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September lst - I went to Henderson to day This was the
Begining of the Circuit Court and Judge Cissell had quite a crowed
of Natives in the city
2nd I went to the Bottom to day &c and at night I sat up with a
Child of G B Martins Little Nelly She struggled all night long with
croup that awfull destroyer of Children I had Prayed and Hoped that
I would never witness another death from Broupébut I felt it my duty
to remain with my afflected Friends mkmug All night long this Poor
little child struggled in agony for Breath untill about daylight God
mercifully took her to himself I stood by and saw her last struggle
and while the agonized Parents & Children were weeping around the
loved remains of Little Nell I could but feel the Deepest Sympathy for .
them I could go back a few years to when one of the Brightest links
in memorys chain was broken when my own loved boy was taken from
me by the same awfull disease Long years have Passed and his little
form is mouldering back to dust but in memory I see him often as I
did in his last struggle with the grim Monster Death and so it will
be with George & Ellen They will never forget last nights scene
3d I rode through the Bottom again to day &c V
4th Went to Henderson to take the necessary proof in the Life
Insurance of my Brother Thomas Smith Ilsucceeded in getting the
necessary Blanks filled ‘
5 I went to Henderson again to day I was appointed Guardian
of my Brother Thos Children
6th Went to the Rose Farm &c to day ·
7th Sunday I was at Sabbath School at the Methodist Church in
the morning also at the Baptist Church in the evening I
Sth Went to Henderson The suit against the Fair Grounds
Directory for Permitting gameing on their grounds was tried to day -
and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty
9th I Rode through the Diamond Island Bend a cow Hunting with
V _ J H Jacobs to day
10th At work on my Barns in the Bottom &c
llth 12th 13th I have been verry busy this week trying to get
ready to raise my Tobacco Barns I was at Church but as there was
a Funeral at the Methodist Church there was no Church Meeting