Thursday, April 9, 1868.
  Clear but cold for the
season. Ther. about 20[degrees] - 
34[degrees] - 24[degrees]. Rose
as usual & exercised
the dogs. When I got
back from school had
lunch as usual. Then
caught a Pigeon & went
up to R. Deane's.  He also
caught one & we let them
out in the fields. It took
three barrels apiece to
kill them all flying.
Then into the Heron Swamp
saw several Night & three
Grt. Blue Herons. Then
round to Block Is. shot a
Rusty Blackbird. Then
wounded a Grt. Bl. Heron &
a Night Heron badly both
flying. Saw a Kingfisher.
Coming home shot a Robin
flying. Took Billy with
me. About ½ the ground
is covered with snow and
[margin]the face of the country is dismal in the extreme for Spring.[/margin]
Friday, April 10, 1868.
  Cloudy all day.
Ther. about 20[degrees] - 34
32[degrees] - [degrees]. Commenced
to snow at 9 A.M.
Snowed all day without
ceasing for a moment.
By 9 P.M. about eight
inches had fallen. Snow
very light but did not
drift at all. Rose as
usual and exercised
the dogs. Got dismissed
at 11 A.M. & on the way
home bought six feet
of whitewood. After lunch
Dan came out and
stayed over night. We
loafed around all the P.M.
In the evening played a couple
of games at E. Dodge's table.
Several Robins have been sitting
all the P.M. huddled up in our
Lilac bushes.
Plenty of Blue Birds around.
Saw a Gl. Crest. Wren 
[margin]Father bought me a small powder flask to carry my No 12 shot in. Also some B shot.[/margin]