Hiram E. Leonard Diary, June 16 - 22, 1875

“16th Wednesday  fine growing weather some cool  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick with the rheumatism.

“17th Thursday  fine growing weather  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  Camp meeting near St Charles Redfields.

“18th Friday  fine growing weather but cool  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  Mr See from near Janesville Wisconsin who is a going to carry the mail the next 4 years came with his goods & went to Naperville & put his goods into Will Morvens house & started back to Wisconsin again after his family etc  James Fairbanks house was broken into this afternoon about 4 supposed to be 4 boys or young men & 2 guns clothes & money taken out  Jat Sinuni was here  A E Carpenter & Wm Hollister went home.

“19th Saturday  fine growing weather  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism  The Methodists had a quarterly meeting here this afternoon & evening & tomorrow  Carpenter & Hollister his son in law went home with a new covered buddy for his son in law Hollister.

“20th Sunday  A fine growing day  some cloudy  I did my choars was at home the most of the day went to the farm & back went to bed about 9 sick with rheumatism  The Methodists had a Quarterly meeting here today my folks went all of them  A Camp meeting near St Charles the Redfields held it.

“21st Monday  fine hot growing weather  some cloudy  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick & lame with the rheumatism  Jerry Pollard sheared Willis sheep 8, had 50” wool it rained conciderable.

“22nd Tuesday  fine growing weather  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 nearly sick & had the rheumatism  George Daniels took morphene gas & was found in Aurora in a senseless state & the docters broughthim out of it, about these days.”