June 1896


1 June 1896 • Monday

Tooele Weather pleasant in morning, threatened storm in evening I administered to Ruby in the Morning & Mamie in the evening she having come down with measles. I plowed at field all day & had Tom. Remington planting corn. Wrote to Mother in evening.

2 June 1896 • Tuesday

Tooele Weather pleasant.

I plowed all day. Children sick with measles.

3 June 1896 • Wednesday

Tooele Weather fine.

I plowed all day. Administered to sick. Consecrated a bottle of oil. [p. 75]

4 June 1896 • Thursday

Tooele Weather pleasant.

I plowed in lot in the morning, then shaved & went to Fast meeting. Spoke there & blessed John Marsden’s baby girl Anointed Sister Wm Dunn. Plowed in afternoon. Wrote Abram.

5 June 1896 • Friday

Tooele Weather pleasant in forenoon rained in afternoon. I plowed all day at field. Children improving.

6 June 1896 • Saturday

Tooele Weather pleasant. I attended Stake Priesthood meeting & plowed in garden in forenoon and in afternoon went to field & plowed.

7 June 1896 • Sunday

Tooele Weather fine.

I did the chores, shaved & bathed and wrote letters to Mother, Alice Ann, Nerva & Fred. Did some reading, Attended meeting & Circle meeting.

8 June 1896 • Monday

Tooele Weather very warm. I plowed all day. & retired to bed early.

9 June 1896 • Tuesday

Tooele Weather warm.

I plowed all day. [p. 76]

10 June 1896 • Wednesday

Tooele Weather warm

Plowed all day. Arranged with Geo. Rimington to plow 12 A. for Nig1 horse. Trustees meeting <in evening.>

11 June 1896 • Thursday

Tooele Weather warm.

I continued the plowing with four horses & gang plow. Bro Rimington commenced plowing for me.

12 June 1896 • Friday

Tooele Weather continues warm. I continued the plowing. Arranged with Jos. Tate to build me a hay derrick for $10.00 & furnish the materials. Folks well. Wrote to Doctor Stephen about boys to help me in haying.

13 June 1896 • Saturday

Tooele Weather warm. I continued the plowing. Bought Big 4 mowing machine & 12 ft. rake of J. W. Tate for $82.50 here or less freight in S.L.C. Found mistake quotation was on Osborne.

14 June 1896 • Sunday

Tooele Weather hot.

I took my team & Prest Gowans accompanied me to Lake View when we attended School & meeting, took dinner with Wallace [p. 77] Sagers & gave blessing to his wife after meeting also administered to Bro Sheets at his home.

15 June 1896 • Monday

Tooele Weather warm.

I attended Dist Court & applied for release of Agent for Farmhouse Name. Taken under advisement. Plowed in afternoon

16 June 1896 • Tuesday

Tooele Weather hot.

Continued plowing.

17 June 1896 • Wednesday

Tooele Weather warm.

I continued the plowing.

18 June 1896 • Thursday

Tooele Weather warm.

Finished the plowing late at night. <attended R.R. meeting in evening.>

19 June 1896 • Friday

Tooele Weather warm.

Went to Town by team, Joel accompanied me. Bought Mower, Rake &c.

Staid over night at Dr Stephens.

202 June 1896 • Saturday

SL City. Weather hot.

I loaded & got started home at 11 A.M. Steve accompanied me home Arrived [p. 78] home at 11 P.M. All well.

21 June 1896 • Sunday

Tooele Weather warm.

I went to Batesville, Alice accompanied me. I wrote letters &c. Administered to Widow Smith.

22 June 1896 • Monday

Tooele Weather clowdy.

I set up mower & Rake, went to field & commenced mowing at 4 P.M.

23 June 1896 • Tuesday

Tooele Weather unsettled. I mowed lucern all day. Received a letter from Nerva & answered it.

24 June 1896 • Wednesday

Tooele Weather pleasant.

I mowed lucern to 4 P.M. & came home & Did some Ry. Committee Work & attended a R.R. meeting in the evening.

25 June 1896 • Thursday

Tooele Weather pleasant.

I mowed lucern all day.

26 June 1896 • Friday

Tooele Weather pleasant.

I mowed lucern all day & finished about 7 P.M. [p. 79]

27 June 1896 • Saturday

Tooele Weather pleasant I made a hay rack, reach &c & the boys went to Salt Air & got load salt Attended a meeting of the School Trustees in the evening.

28 June 1896 • Sunday

Tooele Weather warm. Alice accompanied me to Clover where we attended meeting & called at Sister Burridge’s at St John & with President Gowans & wife took dinner or lunch. Called on Abram & Polley at ranch in the evening.

29 June 1896 • Monday

Tooele Commenced to cut my volunteer wheat for hay & cut about 8 acres.

303 June 1896 • Tuesday

Tooele Weather warm & windy. I mowed & put up 8 acres or more of volunteer wheat & finished. Attended Trustees meeting in evening.

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Footnotes

  1. [1]This name was a shortened version of a racial slur that was commonly employed by white Americans by the nineteenth century to refer derogatorily to people of African descent. Black Americans strongly objected to the use of the term. The Church Historian’s Press also condemns the use of this word but retains it in document transcripts to accurately present the historical record and to illuminate the oppressive racial landscape faced by Black Americans. Church leaders today have asked Latter-day Saints to “lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice,” which includes rejecting racist language. (Hosea Easton, A Treatise on the Intellectual Character, and Civil and Political Condition of the Colored People of the U. States; and the Prejudice Exercised towards Them: With a Sermon on the Duty of the Church to Them [Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1837], 40–41; Russell M. Nelson, “Let God Prevail,” Ensign, Nov. 2020, 94.)

  2. [2]Richards originally wrote “1” before writing a “2” over it.

  3. [3]Richards originally wrote “2” before writing a “3” over it.