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1887 March 6th Will got home from California - Sam came same day. Rena joined the Methodist Church. had a snowstorm 4th Sunday 13 we have had fine weather all the week but last night it turned cold - March 20th been real cold for a week. frost - Sam started for Wis. got back the 24th sloped? Lake City Fri March 25 Flora came out there 27 snowed all day real freezing cold night - 28 Flora went home - we had wild goose dinner Mr and Mrs Myall and Sam here March 29th I went to Chicago stayed all night at George Dunphy's went to see Dr Forite - Sun Mar 3d Same - John - Martha and I went up to Richards - very warm pleasant day roads dry and good sometime in the night -- it turned cold froze hard Mon 4th a wretched cold day with high winds - 5 a little milder Thurs Mar 7 got the terrible news that Corbett's house was burned to the ground but thanks to a merciful Providence and the dogs their lives were all saved Same started home the same night at eleven o clock - Mon 11 Richard - Lucy and Nellie called awhile - ' ' 14 lumber hauled for Myall s summer kitchen ' ' 16 John got Buggy from Pebbles. Martha went to Chicago got new clothes and hat for Nellie? -- Sun 17 they rose to Church in the new carriage - it was so cold started fire again in my room it had been out for a week thought I should not need it any more untill next fall.