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Winter preparations about the house, etc -- Evening down town for an hour -- Home again -- Bessie on violin, Sammy on banjo and I on flute had our first grand concert in the kitchen and really did finely -- Bed 10 -- clear but very blustering --
Monday Nov 30
Very cloudy and threatening -- Snow falling on the Sierra -- Bowels still bad -- Took morning train and arrived at Va on time at 11:15 AM -- PM and evening about town -- Bed 12 -- Bowels still bad --
Bennett $2 -- cold -- 1891 Father's old Violin, etc received
Tuesday December 1, 1891
Cloudy and blustering, with occasional spits of snow -- not enough to lay the dust -- Toward evening cleared off -- PM I wrote four letters for WP Bennett & got $2 - Evening mostly at room, reading, writing and researching -- By express this day arrived a box to me containing my father's old violin and packages of Christmas presents for each and all of my family, even to Millie -- That violin is a very interesting old relic -- over 100 years in our family I think -- Bed at 3 --
Wednesday Dec 2
Clear & coldest of season thus far -- froze all day in the shade -- Was about town most of day -- Evening wrote about column of "Outside Observations" -- Bed 12 --
First Snow of Winter -- 8 inches "Outside Observations" -- JF Atwill Dead
Thursday Dec 3
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Cloudy and moderate -- Snow commenced falling on the commencement of Winter about 10 AM & continued right along -- PM about town some -- Evening at Enterprise, reading proof, etc -- Snow 8 inches deep on regular level -- Bed at 2 --
Friday Dec 4
Clear cold & pleasant -- So slippery that I staid at room most of day -- Evening at ball of Young ladies [C.?]P.F. society at Opera House -- Big crowd -- Between 4th & 5th dances 20 of them in red white & blue uniform etc gave military drill on
Young Ladies' Ball -- Cornelia -- Sammy Good Sleighing -- First of Season -- Centennial Asst Paid
stage -- each was armed with light pole or staff about 4 ft long wound specially with red white & blue ribbon -- Very fine exhibition -- Got back to room safely about 11 -- Sharp cold night -- Had a good fire, and penciled 6 pages of a letter to Cornelia acknowledging receipt of violin & presents -- Bed at 4 -- Sleighing excellent all day today, cutters out, grocery deliveries etc on runners --
Saturday Dec 5
Same -- good sleighing continues -- About town some -- Paid my Centennial ass't, $7.50 -- Evening wrote big 7 page letter to Cornelia, responsive, to one long nice one rec'd from her this morning -- etc --
Sunday Dec 6
Room -- Sent Cornelia's letter in one to wife, she to add to & forward -- Evening wrote 3 page letter to son Sammy -- Bed 3 --
Sammy -- More Snow -- The Noss Family
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Monday Dec 7
Cloudy & moderate -- Sleighing continues good -- Was about town during PM -- got off my 3 page letter to Sammy -- Bed 11 -- Clear & cold --
Tuesday Dec 8
Cloudy & blustering from the SW -- Evening, lively snowstorm -- About 4 inches additional snow -- Bed 2 --
Wednesday Dec 9
AM blustering snowstorm -- 3 or 4 inches -- Noon cleared up some -- PM mixed -- PM Bennett of Gold Hill got me to write a letter to Lash & Co Sacramento -- Evening at room reading etc -- Bed 1 -- 24 -- mixed --
Thursday Dec 10
Variable -- About room, etc -- Bed 12 --
Friday Dec 11
Clear & pleasant -- but cold -- About town as usual -- Evening theater -- Noss Family -- About 8 in the best musical and farce entertainment I ever saw -- varied, novel original & 1st rate -- about 1/2 a house -- Deserved a big one -- Bed 1 -- Very cold -- sleighing splendid --
The Old Violin -- Exempt Insult Meeting At Church -- Dined at Connerton's
Saturday Dec 12
Same -- Bed 12 --
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Sunday Dec 13
Cloudy & thawy -- PM took my old father violin up to Jose Salinas to straighten up the finger board, cure a crack in the belly and rub it up generally -- 2 PM I attended regular monthly meeting of the Exempts -- Had a hot argument with Charley Bowman, regarding the cabinet of the Society comparing and he referring to the Pioneer cabinet detrimentally -- After adjournment he wanted to fight me, and in fact threatened to slap my face, applying some very insulting remarks -- But he didn't do it -- Evening I went to the Methodist church services to soothe my feelings -- Then to my room & staid there, reading, writing etc -- Bed a 2 1/2 -- At 4 PM I dined with Mr & Mrs John Connerton at their home
Badly Cut Fingers -- Bennett $2
Monday Dec 14
Clear cool & pleasant -- Bed 1
Tuesday Dec 15
Cloudy & moderate -- Evening in splitting some kindling wood my hatchet slipped & cut off small ends of the thumb and middle finger of left hand -- Bled very profusely & will give me a very inconveniently bad hand for a week or two -- Bed 2
Wednesday Dec 16
Same -- Bed 12
Thursday Dec 17
Same -- PM I wrote five letters for WP Bennett business, family etc -- He paid $2 -
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Bed 1 --
Friday Dec 18
Cloudy -- moderate -- Evening at house of Jose Salinas -- on the Lawn Tennis court -- Taylor at above A -- About my old fiddle -- done nothing with it thus far -- Mrs Capurro there, also an Italian who says is going to marry her shortly -- drink, music, song & much Spanish talk -- Bed 3 --
Snow -- Cold -- Photo of "Goodie" Good Sleighing Continues -- Slippery -- Wilber Dramatic Co in "Planter's Wife" -- Wife & Eunice
Saturday Dec 19
Stormy -- Snow falling started in at noon & continued more or less -- 2 or 3 inches etc -- Letter from wife enclosed a very nice photo of Goodie, presumably executed by Sam -- Evening about town some -- Bed 2 -- Clear & very cold --
Sunday Dec 20
Cloudy & cold -- PM wrote couple of letters for Bennett -- was down town some -- Bed 12
Monday Dec 21
Clear & wintry cold -- About as usual -- Evening Theater -- Wilber Dramatic Co -- good house -- "The Planter's Wife" -- Well played -- Good Co from East -- week engagement -- Bed 1 -- 20[degrees] Fine sleighing still continues -- Very slippery --
Tuesday Dec 22
Variable and blustering -- Forefathers Day -- Wrote letters to wife and to Eunice -- Evening theater -- "Streets of New York" -- Excellent -- Good house -- Bed 12 --
