Hiram E. Leonard Diary, May 24 - 30, 1871

“24th Wednesday  A rainey damp hot sultry day  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick & tiered out.

“25th Thursday  A cloudy damp disagreeable day  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick & tiered out.

“26th Friday  A cloudy damp muggy day & growing weather  I did my choars was choaring round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick.

“27th Saturday  A fine hot growing day  I did my choars choared all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick  Nelson Stone came & went to Wheaton.

“28th Sunday  A fine hot day with some clouds  I did my choars eat breckfust & went up to paster & fixed the pump came back choared round & went to bed at 9 nearly sick & worne out with the heat  Elezar Stone came here & eat supper  Williams cap horse died last night got hung.

“29th Monday  rather fine growing weather  I did my choars was round the office all day a choaring closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick [in margin] Grat Dutch meeting in Chicago in favor of the Prucian success in War of France.

“30th Tuesday  fine weather & some showerey  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick  Wardlow 2 loads of goods come out to the Lehman house [in margin] Thurmometer one hundred.”