Thomas Martin Diaries: 1897, Part 1 of 3

Rainy and disagreeable Heavy rain 9pm 45 55

Friday, January 1, 1897

12⁰¹ am. Just listen to the din! whistles, pistols, horns crackers and what-not. I'll go home and go to bed (1³⁰ pm) Up again at 5 am and at office at 9³⁰ am and read the papers and began meeting Js t. Around town also and paid some taxes and also at the PO and clks office To dinner 1³⁰ till nearly 3 pm and then back to my office and there all the afternoon went to Augusts at 6³⁰ and found him closing so he closed and at 10⁰⁰ & clks office and got word and good news from J about it. Home and read letters and to bed 12¹⁵ am.

Very heavy rain during night and before dawn. Norther at 11am. 50 35

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Saturday, January 1, 1897

Awakened before day by very heavy rain from the south which made it leak over the windows went to my bed. To office 9am and read papers and then began working on my reports and collect ing rents. To dinner 1⁴⁵- 2⁰⁰ pm and back to my office via bank and bought drafts for Noyes. Bob Edwin came in PM made out partly my reports to Finks and then to Wrays office to have suit filed. Then finished either to V. and to depot and walked on back to office 6⁴⁵ and home to supper. Augusts

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8 - 10³⁰ then to P.O. and got mail today and home and to bed

Lovely day 30 50

Sunday, January 3, 1897

awoke 7 am up and outdoors 7⁴⁵ am and back and then bathed and dressed and to church and office at 11²⁰ am and after church to PO and then via Capt. Loyd's but he was asleep and so I did not see him He is greatly ill with the grippe and a appendicitis. Then to Alice's and drived there with and I wen there with Mr & Mrs Frank from Nottoway County Mo. an elderly couple very pleasant people. Out to cemetery with Mame & saw Julia at 4³⁰ - 5^20> pm Home. tea & office at 8 pm and began my letter

Heavy frost. Some ice. beautiful day growing colder { # / 7}

30 Monday, January 4, 1897 45

up 8 am. office 9²⁰ am. Wrote Finks and [Lednum], PO home and around town generally and to dinner at 1³⁰ - 2³⁰ pm. Then to office via 1 Nat Bank. Bob Erwin in my office this a.m. for some time. At work all the afternoon on Quiggs matters (having written my No. 7 12 pp. this am At depot 6³⁰ - 9 Quiggs and office and supper then Augusts till 10pm and club in P.O. Depot. Have slight headache Home to bed 11³⁰

Heavy ice. Beautiful cold day 28° 40° Read #6

Tuesday, January, 5, 1897

Had bad headache up 7 am. Office 9²⁰ and around to Conners and docket and then to P.O. and got letters and to clerk's office and read them. Met Major Jarvis at P.O. Back to my office and at work on Quiggs matter till 1³⁰ pm Home dinner and back to office 2¹⁵ and worked hard until 6³⁰ then supper, Augusts 7⁴⁵ - 9³⁰ pm and then to my office and began no. 8, and wrote until 11¹⁵ pm and then home and to bed by 12 pm. feeling pretty badly.