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26 degrees_° Sleet - Cloudy & "Drizzle" N. E.
January Thursday, 16 1879
Lebaine (colored teacher) called.
Exceedingly disagreeable day.
Went to Mrs Scott's & to Ashton. Ernest
dined here. Sent Israel to Scott's & got
2 (two) barrels of corn (on the cob) H T Lea
took tea with us & I prescribed for him.

23d Clear & Cloudy
Friday, 17
Took Willie & went to Mechanicville
had medicine trunk altered & got Zinc for
sleigh dash - Afternoon Fannie Dickinson
& Hallie Lea brought Fanny's children &
I vaccinated them.[...] Mc Farland:
came home with Charley & they (with some
other youths) went after tea, over to "Wall's
Cross Roads." After tea spent evening
in re-arranging & labeling & refilling
bottles in my medicine & instrument
trunk

25.Cloudy Sa turday, 18 S. E.
Disagreeable day. Went to office & store
at Ashton brought little Richard home
with me Mrs [Jno] King called. Made sled
for Willie. Ernest took tea with us -
Charley went home with Ernest to
spend the night after closing the
store

26° Cloudy
January Sunday, 19 1879
About home all day. Loaned Express
wagon to Remus Johnson. Ernest brought
Charley home about noon. Afternoon I
took his sister a drive with the buggy
& horses. Ed: Bentley up at the store
with Charley & announced his engagement
to cousin Hallie Chandlee.
Willie went to store with C for cakes &
sugars about dusk where he went to make
up the mail.

11 Clear Monday, 20 N. W.
Extremely cold feeling day, in consequence
of the wind. Went to store
at S. S & to Ashton & office. Had irons made
for Willie's "coasting sled". About home all the
afternoon.

18° Clear Tuesday, 21 S. W.
Went to office [...] Nesbitt (from W Lea's)
called at office for advice for infant
& Bro: C. called on his way to Rockville.
Afternoon Marg [Kummer] came to spend
a few days with Dora - Henson Plummer
called for advice & need for infant -
Charley got new "coasting sled" home -