March 21, 1883
Mr Robinsons lecture was quite interesting his many
hair breadths Escapes were peculiar. Br Samuel Roskelly
returned to the City & called upon me to day I spent the forenoon
in the office in the Afternoon I attended the council
~ Thursday
22 W. W. S I received 2 letters to day from Elizabeth Browett
and Lot Smith Brother Lot Smith informed that his son
Wilford Woodruff Smith Died March 14, at 5 oclok in the Eve[ni]ng
from being scalded in some hot liye water. I Blessed the boy while
there on the 11 Jan 1880. I wrote 2 letters to Lot Smith & Elizabeth Browett I looked up the History of my Appointment into preside in the Temple at St George
24 I went over Jordon with Jesse W Fox and Esstablished
the cornors of my 12 Acre grass lot and in consequence of not
getting a surveyor before I got 4 rods to[o] far to the west and
had Broaken up one Acre of land belonging to annoth[er]
Man. I went to the field in the Afternoon and drilled
in 5 packages of the welcome oats 2 oz in each package
making 10 oz in all I drilled 6 rows to each paper {I spent the night at grass lot}
~ Sunday
25 Sunday I met with my Prayer Circle and corrected some
Mistakes in the minuts of the Brethren I attended the Meeting at the Assembly Hall at 2 oclok Prayer By Br McMaster
March 21, 1883
Mr Robinsons lecture was quite interesting his many
hair breadths Escapes were peculiar. Br Samuel Roskelly
returned to the City & called upon me to day I spent the forenoon
in the office in the Afternoon I attended the council
~ Thursday
2 FIGURES W. W. S I received 2 letters to day from Elizabeth Browett
and Lot Smith Brother Lot Smith informed that his son
Wilford Woodruff Smith Died March 14, at 5 oclok in the Evening
from being scalded in some hot lye water. I Blessed the boy while
there on the 11 Jan 1880. I wrote 2 letters to Lot Smith &
[FIGURE] Elizabeth Browett I looked up the History of my Appointment
to preside in the Temple at St George
[FIGURE] 24 I went over Jordon with Jesse W Fox and Esstablished
the cornors of my 12 Acre grass lot and in consequence of not
getting a surveyor before I got 4 rods too far to the west and
had Broaken up one Acre of land belonging to annother
Man. I went to the field in the Afternoon and drilled
in 5 packages of the welcome oats 2 oz in each package
making 10 oz in all I drilled 6 rows to each paper {I spent the night at grass lot}
~ Sunday
25 Sunday I met with my Prayer Circle and corrected some
Mistakes in the minuts of the Brethren I attended the Meeting at the
Assembly Hall at 2 oclok Prayer By Br McMaster
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," March 21, 1883 - March 25, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pZDp