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Ther. 35° Cloudy. Wind. S.E.
Monday, Jan. 4,^th 1897

Still cloudy and threatening without
rain. Jno. Ed Hill came & worked
1/2 a day at the tree at toll house.
Annual Meeting of Insurance Co.
was largely attended. Mrs J. Bryan
was here for advice & medicine.

She brought 1 1/2 bushels of potatoes
& 1 bushel of turneps. Mrs Frank Downey
was here & had a tooth extracted.

Afternoon Willie came & helped Edwd
haul down wood from the toll house
using "Charley" & Henderson's cart.

August Bulwar was here & went
over his account on my books:

Edwd went to "Fairfield" with Willie
to spend the night. I went to the store
& P.O. several times. & to the mill
for flour. Lizzie Scott was here to
see Dora.

Ther. 37° Cloudy & Clearing Wind. N.W.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1897

It rained several showers last night
about midnight Jno Ed Hill and
John Rounds came this morning to
breakfast and worked all day.

I drove over to "Fairfield" & brought
Edwd home. After lunch I walked
over to John Bentley's to see about
getting his cart & oxen to haul
down the wood to the wood pile
from the toll house. leaving a
"biscuit block" for Mrs Walter
Brooke. After Supper Edwd went
to the Lyceum to an entertainment.