January 20, 1881 ~ Thursday

Jan 20, 1881
I wrote 1 Letter I met at 10 oclok at Br Burtons and
Administered to Br Nickson after which He took Ether
and Dr Heber John & Joseph Richards cut out two
tumors out of his body. One under his right arm Pit
as much as 3 inches through and one on his left side
the size of a hens Egg. it was skilfully done but Br Nixon
was vary weak. I then called upon Bishop Thomas
Taylor and setled my tithing which amounted to $420.27
I there called upon President Taylor a while in council

January 21, 1881 ~ Friday

21. I received 2 letters from G Q Cannon & David John
I took cars at 3:40 with several Brethren and Emma
and rode to Ogden and attended a party at 6 oclok got
up by the relief society and Improvement Association we
Met in a large Hall there were over 200 present all the Bishops
and there wives of the Stake were present Peace quietude
and good order Prevailed. we took supper at 10 oclok
some 200 sat down to the Table well furnished the party
The party was got up in honor of Sister Eliza
R Snow. Birth Day. Dancing was kept up untill 11 ock
Then speeches from F. D. Richards & W Woodruff
and reading from prose & Poetry on E R Snow untill
12 oclok then dismissed I spent the night with F. D. Richards

January 22, 1881 ~ Saturday

Jan 22. I wrote one letter to G Q Cannon we met
this Morning for a quarterly conference Joseph Standford
Prayed. President Parry spoke a short time concerning the
Emigration to Arizona The Bishops then made a report
of their wards I spent the day listning to the reports of the
Bishops of the various wards & Reports I spent the night with B[r] Richards

January 20, 1881 ~ Thursday

Jan 20, 1881 FIGURES I wrote 1 Letter I met at 10 oclok at Br Burtons and Administered to Br Nickson after which He took Ether and Dr Heber John & Joseph Richards cut out two tumors out of his body. One under his right arm Pit as much as 3 inches through and one on his left side the size of a hens Egg. it was skilfully done but Br Nixon was vary weak. I then called upon Bishop Thomas Taylor and setled my tithing which amounted to $420.27 I there called upon President Taylor a while in council

January 21, 1881 ~ Friday

21. [FIGURE] I received 2 letters from G Q Cannon & David John I took cars at 3:40 with several Brethren and Emma and rode to Ogden and attended a party at 6 oclok got up by the relief society and Improvement Association we Met in a large Hall there were over 200 present all the Bishops and there wives of the Stake were present Peace quietude and good order Prevailed. we took supper at 10 oclok some 200 sat down to the Table well furnished the party The party was got up in honor of Sister Eliza R Snow. Birth Day. Dancing was kept up untill 11 ock Then speeches from F. D. Richards & W Woodruff and reading from prose & Poetry on E R Snow untill 12 oclok then dismissed I spent the night with F. D. Richards

January 22, 1881 ~ Saturday

Jan 22. [FIGURE] I wrote one letter to G Q Cannon we met this Morning for a quarterly conference Joseph Standford Prayed. President Parry spoke a short time concerning the Emigration to Arizona The Bishops then made a report of their wards I spent the day listning to the reports of the Bishops of the various wards & Reports I spent the night with Br Richards