1868
Tuesday, December 15.
  Clear and comparatively
warm. Ther. about
16 [degrees]—31 [degrees]—16 [degrees].
Rose as usual.
Walked down with
the boys. After eating
lunch went up to
'the pond' with E. Dodge.
A slight dust of snow
fell last night & it
has almost ruined the
skating. Skated all
the afternoon. R. Deane,
J. Swain, Fred Hittinger,
Devons & others were
on the ice. The whole of
'the pond' froze over
last night for the
first time this year.
Got back in time for
dinner. In evening studied
at the R's. Wrote our second
Latin Comp. paper to day.
Percentage of yesterdays .53
1868.
Wednesday, December 16.
  Cloudy & chilly
but did not snow.
Ther. about 14 [degrees]—32 [degrees]—
20 [degrees]. Rose as usual.
Went into Boston
from school and met
father at the bird store.
Looked at some sleighs
& saw a velocipede.
Then father came home
& I went up to Cragin
& Sheldon's & bought
the skiff that I looked
at before. Got home
in time for dinner.
Studied at the R's as
usual, in the evening.
Percentage of yesterday's
Latin Comp. .20