5-1 Clear, very warm, unusually hot sun. Yesterday and today hottest days this season.

Mrs. Rawn , self and children at our church Mr. Cattell ( who has been sick for a day or two) preached an excellent sermon from Psalms 122 v1 "I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord" and again at 6 pm. We were all there when he preached from John 5 ch. v. 5 "Who is he that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God". From these words he preached also an excellent sermon to quite a large congregation. Home at 7 to 7 1/4. Spent evening at home. To bed 9 to 10.

6-2 Clear, very warm, hot sun.

One Mrs. Elizabeth Medlawn of Dauphin here to see about renting house. George P. Emerson and Fred P. Maus also here on their way to York at 1 pm.

Attended city treasurer sale of lands for taxes at Court House from 10 to 11 3/4 am, and from 2 to 4 ½ pm. George Emerson’s lands bid off by Charles Freeland. I walked 3 ½ miles between 7 and 8 pm. Rest of evening home. To bed 9 ½.

Aug. 7-3 Clear, very warm, hot sun.

Received of one William Forester by the hands of old John Lenker balance in full due me for lot rent and interest v. March 19/59 $10.50 and delivered to J. L. gold watch of said W. F., left with me March 18/59 as pledge or security for payment of his note. (v. paid note and order for said watch from F. who it seems owes 1 for Hay and who paid me of his own money to get said watch _______when to make his debt out of it ( v. my loose receipts)

Attended sales as yesterday at Court House from 10 to 11 3/4 am and from 3 ½ to 4 ½ or 4 3/4 and bought sundry pieces of property (v. Schedule thereof here attached)

Corner Stone of our new Court House laid at 2 pm. Judge Pearson delivered an address. Rev. Mr. Calder made an opening prayer, _____by Bob Lamberton and masonic flummeries as ridiculous as ever by him et al. More astonishing and awe inspiring perhaps to themselves than everybody else.

Walked 3 ½ to 4 miles between 6 ½ and 8 pm. To bed 9 ½ to 10.

8-4 Clear and some clouds, very warm, hot sun.

I was at Market and paid 2 lbs butter .40, squashes .8, twist, Dutch cake and Dutch cheese .18, beef and veal of John Casey (cr) .50, ____.9=$1.25

Bought Mechanics lien no. 382 in Dauphin Common Pleas, David Bowman and John N. Hopple piled for $42.20 in 1854 and paid Mr. Bowman in full therefore $20.00 with this agreement between as that if I do not recover he is to refund to me $2. That is I was to pay him but $18 for the claim and give him $2 more if I recovered it but handing him a $20 note in the Harrisburg Bank as he could not make change I agreed the $2 should remain with him. I took his arrangement of said lien in the back of a copy of it from the lien docket, all in the presence of my wife and daughter Fanny, said claim was filed in 1855 and there is interest on it to this time.

Sons Charles and John Calvin and Al. Fager gone fishing today with a seine to Conodoguinet.

I walked round by Hopple property &c 2 miles circular between 10 and 11 1/4 am.

Received of John Sautter 1 month rent due 1 inst. $12.50

Paid John Cunkle, carpenter ,by check to his order on Dauphin Deposit Bank on same account as 31 inst. $50.00

I should have paid him $60 instead of $50 which would have been in full according to our contracts but he made a big mistake in my cellar stairs which he is to alter and correct next week when that shall be done and some boarding over the kitchen fire place I shall pay the other ten dollars.

I walked 3 miles between 7 1/4 and 8 1/4 pm. To bed 9 to 10.

9-5 Cloudy in morning early, clear, very warm, hot sun. Spent day chiefly at home. Mrs. Rawn went out to Pic Nic of Paxton Church in one horse carriage with Josiah Espy and his wife at 2 to 3 pm. "Every one to his liking." Wrote note about money due me to Michael Casey present receipt and copy.

Paid crackers .25 at Roumfort’s, spices .12 = .37

I walked between 7 and 8 1/4 pm, 3 ½ to 4 miles. Rest of evening at home and to bed 9 ½.

10-6 Clear and very warm, hot sun.

Etter and self engaged cross examining witnesses before Mr. M. Kinney examiner in the church case- Kunkle and Muench there fore the respondents and examiners from 10 am to 12 3/4 pm. Examined Henry Lutz (court cryer) and John L. Oliver, the latter a very peculiar man as a religionist, spiritualist, &c irritable, quibbling, conceited, prevaricating, contradictory of himself and take him for all in all rather an object in this behalf of ridicule and little or no reliance.

Paid at Charley Sleglebaum per son Charles for a pair of summer pants for Charles $2.25

Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Shoemaker called in afternoon at office and we talked ½ to 1 hour about church case. I called after tea from 7 to near 8 pm at Rev. Mr. Winebrenner’s. He is very sick in bed where if seems he has been confined for 5 weeks with diarrhea &c and has been very low. I remained with him near ½ an hour and then walked near that long with his son John downstairs. I went with my client William Connor to Esq. Beader’s to claim ____ examination in Hoffman case. The squire had been absent on a tour, we had been there some 2 weeks ago during his absence &c. There came up a violent storm of wind about 8 pm followed by a fine rain which continued more or less through the night. To bed 9-10 pm.

11-7 Clear and cloudy through day, pleasant, heavy rain in last night and this morning when I went to Market at 5 ½ to 6 am.

Settled all accounts with John Freas and paid him for sundry bill of hard and soft soap, candles and lime including his defendant’s bill of court in order as Freas and Keck in Dauphin Common Pleas of $6 and including said 6 lbs. for fancy soap above got today. $15.04

Received of him in said order suit for professional services fee $25.00

That is to say he paid me the difference between said demands in cash $9.90 and we exchanged receipts in full. Present my son Charles at said settlement. (v. my loose receipts 8 23^rd March and 18 July last)

Received of one John Giles (old man whose lot in this city on Fourth St. I bought) naming other the first redemption money $7.00 and out of which I paid the City Treasurer taxes and costs and interest $5.44 of which $5.44 6 cts. Interest = $4.82, actual amount taxes and costs

I receipted in city Treasury book and though I had paid I had paid said amount of taxes and costs on my purchase and Giles had in person redeemed and paid it to city treasury added the interest.

The surplus which when Giles handed the $7 to me it was circulated or estimated would be $2.00 but was on $1.56 I was to keep for my trouble and lending him hand &c he therefore owes me.44

(delivered Giles’ receipt to him, that is city tr. Receipt)

Also paid of Michael Bower per his one bill or note payable to me in 5 weeks (v. past 6 Oct) Redemption money &c $10.00

To redeem his lot next to water basin back of Episcopal Mission Chapel bought by me 7 inst. out of which I paid the county taxes, leases and interest $8.78 of which $8.78, 89 cts. is interest- Actual amount taxes $7.89

Receipted on City Treasurer books or though I had paid said amount taxes and costs on my purchase and ____ in person redeemed and paid to city treasury with interest added and I had then lifted it surplus of said $10 fee- $1.22

I walked after tea between 6 ½ and 8 pm, 3 ½ miles circular, and on my return called at Mrs. D. A. S. Eyster’s and remained in conversation with Mrs. and Mrs. E. and Mrs. Blessing till 9 pm Then home and to bed 9 ½ to 10 ½..