May 13, 1859 ~ Friday

May 13

The wind still blows vary hard this morning but we
went to work & planted another acre of potatoes but it
was performed in the midst of great labor as the wind filled
our eyes & face with sand & dirt & it was with great difficulty
that we could stand upon our feet we returned home
& saw the bad Effects of the wind & water as we travelled
my Eyes were in much pain & face nearly blistered
the Easterne Mail arived late in the evening

May 14, 1859 ~ Saturday

14. I got 2 letters one from Uncle Ozem & one from
his son Seth, both were mostly religious letters. I set
out some locust trees to day & spent a part of the day in
the office. Gen Burr arived by the mail He says that Judge
Eckles is going to return & bring some artillerry with him

May 15, 1859 ~ Sunday

15^th Sunday O. Pratt & Erastus Snow Preached in the Tabernacle
I attended meeting with my Quorum. Willford prayed
& I was mouth. I met with my Quorum of the Twelve in
the evening I prawas mouth John Taylor opened by prayer
Elder Kimball was Quite sick & was visited by President
Young G. A. Smith & others.

May 16, 1859 ~ Monday

16^th I went into my field & put up some 40 rods of my
fence which had been blown down by the wind I ploughed &
put in about half an Acre of flax and opened a ditch
& returned home

May 17, 1859 ~ Tuesday

17^th I took Delight & Willford & went to Fort Harriman
we gathered up twenty of of our cattle & cows & branded them
three we did not get, but they were on the range. out of 23 Head
I did not loose one, although it was a Hard winter. I spent
the night at Brother Stockings. distance 25 miles

May 18, 1859 ~ Wednesday

18^th I rented a room of Brother Stockings & left Delight to
keep house by herself to milk the cows make Butter take care
of the calves &c I drew up a load of wood then took up my Horses
and drove across the country without any road to Harkers Kanyon
whare Robert was getting out poles distance 20 miles

May 19, 1859 ~ Thursday

19^th I started early in the morning with Robert & Wilford
for the top of the mountain to cut poles A Grizzerly bear went
up before us he made a vary large track in the snow & mud
we waided through snow & over it whare it was 8 feet deep
we worked all day in about 3 feet of snow our boots
soaked full of water and our feet became vary cold in
the Afternoon we cut about 100 poles mostly dry pine
which would averadge 35 feet long. We slid them dow the
mountain through & over 63 or 4 feet of snow, about a
quarter of a mile & went down to our camp at night cold
& wet we made a good fire & dried ourselves mostly
I shot three sage Hens one of which we cooked for
supper, then turned into our waggon & slept for the
night.

May 13, 1859 ~ Friday

May 13 The wind still blows vary hard this morning but we went to work & planted another acre of potatoes but it was performed in the midst of great labor as the wind filled our eyes & face with sand & dirt & it was with great difficulty that we could stand upon our feet we returned home & saw the bad Effects of the wind & water as we travelled my Eyes were in much pain & face nearly blistered the Easterne Mail arived late in the evening

May 14, 1859 ~ Saturday

14. [FIGURE] I got 2 letters one from Uncle Ozem & one from his son Seth, both were mostly religious letters. I set out some locust trees to day & spent a part of the day in the office. Gen Burr arived by the mail He says that Judge Eckles is going to return & bring some artillerry with him

May 15, 1859 ~ Sunday

15th Sunday O. Pratt & Erastus Snow Preached in the Tabernacle I attended meeting with my Quorum. Willford prayed & I was mouth. I met with my Quorum of the Twelve in the evening Iwas mouth John Taylor opened by prayer Elder Kimball was Quite sick & was visited by President Young G. A. Smith & others.

May 16, 1859 ~ Monday

16th I went into my field & put up some 40 rods of my fence which had been blown down by the wind I ploughed & put in about half an Acre of flax and opened a ditch & returned home

May 17, 1859 ~ Tuesday

17th I took Delight & Willford & went to Fort Harriman we gathered up twenty of of our cattle & cows & branded them three we did not get, but they were on the range. out of 23 Head I did not loose one, although it was a Hard winter. I spent the night at Brother Stockings. distance 25 miles

May 18, 1859 ~ Wednesday

18th I rented a room of Brother Stockings & left Delight to keep house by herself to milk the cows make Butter take care of the calves &c I drew up a load of wood then took up my Horses and drove across the country without any road to Harkers Kanyon whare Robert was getting out poles distance 20 miles

May 19, 1859 ~ Thursday

19th I started early in the morning with Robert & Wilford for the top of the mountain to cut poles. A Grizzerly bear went up before us he made a vary large track in the snow & mud we waided through snow & over it whare it was 8 feet deep we worked all day in about 3 feet of snow our boots soaked full of water and our feet became vary cold in the Afternoon we cut about 100 poles mostly dry pine which would averadge 35 feet long. We slid them dow the mountain through & over3 or 4 feet of snow, about a quarter of a mile & went down to our camp at night cold & wet we made a good fire & dried ourselves mostly I shot three sage Hens one of which we cooked for supper, then turned into our waggon & slept for the night.