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9th Dec. 1885 birth day 78 yrs old - WH Vanderblot died of paralysm(?) - stormed all night - rain hail + snow 10 6º above zero 11 party at Lulls 12 snow storm cold 13th snow 6 in last night - 8 in in St. Louis 14 1º below zero - bitter cold 15 Lester gone to Lulls - sawing wood 16 clear - Christine Naffring(?) here money(?) 17 clear. Nuche___ putting up ice 18 18º above zero very frosty 19 attended Marys birth day party 20 clear cold 21 do. 22 thawed all night 23 spring weather - snow gone - gone to Peoria 24 cooler cloudy 25 Christmas clear Dined at Augustas 26 sawed wood ha_ to day 27 cool 28 misty 29 Dense fog - rain last night 30 rain all night - muddy 31 cloudy - gloomy day 1st Jan. 1886 cooler 2 cloudy warm _____ (Erastus?) birth day 35 years 3 rainy 4 ground white with snow 3º freezing 5 snow storm Wind N.W. Funeral in Morton 6 12º below freezing - rough roads.