March 1st. Warm and a little cloudy this morning but no rain yet. mailed a letter to Ida, this morning gotour pictures and they where all good ones but one. wrtw a letter to John tonight.

March 2nd Sunday. Had a surprise in the night woke up in the night and heard it raining and was showery all morning. also something more unusual happened we heard sme tunder also had some hail for a few minutes a few showers inthe afternoon. Saw in last weeks paper. and Epidemic od the worst kind of smallpox at Windsor hundred of cases