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board the steam boat. our beds were spread on the floor but as we were tired we slept soundly. in the night we heard the wolves howling at first we thought it must be Indians 9 very pleasant. Papa started very early for Uncle Charlie's in the stage After he had gone we finished our washing and got out our clohtes In the Afternoon Caroline Dick and I went down on the beach and took our walk. In the evening Ollie Ives called, we did not know him but he soon introduced himself, he is Cousin to Papa and to Stephen Ives 10 very pleasant in the forenoon but in the afternoon it clouded up and at night we had the loudest thunder shower I ever heard and it continued for 4 or 5 hours, spent the day in sewing 11 It was cloudy cold and rainy, we felt very lonesome. Mr Ives called 12th Cold cloudy and very lonesome, spent most of the time in sewing 13th Cloudy in the morning In he evening Mrs Cellop? and husband called on us, they were the landlord and lady of the Racine house 14th Very cold but pleasant day. passed as usual 15th Very cold gain we needed a good fire to set by. In the afternoon I called on Mrs Ives and borrowed 3 books. Toward night Papa returned with Mr Arnold formerly of Providence who spent the night with us just before they came my tooth began to ache and pained me so that I took but little sleep. this was the first time I ever had a real hard toothache 16th I laid in bed all day with Toothache reading whenever I could Rowland Ives called he is Steven's brother. Mr Arnold staid with us to day he was trying to sell his horses and wagon to get money for to pay for his land. he sold them and got 150 dollars in gold. Mr A was a plain honest kind of a man and I really prettied? him while the men were beating him down on his horses. Mr Ives finally got them 17th My tooth was no better and I commenced poulticing it and lay on the bed most of the day. Papa & Mama wrote to you and sent it on by a family that was moving to New Jersey 18 My tooth was better, and I read nearly all day. In the afternoon Mama called on Mrs Ives and her mother Mrs Cox. it was cloudy and unpleasant to day. Toward evening and through it we had a plenty of music At the tavern someone was playing on the flute which was on one side of our house, in the Doctor shop which was on the other side was a clarionette playing and opposite the back room was a house in which someone was playing the french horn. Mr A went home on foot this morning