July 7, 1883
I took cars this Morning with President Taylor & council
and several other Brethren to go to Huntsville to dedicate
the new Meeting house there we rode to Ogden and the Presidency
held 2 meetings there I was suffering with the Head Ake and
went to bed And in the Afternoon we rode up the Ogden
Canyon to Huntsville I spent the night at Br Neilsons 55 miles
~ Sunday
8 Sunday I went to Bishop F A Hammand and we all
went to the Meeting House & on to the Roof & had a view of
the country we then went to the school House & saw the
Tables set for the Public Dinner. we then returned to
the Meeting House And commenced Meeting at 10 oclok
Sacrament was Administered Bishop Hammand made
a few remarks then read the statistics of the House. Then Joseph F Smith offered up the Dedicatory Prayer
Then G Q Cannon spoke 20 M[inutes] W Woodruff 23, J Gates 24 M. We then took dinner at the Public tables
we Met again at 1:46. Abram H Cannon Prayed
J F Smith spoke 37 M, John Taylor 66 M. we then
dismissed the Meeting and President Taylor and
Party returned back to Salt Lake except myself I
stoped and spent the night at Br Hammands
~ Monday
9 Br Alvin Sprague took his Horses and carriage
himself & wife & Emma & myself & rode up the canyon 8 miles over a vary rough road & stoped
in a grove we got our dinner Brother Sprague
being the Main fisherman of the country fixed up
2 poles & fish lines and we went to fishing & in 2
Hours we caught 73 trout I caught 40 & Sprague 33.
~ Saturday
July 7, 1883
I took cars this Morning with President Taylor & council
and several other Brethren to go to Huntsville to dedicate
the new Meeting house there we rode to Ogden and the Presidency
held 2 meetings there I was suffering with the Head Ake and
went to bed And in the Afternoon we rode up the Ogden
Canyon to Huntsville I spent the night at Br Neilsons 55 miles
~ Sunday
8 Sunday I went to Bishop F A Hammand and we all
went to the Meeting House & on to the Roof & had a view of
the country we then went to the school House & saw the
Tables set for the Public Dinner. we then returned to
the Meeting House And commenced Meeting at 10 oclok
Sacrament was Administered Bishop Hammand made
a few remarks then read the statistics of the House. Then
Joseph F Smith offered up the Dedicatory Prayer
Then G Q Cannon spoke 20 Minutes W Woodruff 23,
J Gates 24 M. We then took dinner at the Public tables
we Met again at 1:46. Abram H Cannon Prayed
J F Smith spoke 37 M, John Taylor 66 M. we then
dismissed the Meeting and President Taylor and
Party returned back to Salt Lake except myself I
stoped and spent the night at Br Hammands
~ Monday
9 Br Alvin Sprague took his Horses and carriage
himself & wife & Emma & myself & rode up the
canyon 8 miles over a vary rough road & stoped
in a grove we got our dinner Brother Sprague
being the Main fisherman of the country fixed up
2 poles & fish lines and we went to fishing & in 2
Hours we caught 73 trout I caught 40 & Sprague 33.
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," July 7, 1883 - July 9, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 30, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/VvjX