May 15 It rained most of the day I spent the day mulching my
peach orchard & door yard
~ Saturday
16th I spent the day in the office writing History
~ Sunday
17th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. E. D. Woolly spoke in
the morning said he had been troubled with an evil spirit all night & He
felt that the stand was lean & the congregation was lean &c He was followed
by President Spencer. I spoke in the afternoon was followed by John Woolly I attended the prayer Circle in the evening
~ Monday
18th I spent the day in the office reading history to took supper at Br Horn's
we read History of the month of Jan 1845
~ Tuesday
19th I spent the day about home I attended a party at Brother Orson
Pratts family. P P Pratts family were presient
~ Wednesday
20th I spent the day a part of it in the office & a part of it at home
~ Thursday
21st I spent the day in the office writing on my History
~ Friday
22 I spent the day in the office writing & I spent the night watering
my garden by lantern light
25 I spent the day in the office writing & reading History. I herd the
History read of Febuary 18345. My daughter Phebe had a vary
severe attack of inflamation on the Lungs or sumthing like plurisy she
could not Breath ownly with great Difficulty we holstered her up in the
bed & she would Retch for breath like a person strangling she was so
for several hours we annointed her, laid hands upon her, & rebuked the
desease I finally got Joseph Smiths silk Hankerchief which He gave
me in 1839 and said it should ever remain as a League between
us as long as I would keep it I laid it upon her stomach. Brother Dunyon came in to see her in the evening she became some better
& slept some.
President Young arived with his company 1/2 past 6 oclok P.M
they all arived home well
~ Tuesday
26thPhebe is better this morning I had an interview with
President Young a short time I spent the day in the office
May 15 It rained most of the day I spent the day mulching my
peach orchard & door yard
~ Saturday
16th I spent the day in the office writing History
~ Sunday
17th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle. E. D. Woolly spoke in
the morning said he had been troubled with an evil spirit all night & He
felt that the stand was lean & the congregation was lean &c He was followed
by President Spencer. I spoke in the afternoon was followed by
John Woolly I attended the prayer Circle in the evening
~ Monday
18th I spent the day in the office reading history to took supper at Br Horn's
we read History of the month of Jan 1845
~ Tuesday
19th I spent the day about home I attended a party at Brother Orson
Pratts family. P P Pratts family were present
~ Wednesday
20th I spent the day a part of it in the office & a part of it at
home
~ Thursday
21st I spent the day in the office writing on my History
~ Friday
22 I spent the day in the office writing & I spent the night watering
my garden by lantern light
25 I spent the day in the office writing & reading History. I herd the
History read of Febuary 1845. My daughter Phebe had a vary
severe attack of inflamation on the Lungs or sumthing like plurisy she
could not Breath ownly with great Difficulty we holstered her up in the
bed & she would Retch for breath like a person strangling she was so
for several hours we annointed her, laid hands upon her, & rebuked the
desease I finally got Joseph Smiths silk Hankerchief which He gave
me in 1839 and said it should ever remain as a League between
us as long as I would keep it I laid it upon her stomach. Brother
Dunyon came in to see her in the evening she became some better
& slept some.
President Young arived with his company 1/2 past 6 oclok P.M
they all arived home well
~ Tuesday
26thPhebe is better this morning I had an interview with
President Young a short time I spent the day in the office
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," May 15, 1857 - May 29, 1857, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pgRp