April 1885
1 April 1885 • Wednesday
Rained part of the day, plowed 4 rounds, hauled one load of rock off, lower 80 acres and slushed in my shanty 1/2 day.
2 April 1885 • Thursday
Plowed 15 mile rounds.
3 April 1885 • Friday
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4 April 1885 • Saturday
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5 April 1885 • Sunday
Wrote a letter home and took it up to Square town drove brown mare and Owen’s mare on Clarks carriage
6 April 1885 • Monday
Harrowed 10 acres
7 April 1885 • Tuesday
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8 April 1885 • Wednesday
Drilled 10 "4
9 April 1885 • Thursday
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10 April 1885 • Friday
Filled in morter into my shanty.
11 April 1885 • Saturday
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12 April 1885 • Sunday
Ate breakfast at Myron’s, read conference papers &c.
13 April 1885 • Monday
Left Plymouth for Farmington rained during the night and part of [p. 93] 7the day, camped at cold springs, rained in the night.
14 April 1885 • Tuesday
Rained part of the day, arrived at Farmington before sunset.
15 April 1885 • Wednesday
took grist to mill, plow down to D. Oveatts and got a beam put in it, visited with Steve, Took Mother, Alice and Steve over to Nerva’s & took supper there.
16 April 1885 • Thursday
Went down and saw Hughs about building a house, took Clarks saddle down, Plowed the lot, repaired the table &c.
17 April 1885 • Friday
Took mares down to Steves & helped him off for Mendon. Helped the folks wash bedcloths and carpets. copied journal notes taken while on Bear River, &c.
18 April 1885 • Saturday
planted the garden. &c.
19 April 1885 • Sunday
Stayed at home in the fornoon and went down to Robinsons in afternoon
20 April 1885 • Monday
Went to mill and to D. Oviatts to get grist and put handle in ax. greesed wagon and packed some things to take to Bear River.
21 April 1885 • Tuesday
Clerked for Bishop’s Court of Farmington in for and after noon. Fred went to S.L.[C.]
22 April 1885 • Wednesday
Fred returned from S.L.C. packed things in wagon for Bearriver. Took bailer & tucker to shop to be soldered. [p. 94]
823 April 1885 • Thursday
Branded Fred’s colt, finished loading my wagon for Bear River.
24 April 1885 • Friday
Left <for> Bear River with family accompanied by S. J. Robinson who was on her way to George town Bear Lake. nooned at River dale and camped for night at Harrisville.
25 April 1885 • Saturday
Drove from Harris ville to Plymouth (home) Stayed at Myrons over night.
26 April 1885 • Sunday
Cleaned the shanty and moved part of the things in.
27 April 1885 • Monday
Straitened around took box off wagon and stored things in it made well <(frame)> curb & hung buckets. &c.
28 April 1885 • Tuesday
Went to the canyon and got load of wood.
29 April 1885 • Wednesday
Made chicken coop hung closeline put up grindstone &c. started planting potatoes.
30 April 1885 • Thursday
Put large clevis on plow plowed in potatoes, hauled some rock for a pigpen started to laying it up.
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Footnotes
Footnotes
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[1]Ditto marks for “Plowed” and “mile rounds”.
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[2]Ditto marks for “Plowed” and “mile rounds”.
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[3]Ditto marks for “Harrowed” and “acres”.
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[4]Ditto mark for “acres”.
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[5]Ditto marks for “Drilled” and “acres”.
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[6]Ditto marks for “Filled in morter into my shanty”.
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[7]The notations “Farmington” and “1885” are written at the top of page 94.
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[8]The notations “Plymouth” and “1885” are written at the top of page 95.