Hiram E. Leonard Diary, August 3 - 9, 1870

“3rd Wednesday  rather fine warm weather  I did my choars choared round office & wrote some closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick & worne out with the hot weather  Caroline went to Aurora with G Barrus, he went after a girle for Earnest Woolf Gary cutting hay for George up to Pollard [in margin] Caroline went to Aurora Jerry F Pollard was tite and laid on my steps.

“4th Thursday  rather a fine pleasant day  I did my choars and choared round the office some etc closed up at 8 ½ and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.

“5th Friday  rather pleasant weather but dry & pretty hot  I did my choars was at the office all day & choared some closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.

“6th Saturday  rather a fine warm day, a cloudy night & began to rain some time during the night  I did my chaors was at the office all day closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ old Mrs Cooper towards Batavia died this morning at about 2 oclock.

“7th Sunday  A cloudy morning & rained steddy & shower the most of the day, a fine rain  I did my choars choared round the office more or less wrote some went up to the farm came back & went to bed at about 9 nearly sick, we went up to the farm to Barrus towards night or about 3 oclock stayed till it brok away some my cattle look bad [in margin] Caroline went to meeting in evening.

“8th Monday  rather fine weather  I did my choars was round the office all day choaring etc closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick  Georg barrus went to Wheaton & carried Caroline & came back by Winfield & got a barrel  Also helped me.

“9th Tuesday  rather a fine day some cloudy  I did my choars was round home all day choaring in office cloased up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ about sick  Barrus & wife & Caroline went to Aurora to see about her teeth got home after noon came home sick.”