14 – 1 Clear & fine – I not very well – wife & Children went to Church in Morning – I walked with daughter Mary & Son J. Calvin an hour or more about 2 ½ P.M. Spent rest of day and Even. at home & to bed 9 P.M.

15 – 2 Clear & fine – A.M. home. Heavy white frost – I walked 3 ms. before breakfast by 7 ¼ A.M. & rode on horseback from 8 ½ to 9 1/3 A.M. 5 or 6 ms. Rd. [?] Ct. Comd. – I was engaged in Court all day. Duey case postponed

Oct. 15 – 2 Contd. for outstanding comn. – I recd. of Fredk. Duey Bill of advances by me in Suit 129 Aug. 7.45 form [?] 2 Coms. – 1 rule [?] – 1 subpa. to Hendrick fee [?] (v. Bill hereto attached amounting to $7.08 which he paid me and gave him a Recpt. specifying Items. pd. at Eyslers [?] dry [?] Store for liquorice [?] & alcohol 19 cts – sundries 8 Amt 27. Trial of J. G. Mills for Seduction commenced this afternoon at 2 ¼ P.M. We proceeded with it till 6 ½ P.M. G. F. Emerson & Self for Deft. McAllister and Kunkle & Fox for Comth. – great excitement – Talk of Mobbing him as he should be returning to jail in Even. – great crowd followed – I went ap [?] as one of his escort. – called on Emerson after tea [?] then [?] hunted [?] Miss Mewry - back to My office at 9 ¼ P.M.

16 – 3 Clear & fine (superscript note: A.M. home) – Rose at 4 ½ A.M. Rode on horseback from 5 ¾ to 7 A.M. 8 ms. – Was engaged in Court all day in Case Commenced Yesterday – and in Ev. called short time at Sedgwicks House Emerson there – home 7 ½ & to bed 9 ¼ P.M.

17 – 4 Cloudy all day& Some Rain – A.M. home – pd. for 1 lb. Butter 25 – Beef 27 – Cabbage 11 got by Anthony for 5 lbs Crackers last Evens. 25 lbs Make this [?] 5 cts at Eyslers. Amt. 93. – Rode on horseback from 6 ½ to 7 ½ A.M. 7 or 8 miles & was engaged in Court all day from 8 ½ A.M. till 6 P.M. with adjt. from 12 ¾ to 2 P.M. in Same case commenced Yesterday – Spent Eve. in office to bed 11 ½ P.M.

18 – 5 Clear and fine – A.M. home – Rode on horseback from 6 ¼ to 7 ¼ A.M. 7 miles – was engaged in Court from 8 ½ A.M. to 12 ¾ P.M. & from 2 to 6 ¼ P.M. & from 7 ¼ to 10 P.M. (when the Jury were sent out) in trial of same case as Yesterday. I comd. my Argument for deft. at 11 ½ A.M. & contd. to 12 ¾ P.M. – 1 ¼ hours – Comd. in Continuation at 2 ¼ and concluded at 4 ¼ P.M. making 3 ¼ hours in all. Kunkle closed in a 3 hour speech divided by a recess at tea time. ~ home from Courthouse at 10 to bed 10 ¼ P.M.

19 – 6 Cloudy & Mild – A.M. home. Court met at 7 A.M. to receive verdict of Jury in Mills Case. Found Guilty. Motion for New trial & in arrest of Judgt. I walked before breakfast & before Court from 6 ¼ to 6 ¾ AM 2 ms. – Was in and out of Court through day – Recd. of Michl. Keller FEE $7.00 to attend Suit for him at Esqr Philips Hummelstown tomorrow by Geo. Spangler against him for Witness fees in Suit No. 62 Apl 7.44 Dau Com Pleas, if it rains or looks very threatening he is to get the case contd. to tomorrow 2 weeks – pd. Robt. J. Rop (Receiver) by check on Dau Dep Bk $30. My 3^rd Gotten Instalment (v. Recpt Recd. letter from Robt. S. Dean Esqr Cin. [?] Oct. 15 pd. [?] pos. 10 in reply to mine of 9^{th [?]} & 10 inst. - as he has it – Mr. & Mrs. Beatty & Mrs. Clendenin Spent Ev. – Spent Ev. at home & to bed 8 ½

Oct. 20 – 7 Clear & fine – Pleasant – fresh. A.M. home – Paid for 2 lbs Butter 45 – 13 lbs Beef 65. Sundries going to and at Hummelstown viz Toll Gate 16. Bridge 10 at Baums Inn for Oats , Pretzels 10 Nte [?] 15 – Amt. $1.51 – pd. in Market for a load of Shell Bark Hickory Wood $2.75 about ¾ cord – (v. 15 all & 3 inst. for 1/3 load oak wood cash date [?] of Buffington) G. F. Emerson & Self left town in my Carriage at 8 ½ am for Hummelstown. Nopt. [?] at Baums Hotel – pd. Toll going 16 gate & 10 Bridge & at Baums 15 & attended Suit for deft. at Esqr. Philips’ by Geo. Spangler ~ Michl. Keller (of Yesterday) Judgt. for deft. – We left for home about 12 noon & came by way of Nissleys Mill & for home at 2 P.M. Went to Court after 3 P.M. – called on Judge Pearson after Court at Herrs Hotel about his charge in Mills case. Emerson & Self spent Ev. in my office till 9 P.M. framing reasons for New Trial & in arrest of Judgt. in Mills case – to bed at 9 ¼ P.M.