“9th Thursday  quite warm & dry  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at about 10 tiard & nearly sick.

“10th Friday  fine warm weather but dry cloudy and damp at night & sprinkled some in evening & rained during the night conciderable  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 10 nearly sick.

“11th Saturday  A cloudy damp rainey morning & wet some all the forenoon & broak away some in the afternoon  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 9 tiard & nearly sick with a cold  I saw a light tonight at Kenyons as I thought round his barn or house about one oclock tonight or tomorrow morning it was after the dog barked.

“12th Sunday  A cloudy cool damp disagreeable day  I did my choars choared round some went up to the farm after breckfust & back wrote some and was at the farm at night again went to bed about 9 nearly sick with a cold  Emma Barrus came here Asa Townson came to Mr Kriners & brought old Mrs Barrus to see Barrus & the children they stopped in front of the store agoing home to see me, I went out to see the old lady a few moments  set 3 goos eggs under hen.

“13th Monday  fine weather for the season rather dry  I did my choars choared round all day cloased up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold.

“14th Tuesday  rather fine cloudy growing weather  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick with a cold.

“15th Wednesday  A cloudy rainey growing day  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick with a cold.”