histmss-074994-0020

16
February 1898

Tues. 1st
Very cold and windy

Snow drifting badly all day. Farmer's
convention postponed on account of the [ineligible]
brims cold. Bro. C. went to Sandy Spring
to pay some [ineligible], and to Cousin
Joe Stalhis to dinner, where he had a
very good time. brought little from sister
Annie and Mary. They are having a pleas-
ant time. I have been working over the
flowers and helping keep up the fires -
the [ineligible] a little frog we [ineligible] soon thawed
out. we rim the price up to full blast to
midnight. I brought some flowers into
the sitting room and burned a lamp
and stood in the [ineligible]. nothing
[ineligible] [ineligible] though the thermometer is down to
8(degrees) here and grew in some place.

Charlestown

Very cold, windy and blustering. Mother
and I aren't to Mrs. Brown's to get my
watch hand fixed. She left me and I
was to meet her at the P. O. but in my
[ineligible] I went to the wrong "office," one of
the 13!! we called just a minute at
Cousin Fammie, then walked up to the depot.
a bitter time, saw Hannah Hornell. Miss
Letty Carey [ineligible] called. we talked of
books and many things. Mother and
Cousin dellie went out after dinner we [ineligible]-
ed till about 4. When we started out in the
wind. had a funny time. went to Palm-
[ineligible]. I bought my shirt waist to the
China Store, and to Mr. Dave Howell's

16
February 1898

Tues. 1st
Very cold and windy

Snow drifting badly all day. Farmer's
convention postponed on account of the [ineligible]
brims cold. Bro. C. went to Sandy Spring
to pay some [ineligible], and to Cousin
Joe Stalhis to dinner, where he had a
very good time. brought little from sister
Annie and Mary. They are having a pleas-
ant time. I have been working over the
flowers and helping keep up the [ineligible]
the piper a little frog we had soon thawed
out. we rim the price up to full blast to
midnight. I brought some flowers into
the sitting room and burned a lamp
and stood in the [ineligible]. nothing
[ineligible] [ineligible] though the thermometer is down to
8(degrees) here and grew in some place.

Charlestown

Very cold, windy and blustering. Mother
and I aren't to Mrs. Brown's to get my
watch hand fixed. She left me and I
was to meet her at the P. O. but in my
[ineligible] I went to the wrong "office," one of
the 13!! we called just a minute at
Cousin Fammie, then walked up to the depot.
a bitter time, saw Hannah Hornell. Miss
Letty Carey [ineligible] called. we talked of
books and many things. Mother and
Cousin dellie went out after dinner we cur-
ed [ineligible] about 4. When we started out in the
wind. had a funny time. went to Palm-
sarmris-. I bought my shirt waist to the
China Store, and to Mr. Dave Howell's