Monday, March 23. 82 days past, 283 to come.

Suggestions About Eye Injuries. Never attempt to remove a foreign body from the cornea with anything except a clean instrument. If you must use a pocket knife, in an emergency, see that it is cleaned beforehand, for no tissue in the body is easier to infect than the cornea.—J. A. White, Int. Jour. of Surg.

Weather. Temp.

Thawing but cold. Maudie Melba drove to school. Eugene & I washed. Eugene brought a calf of Clarence Shinns, killed it. The boys have been hauling hay & splitting wood. Drew a picture. John went to the factory. Eugene has gone down to Charlie Marchants & put on quill—feathers & made the lining. This afternoon John Hacker was buried to day.

Dolly B. J. [Lydia]

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