Sunday Jan 19, 1890 Mrs. Walters came down the evening previous and spent several days with me at Bud's where I was boarding. Saturday Feb. 8, 1890 Rode up to Stanberry on the Friday afternoon freight and remained over Saturday and Sunday. with my family. Thursday, Feb. 13, 1890 Took a ride with Dr. Hunt six miles south of McFall to see a boy who had been accidentally shot. While the Doctor was attending to his patient, I walked over to the house where my brother George had been shot seventeen years before. Found great changes had been made of late years. Saturday, March 1, 1890 Made another trip to Stanberry to see my family and to prospect for employment for the coming summer. Sunday, March 23, 1890 My thirty-eighth birthday. Borrowed one of Dr. Hunt's horses and rode out to spend the day with Bud on his father's farm. Friday, March 28, 1890 Closed my twentieth term of school. As usual on such occasions, there was a number of visitors. Packed my trunk and left for Stanberry on the next afternoon. +++++++++++++