MAY SUNDAY 7 1876

Go to Church in am & pm Mr Hughs comes up & we take walk to old Fort. Dont go out again.

MAY MONDAY 8 1876

Go to Tannery at 6½. Go to Lewiston on Boat with Capt Dick. Ice heavy After dinner Servos begins hauling Car load of Coal. We are quite out. We have up 63 Hides. Get notice that Cask of Mead has arriving for C.S.R.R. Pay Wm Longhurst $1580, last months Hide a/c. including a 62# Hide in Mch. He tells me Chittendens are Comeing this week, & F Currie is going to move on his farm.

Call in at Clements (G.A.) & have some Bitters with Dentist, after that J T Kirby Tom Blair & Murphy & I got to Longs & have some. Kirby & I go to his office & have {fuss?}

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