came out that held the tongue up Droped one side of the tongue
the horses sprung brought the waggon side ways onto a stump
and turned it almost bottom side up all 4 of us was flung
out of the waggon suddnenly onto the ground my wife was
sitting on the nigh side of me was flung clear over my head
and struck onto her feet Brother Parry the driver was flung
flat upon his belly he held on to the lines & stoped the
Horses a large woman setting beside him was flung into the
fore wheel I struck on my hands & knees but sprang to my
feet & caught the woman in the wheel & helped her out
if the horses had draged the waggon any further the woman
in the wheel would have stood a chance to have been killed
but throug the mercy of God we all escaped un hurt
we drove to Eden and escaped unhurt and held a
Meeting at 10:30. F D Richards Prayed W Woodruff spok 35 M[inutes] RG Reynolds 10 M[inutes], John Smith 8 M[inutes], & John Taylor 70 M[inutes]
we dined at Eden then rode 3 Miles to Huntsville & held
a Meeting at 2:30 in the New Meeting [House] that will seat 1000
peopl & it was full. F D Richards Prayed again G Q Cannon
spoke 45 M[inutes] W Woodruff spoke 11 M[inutes] John Taylor 35 M[inutes]
F D Richards 10, John Smith 10 Br Middleton 5 Br Ham-
mond 3 M[inutes] we spent the night at Br Hammands 15 M[inutes]
~ Friday
July 1. We drove Down the Canyon to Ogden & took cars
and arived in S L City at 11:40 Distance of the day 52 M[inutes]
[FIGURE] I went to the office & Received 3 Letters from A M Tenney McAllister on Temple Matters and Peter Johnson will
$69 for Land & Thompson I assisted on the Barn in the
afternoon & went to the field & got a load of Hay
came out that held the tongue up Droped one side of the tongue
the horses sprung brought the waggon side ways onto a stump
and turned it almost bottom side up all 4 of us was flung
out of the waggon suddenly onto the ground my wife was
sitting on the nigh side of me was flung clear over my head
and struck onto her feet Brother Parry the driver was flung
flat upon his belly he held on to the lines & stoped the
Horses a large woman setting beside him was flung into the
fore wheel I struck on my hands & knees but sprang to my
feet & caught the woman in the wheel & helped her out
if the horses had draged the waggon any further the woman
in the wheel would have stood a chance to have been killed
but throug the mercy of God we all escaped un hurt
we drove to Eden and and held a
Meeting at 10:30. F D Richards Prayed W Woodruff spok 35 Minutes
G Reynolds 10 Minutes, John Smith 8 Minutes, & John Taylor 70 Minutes
we dined at Eden then rode 3 Miles to Huntsville & held
a Meeting at 2:30 in the New Meeting House that will seat 1000
peopl & it was full. F D Richards Prayed again G Q Cannon
spoke 45 Minutes W Woodruff spoke 11 Minutes John Taylor 35 Minutes
F D Richards 10, John Smith 10 Br Middleton 5 Br Hammond 3 Minutes we spent the night at Br Hammands 15 Minutes
~ Friday
July 1. We drove Down the Canyon to Ogden & took cars
and arived in S L City at 11:40 Distance of the day 52 Minutes
[FIGURE] I went to the office & Received 3 Letters from A M TenneyMcAllister on Temple Matters and Peter Johnson will
$69 for Land & Thompson I assisted on the Barn in the
afternoon & went to the field & got a load of Hay
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," June 30, 1881 - July 1, 1881, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/nR3R