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8th April 4 - planted potatoes below freezing cold cold. clear 9 snow storm 10 4 - planted potatoes below freezing clear Cyclone in Morraine(?) Waverly 11 rain last night 12 cool NWind - did not go to church. snow storm 13 ground white with snow winter like 14th rain + snow storm 15 still raining Lincoln assassinated 16 foggy wind NE 17 heavy rain with thunder last night - rainy to day 18 misty cool - Directors Election - Paid Erastus $50.00 19 still cloudy + dismal cleared off 20 appearance of rain - showery 21 warm + pleasant went to Lulls 22 looks like rain W H Crosby Died 23 rain storm last night E.J. Cornwell + others here yesterday 24 cooler 25 Lester + Nina gone to Peoria - heavy rain thunder 26 clear + cool awful roads 27 a frost - cold + clear 28 rain storm again 29 white frost - cold 30 rain all night May 1st clear + cool - planted late potatoes 2nd cool + clear thunder last night - Mary here 3 clear + cool light showers 4 clear 5 Thunder showers all night + to day 6 cloudy + cool wind E. Colt born 7 ice in bucket - very cold + windy cloudy - Began planting corn 8 10º above froz - clear 9 4º above freezing Lester went to Peoria 10 4º " " clear 11 white frost, clear 12 rainy 13 clear