“14th Thursday  A cold cloudy snow squalley day quite like winter  I did my choars choared round some closed up about 8 and went to bed about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick with a cold  Joseph horse taken sick.

“15th Friday  rather a cold snow squally day & a conciderable like winter  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tiard and nearly sick with a cold  Ben carried the mail.

“16th Saturday  rather a cold day but more pleasant  I did my choars cloased up at 8 and went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  John R Grant came tonight.

“17th Sunday  rather a fine day but some cloudy with a cool air some snow on the ground  I did my choars was up to the farm a part of the day went to bed about 9 nearly sick with a cold  John R Grant was here tonight and let me have a deed of his ½ of the H Brown lotts & I paid him 60 dollars.

“18th Monday  pretty good fall weather but cold  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 sick  [in margin] horse disease.

“19th Tuesday  fine winter weather  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at nearly sick with a cold  old Mr Selenharke got killed by the railroad engine on the track.

“20th Wednesday  rather fine weather but cool  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold.”