May 4, 1884
Br Day spoke 5 M[inutes], Br Edington 16 gave a short history
of the High Council for Salt Lake Stake John Taylor 10 m[inutes]
Afternoon prayr By Milando Pratt President John
Taylor spoke 58 M[inutes]. We held a meeting in the big
Tabernacle in the Evening. G Q Cannon spoke one
Hour & 17 Minuts clothed with much of the spirit of God

May 5, 1884 ~ Monday

May 5^th I received 2 letters from Sarah and
J W Crosby I wrote Letters to Sarah Sent $10 to [her]
I set apart Theadore Brandley to a Mission to the
Mennonites at Minnosota & other places Br F D Richards
ordained Wittewer a seventy and set him apart for
the same Mission. I ordained John R. Tilby to the office
of A seventy, & set him apart to go on Mission to the
Sandwich Islands. My Daughter Bell came home to
day from Cottonwood quite Poorly I administered to her
& she returned. I also ordained Leonard John
Nuttall Jr to the office of seventy and set him apart
for a Mission to Great Britain I had quite an inter-
esting conversation with President Taylor upon the Iron works

May 6, 1884 ~ Tuesday

6 I spent most of the day at the farm Hung two gates
drew fence posts and done some ploughing

May 7, 1884 ~ Wednesday

7 May I called upon Brother Grow to lay out my
Kitchen I wrote Letters to Jesse N Smith D. K. Udall
A. M. Tenney, J McAllister I received 2 letters

May 8, 1884 ~ Thursday

8 I received 2 letters to day from Br Bleak and
Farnsworth I wrote Letters to R Campbell & Kingsbury
I ordained Heber Godard to a seventy & set him
apart for a Mission to England I met in council yesterday

May 4, 1884 Br Day spoke 5 Minutes, Br Edington 16 gave a short history of the High Council for Salt Lake Stake John Taylor 10 minutes Afternoon prayr By Milando Pratt President John Taylor spoke 58 Minutes. We held a meeting in the big Tabernacle in the Evening. G Q Cannon spoke one Hour & 17 Minuts clothed with much of the spirit of God

May 5, 1884 ~ Monday

May 5th FIGURES I received 2 letters from Sarah and J W Crosby I wrote Letters to Sarah Sent $10 to her I set apart Theadore Brandley to a Mission to the Mennonites at Minnosota & other places Br F D Richards ordained Wittewer a seventy and set him apart for the same Mission. I ordained John R. Tilby to the office of A seventy, & set him apart to go on Mission to the Sandwich Islands. My Daughter Bell came home to day from Cottonwood quite Poorly I administered to her & she returned. I also ordained Leonard John Nuttall Jr to the office of seventy and set him apart for a Mission to Great Britain I had quite an interesting conversation with President Taylor upon the Iron works

May 6, 1884 ~ Tuesday

6 I spent most of the day at the farm Hung two gates drew fence posts and done some ploughing

May 7, 1884 ~ Wednesday

7 May I called upon Brother Grow to lay out my Kitchen I wrote Letters to Jesse N Smith D. K. Udall FIGURES A. M. Tenney, J McAllister I received 2 letters

May 8, 1884 ~ Thursday

8 [FIGURE] I received 2 letters to day from Br Bleak and Farnsworth I wrote Letters to R Campbell & Kingsbury FIGURES I ordained Heber Godard to a seventy & set him apart for a Mission to England I met in council yesterday