November 23, 1871 ~ Thursday Nov 213 1871 It is still storming we all spent the day choreing November 24, 1871 ~ Friday 24. It rained nearly all day I felt strongly impressed to go home this feeling has been upon me since Monday Morning but it has stormed nearly Evry day & my family have urged me to stay I went to Otter Creek to day or in the Afternoon caught 10 trout November 25, 1871 ~ Saturday 25. [FIGURES] The same spirit rests upon me this morning to ...

Nov 28, 1871 got me a good supper kept my team over night paid my fare on the rail Road & sent me my team next day I arived home at 8 ock & was much rejoiced to be delivered from my perrils & to be with my family one more at home I wrote a letter to Sarah at wasatch [FIGURE] & another one on my arival home I also wrote a letter to Brother Rowley at Ogden November ...

Jan 2nd 1872 Church appeared in the Court room to answer to the writ Fitch & Hemstead appeared as his council & asked for Bail. Bates the Prosicuting Attorney also Asked for Bail & Put the sum at $500000. MCKean the Judge Refused Bail But put President Young into the Hands of the Marshall to be confined in one of President Youngs own Homes then President Young returned to his own house ...

April 6, 1872 his Religin so President G A. Smith called the Conference to order singing & Prayer by Erastus Snow G A Smith spoke 21 Minutes W Woodruff 30 Minutes C C Rich 321 Afternoon J Vancott Prayed A O Smoot spoke 35 Minutes John Nicholson 12 M[inutes] John W Young 2 C. W. Penrose 30 Minutes [FIGURE] I received 2 letters. Attended a Bee Meeting in the Evening & went ...

May 21, 1872 I went to the farm & took 60 Bushels of wheat to Mill & got it ground I spent the night at the farm May 21, 1872 ~ Tuesday 21. I finished planting my Beets, Carrotts, Beans, &c, today & went to the City & spent the night 6 M[iles] May 22, 1872 ~ Wednesday 22 I went to the field & Returned 6 M[iles] May 23, 1872 ~ Thursday 23. I went to the field & Returned & spent ...

June 17, 1872 ~ Monday June 17, 1872 Wilford watered wheat I went up tighe creek with Bishop Stewart & picked out a public pasture also a piece of Medow land for the Bishop & Wilford to fence together I went up to the saw mill & caught 17 trout June 18, 1872 ~ Tuesday 18. I went up Oter Creek & caugh 50 trout with a hook Wilford caught 19 & Brigham 21 total 90 they were generally small traveled 16 M[iles]

March 2nd 1874 at Phebe's At 3 oclok Judge Smith buried his third child with the throat disease & had two more sick with the same Bishop Wm Hyde of Hyde Park [FIGURE] Wm Hyde Died this morning of the throat disease called dipthera at 4 oclok I took cars for Salt Lake City & arived at 8.30 I laid hands upon Sister Davenport, & Elenor Beatie distance of the day 60 Miles

Feb 17, 1879 Breakfas from a fire made of Dead Joshua's a speics of cacktus 12 feet high, 12 to 16 inches through which when dead makes a good fire. This desert abounds with the greatest variety of cacktuses I ever saw, the Joshuas here are ownly 12 feet high, in Calafornia they grow 50 feet. we also have the common cacktus 6 feet high, the Devils pin quishion 3 feet, the snake cacktus 6 feet. The yankee pin cacktus that is covered with Regular pins with heads on that answer for use ...

February 20, 1879 ~ Thursday Feb 20th 1879 [FIGURE] I wrote 9 Letters to day, to McAllister, Emily Spencer L. B. Young, George Rowley, J. G. Bleak, Mrs Browett, Delight & Emeline, & Moses Thatcher. I gave Brother Thatcher a full History of my Eight days travels in the desert. I spent the day confined to my room I do not have the outdoor Exercise that ...