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hogs & Stock out. George & Jim made out the day or nearly.
William finished making his boots shaved put on clean close
& went to Town he has had but little to say to me since
Monday night.

Th 8 The mornign is cloudy, looks like rain, quite calm & cool.
I was quite unwell all night sore throat some fever all
night bad cold rested badly all night. The Cropers are
Smokey )
Weather ) all verry busy There is verry considerable smok like the woods
was on fire some where & it has turned quite warm

1869 ) The morning is cloudy Warm & calm Cloudy & like for rain,
April (
Fr 9 ) yesterday & last night
Spectacles) I accidentally broke one of the Glasses eyes of my Gold spectacles
broke (
(0) ) in opening the deask lid this mornign about 9 A. M. (0)
George H. (
$2.00 ) I let George H. have $2.00

Sat 10 ( The mornign is a little cloudy Wind tolerable high, South &
Wm )
Thos & ( quite warm
Hamon )
William, Thos & Hamon went to D. H. Henry's Mill fishign verry
early this morning
I have Just learned that our old neighbour William Jaggers
W. Jaggers)
Dyed ( dyed of cold & Numons to day having been confined sick from
To day. )
last Sunday night he is about 78 years old or a little over it
he has always been a kind harted neighbour, has been living
near & in sight of me for about 40 years he has raised a large