December 1888
2 December 1888 • Sunday
Tooele Attended meeting in daytime and evening. Spoke in evening meeting which was presided over by the Young men and Young ladies Ass.
3 December 1888 • Monday
Bought $41.75 worth of thing of Mr Squire. <viz.> | ||
Baby carriage | $24.00 | |
Chamber Set | 1.35 | |
Clock | 3.50 | |
Coat | 250 | |
Pr Blankets | 3 50 | |
Spice box | .75 | |
Tureene & dipper | 1.40 | |
Two Pillows | 3 00 | |
Flynet & cream pitcher |
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41.75 |
Attended Water meeting in the evening. [p. 160]
4 December 1888 • Tuesday
Tooele Sent to Fred for our wardroabe and sent fly net to Steve Slushed and repaired foundation to house, in front. Had Icegreen carpentering and McLaws whitewashing. Had teams plowing sage.
5 December 1888 • Wednesday
Painted foundation to house, helped make water troughs & attended to the regular work of the place.
6 December 1888 • Thursday
Commenced unroofing cellar in front, Arranged with Jno. Icegreen to take down building used formerly for cider making and rebuild for baled hay house. Started two men to pulling sage in east field, Had sand hauled around the house, took trussles home &c.
7 December 1888 • Friday
Moved cidar press building and commenced setting it up for a hay house.
8 December 1888 • Saturday
Took shingles & sheeting off roofing to Hay house. Went to Station with two teams and got barb wire, staples & baling wire. Took chimneys & shingles off old granary in front. Did the regular chores &c.
9 December 1888 • Sunday
Attended Ward meeting. Spent the remainder of the day at home attending to regular chores and reading. [p. 161]
10 December 1888 • Monday
Tooele City Tore down old granary in front of house and hauled material up to yards excepting the rock. Received posts of Remington &c. Commenced baling (11) hay in after noon
11 December 1888 • Tuesday
Baled hay all day and stowed it away in hay house,
12 December 1888 • Wednesday
Baled and weighed hay, Received posts &c.
13 December 1888 • Thursday
Had H. Marshall helping to bale hay. Repaired harness, weighed and piled up hay. &c.
14 December 1888 • Friday
Icegreen completed Hay house so far as his contract goes. Door fastenings and battens yet to put on. Baled hay part of the day Stormed, hauled logs, shingles &c away from hay house & piled up. Have more than ten tons of hay baled and in house.
15 December 1888 • Saturday
Baled hay, Went and saw Martin &c. Attended Y.M.M.I.A. in evening. P’d $1.00 for buying meeting house lot.
16 December 1888 • Sunday
Attended two meetings at which Apostle Lyman talked.
17 December 1888 • Monday
Baled hay, saw Martin about deed Took Alice to store & bought xmas toys. [p. 162] Went teaching with Henry Bocamp.1
18 December 1888 • Tuesday
Attended funeral services of Father Atkin at which Apostle Lyman spoke Visited as a Teacher after meeting & in the evening.
19 December 1888 • Wednesday
Went and saw G. Rimington and settled for posts. Had deed signed and abstract of title made from Martin to Doremus. Attended seventies meeting in evening at which Apostle Lyman preached.
20 December 1888 • Thursday
Killed pigs, attended the water &c. Spent the evening at home reading The Book of Abraham.
21 December 1888 • Friday
Weighed wire & staples. Took pig harness & hose to station and sent to A. F. Doremus Salt Lake. Sent out bills to Parties owing Company.
22 December 1888 • Saturday
Did regular chores of the place &c.
23 December 1888 • Sunday
Attended meetings and Sunday school. Was appointed a teacher in the Sunday school over a class of young men, Went to Batesville to attend Y.M.M.I.A. there as a missionary [p. 163]
24 December 1888 • Monday
Tooele City Wrote letters to Mother & seney, Had a visit from Ward Teachers Made out Deed for Fred for land on Bear River.
25 December 1888 • Tuesday
Christmas
Met A. F. Doremus at depot showed him over the place and took him to the depot again. Did the regular chores. Posted deed to Fred.
26 December 1888 • Wednesday
Did regular chores. Went and p’d McLaws in full of acc’t also G Remington for posts. Went down to Jno. Marsdens and up to Parkers mill for lumber with team & wagon. Helped load <a> Load hay
27 December 1888 • Thursday
Set up stove put tung in Slay Took Alice out in Slay Went to try and get Gallaher to come work. &c.
28 December 1888 • Friday
Looking over book accounts. & making out reports.
29 December 1888 • Saturday
Sold & helped load a load of hay for Caldwell Shaved did some writing. Attended Y.M.M.I.A in evening
30 December 1888 • Sunday
Attended Sunday School & meeting. [p. 164]
31 December 1888 • Monday
Tooele City Set gate post and hung gate at Barn yard. Went up in east field to contract work to Ammon Worthington, Turned horses in east field &c.
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[1]Richards later wrote in pencil “Beauchomp” above “Bocamp.”