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home untill the 23, weather very cold people sleigh riding in town. 24. school commenced. 26. Thanksgiving clear beautiful day

 1st Clear beautiful day Colista Irish married.

2 Cloudy raw wind cold disagreeable day. 11. Clark and Martha started for west creek 13 Clear warm pleasant day. 21. Clark and Martha got back from west creek 25 Clear warm pleasant day cooked a turkey had James and Delia to help eat it 1858 Jan 1st Went up to James to eat New Years dinner in the evening the girls went to Mr Beaubins to a dance, 4 Clark went to Chicago with the first load of twisted hay. 10, Rain and wind very disagreeable day 14 Adeline went to Cazenovia to a ball, 20. went to Mr Penoyers March 4 Mr Gallups folks came here and Alex Beaubins Feb 22 Adaline went to Dinchmans Point to a ball with Edward Alger March 10. snow going off. 15. Snow all gone, very warm some rain 12 Hermans folks ^moved out of their house and Mr Willeys folks moved in 18 Clear beautiful day. birds are singing Prairie chickens crowing so pleas[ant] can hardly stay in the house 20. Wind in the east ?inning very unpleasant day. 24. sewed Lettuce and Tomatoes April 2 Had a party at our house. 6. Planted Peaches and Plums 14 Girls went to the Town House to a Pick Nic Party. Marietta taking 15 Doctor came to see Etta. 17. Planted Cucumbers and potatoes, and set currant bushes. 18 Etta much better Doctor came to see her had teeth extrated 22. Adaline and I went to Marys and stayed two nights heard of Hellens death. had hard frost 28. Papered the middle room May 2 Grass up enough so cattle nearly get their living. Plum trees and currants and Gooseberry in blossom cherries and Apples all budded. Mr Paul came after me to go to Chicago Mary sick. 26. Mrs. Dexter moved off 27 Moved the house. 3 Mr Amick and Gray came out here June 6 All went to the river water clear up to Mr David Robbinsons house 11 Mrs Pelton was here 16 Had first strawberries 17 Painted the kitchen 18 Mr Lilly came out here to tell us of Marys death 19 attended Marys Funeral stayed untill J Z came home had seven hot. very days every day g 29 Went to Chicago to Garden City House With Mr Kline July 4 Clear beautiful day cool wind from the north Mr Robbins fath came here 5 Very pleasant bees swarmed All went down to Mr Beaubins to a Pick Nic in the evening Girls went to a dan[ce] 8 First new Potatoes and cherry Pudding very pleasant