May 23 – Went over to burg got Pattys Trunk. Cold wind. No corn up yet not much.
May 24 – Frost this morning and some ice. Went over to burg. Mrs Browns Horses gone. Will had Bill[63] to find them. Carried Patty down to Katharines. Cold west wind. Had Jesse Earls ______ seat.
May 25 – Pleasant morning. Worked on violin some.
May 26 – Went over to burg in forenoon. Put up shelf for Nancy. Finished Oats violin. Rainy night.
May 27 – Rainy day. No work to day out side.
May 28 – Went down to Katharines to see Patty and all the rest. Fine day.
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[63] His horse
Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 
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