Hiram E. Leonard Diary, April 17 - 23, 1873

“17th Thursday  A cool cloudy disagreeable day & snowed conciderable in afternoon  I did my choars choared round some closed up about 8 and went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold [in margin] it snowed conciderable during the afternoon.

“18th Friday  A cold muddy disagreeable day  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold.

“19th Saturday  rather a fine cool day but muddy  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ sick with a cold etc.

“20th Sunday  rather a fine cloudy day with a cold air & looked some like a storm or showers  I did my choars choared & worked up to the other place all the forenoon called at Dadys as I came home he was _______ came home choared some wrote etc went to bed about 9 tiard & nearly sick with a cold etc [in margin] a cold backward spring.

“21st Monday  cold raw backward weather for the season  I did my choars choared round some closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 tiard  nearly sick with a  cold.

“22nd Tuesday  cold backward weather  I did my choars choared round the house some closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a  cold.

“23rd Wednesday  cold raw disagreeable weather  I did my choars choared round the store some closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ about sick.”