16-1 Clear. Fine. Pleasant. son Chas self at Germ. Rep. Ch. in [?] wife & Fanny at [?] JCalvin at home. wife self at Methodist Ch. in Ev. home 8 to bed 9 P.M.

17-2_ Clear. Fine. Pleasant. [?] for his check on the Harrisburg Bank Fees $30.00 in full for my Profl services in the case of [?] Jennings & Woods for [?] Charley Kelley Fee $5.13 in full for defending him at last April [?] for Fornication and Bastardy of Mrs. Susan Bradley (col? woman wife of the Barber Bradley) Fee $5.00 in relation to some difficulty about her husband being too intimate with an Elizth Harris she was accompanied by one Mary Fyatt sister of John Fyatt who has been sued for slander for letting what he saw of her intimacy with Bradley - paid WmMeredith $15.52 Bal. in full plus [?] delivered to him [?] and he gave me the change [?] here all day cleaning house in new front Building 3^rd story my wife assisting her and myself carrying water for them. Meredith’s boys Anderson & Matthew here in Even plastering in my office and over it heat from furnace. I spent day & Evening chiefly at home. S.A. Grissinger (shoemaker at [?] his wife here this morning to buy stove. also [?] of Middletown for his wife. all agreed to buy

18-3 Clear. Fine. Pleasant. Merediths boys here during forenoon spent afternoon whitewashing the rear of my front building. I assisted to some extent & considerably in arrangement walked 3 Miles bet 4 & 5 P.M. at home to bed 9 P.M.

Oct.19 – 4 Clear. Fine. Pleasant. paid for 1 lb butter 20 including pennies to chil. Sunday last spent day chiefly at home. walked 3 Miles bet. 4 & 5 P.M. Ev home to bed 9

20-5 Clear. Fine. Pleasant. pd Anna [?] for wheeling 3 tons of coal into my pavement & vaults gave him turnips & sweet potatoes – pd Wm Parkhill (yesterday) $5.50 livery bill in full of all demands pd Jacob Ely for 3 tons of broken [?] Wilkesbarre Coal del? this day $9.75

21-6 Heavy & continued Rain in last night some little along through day cloudy all day. wrote to Henry Clarke Baltimore. Kept copy. Attended Pro.

Meets in Court House from 7 to 9 P.M. I made speech about 40 minutes then Stephen Miller & then Wm Bishop resolutions offered Wm Coulter had very large, spirited & enthusiastic Meeting. home 9 P.M. (carpenter) joined me on the way home & spent from that to 10 P.M. in talking about the will be or maybe arrange. new stairs

22-7 Cloudy. some rain in last night. warm. pd 1 lb butter 20 Beef & Pudding 34 cornmeal sweet potatoes & sundries 25 4 lbs crackers 25 at [?] paid at FWyeths for 3 books 50 cts Classical Geography 75 & $1.50=2.75 H.F. Smith (carpenter) here in Event to see about building stairs. Those are separate & whoever will build best & cheapest will be the party for us. called to see about suit against him by one Wm[?] I walked through day but chiefly in Even between 3 & 4 miles down & up RlRd. spent Ev chiefly at home to bed 9 P.M.