Dec 9, 1881
I spent most of the day mending Gates and the night at Grass lot
~ Saturday
10 I returned home and tspent the day in the office 6 Mils
Br Albert Carrington was run over by a rail car and Died
~ Sunday
11. at 1 o'clok this morning I attended his funeral at 12 ock
Sunday today D H Wells, Angus Cannon W Woodruff & John H Smith spoke at the funeral. I attended Meeting in
the Afternoon John & Taylor & W Woodruff addressed the people
~ Monday
12 I had 800 feet of flooring laid in the Dining roon of the valley house
~ Tuesday
13 I received 3 letters to day I spent the day in the Office
~ Wednesday
14 I returned from the farm attend council & Prayer Cirrl [circle]
~ Thursday
15 we killed our pigs to day I wrote one letter to Br G McMullin
~ Friday
16 I spent the day in the office I attended O S Fowlers lecture
in the Theater and at the close on a vote of the public I was
called to the platform and He Examined my and gave the public
my character when He got through I addressed the
people and told them what He said to me when He gave me
a chart 45 years ago which created some amusement with
the people. We cut up and salted our pigs to day
~ Saturday
17 I wrote one letter to my Grand Daughter Lucy Emily
Woodruff & inclosed $1 to her in answer to her letter to me
I spent most of the day in the office
~ Sunday
18 Sunday I took cars rode to Provo with Joseph F Smith
Capt Hooper & others to attend the funeral of Sister Corey L J Nuttall prayed A O Smoot spok 21 M[inutes], Joseph F Smith 50
W Woodruff 8, & Wm H Hooper 15 After the funeral we returned
to Salt Lake City Distance 100 M[iles]
~ Friday
Dec 9, 1881
I spent most of the day mending Gates and the night at Grass lot
~ Saturday
10 I returned home andspent the day in the office 6 Mils
Br Albert Carrington was run over by a rail car and Died
~ Sunday
11. at 1 o'clok this morning I attended his funeral at 12 ock
Sunday today D H Wells, Angus Cannon W Woodruff &
John H Smith spoke at the funeral. I attended Meeting in
the Afternoon John & Taylor & W Woodruff addressed the people
~ Monday
12 I had 800 feet of flooring laid in the Dining roon of the
valley house
~ Tuesday
13 [FIGURE] I received 3 letters to day I spent the day in the Office
~ Wednesday
14 I returned from the farm attend council & Prayer Cirrl circle
~ Thursday
15 we killed our pigs to day I wrote one letter to Br
[FIGURE] G McMullin
~ Friday
16 I spent the day in the office I attended O S Fowlers lecture
in the Theater and at the close on a vote of the public I was
called to the platform and He Examined my and gave the public
my character when He got through I addressed the
people and told them what He said to me when He gave me
a chart 45 years ago which created some amusement with
the people. We cut up and salted our pigs to day
~ Saturday
17 [FIGURE] I wrote one letter to my Grand Daughter Lucy Emily
Woodruff & inclosed $1 to her in answer to her letter to me
I spent most of the day in the office
~ Sunday
18 Sunday I took cars rode to Provo with Joseph F Smith
Capt Hooper & others to attend the funeral of Sister CoreyL J Nuttall prayed A O Smoot spok 21 Minutes, Joseph F Smith 50
W Woodruff 8, & Wm H Hooper 15 After the funeral we returned
to Salt Lake City Distance 100 Miles
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," December 9, 1881 - December 18, 1881, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/83Vm