Hiram E. Leonard Diary, August 28 - September 3, 1873

“28th Thursday  fine dry hot weather  I did my choars & choared round the office a little closed up about 8 ½ and went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick & tiered out.

“29th Friday  A fine dry hot day & night  I did my choars choared round the office some closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick & tiered out.

“30th Saturday  A fine dry hot day some cloudy & a light sprinkling towards night & in the evening  I did my choars choared round some in office closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed about 9 ½ tiered & nearly sick  R B Pollards wife died about 4 oclock this morning  R B Pollard came there today from Jones  Emma Stone came up from Naperville with Stewart & lib McKellips.

“31st Sunday  A cloudy morning & mostly during the day & verry hot with conciderable air stiring  I did my choars went to the farm & fixed to stacking straw wrote some & choared round went to bed about 9  R B Pollards wife was buried today funeral at Branches house at 2 ½ PM  Emma Stone went back to Naperville with Stewart & lib McKellip  started this morning about 8 AM.

“September 1st Monday  A fine day & pretty warm in the middle of the day verry dry for the season  I did my choars choared round the office some closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tierd & nearly sick with headache etc.

“2nd Tuesday  fine dry weather cool morning & evening but hot in middle of day  I did my choars choared some round the office closed up about 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick  My red heafer went to the bull.

“3rd Wednesday  fine dry weather  I did my choars choared round the office some closed up about 8 ½ & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick & tiered out.”