Hiram E. Leonard Diary, August 4 - 10, 1875

“4th Wednesday  A cloudy muddy  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 sick  Purly Reynolds & Charles Reynolds saw Hurbot Hollister on the rout from Warrens old house to the Curtis Place on that cross road & run & overtook him & talked with him etc  Greens store or the Jones store was boared into last night.

“5th Thursday  A pretty fine day but a shower came about sunset & went round to the North & south & rained pretty hard here in the evening & blowed the town of Streeter all to peaces, I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with the rheumatism & cold  Griffith finished shingling my store.

“6th Friday  A damp muddy morning finer towards night  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick etc.

“7th Saturday  A pretty fine day  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with a cold & the rheumatism etc  D M Connell the tea man & Mary Connell came home from a trip to New York City.

“8th Sunday  rather a fine hot day  I did my choars was at the office at home went to bed at 9 nearly sick with a cold & rheumatism.

“9th Monday  rather a fine day  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick with a cold & the rheumatism  bad weather for harvesting.

“10th Tuesday  A cloudy damp day  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.”