Wednesday, January 1, 1868.
  New Years Day.
Cloudy and day broke
snowing very fast. Changed
into rain at about 10
A.M. and rained hard
the rest of the day.
About three inches of
snow fell but the rain
used up most of it.
Ther. about 34[degrees] - 48[degrees] - 
38[degrees]. Rose at 6 A.M.
with Dan and started
shooting. Got as far as the
Pine swamp when the
storm forced us to return as
we were almost blinded. Saw
several tree sparrows & heard a creeper.
Got back at 9 A.M. almost wet
through. Spent most of A.M.
in the barn fooling with Ruth.
Ruth came down to tea
in the evening & we played
several games of croquet.