of the fox that went to a hen coop to cketch some chickens the owner had
had put a cord from the platform to a Bell ove[r]head so as soon as the
platform was tuched the bell would ring as soon as the fox jumped
onto the platform the bell rung & away the fox run with all his might but
on looking behind him he saw nothing so he went back to the coop & examined
to see what the matter was He touched the cord with his foot & it rung but
did no hurt so he jumped into the coop & got his chicken He looked up
& saw the bell was hollow & had a longue tongue & the Fox exclaimed
you are a poor miserable hollow headed Devil. Lawyiers & Judges should
be made to keep the Laws of this Territory as well as other citizens & if they
wont do it put them in a the way that they will be made to. And I
say to evry man who has no business here pack up your goods & go home
Let the Judges honor me, & our laws & the officers of this Territory
or they will not receive any honor from me.

I see one man on my right who will go strait & tell the judges
what I have said he is a kind of perpetual Telegraph and if any
man come to me & says Brother Brigham do you mean me I will
say you are the Man. (Alluding to Elisha Hoopes)

choir sung I will praise my maker while I have breath

Benediction By J M Grant

The people again Assembled at 2 oclok prayer By Dominicus Carter
President Brigham Young addressed J M Grant Addressed the people
& spoke much to our edefycation I reported He said if President Young
did not entirely lift up the veil so that we could could look intirely through
it was lifted so that we could have a glimps. He was folowed
by E. T. Benson who bore testimony of the work of God.

January 14, 1856 ~ Monday

Monday 14^th I spent the day writing president Youngs sermon

January 15, 1856 ~ Tuesday

15 I spent the day writing

January 16, 1856 ~ Wednesday

16^th I spent the day in Joint session which was the last days
business in the Legislature we done a great deal of business it continued
untill in the night. we had a speech delivered in the Afternoon
[FIGURE] from Canosh the Chief of the Parvan[t]s the following are sum
of the remarks which He made.

I am just begining to get my eyes open I [k]now that President Youngs
talk is good what He says is so. He tells us more good I am like the sun
just rising in the East & so with my people we have been in the night
I have had Eyes but I could not see, & ears but I could not hear
& this has been the case with my people our hearts could not understand
but now our eyes see, our hears hear, & our hearts understand, all that
Brigham & Heber has said is strait. But when I talked to Col
Steptoe & his men their talk was not strait. I could not believe for
a tenth part of their talk is not true & so with the spanyards & all
white people till I saw the mormons they are the first to tell me the
truth. You are here to make laws I hope you will make good
laws to punish the guilty & spare the innocent. I wish to do right
& have my people do right. I do not want them to steal nor kill
I want to plant & raise wheat & learn to plough & it isdo as the white
people do this I am going to do in the spring. I want to learn to
read & right & have my children so we can understand what you say
to us that is good

of the fox that went to a hen coop toketch some chickens the owner had had put a cord from the platform to a Bell overhead so as soon as the platform was tuched the bell would ring as soon as the fox jumped onto the platform the bell rung & away the fox run with all his might but on looking behind him he saw nothing so he went back to the coop & examined to see what the matter was He touched the cord with his foot & it rung but did no hurt so he jumped into the coop & got his chicken He looked up & saw the bell was hollow & had a long tongue & the Fox exclaimed you are a poor miserable hollow headed Devil. Lawyiers & Judges should be made to keep the Laws of this Territory as well as other citizens & if they wont do it put them in a the way that they will be made to. And I say to evry man who has no business here pack up your goods & go home Let the Judges honor me, & our laws & the officers of this Territory or they will not receive any honor from me.

I see one man on my right who will go strait & tell the judges what I have said he is a kind of perpetual Telegraph and if any man come to me & says Brother Brigham do you mean me I will say you are the Man. (Alluding to Elisha Hoopes)

choir sung I will praise my maker while I have breath

Benediction By J M Grant

The people again Assembled at 2 oclok prayer By Dominicus Carter President J M Grant Addressed the people & spoke much to our edefycation I reported He said if President Young did not entirely lift up the veil so that we could look intirely through it was lifted so that we could have a glimps. He was folowed by E. T. Benson who bore testimony of the work of God.

January 14, 1856 ~ Monday

Monday 14th I spent the day writing president Youngs sermon

January 15, 1856 ~ Tuesday

15 I spent the day writing

January 16, 1856 ~ Wednesday

16th I spent the day in Joint session which was the last days business in the Legislature we done a great deal of business it continued untill in the night. we had a speech delivered in the Afternoon [FIGURE] from Canosh the Chief of the Parvants the following are sum of the remarks which He made.

I am just begining to get my eyes open I know that President Youngs talk is good what He says is so. He tells us more good I am like the sun just rising in the East & so with my people we have been in the night I have had Eyes but I could not see, & ears but I could not hear & this has been the case with my people our hearts could not understand but now our eyes see, ourears hear, & our hearts understand, all that Brigham & Heber has said is strait. But when I talked to Col Steptoe & his men their talk was not strait. I could not believe for a tenth part of their talk is not true & so with the spanyards & all white people till I saw the mormons they are the first to tell me the truth. You are here to make laws I hope you will make good laws to punish the guilty & spare the innocent. I wish to do right & have my people do right. I do not want them to steal nor kill I want to plant & raise wheat & learn to plough &do as the white people do this I am going to do in the spring. I want to learn to read & right & have my children so we can understand what you say to us that is good