Thursday, January 16, 1868 - "Thare was a very large crowd at the Donation to night."

It is Storming Some to day. I went over to the But[t]end to mill this forenoon. I was also down to Brushland. Andrew Archabald rode down to Brushland with me. I was drawing wood this afternoon. S. White was up on the hill hunting this afternoon. Thare is a Donation in Brushland to night for Mr. Lee. Bill & Ann went down to it. The Donation to night foots up to $366.50 dollars. Thare was a very large crowd at the Donation to night.  I was not at it.
Walter J. Coulter. 1868