No Ordinary Man. Lois Winslow-Spragge
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a party of the [...] to tonight and I spent a very pleasant eavening it is past 12 a clock.
March 16th. 1861.
I read a little before ten oclock I then went down town with papa he bought some flounders to get shells out of A new [...] after dinner we went out to play and made a great many snowballs and anna told a story when we went in papa planted the verbena slips after tea william and me played marbles with my new board.
March 17th. 1861.
I went to church this morning but it was very cold and windy after dinner anna went to the bible class mama read to me & william after tea I read to <us> myself and wrote a chapter in my scripture index. I have a bad headache my wallflower bloomed today
March 18th. 1861.
Miss came after lessons I played marbles with Ohara & gained & after dinner I went out but it was very cold so we soon came in I was then asked to Mr Baynses where we had some fine fun I just came <in> {home} in time to see anna & nina finish an act Verbena slips growing
March 19th. 1861.
Miss came this morning and we got on very well with lessons a little after dinner I went out we cuttered and pulled each other on our slays Grandpapa gave me a new <story> book and a music book tonight papa and mama are out papa got a box from labradoor full of shells.
March 20th. 1861.
Miss came this morning and we got on very well with lessons after Lessons we went <at> out cuttering and eating Haws21 & after dinner we played at Thief and Hide and go seek Ohara came in today papa lent me his blowpipe and I was melting glass with it. I then went over home with Ohara and brought Anna home who was <of> {at} the Baynses
March 21st. 1861.
Miss 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