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Clear. High Wind.
Ther. 35^o Wed. Jan. 26^th 1898. Wind. N.W.

Wind commenced blowing about four
o'clock this a.m. & continued to increase
in violence until towards noon. When
it closed an outside shutter in our room
with such violence as to break two panes
of glass out; one in upper & one in lower
sash. We exchanged the sash from the
South window in room over office for the
ones broken. I sharpened the wood saw
J.J. Shoemaker called to say he was about
to stop taking milk past here on Monday
next: taking it hereafter to Ed. P. Thomas instead
of to W. W. Moore's as heretofore.
I went over to Mrs Robison's towards evening
Wrote to F Hewett about wood.

Clear.
Ther. 28^o Thurs. Jan. 27^th 1898. Wind. N.W.

Clear & colder this morning. The
wind having gone down in the night.
I walked up to A. F. Fairall's shop and
he mended the boot heel that was knocked
off in my fall down the kitchen
stairs. Afternoon Willie called on his
way back from Washington, where
he had been to take Alice Peirce
who has gone to Alexandria on a
visit. Edwd went to the store and
to the baker's. Sarah Dent Thornton
called & paid balance for her
daughter. Frank Hewett called
at the office door & promised to
bring us a cord of wood tomorrow
"if the weather was fit". Alma
Gilpin came to Mrs Robison's in
afternoon stage.