22 ~ 1 Cloudy, coolish -- raw -- some Rain -- Mr. Philip Fox a young man of some 23 or 25 years of age was Baptised in the River by immersion by the Rev. C.V. Kelly of the episcopal church -- new move it seems to me for that church -- This was Fox’s particular desire as I am informed -- perhaps the Episl. Church deserves the praise, if praise it be, of becoming "all things to all men" I was told that Mr. Fox knelt in the water until it covered him instead of being immersed or thrown back in the usual way, Mr. Kelly merely keeping his hands on his shoulder, (New idea also to me) I got there after he had risen from under the water but before they came out. -- with this exception I spent day & evening at home and to bed at 9 ½ p.m.

23 ~ 2 Clear & Pleasant. Pd. Betsey Nathans $1.00 in full for washing & baking last week and for washing this day. Pd. Conrad Smaltzried for a pair of shoes for our black girl Kitty delivered last week $1.50 in full -- Recd. of Conrad Smaltzried for the hiers of James Trimble decd. $10 being one Qrs. Rent to the 1 July next. Took ride on horseback from 3 to 5 ½ p.m. about 10 miles. Recd letter from Thos. R. Trimble East Whiteland May 21 with enclosure. Spent Evg. in my office and to be 9 ½ p.m.

24 ~ 3 Cloudy & Rain all day from 9 ½ a.m. Paid Mary Scott Clendenin (by check to her order on the Harrisburg Savs. Instu.) $250, on that one of my bonds to her dated March 12, 1838 (v. Receipt on said Bond and in my Receipt Book) -- Paid Braxton Thomas for cutting my hair at my office 18 ¾ for sundries 6 ¼ cts. and old Schaeffer for cutting &tc. four loads of wood in the cellar $1.00, amt. 3 i=Items $1.25 Spent day and evening in my office & to bed 9 ½ p.m.

25 ~ 4 Clear & beautiful. Pd for marketing, Bone-set & sundries 42 cts. Drew two checks on The Hs. Savs. Instu. In favour of self and drew money one for $75 the other for $25. -- Recd. of Geo. Ely for the heirs of James Trimble decd. $10, being one Quarters Rent to the 1 July next for the house of said heirs occupied by him (lately by Geo. Hyers) Recd. of Jno. [ ? ] for same heirs $10 on acct. of quarters rent due by him 1 April last. Paid Geo. J. Shoemaker, town clerk, for the heirs of Jas. Trimble decd. (by ck. on The Hs. Savs. Instu.) $13.25 for Permit, Water Rent &tc. for water from public pipes to those three houses of said heirs occupied by Jno. Kenpley Jr. Geo. Ely & Conrad Smaltzreid. Paid Philip Mix (plumber) for laying pipe and conducting water to said houses $35.81 Handed my wife $10 for family purposes during my contemplated absence from tomorrow Spent day principally in office and about house and yard preparing for my journey on horseback tomorrow -- am still hoarse but better in strength and all other respects and I seem to be getting better of that -- To bed at 10 p.m.

26 ~ 5 Clear & pleasant all day -- Pd. F. Tracy $1.06 ¼ in full for an Ice Firkin -- left home at 8 a.m. (after bidding my family rather a sorrowful and very affectionate farewell) on horseback with my Buffaloe skin Saddle bags crowded, Big Coat and umbrella. Paid Toll 17 ½ to Campbellstown, 15 or 16 miles from Harrisburg on The Horse Shoe Turnpike where I stopped at 12 ½ p.m. at Jno. Wolfersbergers (brother of Philip & Geo. of Harrisburg) got my dinner at 1 ½ p.m. laid down at 2 p.m. up again at 3 ½ p.m. -- pd. Bill 50cts & boy 6 ¼ and left at 4 p.m. (Amt 3 Items 73 ¾ cts.) and arrived at tavern of A. Sessman, 8 miles at 5 ¾ p.m. where I stopped for the night it being 9 ms. to next tavern and 5 of that over Conowago hills. Pd. Toll 5 Sessmans -- got good supper and to bed at 9 p.m. Amt of 3 Items as aforesaid 73 ¾ pd. Toll 5 = 78 ¾ Cts.

May 27, 1842 Friday 27 ~ 6 Rain -- commenced last night -- about bedtime -- rained all night. I slept in a room last night where there was a drum, sword, Troopers Bridle, two Dutch beds and Dutch made -- that is one bed on top of another till it was high enough and soft enough to bury a 2 or 300 lbs. man if he’d get in the middle -- sheet under you and 2 blankets and a splendid coverlid, for which the Dutch are famous, above you -- everything about the bed was of the best but it did not suit my taste in material, the way it was made or any other way. There was another bed in the room made in the same style, covered with Sunday clothes, the fathers and childrens -- 2 boys hats -- a Trunk or two in room -- a washstand and other stand other military equipments than are above mentioned, and last of all a miniature bedstead beautifully curtained and adorned, with the finest materials, on which, covered with a small white counterpin (is it they call these large white outside bed coverings, that’s not the name but I forget, the women can supply it) lay the wax or plaster of Paris representation of an infant of full or mature birth, with red cheeks and lips and very prettily capped and covered with the covering mentioned to the chin. When I went to bed last night how I was almost shocked to have the landlord remark to me the first thing when we went in the room "here’s my Infant" and showing me to the small bed described drew the curtain aside to let me see it. I was not mightily set up with my quarters although it was but a wax or plaster of Paris infant -- the associations were disagreeable. However I turned Philosopher as far as I could, -- made the best of everything & shut the curtain of the "Infant’s" bed close (which on one side were tucked or gathered up with a pin to show its face) and got into my Dutch bed Blankets and all, where I slept less in the night than I did in the morning. got up at 7 and breakfasted at 7 ½ a.m. and made this memorandum, -- quit raining abt. 9 a.m. I pd. Bill 87 ½ Cts. & boy 5 cts. at Sesseman’s and left at 10 a.m. arrived at Erb’s Tavern 12 mi from Sessemans at 1 p.m. -- got good dinner and laid down from 2 to 3 ½ p.m. -- Paid Bill at Erb’s 37 ½ cts. and left at 4 p.m. -- Paid Toll 10 ¾ cts. to Henry Yundt’s tavern ("Blue Ball") about 13 miles where I arrived at 7 p.m. Amt. 4 Items $1.40 ¾ found landlord an agreeable man and house a good one -- got supper and to bed at 9 p.m. in a very neat room with good bed and all things in the best order, widely different from place I staid last night.

28 ~ 7 Clear & very pleasant. -- Paid bill at Yundt’s 87 ½ and boy 6 ¼ and left at 7 a.m. Paid Toll 17 ½ cts. to Downingtown 20 miles, where I arrived at 12 ½ p.m. and stopped at Dennis Humphrey’s Temperance Inn -- Got dinner and laid down from 2 to 3 ½ p.m. Paid bill 75 cts. (including 25 for a new shoe got on my horse by landlord at my request) and ostler 12 ½ and left at 4 p.m. (Amt. 5 Items $1.98 ¾) not much pleased with anything about the hotel but the accommodating disposition of the Landlord. The table was anything but good and the furnishing of the house apparently an effort and meager at that. Pye miserable -- worst I ever saw in a tavern. Potatoes cold -- butter not fit to eat and bread a little sour. I think the man and his wife don’t pull well together from some Sawing between them I overheard -- and that she is a slattern -- They have most probably had all of my custom they would have if I should pass that road fifty times -- Their Temperance extended too far in some things for me and especially in the shortening in the Pye Crust and the small amt. of peaches in it -- arrived at the Private house of Thos. R. Trimble Esqr. at 8 miles down the valley at 6 ¼ p.m. where I stopped to see him on business about the estate of the heirs of Jas. Trimble dec of whom he is one and to remain till Monday morning. Talked till near 10 p.m. & then went to bed --.