after musing a while on past scenes with a
mixture of pleasure & pain rather more pain
than pleasure I returned to the house spent
the day with the family & in the evening I
preached to the people had a goodly number
present, after meeting I Baptized two
persons James Hooker & [blank] Smith
& spent a plesant evening & another night under
my Fathers roof

September 4, 1843 ~ Monday

4^th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Phebe
& inclosed a $5 dollar bill to her I also
wrote a letter to Azmon Woodruff

September 5, 1843 ~ Tuesday

5^th I again was called to take the parting hand
with Father Woodruff may the Lord preserve
us to meet again I left Farmington in company
with Mother, Eunice & Sister Mary Smith &
passed through the pine woods to Avon saw the
old Bogue Hills & house & place of my nativity
we called at Mrs Judds, had a view of Aunt
Wheelers place as we passed along and arived at
Aunt Cossetts in the afternoon. Sister Mary
had a vary poor turn it seemed for a little
as though she would die it was the stopage
of blood at the heart would rush to the head
she was bled Administered to & was soon relieved
Cousin Betsey & myself rode to Terriffville to
see aunt Bulah spent a little time & returned
home to our friends at Aunt Cossetts & spent
the night distance of the day 16 miles

September 6, 1843 ~ Wednesday

6^th It was difficult to make up my mind whether
to go on to day or stay I finally concluded to
tarry I took the parting hand with Mother