken with great suffering with pain
in the upper Bowels & stomach like the Billious cholic
which lasted me 5 hours I took castor oil & terpetine
& finally got relief but was poorly all night
~ Saturday
17. I spent the day in the House was quite poorly
~ Sunday
18 Sunday I spent this day in the House
~ Monday
19. I was not able to go to the office I spent the day at
home A company of Artesian well diggers commenced
diging me a well with a vary large Machine they
went down 40 feet when my Man Peter Hansen
shut off the water from the Ditch He caught a trout
that weighed 3 1/2 lbs
~ Tuesday
20 I went to the office in the morning attended to the business
of the day& visited the rases in the Afternoon for a ride
"Journal (January 1893 – April 1897)," June 13, 1893 - June 22, 1893, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/z7vy