May 10 Cedar City there she wanted a Bill but did not get it he then took
her to Bever she Applyed to Daniel M Thomas Judge of the county
court of Bever County He gave her a Bill she then brought him
up before the Teachers and accused him of Getting drunk &
other things which she could not prove & which he says
was not a word of truth in yet there seemed to be a little
prejudice against [him] so much so that they voted to take away
his licence or rather his Priesthood. He told his story to the
Twelve and showed his Recommend as being in good standing
from Bishop Philo P. FarnesworthC. C. Rich bore Testimony
to the good conduct of Brother Prisbrey. O Hyde said He knew
about those Austrailia women who had been in tow by Brother
Farnham & if Brother Prisbrey had not broaken any lay [law] he did
not want him to loose his Priesthood through the Influence
of that woman. He called a vote and all the Quorum present
voted that He be ordained to the office of an Elder which was
done under the Hands of O. Pratt C C Rich & F. D. Richards
C C Rich being mouth & a Licence given him signed by O Hyde
on the 8th day of May 1859
I spent the day in the office I called upon President Young
He invited me to walk with him in his Garden. I went
with him A Carrington & B. H. Young we went all through
his Garden o& orchard it was a splended sight Peach & Appletrees
all in Bloom his large grape vineyard is puting forth its young
& tender vines. He requested me to save him some of my cataba
grape & in return would give me a Black walnut tree that would
bear I would have to dig around it in the winter & let it freeze
& it would not injure it to take it up I spent the evening at S. M. Blairs
~ Wednesday
11th A rumour is circulated this morning that the army
who have gone south have taken J. D. Lee and some
dozen others I set out some locus trees this morning
on my water ditch.
~ Thursday
12th I went down into the big field to my farm had to
go down via the Hsugar house in consequence of High water
we commenced work at 12 oclok put in 1 acre of potatoes
we camped on the groung except Robert & myself took
a Bed in a coverd wagon it soon commenced Blowing
a strong gale from the East it was the strongest East
wind we have ever experienced since we have been in
this valley. it soon blew of[f] my waggon cover & nearly
blew us out of the waggon we had to abandon it I took
my Blankets went to Job Smith's house it was an exce-
ding cold I lawy down upon the floor I became much chiled
it came near blowing down the chimney. it blew dow
about 40 rods of my fence & many other fences it blew
down some houses & blew in many gable ends of Adobie
Houses in the City during the night the Embankment above Lorenzo Youngs house gave way it being on the canal 870
feet high & 200 wide on the bottom and a hevy body of water
came rushing down dand destroyed many acres of land
much of which was coverd of wheat covering the land
with several feet of rock, gravel, clay & sand sweeping
away fenses and doing much damage
May 10Cedar City there she wanted a Bill but did not get it he then took
her to Bever she Applyed to Daniel M Thomas Judge of the county
court of Bever County He gave her a Bill she then brought him
up before the Teachers and accused him of Getting drunk &
other things which she could not prove & which he says
was not a word of truth in yet there seemed to be a little
prejudice against him so much so that they voted to take away
his licence or rather his Priesthood. He told his story to the
Twelve and showed his Recommend as being in good standing
from Bishop Philo P. FarnesworthC. C. Rich bore Testimony
to the good conduct of Brother Prisbrey. O Hyde said He knew
about those Austrailia women who had been in tow by Brother
Farnham & if Brother Prisbrey had not broaken any law he did
not want him to loose his Priesthood through the Influence
of that woman. He called a vote and all the Quorum present
voted that He be ordained to the office of an Elder which was
done under the Hands of O. Pratt C C Rich & F. D. Richards
C C Rich being mouth & a Licence given him signed by O Hyde
on the 8th day of May 1859
I spent the day in the office I called upon President Young
He invited me to walk with him in his Garden. I went
with him A Carrington & B. H. Young we went all through
his Garden& orchard it was a splended sight Peach & Appletrees
all in Bloom his large grape vineyard is puting forth its young
& tender vines. He requested me to save him some of my cataba
grape & in return would give me a Black walnut tree that would
bear I would have to dig around it in the winter & let it freeze
& it would not injure it to take it up I spent the evening at
S. M. Blairs
~ Wednesday
11th A rumour is circulated this morning that the army
who have gone south have taken J. D. Lee and some
dozen others I set out some locus trees this morning
on my water ditch.
~ Thursday
12th I went down into the big field to my farm had to
go down via thesugar house in consequence of High water
we commenced work at 12 oclok put in 1 acre of potatoes
we camped on the groung except Robert & myself took
a Bed in a coverd wagon it soon commenced Blowing
a strong gale from the East it was the strongest East
wind we have ever experienced since we have been in
this valley. it soon blew off my waggon cover & nearly
blew us out of the waggon we had to abandon it I took
my Blankets went to Job Smith's house it was an exceding cold I lay down upon the floor I became much chiled
it came near blowing down the chimney. it blew dow
about 40 rods of my fence & many other fences it blew
down some houses & blew in many gable ends of Adobie
Houses in the City during the night the Embankment above
Lorenzo Youngs house gave way it being on the canal 870
feet high & 200 wide on the bottom and a hevy body of water
came rushing down dand destroyed many acres of land
much of which was coverd of wheat covering the land
with several feet of rock, gravel, clay & sand sweeping
away fenses and doing much damage
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," May 11, 1859 - May 12, 1859, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/El1v