“12th Thursday  rather a fine day some cloudy  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick  Henry Bartholomew & Miss Damon was married today at Aurora & started about noon for Omaha.

“13th Friday  A fine cool day  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ¼  Caroline & Emma Stone, Walla & Frenches girle went out to Oak Park to Mr Clarks on the cars and I stayed alone, they went from Clarks to Chicago.

“14th Saturday  A fine cool day  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick & Agueish  Caroline & Emma Stone & the children came home from Oak Park tonight in stage.

“15th Sunday  A fine cool day & beautiful  I did my choars went to the farm & choared some and went over the corn etc it looked verry weedy and half of it was worth but little  I went to bed about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick  Emma Barrus came up with Olin Resseguie, Barrus & Charles went by in his buggy.

“16th Monday  pretty fine weather  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick.

“17th Tuesday  fine growing weather  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 and went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick.

“18th Wednesday  fine weather for Sept  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick.”