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Feb. 10-16
Go to church at The Cathedral. Hear Mr. Boyden from Acts 17:30. Sally Price, Sue and I spend the night at Music Hall; too muddy to get to Castalia. After supper Uncle Jimmy gave me a lesson on geneaology, family names, etc. Of the latter, one is now almost extinct, Grizzle McCann. I commence a Genealogical Tree this week. Uncle Jimmy gives me much help. Shows me Parson Douglass' Register, also his mother's Bible from which I get many dates. Have merry times around Miss Vallant's fireside. Sue writes a petition to Henry to hang his Dog, Moses. It is signed by a large number of respectable people. The crime the dog is guilty of is growling and looking cross. Dine at the Creek. Very cold weather. Brother Jim, Sue and I walk over to Clover Fields on the snow and are warmly greeted by Cousin P[eggy] and Mr. Nelson....In the morning call at Cousin Fanny Meriwethers and find a house full. Valentine's day, but no valentines. Conclude I'm getting too old for such things. Mr. Nelson takes me over the next day in his sleigh to Music Hall as I'm going to spend the day at Mechunks, so I may see cousin Martha Macon before she leaves for Missouri. Have a terrible ride but enjoy myself so much. Meet with some such agreeable people who could talk like books. Spend a day with Cousin Fanny Hart. Walker entertains us with some letters from one of her beaux. Have ice cream for dinner.
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