“30th Thursday  cold winter weather  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed about 9 ½  Mrs Ira Herrick was buried at Wheaton today  Manford preached funeral sermon at 2 oclock.

“31st Friday  pretty cold winter weather  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  Rena Jones & her husband came from Iowa  got here tonight.

“February 1st Saturday  A cold winter day  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick.

“2nd Sunday  A fine clear beautiful pleasant day with a kean cold air, a bad Candlemus day  I did my choars choared round some and was up to the other places some called at Kenyons, and went to bed about 9 nearly sick with a cold  clear Candelmus  Miss Godrey and Mary Tart called here about 3 ¼ in afternoon  Spader & wife & Mrs Ackerson went out to Josh Staffords.

“3rd Monday  rather fine weather for winter but cold  I did my choars choared round some closed up at about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold.

“4th Tuesday  fine cold winter weather  I did my choars choared round some closed up about 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  Mrs Nancy Warren died tonight at 10 oclock in evening amost 88 years old 88 next Sunday.

“5th Wednesday  pretty fine winter & more pleasant  I did my choars choared round, closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  Mrs Wolf had a daughter born tonight  Earnest Wolff’s wife  John Billings came here.”