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1877 [June 7] Feb. 1st built a chimney for John A. warm + bad roads 2nd still beautiful weather 6th tearing down our old house + repairing it 10th still beautiful weather 11th sent a card to Junius - road getting good(?) 12th warm weather over - cold N.W. wind - let Lull have $50.00 17th clear handsome weather. Lester + wife in Peoria on a visit roads dusty Alonson(?) Stout Died. Lester had a cow killed by Mr. Roths cattle 20th [June 8] subpoenaed as witness at Morton - gave in deposition on C.L. Whits Estate 20 examination concluded - warm dry & dusty - Charles Waters her on a visit yesterday 22nd warm & smokey Indian Summer 23º Rainy & snow flakes - Paid Taxes $7.00 - Gideon H. Rupert Died worth $100,000 26th Fanny & Augustus here. Lester hired __ began work at noon - warm spring weather 28th 12º below freezing clear & pleasant A [June 9] protracted meeting in progress. 1st March cloudy appearance of storm Rev. Cornelison from Washington preached last one Judge Lorick exhausted(?) - sawed my wood pile. Harriet + Carl Emerson visited us - towards night it began to rain 2nd ground white with snow - winter like - last sunday Dr. Wm. S. Maus(?) Died an old settler 3d NE snow storm 4th Mar 4º below zero snow 3 or 4 in deep clear winter again.