August 23, 1856 ~ Saturday
23rd I am quite unwell I spent the day in the office President said
while conversing upon Eternal improvement that He knew by revelation
while in that there would be an Eternal increase in knowledge
& as we now are God once was & as he now is we shall be if we continue
faithful I told this to Br while conversing with Brother
upon the things of God it came to me that the Priesthood
is a perfect system of Government. Elder spent a
short time with us in the office in conversing upon the things of the kingdom
President Young came into the office a few moments. President
is about home attending to his business president
called upon us in the evening had just returned from the north had
brought Br from whare he has lain
almost dead with the Rheumatism one leg is almost parished He has
suffered a great deal
August 24, 1856 ~ Sunday
24th Sunday morning I did not attend meeting through the day I attended
meeting in the prayer circle R in the evening. President
spoke upon good Manners good breeding & setting a better example
before the world than they do before us we read the account of
the great Eastern ship which is the greatest ship in the world
Brother Ranay preached in the morning followed by President Young
& . Brother preached in the afternoon.
preached in in the morning
August 25, 1856 ~ Monday
25 I set out a large strawbury bed about 90 feet long & 8 feet wide
I set out 6 rows thrugh the length of the bed I spent most of the day in
the office I received of a few buds of choice Apples
the strawbury or ^read^ June Eating waldwin, Green winter, 2 lb Apple
& one kind not know I budded them into my apple trees. Broth
brought us one of his read core Mellon we saved the
seeds in 3 seperated parts the stem, Blossom & middle parts were
each kept separate to try an experiment & planting each severate
& make a report of it.
Presidents & were at home
also Brother I spent most of the day in the office
August 26, 1856 ~ Tuesday
26 Brother put in 180 buds of choice fruit into my fruit
trees to day I gave President 2 water mellons of my
garden & some plums I called upon him & spent some half an
hour with him I spent most of the day in the office. President
Young went into the President Young
was at home also President
August 27, 1856 ~ Wednesday
27th I spent most of the day in the office in preparing matter for
History Brother put in 13 spitzenhorgh Apple buds into one Apple tree
& 8 buds of Almonds into young peach stocks for me President
was at home also & attending to their daily duties
August 28, 1856 ~ Thursday
28 I spent most of the day in the attending to the Correspondence. I put into
my peach Nursery 31 buds of Carringtons 1st & 2nd Early peaches &
25 buds into my peach orchard total 56 buds this makes 400 buds
I have put in this season including Apples, peaches, Apricotts plums &
Almonds. President & spent the day at home during the
evening I walked with President Young & Kimball to see the New Font
for Baptizing in rear the now being built it was
[blank] feet long & [blank] feet wide as we came out of the we saw
the Eastern Mail drive up the earliest arivel we have ever had