Jan. 4 Well, another year has passed away and we still live. Our family remain about the same from year to year; changes will, however, at some future time take place, but, to make any sort of calculation to what they will be, would be preposterous. Since the dawn of the first morning of 1854 unnumbered events have transpired in this world that will be made a matter of history and read by coming generations with great interest, such as the Japan expedition and the war between Russia and the Allied Powers of England and France and Turkey. This week, so far, has been a busy one — too busy for comfort. On Sunday I went as usual to Church. Mr. Corss text in the morning was Ezekiel 5, 4 and in the afternoon Deuteronomy 8, 2 —subject of the discourse 'The Pilgrim Fathers'. It was quite an entertaining sermon being historical. It was the anniversary of the first Sabbath spent on the American shore by those persevering Christians, being the 31 of Dec.
After church Mary Ellen and I went home with Jane and in the evening went to hear Mr. Apperson preach. His text was 'Buy the tenth and sell it not'. Stayed overnight at the shop and came home early in the morning. Monday P.M. John Doty, Miss Parsons, Henry Phelps, Dr. Tracy and Alonzo took tea with us. In the evening (as it was 'New Years') the young folks must needs go somewhere and do something so the following persons congregated at Mr. Birds and had a grand time. Horace, Nancy and Hannah Niles, Henry, Lucinda, and Loretta Scott, Bebee and Ruth Gerould, Lizzie Child, Daniel Child and wife, Malvina Gerould, Abyina Crane, Messrs. Merrill, and Dudley Phelps, Mr. Higgins and wife, John, Clarissa, and Susan Phelps, Justin and Mary Andrus, Mrs. Weed, Miss Hendrick, Mary and Calista Bacon, Newton Wood, Dr. Tracy, Selden, Dorrance, Mary Ellen and myself. We had an excellent supper — oysters etc. Got home at 1/2 past 5 o'clock next morning. On Tuesday evening the Luminary was read — Miss H. Niles, Ed., Mr. A.S. Hale, assistant. On Wednesday evening nearly the same party met at Mr. Childs as was at Mr. Birds, and there we had the nicest kind of a time and another supper. Got home this morning at 1/2 past 2, so we are improving. Today I feel some sleepy, but have not been in bed. 'tis Thursday eve and all have gone to singing school. George Campbell was not, as supposed, married on Christmas, but on New Years.
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