Sabbath May 14” 1865

Mr. Curtis preached.

Saturday May 13. 1865

William, Lizzie & Sarah went to town and James P. Walton came home with them.  Ephe has returned to Marietta from New York and Washington.  A. S. Bailey was here to tea.  Mr & Mrs Cutler & Sarah went riding in the evening.

Friday May 12 1865

There was frost last night — Mrs Dawes & Katy went home.  I sent a boquet to Mrs Hayden Smith — tulips &c.  Mr. B. C. Bailey came to tell us that Miss Julia Stone is dead and will be buried at 11 ^oclock — Mrs Cutler, Maggie, and Sarah attended the funeral going down on the train.  I made a boquet of white tulips & spirea, which Mrs Cutler took & which was laid upon her coffin.  William came home this evening.

Thursday May 11” 1865

A rainy day.  Busy with Mrs. Dawes writing to Rev. Abner Morse on genealogical subjects.  Katy Andrews is having a fine play with Sarah —

Wednesday May 10” 1865

Set out dahlias — Mrs. S. C. Dawes and Katie Andrews and Mrs. Hattie Perry came on the train & were here to dinner — Mrs Perry returning to town by the afternoon train — A rainy evening.

Tuesday May 9 1865

Mrs. Cutler & Sarah went to Mr. Burgess’s to dinner, to eat veal-pie and did not come home until after supper —  We have had so much rain lately that there has been little opportunity for gardening but it is pleasant to-day & I spent the after noon in the garden which now contains about two acres all of which is under the care & management of John Kunz our German gardener, except the flowers, which department belongs exclusively to me.  We have a good deal of choice fruit —

Monday May 8” 1865

William went to Cincinnati to day on Railroad business.  Bettie Gates went home.  I gave her a fine boquet of tulips & spirea.