[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] ...Elder John Taylor furnished us with 3 sleighs and we all rode & Called upon Orson Pratts family & spent a few moments with them. We also rode through the City & Called upon the Mayor A. O. Smoot & took some Home made wine with him. We then called upon Govornor Durkee who greeted us with Great Welcome.... (1)
-- Jan 22, 1866
[Brigham Young Letter] If you should wish to take the building I should place a gentleman, a Mason, to preside in the Building and maintain the customary regulations. There has never been any smoking, drinking or swearing allowed in the building, and where (25) persons chew, it has never been admissable for them to spit on the floor. To the strict enforcement of these regulations, from the first opening of the building until the present, I attribute the reputation which the Hall has gained among the people. On these conditions you can have the Hall. (2)
-- Mar 13, 1866
[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 13 14, 15 & 16 I spent the time on my farm getting out Manure & sowing wheat. We put in 5 1/4 acres.
I came home in the Evening of the 16 & found Brother Edward Tullidge raving mad. He was at the City Hall in the hands of the poliece. He had been writing or Compiling my own Autobyography for nearly two years. Of late he had been drinking vary hard & writing Theatrical Plays. He now imagins himself the great Bridegroom & many other foolish things. (1)
-- Mar 16, 1866
Wilford Woodruff writes, "found Brother Edward Tullidge raving mad. He was at the City Hall in the hands of the poliece. He had been writing or Compiling my own Autobyography for nearly two years. Of late he had been drinking vary hard & writing Theatrical Plays. He now imagines himself the great Bridegroom & many other foolish things." (3)
-- Oct 7, 1866
Brigham Young tells general conference: "Not six months before the death of Joseph, he called his wife Emma into a secret council, and there he told her the truth, and called upon her to deny it if she could. He told her that the judgments of God would come upon her forthwith if she did not repent. He told her of the time she undertook to poison him, and he told her that she was a child of hell, and literally the most wicked woman on this earth, that there was not one more wicked then she. He told her where she got the poison, and how she put it in a cup of coffee; said he, 'You got that poison so and so, and I drank it, but you could not kill me.' When it entered his stomach he went to the door and threw it off. He spoke to her in that council in a very severe manner, and she never said one word in reply. I have witnesses of this scene all around, who can testify that I am now telling the truth. Twice she undertook to kill him." (3)
Footnotes:
1 - Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - Letters of Brigham Young--Excerpts, 1856-1866, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
LDS History Chronology: the Word of Wisdom
Mormon Timeline: the Word of Wisdom
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
