Hiram E. Leonard Diary, March 14 - 20, 1872

“14th Thursday  cool cloudy weather & muddy in the middle of the day  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 10 tiard & nearly sick [in margin] William Warner funeral this afternoon McGregor preached the sermon  Mrs Watson got nocked over & hurt pretty bad, by Mr Sage a tin peddler riding his horse against her on the run as she was a comeing from Funeral  Sage run his horse  Emma Anesworth came here & went against him to funeral & then went back home again with David.

“15th Friday  rather a cool cloudy day thawed in the middle of the day  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 10 sick [in margin] Hoyt Brown came here today from Scott Co this state.

“16th Saturday  a cool & some cloudy day freezes hard a nights & thaws a days & quite muddy  I did my choars choared round the house & office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 9 tiard & nearly sick with a bad cold etc go to the farm every day [in margin] Hoyt Brown went to Wheaton today.

“17th Sunday  A verry pleasant day but cold morning & night thawed conciderable dureing the day & was verry muddy  I did my choars went to the farm & worked all the forenoon a cleaning out the cow stables was about tiered out & nearly sick went to bed about 9 tiard & nearly sick [in margin] Guss McNelly & Emma Barrus came here and staid to supper.

“18th Monday  fine March weather but cold and windy for the season, I did my choars, choared round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 10 tiard & nearly sick with a cold.

“19th Tuesday  cold winter weather for March about as cold as the general winter weather  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 10 tiard & nearly sick [in margin] Emma Anesworth came today.

“20th Wednesday  cold winter weather  I did my choars was at the office all day a choaring round closed up at 8 & went to bed at 10 tiard & nearly sick with a cold  to Wheaton with Perry.”