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1887
3 Aug. Large funeral for Elder Galen including his sons, relatives and outside friends.
Elder Giles Avery and Eldress Harriet Bullard of Lebanon Ministry come to assist
in straightening his affairs as he was the business manager for South Family.

10 Sept. Sat. "A man and woman came here this afternoon and asked to stay until Monday.
The woman gave the name of Margaret Depew, the man Waterman Loring.
13 Sept. "Elder Giles called here to get us to sign a petition for the release of Miss
Mary Druse confined in prison, accused of helping to murder her father. She
Is said to be innocent of the charge."
Margaret Depew and the man she calls her brother leave here this a.m.
15 Sept. Dr. Frank O. Mathews, the medium, his wife, a blind man his patient and
the bl ind man's wife here. We have a sitting with them,
20 Sept. Fannie Edie's mother and aunt here from Troy and she goes away with them.

2 Oct. Sarah Drum and her daughter Nelia here from Guilderland. "Nelia wants
to come back here to I ive so we take her on trial."
21 Oct. Elder Isaac sets up tonight to tend drying the apples.

18 Nov. Elder Isaac to New York City.
21 Nov. Elder Isaac returns.
22 Nov. Elder Isaac and hired men working at a of I for the engine room.

7 Dec, Elder Isaac and hired men working at door yard and roads.
12 Dec. Elder Isaac by advice ot Dr. Lothridge takes Peter Smith to Dr. Swinburne
to have his leg examined, has a large bunch growing just below the knee.
22 Dec. Mary and Nelia Drum go to the world; Elder Isaac takes them to their mother
in Guilderland.
28 Dec. Dr. Lothridge here as usual to dress Peter's limb,

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1888
11 Jan. Wed Letter from South Family Lebanon tells that at 8:45 p.m. last Saturday a fire
was discovered in their chair factory and Brother George Smart was found
suffocated. "Itis supposed he dropped the lamp and so set fire."
22 Jan. -12
28 Jan. Stillblowing snow. No mail since Thursday as railroads are all blocked.

19 Feb. Eldres Caty here with Nellie Burke to get Elder Isaac to pullsome teeth
for Nellie,
1 Mar. Elder Isaac went to Albany with a wagon for the first time since sleighing began.
6 Mar. Annie Troidel chooses to return to the world. Peter Smith takes her to
Ntskayuna to Lev! Strong's where she worked last summer. (jZZ^^
12 Mar. Began snowing and blowing yesterday and continues all today.
13 Mar. Still snowing and blowing, roads and dooryards drifted terribly. Some places
in dooryard snow is 10 feet high. It takes Elder Isaac and the men all their
time to shovel out the paths and tend to the stock.
14 Mar. Storm finally stopped lastnight and today is fair and pleasant. Elder Isaac
and his men, Henry George and his men from South Family, spend whole day
breaking roads. / *'-> .**/** '* f> * *-'**-
29 Mar. Snow fastdisappearing; men trimming the orchard.