Diary: Ellen Stabler, 1897

1897 1st. mo. 1st. 6th.day Cloudy all day, right cool. Sally and Jane Brooke called here in the afternoon.

2d. 7th.day Cloudy early morning, cleared off before noon, mild.

3d. 1st.day Cloudy morning, bright most of the afternoon. Joseph and I at meeting; Charles Stabler here in the afternoon.

1st.mo. 4th. 2d.day Cloudy a good deal of the day; the sun shone out some. Clara Moore called in the morning; Caleb Stabler dined here; Margaret and Richard Magruder called late in the afternoon; Lucy and I called at Charley Forest in the afternoon; very mild

5th. 3d.day Cooler, cloudy, most of the morning, bright afternoon; rained before day light. I dined at Ingleside, came to the "Aid meeting" at Walter Brookes in the afternoon; Ellen Farquhar called here late in the afternoon. Lucy went to the office in the morning.

1st.mo. 6th. 4th.day Clear, cold, and windy; I went to S.S. before meeting, called at Sam Wetheralds. Asa and Albina Stabler dined here.

7th. 5th.dau Clear, right cold, still. Joseph went to Dr. Tatums in the afternoon to take "Colonel"

8th. 6th.day Clear and milder; no one here all day; Lucy went to S.S. late in the afternoon.

1st.mo. 14th. 5th.day

Cloudy all day, snowed last night, and some during the day, today; I went to a quilting at Sam Wetheralds, Joseph took me and went for me. Henry Thomas began working here.

15th. 6th.day Cloud all day. Tilghman Hood came down for Carrie Elkins. Harriet Budd here in the afternooon to fry doughnuts. Charlie and Carrie Brooke called late in the afternoon.

16th. 7th.day Cloudy all day, milder; foggy part of the day; no company

1st.mo. here.

17th. 1st.day Cloudy all day, with some rain. Joseph and I at meeting; Mary Heald May there. Warwick dined here; Charles Stabler here in the afternoon.

18th. 2d.day. Bright most of the day, windy. Frank came after supper to bring George Stabler's horse for me to use.

19th. 3d.day Bright, windy part of the day, night cold. I went to the "Aid meeting at Walter Brookes in the