with hism it continued till midnight when we all retur[n]ed
to our homes
~ Tuesday
123 I went to mill & spent the remainder of the day in my garden
President Young preached an interesting discourse upon the subject 13of familly government D Watt repo[r]ted
~ Wednesday
14 [FIGURE] we had a hard rain storm through this day and a great deal of Heavy hail fell one child was drowned
& another nearly killed a cloud broak & the water came down
in torents it washed away a part of the city wall & much
damage was done to houses & gardens on little cotton wood
the Hail cut evry thing to the ground gardens corn & wheat
was destroyed also at North cotton wood it was the same
Nearly all glass was broaken out of the windows
~ Thursday
15 It rained in the morning it cleared at 10 oclock I took
Mrs Woodruff & most of the family into my waggon &
rode to South webber fort & spent the night at Brother kingtons 35 mils
~ Friday
16 I spent the day at the fort Elder Kingtons was quite
unwell I had a good meeting with the people in the ev[en]ing
I spoke upon the subject of walling in ther city & schooling
their child[re]n for they were doing neither Mrs Woodrff
spoke to the sisters about forming a female society to
make clothing to cloth the indians women & children
~ Saturday
17 I left webber & returned to Salt Lake City Mrs Woodruff
was quite sick I nooned on our returned home at Ezra Clarks we nooned going up at Brother Steeds I saw
his carriage top & sides was cut to piecs with the Hail
Hail fell as large as small Hens eggs we rode through
one Hail drift 2 feet deep washed by the water down the cre[e]k I spent the night at mark Halls I had a dream while
[there] {I thought that I was in company with}Joseph {President Young and
others and I thought that many were dying and I thought that I was going to die
and I delivered a strong testimony to those who was present and I awoke}
~ Sunday
18th Sunday O Spencer & O Hyde preached in the fore noon
& in the Afternoon Elder Bullock who had been on a
mission to the shoshonees gave a rehersal of his travels
among them which was vary interesting
~ Monday
19th[FIGURE] President Young & company start this morning to
explore & make a rode through Toille & around the west mountan
I spent the day mending a carriage I broke coming from webber
& went into the big field & saw my crops & I must say that
I never saw a better prospect for good crops since I have been
in the valley
~ Tuesday to ~ Saturday
[FIGURE] 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24 of June I have spent this week in the Histo-
rians office with G. A. Smith & T Bullock In drawing off all
the sermons & teachings of the Presidency & Twelve & of our Journey
so the[y] can be filled in the Historians office for the Church History
President Young arived home on Friday the 23rd
with him it continued till midnight when we all returned
to our homes
~ Tuesday
13 I went to mill & spent the remainder of the day in my garden
President Young preached an interesting discourse upon the subject
of family government D Watt reported
~ Wednesday
14 [FIGURE] we had a hard rain storm through this day and
[FIGURE] a great deal of Heavy hail fell one child was drowned
& another nearly killed a cloud broak & the water came down
in torents it washed away a part of the city wall & much
damage was done to houses & gardens on little Cotton wood
the Hail cut evry thing to the ground gardens corn & wheat
was destroyed also at North Cotton wood it was the same
Nearly all glass was broaken out of the windows
~ Thursday
15 It rained in the morning it cleared at 10 oclock I took
Mrs Woodruff & most of the family into my waggon &
rode to South weber fort & spent the night at Brother
Kingtons 35 mils
~ Friday
16 I spent the day at the fort Elder Kington was quite
unwell I had a good meeting with the people in the evening
I spoke upon the subject of walling in ther city & schooling
their children for they were doing neither Mrs Woodruff
spoke to the sisters about forming a female society to
make clothing to cloth the indians women & children
~ Saturday
17 I left webber & returned to Salt Lake City Mrs Woodruff
was quite sick I nooned on our returned home at
Ezra Clarks we nooned going up at Brother Steeds I saw
his carriage top & sides was cut to pieces with the Hail
Hail fell as large as small Hens eggs we rode through
one Hail drift 2 feet deep washed by the water down the creek
[FIGURE] I spent the night at mark Halls. I had a dream while
there. {I thought that I was in company with}Joseph {President Young and
others and I thought that many were dying and I thought that I was going to die
and I delivered a strong testimony to those who was present and I awoke}
~ Sunday
18th Sunday O Spencer & O Hyde preached in the fore noon
& in the Afternoon Elder Bullock who had been on a
mission to the shoshonees gave a rehersal of his travels
among them which was vary interesting
~ Monday
19th [FIGURE] President Young & company start this morning to
explore & make a rode through Toille & around the west mountain
I spent the day mending a carriage I broke coming from webber
& went into the big field & saw mycrops & I must say that
I never saw a better prospect for good crops since I have been
in the valley
~ Tuesday to ~ Saturday
[FIGURE] 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24, of June I have spent this week in the Historians office with G. A. Smith & T Bullock In drawing off all
the sermons & teachings of the Presidency & Twelve & of our Journey
so it can be filled in the Historians office for the Church History
President Young arived home on Friday the 23rd
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," June 12, 1854 - June 24, 1854, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/KwJ