Tuesday, February 11, 1868 – “This is Town meeting day.”

This is a tolerable fine day. Mercury 10 [degrees] below zero this morning. This is Town meeting day. I was down to Brushland to day. James Elliott & James Douglas were candidates for Supervisor. James Elliott was elected. Jane Boyd was here this afternoon. O. Dickson was here this afternoon. 1868
Thare was a Donation in Brushland for Mr. Kennedy.
I received a letter to day [from my dearest Nettie].  I was drawing Manure this afternoon.  Brushland.  Walter J. Coulter

*Oliver Dickson (b 1840), son of Gilbert Dickson and Ellen Irvine