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1868 ) The Morning is verry cloudy & looks like rain The Wind is
Jany )
Sun 26 ) from the South & has turned quite warm
Rus W. Porter came in the evening & stayed all night. It has
Rained Rained all day Not verry hard David Porter & his son Wiliam
R W Porter) has stayed all day with us. Felix is complaining, verry hot
D Porter &(
Son ) fever.
Felix

Mon 27 It is still drisling rain & rained all night The Wind is got
Rain
Cold round in the North & turning verry cold.
Wm
William went to Town verry early
R W Porter)
D Porter ) Rus W. Porter left for Town, after breakfast, David Porter went
to Mr A Fleming's & Thomas went with him, his son William staid
Preston ) with us A month ago Preston borrowed the Broad Axe Not yet
Broad Axe )
returned. Richd got a Good box & is to return it
Richd ) (
Goods Box ) This is a verry dark Cloudy Cold day ) Felix is quite unwell
Weather (
Felix Sick stomach high fever & bowels out of fix he has layed in
the house at the fire all day, quite unwell

Tu 28 The morning is quite cool ground froze Wind from N. W.
Felix is some better eat his breakfast, some.
Sow & ) Cousin David Porter & Son is here. The white Sow had/6pigs last
pigs )
night The red Sow had pigs but they were lost. David Porter &
D Porter )
& Son ) Son went to Sam Neeley's he bot Ab Hanna Jack give $350. Cash

1868 ) The morning is quite cold, cloudy & snowing Wind from N. & N. W.
Jany (
Wed 29th ) William did not git home last night, he is verry bad off with
Wm