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damp weather verry disagreeable Snow 4 or 5 Inches deep The
Sleet & Ice is bending breaking the limbs of the trees. The
whole woods looks like a sheet of Ice this morning
Sulliven )
Lamar ) I was visited this morning by Wm Sullivan & Lamar officers
The sun made its appearance for a little while about one oclock
Thos L. P.) The wind continues in the E. S. E. Thomas L. Porter came home
with William & stayed all night I sent by him a notice to
Adaline ) Adaline Porter (Col) that she had to give up her house & c She
Notice )
took it verry hard

Th 2d The morning is cloudy Wind has been high all night & yet
Snow continues high from the S. E. The Snow continues melting fast
The sun broke out & shined verry beautiful about 12½ oclock
Plim My son Thomas went off & forgot his wawtch t his morning. Caleb
killd with my gun a rabbit & Plim killed one. Plim is making
fires & feeding

Fr 3 The morning is mostly clear Wind high & from E. S. E. the
Jack & ) Snow is quite all gone I sent Plim and Jack with a load of
Plim )
wood with the 2 wagons sold it for $2.50 each Cousin R. W.
R W Porter) Porter came home with William at night My son Thos has drove
Thos. L. his cows up on there way to the Crofford place. Thomas L. &
they are stopping here

1868 ) The morning is clear calm & quite warm George Porter (Col)
Jany (
Sat 4 ) is salting up 309 lbs of pork in my Smoke house he bot at 8 cts
George
pork per lb making $24.72 he give for it. Cousen Russ is on his way
R W Porter