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Ther. 50^o Cloudy & Rain Wind S.E.
Sat. Dec. 21^st, 1895

Commenced raining at about
10.o'clk this morning & is extremely
disagreeable & stormy, it rained
very hard at intervals towards
evening and up to bed time, with high
wind from S.W. I am afraid Willie
& Fanny will will not get here
owing to the storm. After supper I
walked up to the store for matches
& tobacco.

Ther. 48^o Clear Wind S.E.
Sunday 22^d

I walked up to Sarah Wetherald's to
see Kate Stabler. Willie, Dora, Fanny
& Edwd went to church at Mechanicstille
in the Surry driving "Frank
& Sally. Afternoon they drove over
to "Riverside" & "Eldon" to call and
home to supper. After supper they
went back to "Fairfield" Alice having
telephoned that Miss Cook was
dead: the funeral "tomorrow after
noon."

Ther. 47^o Clear & Cloudy Wind S.E.
Mon. Dec. 23^d, 1895

Willie came & I loaned him "Frank"
& the Surry & harness (double) for him
to take Alice & Fanny to Miss M Cook's
funeral at "Cooksville." Matilda
Tasko was here, bringing the ballance
of Kate Stabler's bill. Edwd worked
at "Sherwood" putting window glass
etc. Afternoon I rode Henderson' "Prince"
to Henson Hopkins to see the "broken legged
boy" again. Robert Blair came and cut
my hair. WIllie Fanny & Alice came from
the funeral & took supper with us after
which they went to "Fairfield."
"Kris Kringle" sent us a nice dressed
turkey.

Ther. 49^o Clear & Cloudy WInd S.E. & N.E.
Tuesday 24^th

Still warm for the time of year.
Sarah Wright brought her grand son
for advice & treatment for an injury
to his right eye. Afternoon Susan
Davis was here for advice & medicine
for Margaret Powell (Wm Powell's wife).
All F Fairall Esq. was at the office for
advice & medicine after dark.