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W. Woodruff
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Rich & Budge
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Randolph July 5 1876

Presidents Rich & Budge

Dear Brethren

I feel
that an Explanation of my visit to bear lake is due
you, when I left S. L. City circumstances limited
me to time and my visit had to be short we were
4 days on the way we arrivd at Randolph Friday night and
I intended to be in paris Sunday morning, it took
the boys till 1 oclok on Saturday to get up the teams we
then drove to Laketown I there heard that you was to be
in Meadowvill & Lake town on Sunday I bought 25
bushels of wheat of Bro Weston took it in my waggon
& drove to Br. Cooks thought I might get ground in the
night & come back in the morning so as to spend a part of
the day with you but on our way there we drove into that
mud hole south of Swan Creek which took us an hour
to get out having to unload when we arived at the Mill
it was dark & he could not grind it untill Morning so it
was Near 10 oclok when we started back and after travelling
about a mile our tyre tire run off from one wheel and
broke the fellies [felloes] we had to carry the wheat back by hand
& it took till 3 oclok before we started again and so on our

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Randolph July 5 1896

Presidents Rich & Budge Dear Brothern I feel that an explanation of my visit to bear lake is due you, when I left S. L. City circumstanes tainted me to time and my visit had to be next one way 4 days on the way we arrivd at Randolph Fridy night and I intended to be in paris Sundy morning, it took the boys till 1 oclock on Saturday to get up the teams we then drove to Laketown I there learned that you was to be in Meadowvill & Lake town on Sunday I bought 25 bushels of wheat of Bro Weston took it in my waggon & drove to Br. Cooks thought I might get grond in the night & come back in the morning so as to spend a part of the day with you but on our way there we drove into that mud hole south of Swan Creek which took us an hour to get out having to unload when we arrived at the Mill it was dark & he could not grind it untill Morning so it was Near 10 oclock when we started back and after travelling about a mile our tire run off from one wheel and back it follies we had to carry the wheat back by hand & it took till 3 oclock before we started again and so on our