He did not approbate the procedings at the close I went to the 17^th ward
& preached to the people Brother Cummings spoke before me & Brother Wright
& I followed them we had the spirit of God & my mind was open & I
enjoyed the meeting well. I told the people to seek for happiness by doing
the works of wrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil
for that was contrary to the principle of salvation as taught by the
Lord our God. I exhorted them to live otheir religion

January 19, 1857 ~ Monday

19^th I wrote a Letter of recommend for John Eninion to Loren Farr
& Thomas Kingdton & spent the day in the Historians office

January 20, 1857 ~ Tuesday

20^th I settelled my tithing to day with Bishop Hoagland &
paid for the past year $97.44 cts + 12.00 = $109.44 Besides my per Diem $12
not recor[d]ed in the account but will come in in the [April]
year in 1857 their is still a balance due me on settlement
of the tithing Books of $25.17 cts. At the close of this settlement I
went to the office & herd that Gerrish had just arived from the
states but have not heard any definate news which he had brought
except that the U. S. Government had appointed a post Master
Marshall & Atturney General of our worst Enemies

I took my Horses & sleigh & wilford & Susan & rode to Union
Fort leaving wilford to John Benbows to spend the night as
I went down. I spent the night at Brother Silas Richards
House. 12 miles

January 21, 1857 ~ Wednesday

21^st I took into my sleigh 9 sheep & one lamb which I had
[FIGURE] bought of Silas Richards & drove home & put them in a
warm pen to save their lives. I spent the afternoon in
the office, & staid till 10 oclok translating an address 12 miles
delivered By J. M. Grant to the 17^th ward on the evening of
the 2nd of October

January 22, 1857 ~ Thursday

22 I spent the day in the office looking over the exchanges [scraping]
& reading History President Young had an interview with Mr
W^m Garrish who said that at the time that Drummond made
out his papers vouching for the expenses of his courts for the Govt
to pay Marshall Haywood that at the same time Judge Drummond
wrote for the Government not to pay them. Judge Kinney
done all he could to get the pay made from Government but
He had $1000 paid him for his servieces. Mr Garrish had some
trouble with the Chief clerk at Washington the same man that
Thomas Williams had trouble with

I attended the ward Meeting at the 14^th ward. J. V. Long J W Cumings
J. W Johnson Bishop Hoagland, W. Woodruff & Bishop Hunter
all spoke we had a good meeting. I told the people to live their religion
to sustain their Bishop to get the Holy Spirit I spoke against interfer-
eing with a mans family that a mans family was his throne
& kingdom & no man had a right to interfere with him that many
women would spin street yarn & go from House to House & try to
turn away women from their Husbands & stir up strife in family
we had a good meeting

January 23, 1857 ~ Friday

23rd I wrote a Letter {to Lydia Maxline} and sent it to Provo by
Bishop Blackburn. I spent a short time with President Young
He said J. D. Brown might keep a daily Journal of matters

He did not approbate the procedings at the close I went to the 17th ward & preached to the people Brother Cummings spoke before me & Brother Wright & I followed them we had the spirit of God & my mind was open & I enjoyed the meeting well. I told the people to seek for happiness by doing the works ofrighteousness & not seek for happiness by doing evil for that was contrary to the principle of Salvation as taught by the Lord our God. I exhorted them to live their religion

January 19, 1857 ~ Monday

19nion]] to Loren Farr & Thomas Kington & spent the day in the Historians office

January 20, 1857 ~ Tuesday

20th I settelled my tithing to day with Bishop Hoagland & Paid for the past year $97.44 cts + 12.00 = $109.44 Besides my per Diem $12 not recorded in account but will come in in the April year in 1857 their is still a balance due me on settlement of the tithing Books of $25.17 cts. At the close of this settlement I went to the office & herd that Gerrish had just arived from the states but have not heard any definate news which he had brought except that the U.S. Government had appointed a post Master Marshall & Atturney General of our worst Enemies

I took my Horses & sleigh & Wilford & Susan & rode to Union Fort leaving Wilford to John Benbows to spend the night as I went down. I spent the night at Brother Silas Richards House. 12 miles

January 21, 1857 ~ Wednesday

21st I took into my sleigh 9 sheep & one lamb which I had [FIGURE] bought of Silas Richards & drove home & put them in a warm pen to save their lives. I spent the afternoon in the office, & staid till 10 oclok translating an address 12 miles delivered By J. M. Grant to the 17th ward on the evening of the 2nd of October

January 22, 1857 ~ Thursday

22 I spent the day in the office looking over the exchanges scraping & reading History President Young had an interview with Mr Wm Garrish who said that at the time that Drummond made out his papers vouching for the expenses of his courts for the Govt to pay Marshall Haywood that at the same time Judge Drummond wrote for the Government not to pay them. Judge Kinney done all he could to get the pay made from Government but He had $1000 paid him for his services. Mr Garrish had some trouble with the Chief clerk at Washington the same man that Thomas Williams had trouble with

I attended the ward Meeting at the 14th ward. J. V. Long J W Cumings J. W Johnson Bishop Hoagland, W. Woodruff & Bishop Hunter all spoke we had a good meeting. I told the people to live their religion to sustain their Bishop to get the Holy spirit I spoke against interfereing with a mans family that a mans family was his throne & kingdom & no man had a right to interfere with him that many women would spin street yarn & go from House to House & try to turn away women from their Husbands & stir up strife in family we had a good meeting

January 23, 1857 ~ Friday

23rd [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter {to Lydia Maxline} and sent it to Provo by Bishop Blackburn. I spent a short time with President Young He said J. D. Brown might keep a daily Journal of matters