May 14-20
John Mac with us for a few days this week. Calls at night on two occasions from our Yankee neighbors which
causes a panic terror to the woman kind. We live in a state of constant excitement caused by the insolence and
bad behavior of the darkies but poor, ignorant creatures they are hardly to be blamed. Their Kind Friends the
Yanks have sadly disappointed them and the much talked of freedom has proved anything but a blessing so far.
I'm very poorly with my cold; never had it so badly before.