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farmers etc -- Hard looking lot -- Evening I attended their show at Opera House -- Big audience & very good performance, of the amusing character -- Bed at 1 --

Tuesday April 14

Variable & cold -- Morning light snowstorms -- About town in the PM -- Bed 11:30 --

Wednesday April 15

Cloudy & cold -- Evening a light rain storm laid the dust a little -- Was about town more or less -- Bed 12 -- Stocks booming Con Va 14 1/2, etc

Snow Stox up WP Bennett

Thursday April 16

Same -- Evening a heavy snowstorm for an hour or so -- not cold -- About 2 inches of snow on ground at 12 when I went to bed -- still snowing, lightly --

Friday April 17

Moderate and stormy -- Several rain and snow squalls during the day -- about 3 inches of snow on the ground this morning, but melted off rapidly -- very muddy -- Stocks still up & likely to go higher -- Bed at 1 --

Saturday April 18

Variable -- Bed at 12 -- Stox a little off today --

Sunday April 19

Same but pleasant -- about as usual -- WP Bennett of Gold Hill got on to me in the PM and piled a big job of cranky writing about a book he is going to print before long -- Evening at room, Bed at 12 --