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be Idle but all should labour the Bishop would then dictate to every man
what he should raise and how much and every one should be set to
work and when any one in the ward should have bread all should
have it, well says the poor shifless man that never Earned a house
or a pair of shoes. I would like that doctrin for then I would
have a house as Big as Brigham Young, No you would not untill
you Earned it. In speaking of Building up the centre stake he
said I [k]now the Lord will not keep us out of Jackson County one day
longer than we are prepared and the ownly fears I have had in the
matter is that the Lord will get tiered of waiting for us to get read[y]
and and will say I will wait no longer and if there is not five
ready to go more than five ready to go to Zion let them go &
build it up I do not think there is any prepared to go yet I do
not think that I am prepared yet to lay the corner stone of the
New Jerrusalam. But I mean to prepare myself as fast as I can
~ Monday
89th I went down in the field set out 36 Locus trees and done some other work
~ Tuesday
910th I spent most of the day in the office I planted a few peas.
~ Wednesday
11 I sowed my carriots & Beets today & spent a part of the day
in the office
~ Thursday
12th I rode to Fort Harriman I went with two teams 25 miles
~ Friday
13 I went to Jordan Mills with 32 loads of logs & spent the night at Fort
Herriman 18 m
~ Saturday
14 I went to the Jordan saw mill with 32 loads logs 18 m
16th I took 3 loads of logs to the mills on Jordan making 15 miles
saw logs delivered at Gardners Mills on Jordan Mills 18 miles
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
17th ^18^ ^19^ We commenced cleaning out our sheep carralls which
continued till the morning of the 19 we go out 30 loads of man-
ure & pit it on about 1 Acre of Ground we plouded it & sowed it
~ Thursday
19 to day with carrotts Beets, Peas & Hungarian Grass seed & planted
a Few rows of potatoes. It commenced raining at Noon & rained
all athe after noon & all night
~ Friday
20 it is snowing vary hard to day till 12 oclock, it was thought that
as much snow Fell to day at this Fort as has Fallen any half day during
winter it soon Melted & coverd the Earth with water
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be Idle but all should labour the Bishop would then dictate to every man
what he should raise and how much and every one should be set to
work and when any one in the ward should have bread all should
have it, well says the poor shifless man that never Earned a house
or a pair of shoes. I would like that doctrin for then I would
have a house as Big as Brigham Young, No you would not untill
you Earned it. In speaking of Building up the centre stake he
said I know the Lord will not keep us out of Jackson County one day
longer than we are prepared and the ownly fears I have had in the
matter is that the Lord will get tiered of waiting for us to get ready
and will say I will wait no longer and if there is not five
ready to go more than five ready to go to Zion let them go &
build it up I do not think there is any prepared to go yet I do
not think that I am prepared yet to lay the corner stone of the
New Jerrusalam. But I mean to prepare myself as fast as I can
~ Monday
9th I went down in the field set out 36 Locus trees and done some other work
~ Tuesday
10th I spent most of the day in the office I planted a few peas.
~ Wednesday
11 I sowed my carrots & Beets today & spent a part of the day
in the office
~ Thursday
12th I rode to Fort Harriman I went with two teams 25 miles
~ Friday
13 I went to Jordan Mills with2 loads of logs & spent the night at Fort
Herriman 18 m
~ Saturday
14 I went to the Jordan saw mill with2 loads logs 18 m
16th I took 3 loads of logs to the mills on Jordan making 15
saw logs delivered at Gardners Mills on Jordan 18 miles
~ Tuesday to ~ Wednesday
17th 18 19 We commenced cleaning out our sheep carralls which
continued till the morning of the 19 we go out 30 loads of manure & pit it on about 1 Acre of Ground we plouded it & sowed it
~ Thursday
19 to day with carrotts Beets, Peas & Hungarian Grass seed & planted
a Few rows of potatoes. It commenced raining at Noon & rained
allthe after noon & all night
~ Friday
20 it is snowing vary hard to day till 12 oclock, it was thought that
as much snow Fell to day at this Fort as has Fallen any half day during
winter it soon Melted & coverd the Earth with water
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," April 9, 1860 - April 20, 1860, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 13, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/xG33