Travel Diaries and Journals

Wednesday, Feb. 10th Rained all day. We, girls, had intended spending the afternoon and evening with Miss Harriet Thompson in the city but the rain of course prevented. Mr. Murphy spent the evening with Hattie. Thursday, Chilly. Spent the day at home as usual. [illegible] Dickinson called for Carrie to attend Lyceum. I did not go Joseph Wilde called on me. The Holbrooks called in the P.M. Friday. Snowed. Carrie and I spent the afternoon and took tea with the Henderson's. We had a very pleasant time Mr. Henry, who is still very weak, was troubled with the blues, and did not make his appearance, which was quite a disappointment to us. Our church prayer meeting was held at their house in the evening. Quite a number were present. Mr. George very adroitly slipped out our parlor door as Father came in the other and absented himself [illegible] the services were over, when he again made his appearance. Carrie, Nat, and I remained till near eleven o'clock. George accompanied us home. Saturday. Valentine Day. Pleasant. St. Valentine, being taken very little notice of by the grown young people to-day seems to have made himself very friendly with the little boys. They entered into the sport heart and hand, but abused the poor saint most shamefully. their numerous billet-doux being anything but loving, and even much more frequently addressed to each other rather than to the girls. Hattie, Carrie and I, however, were humoured with a few of them. Our door bell was mercilessly assailed much to the amusement of Cornelius & Fred. Received good long letter from Mary Reeve also a note from [illegible] Hearns