[sideways text] Pres W Woodruff St George Sept 30 [18]85 [end of sideways text] In the Temple of the Lord Sept 24, 1885 Presidents John Taylor & George Q Cannon Beloved Brethren Your vary interesting & Consoling Letter of Sept 17, is received, Also A letter of Date July 30, was received, for which please receve my thanks. I came down to the Temple last Evening to attend to the Marriage of Edward Snow the son of Erastus, as his Father was not at home ...

[sideways text]W. Woodruff. St. George June 243 [18]85[end of sideways text] June 16. [18]85 President John Taylor, Dear Brother, I feel like writing a few lines to you this morning. I have felt for a few days like breaking out of my prison house some here in St George. I met in council with E. Snow and the presidency of St George Stake, on friday night. I felt a desire to attend the quarterly conference and con[si]der- ded to do so, but as the U ...

June 14, 1885 I met at 2 oclok with the General Assembly & partook of the Sacrament the Authorities of the Church were then presented & Henry Harriman then spoke 20 minutes I then addressed the Meeting for 45 minuts and Encouraged the saints to faith[fulness] unto the End. Marshal Armstrong & Clerk of the commitee at Beaver were present. I took supper at Br Wm H. Thompson His Daughter Amelia Thompson & others sang for us I spent the night at ...

September 18, 1885 ~ Friday Sept 18th 1885 [FIGURES] I gave Elder Jacob Hamblin A mission to the Lamanits Any whare in the United States or Mexico I gave him A written Appointment & filed a copoy of the same September 19, 1885 ~ Saturday 19 [FIGURE] Br Thompson took me in his wagon & we rode to Atkins Pond & spent the day we shot 10 wild Duck 4 Rabbitts & one large fat crane & ...

February 22, 1887 ~ Tuesday Feb 22, 1887 ^[FIGURE]^ I spent the day reading & writing I received 1 Letter from Jaques February 23, 1887 ~ Wednesday 23 [FIGURE]I wrote 3 Letters to Jaques J F Wells, 8 P to Contributor Marshal Armstrong arived in the Evening in St George February 24, 1887 ~ Thursday 24 [FIGURES] I wrote Letters to Presidts Taylor & Cannon Jaques ...

meat I sat in the waggon while travelling & shot a gun 8 times, & got 6 Rabbits, 1 quail & 1 [shidle polk]. I did not miss once in the 8 shots. we got home at 10 oclock Drove 3 hours in the dark, all of us were weary Our Conference commences on Saturday We Expect Marshals Greenman from S. L. C. & Armstrong from Beaver and some others after ther Pray. I dont think I ...

2 I have that privilege I will try to remember you but the way things are thare now they cannot do much of any business I think you have done v[er]y well in school, and if my rents had continued as they have done formerly, I would liked to have kept you thare untill you were fully established I look upon Education as of far more value than property. But neerly all my rents have stayed it is quite as much as I can do now to keep my large family moving & ...

3 Beaver they came on purpose to attend, the conference & to ^do^ some official business. I thought they ought to be preached to & I wanted to do it, and I did & I had good liberty and talked v[er]y plain, at the close of the Meeting I passed close by the Marshel but we did not pass any words, but He talked with E. Snow & others. I shall be glad to see Salt Lake and my family once more when the time comes ...