came this morning and we got on very well with lessons I read a little and after dinner I played a little and then went down town with mama she bought a wooden horse for rankine after tea I was melting glass and after that I went for william who was at the baynses
March 22nd. 1861.
Miss came this morning and we got on very well with lessons I had no speaking marks this week so papa gave me 7 1/2 got a very bad headache.
March 23rd. 1861.
I went down town this morning with grandpapa he got me a magic lantern for 7/8 after dinner I showed it to the children went over to baynses they had a party played acting poast office and other things.
March 24th. 1861.
Read a little in the band of hope which papa got a few numbers of <two> two of my seeds came up after dinner I went to the bible class after tea I read a little more and went to bed pretty early felt pretty tired today.
March 25th. 1861.
Miss came this morning and we got on very well with lessons after dinner some people came up to see about the west wing after that papa and me went down to the Natural History after tea I showed the magic lantern Ohara & Nina came over to see it some seeds came up today.
March 26th. 1861.
Miss came this morning as usual Mama chose two new tunes for me after dinner as it was raining we did not come out Ohara and Nina came in tonight and we had some fine acting down in the dining room after that I showed them my magic lantern and a picture of a skeleton which <I>{papa} made for it
March 27th. 1861.
Miss came this morning as usual though we did <not> not expect her as it was so rainy I had a bad headache all this afternoon mama played a little music to me and bathed my feet in water to try to cure it after tea I picked a few forams22 out of water for papa
March 28th. 1861.
Miss came half an ower early this morning after school I went over to the Baynses to ask for Ohara who was not at school after dinner I went down town and spent twenty pence on paper and envelopes, a gentleman took tea with us tonight after tea I showed my skeleton through the magic lantern.
March 29th. 1861.
Miss did not come this morning as it was good friday after breakfast papa and me went down to the normal school and in our return visited the indian remanes I found an old [...] after dinner I went to see the boys play [...] Nina came in tonight had a headache in the morning but it got better in the afternoon
March 30th. 1861.
Of course miss did not come today as it was Saturday I was playing tunes to mama this morning when Ohara came in to ask me to their house I went in and we played [tops] a good while after that we went up to the cupelo and caught Oharas pigon which we fed and put up again after dinner we read a little and did several little things when I came in at five little miss Wilmot was in I showed them my magic lantern I had a bad headache all the afternoon
March 31st. 1861.
went to mamas church this morning after dinner {I went out with rankine} [...] red a little to william and I listened after that mama read me a little after tea I read a story in holiday after noons
April 1st. 1861.
Miss came this morning got on very well with lessons after lessons Grandpapa gave me a top which I was playing with I went out and played top with the boys I got a piece taken out of my top which I put in again after tea I went to a meating of the Normal school asocation they had some very nice music.
April 2nd. 1861.
Miss came this morning though we thought she would not as it was snowing so badly after lessons I read some of Homers ilead after dinner I was spinning my top nearly all the afternoon I practised a little after tea I prepared some microscope objects for papa & one for myself
April 3rd. 1861.
Miss came this morning after lessons I spun my top after dinner Nina Ohara and us went to see some jugling tricks and some canary birds trained to do tricks at the mechanichs hall after that Ohara and me got a drawing book for Ohara and I got a top and string for myself I learnt my lessons and piled away a lot of paper boxes for papa after tea tonight got a new pair of slippers
April 4th. 1861.
