IMH 75:2 159-160

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Sunday, January 16th.

Those pigs made night somewhat hideous. The mother was
brought up, (they first saw the light in the old straw stack) but
did'n't seem to care much for them. At night the five still living
were brought to the house again. I went to meeting on the
creek again in the forenoon. No Runyan appeared and four or
five members read a chapter a few hymns were droned, several
laughable incidents occurred and everybody went home or
a-visiting as the case might be. I also went down to Wat's about
sundown stayed till about 9 0 clock and came home. Em(37) had
an ailment composed of catarrh, epizootic, and the effect of
fourteen "yaller powders" in four days so that she did'n't feel
very well. Alvin went up to Jake's and spent part of the day.
No thawing was done to-day and the sun shone only part of the
time. It was'n't very cold.