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Cloudy
Ther. 26^o THURS. DEC. 8^th, 1898 Wind N.W.
Still colder this morning, but
cloudy most of the day & looks
like more snow. I telephoned to
Dr Geo Cook that I could not go
with him to Washington tomorrow
as had been proposed.
Afternoon Snowden Thompson
called. I went to the mill, and
to the store & P.O. twice. I found
a box of natural leaf tobacco
of fine quality from Mr W^m E Lewis
at the store for me; it was
sent from Rockville by stage
by Frank Fairall. A. F. Fairall Esq
kindly obtained it for me from
Mr Lewis (who is a friend of his)
I was much pleased with some that
Esq F gave me that I got him to order
a lot for me of the same kind
Mrs Robison came in after supper
Edwd drove over to "Eldon" this morning
to bring sister H to spend the day, but it was
so cold & windy she was afraid to venture out
and did not come

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Clear
Ther. 20^o FRI. DEC. 9^th, 1898 Wind N.W.
Bright and clear and frosty.
Edwd & Bessie & Frank Robison
left here at 7. o'clk this morning
(in the surry) to drive to Kensington
where they leave the horse &
carriage & go into Washington.
Went to P.O. W. I. Parker took lunch
with us. I went to the P.O. My pension
check came in the mail; went to the
mill where Henderson cashed it for me
and I paid him $5.00 for the wood I
bought of Snowdens Thompson and 50.@
for a sack of flour. Went to village
and paid Alan Farquhar for hog
& filling out my pension papers brought
home my box of natural leaf tobacco
sent by W^m E Lewis from "Clarksburg".
Edwd & the young folks from next
door reached home about 7. o'clk
p.m.