Jan 31

to this country to build their school houses on a plan which
I gave them there has been many wings built but not
a centre building in the Territory I would calassify all
the children I would put the Little children all together & I
would take a girl or some one capable of teaching them & I
would have a good Black board and I would teach the Alphabet
upon that one book would be enough in the room I do not
believe in putting Books into the hands of Little children to
pour over & make them sit on a hard Bench untill they ake
all over. If I was a Teacher I would make them rise up &
march around the house and I would try to interest their
minds so they would delight to learn but many persons
who have learning sufficient to teach a school yet they are
not fit to teach children as soon as a child does sumthing
that does not pleas the teacher He begins to pound the child
with a ruler over the Head & back or slaps him in the side of
the Head with his hand this is not the way to treat children
You put a work into the hands of a Jerman Frenchman
Dane or Sweed or any other Nation printed in the Deserett
Alphabet & in a little time they will all read and spell alike
much sooner than they could learn a new language several
of the brethren spoke D. H. Wells said that he was satisfied
that the Lord had inspired the mind of President Young in this matter

February 1, 1859 ~ Tuesday

Feb 1^st A. O. Smoot S. M. Blair & myself called upon
President Young to get council concerning our Joint
company in raising sugar cane & tobaco he said he would
advise us to form a company of one and not have a
parcel of Books to keep and a company to settle with the
partnership is a bad ship to sail in so we took his council
dissolved partnership and concluded to go upon our own
hook I spent the night with [blank]

February 2, 1859 ~ Wednesday

2nd I spent the fore part of the day in the office scraping I
[FIGURE] called upon Elias Smith He gave me an account of the
gold company explosion which was a rich affair Mr
Mogo had a Brewery at the foot of the mountain near the
warm springs at the south End of the warm the Great Salt
Lake valley. He wanted to sell his Brewery at a high price,
so he came to Great Salt Lake City & gathered together [FIGURE]
about a dozen merchants & others among whom was Abel
Gilbert, Judge Sinclair, Secretary Hartnet & other dignitaris
and Mr Mogo told them that He had found gold He addressed
them sumthing like the following. The mormons have hunted
all this country over the Hills & dales for gold they no find
him none at all But I find him plenty, heap more than
in Calafornia. I fraid mormon get him now me friends
I want you to Join me & take possession of him, me sell
you me place you go with me & get him he heap of gold
the company not dreaming of a sell or being decieve
agreed to buy the place it was put in ^30^ shares of one thousand
dollars each Mr Gilbert bought 8 shares Hartnet 2 shares
& so untill he was paid $30000 the company started off
in the night secretly so as not to be seen and went

Jan 31 to this country to build their school houses on a plan which I gave them there has been many wings built but not a centre building in the Territory I would classify all the children I would put the Little children all together & I would take a girl or some one capable of teaching them & I would have a good Black board and I would teach the Alphabet upon that one book would be enough in the Room I do not believe in putting Books into the hands of Little children to pour over & make them sit on a hard Bench untill they ake all over. If I was a Teacher I would make them rise up & march around the house and I would try to interest their minds so they would delight to learn but many persons who have learning sufficient to teach a school yet they are not fit to teach children as soon as a child does sumthing that does not pleas the teacher He begins to pound the child with a ruler over the Head & back or slaps him in the side of the Head with his hand this is not the way to treat children You put a work into the hands of a Jerman Frenchman Dane or Sweed or any other Nation printed in the Deserett Alphabet & in a little time they will all read and spell alike much sooner than they could learn a new language several of the brethren spoke D. H. Wells said that he was satisfied that the Lord had inspired the mind of President Young in this matter

February 1, 1859 ~ Tuesday

Feb 1st A. O. Smoot S. M. Blair & myself called upon President Young to get council concerning our Joint company in raising sugar cane & tobaco he said he would advise us to form a company of one and not have a parcel of Books to keep and a company to settle with the partnership is a bad ship to sail in so we took his council dissolved partnership and concluded to go upon our own hook I spent the night with [blank]

February 2, 1859 ~ Wednesday

2nd I spent the fore part of the day in the office scraping I [FIGURE] called upon Elias Smith He gave me an account of the gold company explosion which was a Rich affair. Mr Mogo had a Brewery at the foot of the mountain near the warm springs at the south End of the the Great Salt Lake valley. He wanted to sell his Brewery at a high price so he came to Great Salt Lake City & gathered together about a dozen merchants & others among whom was Abel Gilbert, Judge Sinclair, secretary Hartnet & other dignitaris and Mr Mogo told them that He had found gold He addressed them sumthing like the following. The mormons have hunted all this country over the Hills & dales for gold they no find him none at all But I find him plenty, heap more than in Calafornia. I fraid mormon get him now me friends I want you to Join me & take possession of him, me sell you me place you go with me & get him he heap of gold the company not dreaming of a sell or being decieve agreed to buy the place it was put in 30 shares of one thousand dollars each Mr Gilbert bought 8 shares Hartnet 2 shares & so untill he was paid $30000 the company started off in the night secretly so as not to be seen and went