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This morning is cloudy The Wind is quit blowing & some
Fr 11
moderated tho cold yet Childres Esqr & Alford from
Childrfess )
Alford ) Lawrence County came last night & stayed all night William

William did not come home last night but stayed in Town. Cort is in

Judge Ward ) Session Ward Judge. We halled 7 loads of Corn out of the

field next Town put in the Cedar Crib, & 3 yesterday making

10 loads to this time

Dilla M. ) This is Dilla M. Porters birth day, if she was living she
Porter 66 )
would be 66 years old
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The weather has moderated the wind is from the East. Cloudy
Sat 12
Rain & sprinkling rain. We are loosing many of our chickens about

Chickens ) 5 every 24 hours the game ones are mostly dying We had a
dying of )
Cholery ) greate many but they are thined out It is a disease like

Chickens ) Cholery they are purged to death & dye in a few days after
25 or 30 )
Dyed of ) they are taken We have not found any releaf for them yet.
a day )
We have lost some 25 or 30 to this time
Rains
Our little fource is getting Wood to day It is still drizling
William
rain all day dark & cloudy all day. William got home to night

near mid night high winds almost a gale during the night.

The Circuit Cort is in Session
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(See the 11th Inst.) The morning is cloudy Wind S. W. high
Sun 13
Old Winds turned warmer This is my birth day, Seventy five years
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1st Jany old. I once came to the County with my father (in the Winter) 1st
1897
Jany 1807 Just 15 years of age lacking 13 days. I had come