St George June 19 [18]87 Miss Lucy E. Woodruff My Dear Grand Daughter your letter of June 14 arrived lst night to me in the Temple I am vary much pleased with your letter, Esspecially with the writing One of the best accomplishments of a young Lady or Gentleman is to able to write a good plain round intelligent hand yours is vary good indeed but to scribble as I do it wants a translation. There is is few men living who have spoiled more paper than ...

2 I have that privilege I will try to remember you but the way things are thare now they cannot do much of any business I think you have done v[er]y well in school, and if my rents had continued as they have done formerly, I would liked to have kept you thare untill you were fully established I look upon Education as of far more value than property. But neerly all my rents have stayed it is quite as much as I can do now to keep my large family moving & ...

3 Beaver they came on purpose to attend, the conference & to ^do^ some official business. I thought they ought to be preached to & I wanted to do it, and I did & I had good liberty and talked v[er]y plain, at the close of the Meeting I passed close by the Marshel but we did not pass any words, but He talked with E. Snow & others. I shall be glad to see Salt Lake and my family once more when the time comes ...

4 or Mormons who are not good Latter Day Saints. Any young Man who writes to turn an acquaintance with you find out if you ^can^ whether He knows God & his parents if He does & is an industrious man you will be safe with him, you are worthy of a good Husband when the time comes, but Marry No tman for rides. The [FIGURE] key of virtue is the main spring, and glory & salvation of woman, and should be of man A virtuous woman is better than rubies And if it ...