June 10, 1859 ~ Friday

June 10^th 1859

A vary warm day I planted some sweet corn this morning
I called upon President Young in the after noon. Brother Carrington
red his last serman to him I gave him & President Young each
a Calafornia Greening Aple President Young called at the office
to attend our lessons in the Deseret Alphabet

June 11, 1859 ~ Saturday

11^th I spent the day {making water gates watering the
garden. We had a very hard wind in the afternoon|Deseret Alphabet}
on the evening of the 11^th The Presidentcy of the seventies & the
Twelve met at the historians office. O Hyde presented the busi
ness of the meeting which was to go out once more & warn the Saints
to sell no more grain but lay up all the food they can get to
prepair for a day of famine which is at the door the Saints have
been warned to do this for a long time but they have given no
heed to the warning ie many of them, others have. O Hyde
W Woodruff & E. T. Benson spoke upon the subject a meeting
was appointed on Sunday evening at 6 oclok for the sev-
enties & Twelve to appoint missionaries to go abroad am[on]g
the people for this purpose. The Eastern Mail came in brough
word that war had commenced in Europe

June 12, 1859 ~ Sunday

12 Sunday I met with my Quorum this morning R. Campbell
prayed & [blank] was mouth. I attended meeting at the Taber-
nacle O Pratt Preached upon the seconed coming of Christ the
Building of Zion & Jerrusalem & their final location on the Earth
the Thrones of Christ & his Twelve Apostles will be in Jerrusalem
while the New Jerrusalem & Zion of Enoch & the Zion of the Saints
will be in Jackson County Mo. Adam dwelt in that land as
the garden of Eden was there &c. W Woodruff preached
in the afternoon. I attended meeting at the seventies Hall
O spoke to the Seventies upon the subject of going out to preach
to the people to save their grain & sell no more was followed
by W. Woodruff E. T. Benson & Joseph Young then some
20 missionaries were appointed to go out on this mission
Adjourned to meet at 6 oclok tomorrow evening

June 13, 1859 ~ Monday

13 I replanted my sugar cane in my garden this morning
I set out about 100 cabbage plants I spent the fore noon in
the garden I learn by the last mail that the Armies of France
Italy & Sardena united have began to meet the Austriain army
in Italy & Lombardy & some fighting has taking place &
Blood has been shed it will be a Bloody war Russia &
France are in alliance in the great struggle against Austria
while Fra England is strongly arming but trying to stand
Neutral they say they have an armey of 100000 men in
India 100000 in England & she has the greatest Navy in the
world, & is now offieering a premeum of £10 each for 100000
seamen in addition to their present Navy they have ordered
all the war steemers on the stocks to be immediately clompleted
& prepared for sea. Mr Cooper was in the office to day from
Calafornia to again try to sell the Musketoe Country to the Saints
this is strange as President Young told him when he was here
befor that he would not take that country as a gift & move this
people to it if [it] iwas all covered 18 inches with pure gold. I visited
my field in the afternoon I Found my wheat had been flooded

June 10, 1859 ~ Friday

June 10th 1859 A vary warm day I planted some sweet corn this morning I called upon President Young in the after noon. Brother Carrington red his last serman to him I gave him & President Young each a Calafornia Greening Aple President Young called at the office to attend our lessons in the Deseret Alphabet

June 11, 1859 ~ Saturday

11th I spent the day {{making water gates watering the garden. We had a very hard wind in the afternoon}} on the evening of the 11cy of the seventies & the Twelve met at the historians office. O Hyde presented the busi ness of the meeting which was to go out once more & warn the Saints to sell no more grain but lay up all the food they can get to prepair for a day of famine which is at the door the Saints have been warned to do this for a long time but they have given no heed to the warning ie many of them, others have. O Hyde W Woodruff & E. T. Benson spoke upon the subject a meeting was appointed on Sunday evening at 6 oclok for the seventies & Twelve to appoint missionaries to go abroad among the people for this purpose. The Eastern Mail Came in brough word that war had commenced in Europe

June 12, 1859 ~ Sunday

12 Sunday I met with my Quorum this morning R. Campbell prayed & [blank] was mouth. I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. O Pratt Preached upon the second coming of Christ the Building of Zion & Jerrusalem & their final location on the Earth the Thrones of Christ & his Twelve Apostles will be in Jerrusalem while the New Jerrusalem & Zion of Enoch & the Zion of the Saints will be in Jackson County Mo. Adam dwelt in that land as the garden of Eden was there &c

W Woodruff preached in the afternoon. I attended meeting at the seventies Hall O spoke to the Seventies upon the subject of going out to preach to the people to save their grain & sell no more was followed by W. Woodruff E. T. Benson & Joseph Young then some 20 missionaries were appointed to go out on this mission Adjourned to meet at 6 oclok tomorrow evening

June 13, 1859 ~ Monday

13 I replanted my sugar cane in my garden this morning I set out about 100 cabbage plants I spent the fore noon in the garden. I learn by the last mail that the Armies of France Italy & Sardena united have began to meet the Austrain army in Italy & Lombardy & some fighting has taking place & Blood has been shed it will be a Bloody war Russia & France are in alliance in the great struggle against Austria while England is strongly arming but trying to stand Neutral they say they have an armey of 100000 men in India 100000 in England & she has the greatest Navy in the world, & is now offiering a premeum of £10 each for 100000 seamen in addition to their present Navy they have ordered all the war steemers on the stocks to be immediately completed & prepared for sea

Mr Cooper was in the office to day from Calafornia to again try to sell the Musketoe Country to the Saints this is strange as President Young told him when he was here befor that he would not take that country as a gift & move this people to it if itwas all covered 18 inches with pure gold I visited my field in the afternoon I Found my wheat had been flooded