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1876 Nov 18 It has been cloudy all the past week think the sun has not shone once I went to Chicago and it rained most all day 17th Went to Hoards new Hall to see Uncle Tom's cabin played 22 Sent a letter to Aunt M with my Photo in it 23 got our parlor stove put up, also drum and unclear on the two tons coal 24 Attended Mr Curriers funeral -- 28 - 29 pretty cold with some snow, but not enough to make sleiging the roads too rough 30th Thanksgiving Aunt Lucys Josie and I eat turkey at Sam's Corbett and Ada thought they would have a sleigh ride but did not go as far as Ridgland the road was so rough sleighing too poor Dec 4th Sam had poor Flora shot - 5 killed on of their pigs " 6 I went to Chicago got Martha Tea knives -- " 8th - 9th Extremely cold weather Thermometer on the morning of the 9th - 15 degrees below zero, colder than any time last winter " 12 Sam took Versimers old gray home and I went up with him and Eva came back with him I stayed one night at Wm's one night with Mrs Napier and to Willeys the rest of the time untill Sunday (the 17) came home with Corbett and Ada snowed very fast all day 18th Martha's birthday - Richard and Lucy came down after Eva (very cold day) 25 Had Christmas supper at our house Aunt Lucy and Josie took supper with us Oysters was the principle dish Martha, Rena, Allie and I took a short sleigh ride but long enough to decide that it was more pain than pleasure 26 Sam went to Town in sleigh Ett went with and stoped to Dunphy's untill he got back from down Town -- Corbett got frig from Walter -- 29 getting much colder --terible Railroad disaster at Ashtabula O-o over a hundred lost most of them being burned to death