Sept 3, 1884
Sister Smoot was buried in a deep vault it was
walled up with brick laid in cement to the top of the Box
when the coffin was placed in the box & the top of the Box
sc^r^ewed down then the top of the Box was covered with
stone slabs 2 inches thick which covers the whole Box
the grave is then filled with Earth to the top at the close
of the funeral the Grove was then we returned to S L C and I receive 2 letters & card from Phebe 100 Mils
5 A cold Morning spent the day in the office I was
vary chilley I wrote 1 Letter to Lot Smith and spent the day in the office writing
~ Saturday
6. A cold Morning I took cars & rode to Smithfield
arived there at Midnight in a hard rain storm 105 Miles
~ Sunday
7 ^Sunday^ It rained hard all day I spent the day at the House 8Except I visited Brother S Roskelley and we visited
Bishop Farrall who was sick abed we laid hands
upon him and he was healed
~ Monday
8 It rained hard all day I spent the day choreing
~ Tuesday
9. I went up the canyon 4 miles horsback on
a hard saddle & got tiered out 8 Mils
~ Wednesday
10 I went up dry Canyon Horsback 4 miles returned
Sept 3, 1884
Sister Smoot was buried in a deep vault it was
walled up with brick laid in cement to the top of the Box
when the coffin was placed in the box & the top of the Box
screwed down then the top of the Box was covered with
stone slabs 2 inches thick which covers the whole Box
the grave is then filled with Earth to the top at the close
of the funeral we returned to S L C
[FIGURE] and I receive 2 letters & card from Phebe 100 Mils
5 A cold Morning spent the day in the office I was
vary chilley I wrote 1 Letter to Lot Smith
[FIGURE] and spent the day in the office writing
~ Saturday
6. A cold Morning I took cars & rode to Smithfield
arived there at Midnight in a hard rain storm 105 Miles
~ Sunday
7 Sunday It rained hard all day I spent the day at the House
Except I visited Brother S Roskelley and we visited
Bishop Farrall who was sick abed we laid hands
upon him and he was healed
~ Monday
8 It rained hard all day I spent the day choreing
~ Tuesday
9. [FIGURE] I went up the canyon 4 miles horsback on
a hard saddle & got tiered out 8 Mils
~ Wednesday
10 I went up dry Canyon Horsback 4 miles returned
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