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TABLE OF DAYS BETWEEN TWO DATES A TABLE OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN ANY TWO DAYS WITHIN TWO YEARS. (chart transcriber is unclear how to transcribe) The above table applies to ordinary years only. For leap year, one day must be added to each number od days after February 28. EXAMPLE-To find the number of days between June 3, 1802 and February 16, 1803,. The figures opposite the third day in the first June colune are 154; those opposite the sixteenth day in the second February column are 412. Subtract the first from the second product--i.e., 154 from 142, and the result is 258, the numnber of days between two dates. Weight per Bushel of Grain, Etc. The following Table shows the number of pounds per bushel required, by the law of custom, in the sale of articles specified in the several States of the Union: (chart transcriber is unclear how to transcribe0 Carrying Capacity of a Freight Car. This Table is for Ten-Ton Cars. Whiskey ..... 60 barrels Salt ............ 70 " Lime ...........70 " Flour ...........90 " Eggs ...........130 to 160 " Flour ...........200 sacks Wood ...........6 cords Cattle ........... 18 to 20 head Hogs ............ 50 to 60 " Sheep ........... 80 to 100 " Lumber .........6,000 feet Barley ...........300 bushels Wheat ...........340 " Flax Seed ...... 370 " Apples ........... 360 " Corn .............. 400 " Potatoes ......... 430 " Oats ............... 680 " Bran .............. 1,000 " Butter ............ 20,000 pounds
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25th—
14th Book. 1898.
Mary Briggs Brooke.
"Falling Green." January 1- '98
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1 January. 1898.
Sat. 1st Windy and cold. New Years Day. Immediately after breakfast Father and Mother drove over to Brookeville to take the butter sending it to town in the creamery wagon. They came home by Olney and brought the mail. Aunt Eliza feeling badly, and did not come down till dinner time. Uncle Dr. and Charlie called. In the afternoon Mr. Chichester came. and after tea Father and Mother walked up to Mr. Machalle. the little baby is very ill with pneumonia. I made ginger cakes.
Sun. 2. Cold. Father, Mother and Auntie Brooke went to Meeting to cousin Joe Stabler to dinner, and to Mr. J. T. Moores to call. Aunt Eliza and I worked about read and wrote. Agnes left right after dinner and we were all alone for a while. How much I miss my dear Cissy these days that we were to spend together, - no one can know - and how can she come home some where else? A quiet evening reading and writing.
Mon. 3. Clear and cold. Blue Monday. Father went to the Insurance meeting, dined at Cloverly, took Aunt Eliza as far as Olney on her way to Mindon. Mother Auntie B. and I drove over to Brookeville, and worked all day. Finished up, and the house looks so sweet and pretty - A letter from Sister
