“9th Wednesday  fine weather for the season  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism & a cold  I brought my cows down today & T. W. Watson bought my speckled heifer & took her from home  he paid 25 dollars for her.

“10th Thursday  fine weather for December & dry  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism & a bad cold   Caroline Mary & Mrs Tart went to Naperville in the stage & back again.

“11th Friday  fine dry pleasant weather for Dec  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  Daniel Kenyon took my red heafer up to this house today to keep a while.

“12th Saturday  A fine dry mild day for Dec  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 sick with the rheumatism  buck with the sheep.

“13th Sunday  A cloudy day & sprinkled a little about noon looked like rain  I did my choars went to the farm & back wrote some & went to bed about 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  Caroline was about sick.

“14th Monday  fine winter weather  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick with the rheumatism & cold  Edward Mulnix went to Chicago with Eliza Perry.

“15th Tuesday  fine weather for Dec  verry dry  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism & a bad cold  Edward Mulnix & Eliza Perry came back from Chicago today.”