FRIDAY, June 28.  Preach at Philip Kesner’s; funeral for Michael Ratchford’s child.  Stay all night at John Judy’s.

SATURDAY, June 29.  Meeting at Jacob Collor’s.  Subject, John 1:11.  Night meeting at Zion on the South Fork.  Stay all night at Silas Henkel’s on top of the mountain.

SUNDAY, June 30.  Stop at Hughey Ratchford’s to see Sister Hannah and Hughey’s wife.  They are both mending towards convalescence.  From there I go to William Davis’s in Sweedlin Valley; find a gathering, and speak from Matthew 5, first thirteen verses.  Dine at Jesse Mitchell’s, and in evening preach the funeral of Sister Elizabeth Freed, whom I had baptized just four weeks before.  Subject, 1 Peter 1:24, 25.

MONDAY, July 1.  Dine at Philip Ritchey’s; then home.

THURSDAY, July 4.  This evening, about seven o’clock, a wonderful appearance was witnessed in the sky.  A succession of meteoric balls of fire flew through the air, apparently from west to east; attended by reports in rapid succession very much resembling those of heavy pieces of artillery and quite as loud.  Some think this may be a providential mockery of the pageantry and pride displayed on each succeeding anniversary of this day over our national greatness which has now, for a time at least, departed.

SUNDAY, July 14.  Meeting at our meetinghouse.  I baptize John Driver and wife, Catharine Myers, Christian Zimmers and wife, Brady Ann Parker, Mrs. Fahrney, Ruthy Light, Bettie Miller, Susie Kline, Saloma Smith, Martha Jane and Sarah Catharine Swartz, and Martha McMullen.

SUNDAY, July 21.  A very singular panic struck our part of the Valley this afternoon.  A report of negroes breaking out and committing fearful outrages flew as on the wings of the wind.  Women were frightened and men dismayed.  It was, however, soon discovered to be false.

SUNDAY, October 20.  Diphtheria is raging.  In the past three weeks I have preached four funeral discourses for children between two and four years of age.  But parents have better promises for the children that are taken than for those that are left.

SATURDAY, November 9.  Brother John Wine and I go to the South Fork.  Preach funeral for William Ratcliff’s child.  Age, two years, four months and thirteen days.  Stay all night at Christian Dasher’s.

SUNDAY, November 10.  Meeting at Jesse Mitchell’s.  Brother John Wine speaks on Jude, third verse.  We stay all night at Samuel Trumbo’s.

THURSDAY, November 21.  Attend the burial of old Mother Wine, the mother of Christian, John, Michael, Samuel and George—­four preachers, and one, Michael, deacon.  Her age was seventy-one years, eight months and sixteen days.  A woman of great usefulness in her community as a help in sickness, she will long be remembered.  My subject for discourse was Rev. 14:12, 13.

SUNDAY, November 24.  Attend the burial of Hannah Zimmers, wife of Christian Zimmers.  Funeral services at Pine Grove meetinghouse.  Her age was about fifty-seven years.  TEXT.—­“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”  Heb. 13:14.