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thirty years. He commenced by saying Mr President Gent-
lemen & Ladies I am happy to meet with you here to night
esspecially to see so many females I havent seen a woman
before since I have come into this ere place not that belong to
this people & I dident expect to see one while I was here
well I do declair I am glad to see so many women here
to night I thought I was ownly going to meet a few poor
printers. I dident expect to see any women at all But I
expect you are connected in the printing business in some
way or other. The printers talked of gitting me up a dinner
well I declair I thought it was to hot to eat dinners
much I could get along without any dinner & with
but a poor Breakfast if I could ownly in the morning
take up a News paper & read what all the world had
done the day before & gess what they would do today
I could get along with the loss of all the luxeries that
you are deprived of if I could have a telegraph wire
that would tell me all that was going on in all the world
He confined his speech to the printing business telegraph
wire & the improvements of the day told how long he had
been in the printing business the improvements that had been
made in that art since He commenced He know had a stea[m]
press that could print 20000 sheets per hour & should not
be satisfied untill he could put on one ton of paper in one
continues rooll onto his cilender & print 40000 sheets per hour
& fold, cut, & direct them by steam which improvement
he was sure would soon come in use He was followed by
Elder O Hyde who spoke upon a variety of subjects & belie-
ved in a telegraph wire which would reach from heaven
to Earth so we could get revelation of God from heaven &
other worlds. Elder John Taylor followed & spoke of many
things & of the conduct of the Judges in this Territory
Gilbert Clements spoke also John Banks. James MCknight
red to Mr Greely a poem from Mr Lions welcomeing
Mr Greely He flourished a candle with such velosity
around Mr Greely's head that I think he left a sprink-
ling of [spearm] upon his close Brother Dunbar sun a
song Brother Mabyan sung a song about the man that could
never get warm and at 11 oclok they adjourned to the
Globe to take Ice cream &c but I returned home & did
not attend.

July 17, 1859 ~ Sunday

17^th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
A. O. Smoot Prayed Bishop Hoagland was mouth. I attended
meeting at the Tabernacle. O. Pratt preached in the morning
upon the evidences of the Book of Mormon Mr Greely was
in the stand He paid particular attention to the feamales
as they came in but he slep most of the time during the
sermon. Mr Greely also attended in afternoon & slept while
John Taylor preached upon the systems of the day. I met
with the Twelve in the evening John Taylor prayed &
Erastus Snow was mouth. We conversed upon a variety
of subjects Brother Benson gave an account of Mr Greely
going into a store to buy a neck tie which was quite amusing

16 thirty years. He commenced by saying Mr President Gentlemen & Ladies I am happy to meet with you here to night esspecially to see so many females I havent seen a woman before since I have come into this ere place not that belong to this people & I dident expect to see one while I was here well I do declair I am glad to see so many women here to night I thought I was ownly going to meet a few poor printers. I dident expect to see any women at all But I expect you are connected in the printing business in some way or other. The printers talked of gitting me up a dinner well I decair I thought it was to hot to Eat dinners much I could get along without any dinner & with but a poor Breakfast if I could ownly in the morning take up a News paper & read what all the world had done the day before & gess what they would do today I could get along with the loss of all the luxeries that you are deprived of if I could have a telegraph wire that would tell me all that was going on in all the world He confined his speech to the printing business telegraph wire & the improvements of the day told how long he had been in the printing business the improvements that had been made in that art since He commenced Henow had a steam press that could print 20000 sheets per hour & should not be satisfied untill he could put on one ton of paper in one continues roll onto his cilender & print 40000 sheets per hour & fold, cut, & direct them by steam which improvement he was sure would soon come in use He was followed by Elder O Hyde who spoke upon a variety of subjects & believed in a telegraph wire which would reach from heaven to Earth so we could get revelation of God from heaven & other world. Elder John Taylor followed & spoke of many things & of the conduct of the Judges in this Territory Gilbert Clements spoke also John Banks. James MCknight red to Mr Greely a poem from Mr. Lions welcomeing Mr Greely He flourished a candle with such velosity around Mr Greely's head that I think he left a sprinkling of spearm upon his close Brother Dunbar sun a song Brother Mabyan sung a song about the man that could never get warm and at 11 oclok they adjourned to the Globe to take Ice Cream &c but I returned home & did not attend.

July 17, 1859 ~ Sunday

17th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning A. O. Smoot Prayed Bishop Hoagland was mouth I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. O. Pratt preached in the morning upon the evidences of the Book of Mormon Mr Greely was in the stand He paid particular attention to the feamales as they came in but he slep most of the time during the sermon Mr Greely also attended in afternoon & slept while John Taylor preached upon the systems of the day. I met with the Twelve in the evening John Taylor prayed & Erastus Snow was mouth we conversed upon a variety of subjects Brother Benson gave an account of Mr Greely going into a store to buy a neck tie which was quite amusing