Aug 22nd 1881
I spent most of the day on my Journals I spent the night at the farm
~ Tuesday
23 [FIGURES] I received 2 letters to day to [from] Lorenzo Snow and & Sarah I returned from the farm. There seems but little chance
for President Garfield to get well from the tener of the Telegraph
News I spent the day on my Journals
~ Wednesday
24 It is quite a sick time in this city a good many deaths
among children Br Wm ^J^ Player called upon me to preach
the funeral sermon of a Daughter 10 years of age But ceircu-
mstances would not permit me to go I spent the forenoon
Preparing to go away. We took cars at 2 oclok and rode
to Lehi and attended Meeting at 4 oclok John Taylor spoke
27 M[inutes]. W Woodruff spoke 24 M[inutes]. G. Q. Cannon spoke 30 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting we rode to Alpine a Beautiful village
in the gorge of the Mountain we took supper at Br Mc Clough Colough's the Bishop I spent the night with him 30 M[iles]
~ Thursday
25 We visited the Tithing Office fruit Orchards all loaded
with fine fruit And a sample of their Marble and a
New invented Hay Press, By John Debley we then went
to Meeting at 10 oclok. George Reynolds Prayed, John Taylor
spoke 54 M[inutes], G Q Cannon 27, W Woodruff 23. we dined
and drove to the American Fork Held a Meeting G Reynolds
Prayed, G Q Cannon spoke 35 M[inutes], W Woodruff 37, John
Taylor 55 M[inutes]. 6 M[iles]
~ Friday
26 I was vary sick all night with the Bilious colic we drove
to Plesant Grove I spent the day at Br Browns the Brethren
held a Meeting but I did not attend we took cars at 4 oclok
& rode to Provo Bishop Brown & wife were bringing the corps
of their Daughter who had [died] in some of our Settlements East 15 M[iles]
~ Monday
Aug 22nd 1881
I spent most of the day on my Journals I spent the night at the farm
~ Tuesday
23 FIGURES I received 2 letters to day to from Lorenzo Snow and &
Sarah I returned from the farm. There seems but little chance
for President Garfield to get well from the tener of the Telegraph
News I spent the day on my Journals
~ Wednesday
24 It is quite a sick time in this city a good many deaths
among children Br Wm J Player called upon me to preach
the funeral sermon of a Daughter 10 years of age But circumstances would not permit me to go I spent the forenoon
Preparing to go away. We took cars at 2 oclok and rode
to Lehi and attended Meeting at 4 oclok John Taylor spoke
27 Minutes. W Woodruff spoke 24 Minutes. G. Q. Cannon spoke 30 Minutes
At the close of the Meeting we rode to Alpine a Beautiful village
in the gorge of the Mountain we took supper at Br
Mc Colough's the Bishop I spent the night with him 30 Miles
~ Thursday
25 We visited the Tithing Office fruit Orchards all loaded
with fine fruit And a sample of their Marble and a
New invented Hay Press, By John Debley we then went
to Meeting at 10 oclok. George Reynolds Prayed, John Taylor
spoke 54 Minutes, G Q Cannon 27, W Woodruff 23. we dined
and drove to the American Fork Held a Meeting G Reynolds
Prayed, G Q Cannon spoke 35 Minutes, W Woodruff 37, John
Taylor 55 Minutes. 6 Miles
~ Friday
26 I was vary sick all night with the Bilious colic we drove
to Plesant Grove I spent the day at Br Browns the Brethren
held a Meeting but I did not attend we took cars at 4 oclok
& rode to Provo Bishop Brown & wife were bringing the corps
of their Daughter who had died in some of our Settlements East 15 Miles
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," August 22, 1881 - August 26, 1881, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Dq4B