Hiram E. Leonard Diary, March 18 - 24, 1874
“18th Wednesday A fine warme day but muddy I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed about 10 tiard & sick with a cold Caroline & Emma went to prayer meeting.
“19th Thursday A cool day some cloudy & muddy I did my choars was round some the office, closed up at 8 and went to bed about 10 nearly sick worne out Caroline & Emma went to prayer meeting School closed today.
“20th Friday A cool raw day & muddy snow squalled & froz during the night I did my choars was round the office some closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 10 tiard and about sick with a cold etc worne out Caroline Emma & Walla went to the spelling school & exebition & got home about 10 Frank Beardsley threw a stick or wood & hit Walla on the forehead Erastus Garys wife was buried today & hurt him.
“21st Saturday A cool raw morning & day with a light flurry of snow & ground frozen a little I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 10 tiered out & nearly sick with a cold Caroline & Emma Stone & Walla went to prayer meeting & got home about 10 Dennis Connell & Jerome Beardsly finished sawing my wood D Dyre was buried today.
“22nd Sunday A cold morning with a light flurry of snow on the ground & the ground frozen a little A pleasant day with a cool air & muddy I did my choars went to the other place & did some choars, was round home all day a choaring some went to bed about 10 nearly sick with a cold Betsy Billings left D Kenyons today.
“23rd Monday Cold raw disagreeable weather roads muddy and bad I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tiered & sick with a cold Hurbot Willard went to Daniel Kenyons today to keep house for him.
“24th Tuesday cold raw backward weather for March I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick Emma Anesworth come up to her fathers with her folk & Mother.”