We left the Temple at 12 oclok rode to Ephraim toook dinner
with Kanute Peterson then took carriage at 2 oclok & we
crossed the Mountain to the rail Road crossing 2 Miles North
of Nephi and took a private car and rode to the Farmers
Word whare I arived at 2 oclok & went to bed for the night 135 Miles
~ Saturday
19. I arose & took breakfast & had an interview
with Azmon who was in trouble with his wife Elizabeth He wanted to separate from her I spent the
day at the House I had an interview with Sister Ship
and gave her a Bill to go to the Temple or ticket
~ Sunday
20 Sunday I spent the day reading mostly
~ Monday
21 May To day is the dedication of the Manti
Temple I went to the Gordo at 4:30. I signed 53 Recommend
I received 45 Letters I wrote 6 public Letters G Q Cannon & myself visited Erastus Snow
and found him vary low we administerd to
him I annointed him & Br Cannon was
Mouth we had an interview to day with several
We learned there was a large Assembly at the
Dedication of the Temple to day
~ Tuesday
212 I signed 8 Recommends. I received
6 Letters I wrote 7 Letters 6 Pub, 1 to Wm H Thompson
~ Wednesday
23 I signed 10 Recommends I signed 100 drafts on Liverpool
I received 9 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters to David & Atkins I wrote 8 Public Letters I took a ride in the Evening
we went to the farm & to G Q. Cannons & back 8 Miles
~ Thursday
24 I signed 12 Recommends I received 6 Letters I wrote 6 Letters 4 public to J I Hart sent ^$^10 to Paxman & Bell
We left the Temple at 12 oclok rode to Ephraim took dinner
with Kanute Peterson then took carriage at 2 oclok & we
crossed the Mountain to the rail Road crossing 2 Miles North
of Nephi and took a private car and rode to the Farmers
Word whare I arived at 2 oclok & went to bed for the night 135 Miles
~ Saturday
19. I arose & took breakfast & had an interview
with Azmon who was in trouble with his wife
Elizabeth He wanted to separate from her I spent the
day at the House I had an interview with Sister Ship
and gave her a Bill to go to the Temple or ticket
~ Sunday
20 Sunday I spent the day reading mostly
~ Monday
21 May FIGURES To day is the dedication of the Manti
Temple I went to the Gordo at 4:30. I signed 53 Recommend
I received 45 Letters I wrote 6 public Letters
[FIGURE] G Q Cannon & myself visited Erastus Snow
and found him vary low we administerd to
him I annointed him & Br Cannon was
Mouth we had an interview to day with several
We learned there was a large Assembly at the
Dedication of the Temple to day
~ Tuesday
22 I signed 8 Recommends. I received
6 Letters [FIGURE] I wrote 7 Letters 6 Pub, 1 to Wm H Thompson
~ Wednesday
23 I signed 10 Recommends I signed 100 drafts on Liverpool
I received 9 Letters. I wrote 2 Letters to David & Atkins
[FIGURE] I wrote 8 Public Letters I took a ride in the Evening
we went to the farm & to G Q. Cannons & back 8 Miles
~ Thursday
24 I signed 12 Recommends I received 6 Letters I wrote
[FIGURE] 6 Letters 4 public to J I Hart sent $10 to Paxman & Bell
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," May 18, 1888 - May 24, 1888, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 3, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/RPgV