garden & premises Blacksmith shop &c He then visited the Historians
office G A. Smith gave him an outline of the Mormon war with the
United States & a history of affairs for the Last 5 years in Utah he is
writing & publishing Extensively he is a free noble minded man he has
traveled so etensively that he has cast of[f] that cloak of prejudice and
superstition which most men have against all who do not embrace ther
own political & religious faith. He will tell the truth about all men &
things as far as he can obtain it I gave him an invitation to call upon
me. We received the Eastern mail. We obtained papers & I got one
good Letter from Capt Gibson who spoke of his travels in visiting
the Saints in the Eastern country nhe wrote in a vary good spirit
~ Tuesday
4 I budded about 100 green gage plums into wild stocks I cut about
500 buds of my best fruit for Lorenzo Snow to bud in his nursery I
paid $25 on my Territorial tax which was including county tax $51.90
city tax $20.60, 14 ward school house tax $130 total tax for 1860 $202.50
I spent my time in the office in the afternoon. On sunday Evening while
in conversation at the Historians office A Brother Williams & another man called
to get council of President Young concerning Brother William of Union
Fort who is possessed of the Devil & has been in the mountains 60 days to try
to starve himself to death but came home a living skeleton & finally
cut his throat & that did not kill him & he now wanted to drown himself
the men that came for counsel want the heads of the Church to unite
together & cast the Devil out of him the President said if he wants to
cut his throat or drown himself let him do it the devil is determined
to destroy his body any how if you want the devil cast out you may
go to work & cast him out if you can I shall not go down there to
do ^it^ we have devils enough to deal with up here without going abroad
after them if the devils destroy his body they will get through with
him that will be the end of there work with his tabernacle.
Brother Cannon said there was a learned Doctor [blank] that wanted
to be baptized believed in this work but wanted to close up his business
in New York City first said when he was baptized that He should lay
aside his practice of medicine as he believed the Lord had provided
means for the healing of his Saints without the practice of medicine
He is satisfied that the doctrin of the plurality of God and that Adam
is our Father is a true doctrin revealed from God to Joseph & Brigham
garden & premises Blacksmith shop &c He then visited the Historians office G A. Smith gave him an outline of the Mormon war with the United States & a history of affairs for the Last 5 years in Utah he is writing & publishing Extensively he is a free noble minded man he has traveled so etensively that he has cast off that cloak of prejudice and superstition which most men have against all who do not embrace ther own political & religious faith. He will tell the truth about all men & things as far as he can obtain it I gave him an invitation to call upon me. We received the Eastern mail. We obtained papers & I got one [FIGURE] good Letter from Capt Gibson who spoke of his travels in visiting the Saints in the Eastern countryhe wrote in a vary good spirit
4 I budded about 100 green gage plums into wild stocks I cut about 500 buds of my best fruit for Lorenzo Snow to bud in his nursery I paid $25 on my Territorial tax which was including county tax $51.90 city tax $20.60, 14 ward school house tax $130 total tax for 1860 $202.50 I spent my time in the office in the afternoon. On sunday Evening while in conversation at the Historians office A Brother Williams & another man called to get council of President Young Concerning Brother Williams ofUnion Fort who is possessed of the Devil & has been in the mountains 60 days to try to starve himself to death but came home a living skeleton & finally cut his throat & that did not kill him & he now wanted to drown himself the men that came for counsel want the heads of the Church to unite together & cast the Devil out of him the President said if he wants to cut his throat or drown himself let him do it the devil is determined to destroy his body any how if you want the devil cast out you may go to work & cast him out if you can I shall not go down there to do it we have devils enough to deal with up here without going abroad after them if the devils destroy his body they will get through with him that will be the end of there work with his tabernacle.
Brother Cannon said there was a learned Doctor [blank] that wanted to be baptized believed in this work but wanted to close up his business in New York City first said when he was baptized that He should lay aside his practice of medicine as he believed the Lord had provided means for the healing of his saints without the practice of medicine He is satisfied that the doctrin of the plurality of God and that Adam is our Father is a true doctrin Revealed from God to Joseph & Brigham
