November 1, 1860 ~ Thursday to November 3, 1860 ~ Saturday

Nov 1^st
We have had a snow storm during the past week & it is vary
cold & freezeing I got all my sugar cane, cut, striped, piled & cov[er]ed up
before the storm yet it froze considerable and was hard to press out
yet I got it finished Wednesday night 31 Soct it took 8 or 9 gallons
of Jucce to make one of molases while last year it ownly took 4 1/2
I made ownly 256 gallons from about 1 1/2 acres of cane I made
300 gallons for other people total 556 gallons I had one half of what
I made for other people. I had one acre of potatoes under the snow
and in the frost, and I spent the 1, 2, & 3 diging them & finished on
the 3rd we are having plesant weather since the storm still the
snow melts vary slowly

November 4, 1860 ~ Sunday

4 Sunday Capt Walter M. Gibson arived home in this city on
the 3rd. I called upon him at President Youngs House this morning to
give us an account of his travels in the Tabernacle today I met
with my Prayer circle in the morning E. F. Sheets prayed W Woodrff
was mouth I attended meeting in the Tabernacle John Pack spoke in
the morning followed by Phineas Young in the afternoon Capt Gibson
spoke two hours & gave a vary interesting account of his missin
the dealings of the Lord with him the Lord opened the door before
him in a marvelous manner. He Baptized some Noted men He was in
Broad way at the visitation of the Prince of Wales thought there were
one million of people in 3 miles in Broadway New York as the prince
went through. He had a view of the Prince. He had an interview with
the Jappaneese Embassay and was the ownly man in America who
saw them that could communicate with them without interpeters and
one vary remarkable incident occured ie while the Jappaneese Gove[rn]m[en]t
utterly refused to admit of any American missionaries to visit their
realm they vary warmly invited Capt Gibson to pay them a
visit at Jappan that they would be his Friends & raise up other
friends for him in that land He spoke to them of the people in Utah
he ownly had an hour with them before they set sail
they wished to learn more about the people in the great valleys
of the mountains. I spent the evening with Capt Gibson at Lorenzo
youngs and had a plesant interview

November 5, 1860 ~ Monday

Nov. 5 I spent the day at the farm in choreing the Election was
held in Great Salt Lake & Toelle Counties for a Legislative Counsellor

November 1, 1860 ~ Thursday to November 3, 1860 ~ Saturday

Nov 1st we have had a snow storm during the past week & it is vary cold & freezeing I got all my sugar cane, cut, striped, piled & covered up before the storm yet it froze considerable and was hard to press out yet I got it finished Wednesday night 31oct it took 8 or 9 gallons of Juece to make one of molases while last year it ownly took 4 1/2 I made ownly 256 gallons from about 1 1/2 acres of cane I made 300 gallons for other people total 556 gallons I had one half of what I made for other people. I had one acre of potatoes under the snow and in the frost, and I spent the 1, 2, & 3 diging them & finished on the 3rd we are having plesant weather since the storm still the snow melts vary slowly

November 4, 1860 ~ Sunday

4 Sunday Capt Walter M. Gibson arived home in this City on the 3rd. I called upon him at President Youngs House this morning to give us an account of his travels in the Tabernacle today I met with my Prayer Circle in the morning. E. F. Sheets Prayed W Woodruff was mouth I attended meeting in the Tabernacle John Pack spoke in the morning followed by Phineas Young in the afternoon Capt Gibson spoke two hours & gave a vary interesting account of his mission the dealings of the Lord with him the Lord opened the door before him in a marvelous manner. He Baptized some Noted men He was in Broad way at the visitation of the Prince of Wales thought there were one million of people in 3 miles in Broadway New York as the prince went through. He had a view of the Prince. He had an interview with the Jappaneese Embassay and was the ownly man in America who saw them that could communicate with them without interpeters and one vary remarkable incident occured ie while the Jappaneese Government utterly refused to admit of any American missionaries to visit their realm they vary warmly invited Capt Gibson to pay them a visit at Jappan that they would be his Friends & raise up other friends for him in that land He spoke to them of the people in Utah word erased he ownly had an hour with them before they set sail they wished to learn more about the people in the great valleys of the mountains. I spent the evening with Capt Gibson at Lorenzo youngs and had a plesant interview

November 5, 1860 ~ Monday

Nov. 5 I spent the day at the farm in choreing the Election was held in Great Salt Lake & Toelle Counties for a Legislative Counsellor