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July 25-31
Hear Mr. Boyden [preach] ....At Music Hall again. On Monday evening have quite a company in the porch that's being their parlor at the Kitchen: Dr. [Charles] Meriwether, Mr. Fish [William Hunter] Meriwether, Lizzie, Bob and Alice Lewis, Mr. Slaughter, Cousins Thomas and David Watson. Wrote to Miss Vallant and Mary Lewis. Jim down this week. Says Daddy will certainly start for The Springs in a few days. Read The History of a Pocket Prayer Book, The Woodcutter of Lebanon and Exiles of Lucretia. Spend a night a Mr. K[eating] Nelson's; such a merry time. Lizzie and I call to see the Misses Boyden. Lelia give me such a pretty kitten, much like Pets, but [the kitten] struggles so hard I have to let it drop. Attend a Prayer meeting at Kinloch which is very interesting. We have Charlotte, Lizzie Dee and the Pegrams and Mr. Slaughter to spend the evening with us at Music Hall ....[On] Saturday 31st go with a party of 18 to Peter's Mountain. They are Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fish [William Hunter Meriwether], Charlotte Meriwether, Mary and Sally Pegram, Sue, Lizzie and I with Robert, Jimmy and Nicky Lewis, Hugh Nelson, Edward Mead, Fredrick Page, Mr. Slaughter, Mr. D. Nelson, Mr. Cooke, Mr. C. Page. We carried our dinner and had a gay time. In the evening a rain came up and we found shelter in the house of a Mr. Carver where we played games to wile away the time while until the storm was over. Fine fun watching Billy Fish and his young wife. How ridiculous they make themselves. Lizzie makes their picture which is recognized by us all. Some fine singers along and they give us some music that might have "created a soul under the ribs of Death." [On] Aug. 4th Sue and I get home from the lower neighborhood after a visit of four weeks but one day. Find Daddy at the Springs . ....No news of pets; fear I've seen the last of him. [On] Aug. 8th at sister Betty's; Mr. Brown is still away. Call to see Miss Lizzie Watson from Holly Springs. She gives me all the points about Sally and Dr. Lea. Witness Lotty Sanders' marriage on the 12th at the church. Get a new cat. He is much like my poor lost Pets. Call him Peck after a cat in a book. [On] Aug. 14th Lizzie Dee comes up to visit us.
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