I called at the office a short time in the evening A company
was called out as a guard I walked up on the Hill I saw some
of the guard. I met 2 teams {We took} 2 {cannon in the mountains} I spent the
night at home. 7 {cannon were prepared for defense in case of any attack}
~ Wednesday
27 Robert & Wilford started for the west mountain
to cut timber. It is a plesant morning I suffered much
through the middle of the day with that nerveous head
ake, the nerve of the right Eye leading to the brain was
vary painful it is the worst turn of the nervous head ake
I ever experience It was the 27 I went over Jordon & not the 28
~ Thursday
28 I worked in the garden in the morning & took my
horses & waggon & carried a load of men to a meeting
at Z. Pulsiphers House over Jordon on land business
the company voted to survey about 200 Acres of land
& divide it among those who had worked on the dam
I sufferd much with the hed ake, had to retire to bed
for several houres
~ Friday
29th I suffered much with the head ake I made
five gates in the afternoon & was vary weary at
night I was sick most of the night we had a strong wind
~ Saturday
30th Cold & cloudy Moroni took my Durham Bull
to the heard at Fort Harriman I took my Horses and
waggon & carried G. A. SmithR. Bentley & John Jaques
down the west side of the Jordon to attend the land sales
I Bought [blank] Acres including the full Lot [blank] In Block
[blank] of [blank] Acres and the west half Lot [blank]
it rained some in the after noon the Eastern Mail came
in not much news
~ Sunday
May 1st Sunday it rained all day & soaked the Earth
thoroughly it starts evry thing up green I did not attend
the morning prayer circle I met with the Twelve in the
evening J Taylor Prayed E. T. Benson was mouth. we
all called upon the president till half past 9 oclok the Eastern ma
~ Monday
2nd A fine plesant morning the whole Earth smiles
with gladness I spent most of the day in putting up
my Grape vines onto frames & poles. W. H. brought 10
Horses to my yard to keep over night they had brought
in a herd of cattle. The school children brought
some flours from the mountains they had taken a
Mays day walk. Moroni went to the west mountains
with the ponies
~ Tuesday
3rd A plesant Morning we had a little rain in the afternoon
and it rained all night I spent the afternoon in the garden
~ Wednesday
4 The Earth is soaked with rain the hills are white with snow
it rained & snowed till after noon.
26 April
I called at the office a short time in the evening A company
was called out as a guard I walked up on the Hill I saw some
of the guard. I met two teams {We took} 2 {cannon in the mountains} I spent the
night at home. 7 {cannon were prepared for defense in case of any attack}
~ Wednesday
27 Robert & Wilford started for the west mountain
to cut timber. It is a plesant morning I suffered much
through the middle of the day with that nerveous head
ake, the nerve of the right Eye leading to the brain was
vary painful it is the worst turn of the nervous head ake
I ever experience It was the 27 I went over Jordon & not the 28
~ Thursday
28 I worked in the garden in the morning & took my
horses & waggon & carried a load of men to a meeting
at Z. Pulsiphers House over Jordon on land business
the company voted to survey about 200 Acres of land
& divide it among those who had worked on the dam
I sufferd much with the hed ake, had to retire to bed
for several houres
~ Friday
29th I suffered much with the head ake I made
five gates in the afternoon & was vary weary at
night I was sick most of the night we had a strong wind
~ Saturday
30th cold & cloudy Moroni took my Durham Bull
to the heard at Fort Harriman I took my Horses and
waggon & carried G. A. SmithR. Bentley & John Jaques
down the west side of the Jordon to attend the land sales
I Bought [blank] Acres including the full Lot [blank] In Block
[blank] of [blank] Acres and the west half Lot [blank]
it rained some in the after noon the Eastern Mail came
in not much news
~ Sunday
May 1st Sunday it rained all day & soaked the Earth
thoroughly it starts evry thing up green I did not attend
the morning prayer Circle I met with the Twelve in the
evening J Taylor Prayed E. T. Benson was mouth, we
all called upon the president till half past 9 oclok
~ Monday
2nd A fine plesant morning the whole Earth smiles
with gladness I spent most of the day in putting up
my Grape vines onto frames & poles. W. H. brought 10
Horses to my yard to keep over night they had brought
in a herd of cattle. The school children brought
some flours from the mountains they had taken a
Mays day walk. Moroni went to the west mountains
with the ponies
~ Tuesday
3rd A plesant Morning we had a little rain in the afternoon
and it rained all night I spent the afternoon in the garden
~ Wednesday
4 the Earth is soaked with rain & the hills are white with snow
it rained & snowed till after noon.
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," April 26, 1859 - May 4, 1859, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 8, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/BgOX