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1869 ) The morning is clear Warm Wind E. The Croppers are verry
May (
Tu 4 ) busy planting there Corn & Cotten & has fine weather for it.
Crops (
Wm Hodge ) William Hodge was out in my woods Lott he came to the house
set a while looked at my guns & my Smoke house & give me a box
of Superior percussion caps & went on to find a big frog or
J. Webster)
& daughter) Sqirls &c &c
James Webster & daughter came in the evening & stayed all night
0 moderate passage

Wed 5 The morning is mostly clear tolerable high Winds. S. W. &
S. E. & S. & quite warm & blustery
Circuit Cort)
Hughs Judge) The Circuit Court is in Sission Commenced last Monday Hughs
Rain & (presiding Judge Heavy storm & rain this evening with thunder
Storm )
Monk (Not much rain no passage to day
See entry 6)

Th 6 The morning is dark & cloudy after the heavy wind & rain yes-
The storm) terday it blew down a greate many trees an old man & crippled
W J Sanders)
by the name of W. Sanders & a conniction of the Pillows &
Johnsons came & stayed all night Seems to be a good deal
palsied & had been drinking give him Camphor & No 6 several
times this morning we had to stop giving it. I am trying to
git him off back to Town if I can, tho he dont want to go
William has taken him in the bugga
A. M. Harrison from Lawrence came & stayed with us last night
he has drank him self until he is nearly gone I have had no