Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1885 Diary
jan 7 I haw1ed a load of hay on donation for the Manti temple workman in
Canal crick canyon 1iveing at the time in Spring City Sandpete Co.
thu 8 went to Chester to co1ect debts for Elisha who is on a mission to
the Southern States
sun 11 did not go to meeting till evening
mon 12 i took wheat to the mill to get it choped for myself
tus 13 i went to Chester to get a cow for Elisha
wed 14 was sick ½ day in the afternoon i went to Chester to lead hay for
to take to sturling for Elisha
fri 16 got as far as Ephram with the and so -
sat 17 got to Stirling
Sun 18 tended meeting
mon 19 came home
tus 20 i kiled a pig
wed 21 worked on a slay
thi 22 i went to Chester to kill pigs
fri 23 i went to Stirling to get harty to come home
sat 24 came home
sun 25 tended meeting in Spring City
mon 26 i went after wood
tus 27 i choped wood for harden allred
thi 29 i went to Chester after wheat for hatty
fri 30 took the grain to the store for her
sat 31 went after wood.
February
sun 1 i tended meeting in Spring City
mon 2 loaded up tithing grain 26 bushels and went to Chester
tus 3 went to manti with it and took hatty home
wed 4 i oame from Petty Villy
tui 5 tended fast meeting
fri 6 went to Chester after wheat
sat 7 worked on my slay
sun 8 i tended meeting in Spring City mon
9 i worked on my slay
tus 10 called to administer to cary my brothers wife
wed 11 i finished my slay
March
thir 19 i worked house rent to hardin allred
fri 20 i worked sanfert allred who is on a mission
sat 21 in the afternoon i worked for Sambunel
sun 22 i did not tend meeting for mary was sick
mon 23 i went to Chester to work for hay
fri 27 i went to moroni
sat 28 i went after wood for Hans Nielson 1 1/2 lb of wheat
sun 29 i did not go to meeting
mon 30 i went to Chester and kiled a pig for father
tus 31 i went after wood for HN 4 bu of wheat
April
wed 1 i delivered the wood for H N and went to Spring City
thu 2 i went to Chester
fri 3 i don nothing it stormed
sat 4 i went to Spring City after a load of things i was mooving
sun 5 i tended meeting in Chester
mon 6 i don nothing it rained
tus 7 i worked for rr allred and payed 150 on the horses (he meant $1. 50)
wed 8 i went to Spring City after a load of furineture
thi 9 worked around. home
fri 10 i urned 3 bushels wheat HN
sat 11 i went over west and fetched 15
sun 12 i tended Meeting in Chester
mon 13 i worked for H N diging ditch urned 2 bushels of wheat
tus 14 i worked ditch doe H N 2 bushel wheat
wed 15 i --half' a day 1 1/2 wheat
thi 16 i dug on the ditch 2 bu wh
fri 17 i dug on the ditch 2 bu
sat 18 i hauled a? load of wood for father worth 3 bushel of wheat
sun 19 i went to meeting in Chester
mon 20 i worked half a day for H N for one bushel wheat
tus 21 i dun nothing for it was stormy wether
wed 22 i dug on the ditch for H N and urned 1 bushel and a half of wheat
thi 23 i worked for father and urned 3 bushel of otes
fri 24 i urned 4 bushel of otes
sat 25 i urned 1 bushel of otes by father
sun 26 i went to Spring City and tended Meeting there
mon 27 i worked for H N and urned 2 bushel of wheat by working on the public ditch
tus 28 i worked on the publio ditch and urned 2 bushels of wheat H N
wed 29 i made ready for the canion to go after poasts
thi 30 i started for fountain green after poasts
June
fri 12 prepared for the canyon
sat 13 went to Fountain green for poasts and fetched 50
sun 14 tended meeting in Chester
mon 15 i went to Ephriam
tus 16 mad a wagon tong
wed 17 i went to Ephram to get my wagon
thi 18 let H N have five foolers of poasts and worked me and team and
urned 4 bushel of wheat fri 19 worked for H N and urned 2 bu of wheat
sat 20 i made a brake for my wagon
sun 21 i tended meeting in Spring City
mon 22 i don nothing for it rained part of the day
thi 25 i went to Fountain Green after poasts came home with 50 poasts
fri 26 made a wagon tongue
sat 27 tended priesthood meeting at Ephram
sun 28 i tended meeting in Chester
mon 29 i went to Spring City with 30 poasts john allred
tus 30 i made ready to go after posts
July
wed 1 i went to Fountain green after posts and fetched 60 came back fri
3 sun 5 i tended meeting in Spring City
Mon 6 i went to fountain green after posts and came back
wen 8 with 50 posts
thi 9 i went to mount pleasant to the jubelee
fri 10 i hauled lucern for H N s
at 11 hawled lucern for H N for what i have used
sun 12 i tended meeting in Chester
Mon 13 i went to the saw mill after slabs to pay on my wagon debt
tus 14 took them to Ephraim and let H N have fore doolers and 4O¢ worth of posts
wen 15 i went to the mill after slabs for my wagon debt
thi 16 i took them to Ephraim making 8 $ that i have payed on my debt wagon
fri 17 i did not do nothing
sat 18 i went to the canyon after posts and fetched 30
sun 19 i did not tend meeting because my wife fell out of the bugy and got hurt
mon 20 i don nothing but staying home with wife
tus 21 i went after posts and fetched 20 and some wood
wen 22 i took 30 posts down to allred and took 25 posts to Andrew Anderson
thi 23 i went to the canyon and fetched 36 posts for allred
sat 25 i went to the canyon and fetched 37 posts
mon 27 i went to the after posts and fetched 37
tus 28 i went to the hay meeder to cut hay on shares it took me till the 22
of August to get through i urned 10 tons of hay
August
sun 23 i tended meeting in Chester
mon 24 i went to the Basen
tus 25 i worked aroung home
wen 26 i went to cradles otes for father
sun 30 i tended meeting in Spring City
September
tus 1 cradled otes for father
wen 2 i went to the canyon after polls and fetched 33
thi 3 i cradled otes for father
fri 4 i went to the canyon after polls and fetched 32
sat 5 i went to the mountain to find my coalts but did not find them and did not
cume home till sunday night
mon 7 my wife was confined and gave birth to a girl (Mary)
tus 8 i stayed at home
wen 9 i went to mill
thi 10 i worked for H N and urned 2 ½ bu of wheat
fri 11 worked a half a day for H N and urnled 1 ½ ' bu of wheat and my
sorl mare had a coalt
sun 13 i did not go to meeting i stayed home
mon 14 i staked grain for hans nielson and urned 2 bushels of wheat
tus 15 2 bu of wheat
wen 16 i hawled lucern with my team urned 3 bushels of wheat
sat 19 i took a load of hay to Ephiram to pay larson what i owed him
sun 20 i tended meeting in Chester
mon 21 i went after a load of wood
tus 22 i went to mount pleasent to settle a debt that i owed s j nielson
wen 23 i loded up a load of hay to take to hatty
thi 24 i took a load of hay to petty vill to hatty
fri 25 come back
sat 26 don nothing stormed