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1878 May 19th Have had another awful rain but the weather is a little warmer have not been to Leyden this spring the roads have been unclear 23 Went to Centenial Hall to violin concert awful Tornado in Wisconsin 26 Sam and Etta went to Lombard -- Will and Martha went to Thomase's -- Richard Lucy the three children and Lura came down here -- Ada came to help me get dinner 29 Miserable cold rain all day -- thought it would snow before morning but in the morning it cleared off and was a fine day though pretty cool Martha Rena and I went with Aunt Lucy and Josie to Rose Hill cemetery to Decoration 31 a little warmer -- planted VT cucumber seeds June 1st Ada and Rena went to Chicago -- 2d rained all day 3d Sam's folks moved down to Fred Priest's house 8th Another cold miserable rain -- Sam commenced cultivating potatos yesterday 13 I went to Chicago stayed all night to Pelten s -- called at Dunphy next day June 15 Sam Ett and I went to Chicago in wagon warmest day of the season June 20 Ada Etta and I went to Leyden for the first time this spring I stayed untill the 23 when Richard Lucy and their three children came to our house and we all went over to Aunt Lucy s to eat strawberry supper 25 Sister Dunphy came out here for the first time since my return from VT she stayed untill the 28th