The Diary of
Dr. A. Decker F. Pound

Written during the year 1878.

THE DIARY - October

I let S. ELLIOTT have some med for Ed. I went to Hiram GRIFFINs to see him & Sally & Alice. I went to J. WIERs to see Lennie. I sold John DEVOL twenty five cents worth of med. I went to Steve TRUEBLOODs to see his wife. I let Jennings BURGESS have some med. I went to Lafe TRUEBLOODs to see him. I let Owen FISHBACK have some med. I went to Nancy Ann TURNERs to see Jake TARVIS. I let Will HUNT have some med. Adam BUTLER brought me a load of corn. I let Will TRUEBLOOD have some med. It was a fair day, rained PM.

Wednesday, October 2, 1878

I let Jennings BURGESS have some med. I went to J. WIERs to see Lennie. I sent Homer MORGANs son Barr some med. I went to Press KESTERs to see Lois. I let Mollie HARMON have some med for which & on acct she paid me one dollar and a half. I went to Stephen TRUEBLOODs to see his wife. I let Mary Jane WILSON have some med for Wildy. I let Perry WILLIAMS have some med for Tommie. I let Sam BURNAM have some med. I went to Stephen JOHNSONs to see Wm L. STAGGS. I sold George BROCK thirty cents worth of med. I sent Alice RAY some med. I went to Z.J. HUNTs to see his wife. I sent Katie TRUEBLOOD some med. It was a fair day.

Thursday, October 3, 1878

I let Jennings BURGESS have some med. I went to J. WIERs to see Lennie. I went to Z.J. HUNTs to see his wife. I let Amos ELLIOTTs wife have some med for Effie. Curtiss TRUEBLOOD paid me one dollar and eighty cents on acct. I let Bob McDONALD have some med for which & on acct he paid me 35cts. I let Nannie DIX have some med for Oscar. I let Thomas SWANEY have some med. I sent Adam BUTLER some med. I went to Stephen JOHNSONs to see W.L. STAGGS. I sent Johnithan KIRKHAMs wife some med. Nannie DIX paid me fifty cents on acct. I went to Clem STEVENS to see Alice RAY. I let Mont STEVENS have some med. I let Ida BUTLER have some med. It was a fair day.

Friday, October 4, 1878

I let James HAUGER have some med. I let Amos ELLIOTTs wife have some med for Effie. I let Riley MORGAN have some med. I went to Z.J. HUNTs to see his wife. I went to J. WIERs to see Lennie. I went to Adrie CARRs to see Johnnie. I went to Steven JOHNSONs to see W.L. STAGGS. I let M.H. PIETY have some med for his wife. I sent Joe POWERS some med for Becca. I paid 25cts for beef. I let Press KESTER have some med for his wife. It was a little rainy.

Saturday, October 5, 1878

I went to Charley McDONALDs to see him. I went to Amos ELLIOTTs to see his wife & Effie. I went to M.H. PIETYs to see his wife. I went to Steve JOHNSONs to see W.L. STAGGS. I let Steve have some med. I sent Ida BUTLER some med. I let Jack WILLIAMS have some med. I let James ELLIOTT have some med. Stephen BRIDWELL brought me half a bushel of apples. Stephen JOHNSON paid me twenty five cents. It was a clear day.

Sunday, October 6, 1878

I went to Adria CARRs to see Johnnie. I went to Charley McDONALDs to see him. I went to Nannie DIXes to see Edith PIETY. I went to Wm. HAUGER to see James. I let Thomas BEAUCHAMP have some med. I sold Thuel DIX thirty five cents worth of med. I let Owen FISHBACK have some med. I let Milton PIETY have some med for his wife. [Weather report unreadable].

Monday, October 7, 1878

I went to Emily PIETYs to see Edith. I went to Wm HAUGERs to see James. I sold Mr. DUKE forty cents worth of med. I let Jake FARRIS have some med. I let Wm RIGHTER have some med. I went to Joseph THOMPSONs to see him. I let Ozra WILLIAMS have some med. J. WIER paid me five dollars on acct. I sold Mr. RAY fifty cents worth of med. I let W.P. KESTER have some med. I let Wm TRUEBLOOD have some med. I paid twenty five cents for Coal Oil. I let J.F. QUINN have some med. [Weather report unreadable].

Tuesday, October 8, 1878

I let Leander WILSON have some med for Joe. I sold Henry FORTUNE fifty cents worth of med. I let Early PIETY have some med. I sold seventy five cents worth of med. I went to Joseph THOMPSONs to see him. W.L. STAAGS paid me five dollars on acct. I let Tom STEVENS have some med. I let Adam BUTLER have some med for himself & Roy. Wm POGUE paid me twelve dollars on acct. I let J.F. QUINN have some med. I let James McHUGH have some med for Jimmie & Henry. I paid Press NASH thirty five cents for beef. It was a fair day.

Wednesday, October 9, 1878

I let J.F. QUINN have some med. I went to Terre Haute. I paid L. GOODMAN Jr. eighteen dollars and one half for a suit of clothes. I paid B. & A. five dollars and left an order for some med. I sold Mollie HARMON one dollar and one half worth of med. I paid forty cents for dinner for my horse & myself. I sold Nannie DIX twenty five cents worth of med. I let David POUND have some med for (????). I went to John DEVOLs to see his wife. I let Press KESTER have some med for Lois. It was cloudy A.M & P.M.

Thursday, October 10, 1878

I went to John DEVOLs to see his wife. I went to James RICEs to see Blanche. I let James HAUGER have some med. I went to hunt a white sow of mine that had strayed away. I paid twenty cents for sausages. I handed Emma two dollars. [Weather report unreadable].

Friday, October 11, 1878

I went to Sam FISKs to see his wife. I went to Amos ELLIOTTs to see J.F. QUINN. I let Wm. HAUGER have some med. I let Press KESTER have some med for Lois. [Weather report unreadable].

Saturday, October 12, 1878

I let Daily CLARK have some med. I paid fifteen cents for oysters and crackers. I went to Amos ELLIOTTs to see J.F. QUINN. I sold James RICE twenty five cents worth of med. I let Press KESTER have some med for Lois. [Weather report unreadable].

Sunday, October 13, 1878

I went to Sam FISKs to see his wife. I let James HAUGER have some med. I let J.F. QUINN have some med. I went to Sallie FRAKES to see Mary Ann. I went to the Christian church to hear LAYMEN A.M. I gave the church five cents. I let Tom STEVENS have some med for Cora. James YEAGER paid me forty cents on acct. It was a fair day.

Monday, October 14, 1878

I let James WEEKS have some med. I went to Tom STEVENS to see Cora. I stopped at Rube WHITLEYs to see Bertha. I went to Press KESTERs to see his wife. I sold Sarah FOSTER twenty five cents worth of med. I sold Prince ALLEN twenty five cents worth of med. I let David POUND have some med for his wife. It was a fair day.

Tuesday, October 15, 1878

I went to James ELLIOTTs & Steve BRIDWELLs & got Jim ELLIOTTs & Will PADDOCK & Steve BRIDWELLs team to help move my personals to a house I had rented of [off] S.E.K. FISK. I paid forty cents for beef. I paid thirty cents for soap & nails. I let James LOVELACE have some med. I went to John BAILEYs to see his wife. I stopped at Sallie FRAIKS to see her. I went to Jim NEWLANs to see Anna. I went to Joe WRIGHTs to see his wife. [Weather report unreadable.]

Wednesday, October 16, 1878

I let Jim NEWLAN have some med for Anna. I let Jennings BURGESS have some med. I let Riley MORGAN have some med for Walter. I let David POUND have some med for Zarah. I paid twenty five cents for a broom. I paid Amos ELLIOTT four dollars and fifty cents rent on the house that I moved out of yesterday. I went to Sallie FRAIKS to see her. I went to Charley McDONALDs to see him. I let Mary Ann FRAIKS have some med. I sold & sent Mary JOHNSON twenty five cents worth of med. I sent Clem STEVENS wife some med. [Weather report unreadable.]

Thursday, October 17, 1878

I let Wm BAILEY have some med for his wife. I went to Isaac BEAUCHAMPs to see him. I went to the Sale of E.P. TRUEBLOOD, Deceased. I let Jim NEWLAN have some med for Anna. I went to Nannie DIXes to see Oscar. I went to Jennie WATSONs to see Hattie FARRIS. I let John BAILEY have some med for his wife. I let Chart MORGAN have some med. I let David SHOEMAKER have some med. I sold Frank MOORE fifty cents worth of med. I paid six bits for six chicks. I went to Sallie HUNTs to see her. It was cool & rainy.

Friday, October 18, 1878

I went to Nannie DIXes to see Oscar. I sold & sent Mary JOHNSON twenty five cents worth of med. I sent Sallie HUNT some med. I let Amos ELLIOTTs wife have some med for Effie. It was a little cloudy.

Saturday, October 19, 1878

I went to Emily PIETYs to see Edith. I went to Nannie DIXes to see Oscar. I let Wm GRIFFIN have some med. I went to Hiram FRAIKS & Set a fractured forearm for Marion. I let Z.J. HUNTs wife have some med. I let Amos ELLIOTT have some med for Effie. I sent Martha FISK some med. It was a fair day & light freeze.

Sunday, October 20, 1878

I went to Nannie DIXes and she paid me three dollars on acct. I went to the Baptist church to hear MARLOW. I went to Hiram FRAIKS to see Marion. I went to S.M. GAPENs to see him. I went to Tom STEVENS to see his wife. She presented him a girl. It was a fair day.

Monday, October 21, 1878

Text unavailable - those mentioned include: John DEVOL; Hiram FRAIKS; Sallie FRAIKS; Stephen JOHNSON; Becca POWERS; Joseph POWERS; William SHOEMAKER.

Tuesday, October 22, 1878

Text unavailable - those mentioned include: GOBINs Mill; Sallie HUNT.

Wednesday, October 23, 1878

I went to Sallie HUNTs to see her. I let James WEEKS have some med. I sent John BAILEYs wife some med. I paid Sixty five cents for a pair of scissors and a pair of knitting needles. I let Ozra WILLIAMS have some med for which & on acct he paid me seventy five cents. John SHOEMAKER hauled me a load of wood. It was a clear day.

Thursday, October 24, 1878

I paid Press NASH fifty cents for five pounds of lard. I paid J. WIER thirty cents for a lamp. I sent Adam BUTLER some med. I went to John SHOEMAKERs to see Taylor PEARSON & son & Daughter. Hiram ROSWELL hauled me some hay from Ebb LLOYDs. Joe POWERS sent me two loads of wood. Taylor PEARSON paid me two dollars and twenty five cents on acct. I went to Z.J. HUNTs to see Nellie. It was a fair day.

Friday, October 25, 1878

I sent Sam BURNAM some med. James LOVELACE paid me forty cents on acct. Early PIETY paid me seven dollars and seventy five cents on acct. It rained a little P.M.

Saturday, October 26, 1878

I went to John SHOEMAKERs to see Taylor PEARSONs son and daughter for which he paid me two dollars and twenty five cents. Frank DAVENPORT paid me seventy five cents on acct. Press KESTER paid me five dollars on acct. I went to Charley McDONALDs to see him. I let Press KESTER have some med. I paid Press NASH twenty five cents for pork. It was a rainy day.

Sunday, October 27, 1878

I went to the Christian Church to hear WILSON preach. I gave the church five cents. I went to Sunday school. I gave the School five cents. I sold Joe WRIGHT twenty five cents worth of med. It was a fair day P.M. Cloudy A.M.

Monday, October 28, 1878

I paid twenty cents for Soap. I let Riley POGUE have some med for which & acct he paid me fifty cents. I sent BUNTIN & ARMSTRONG twenty dollars and an order for some med. I handed Riley LISTON four dollars to bring me some Coal. John HUNT paid me six dollars on acct. I let Perry WILLIAMS have some med. I let Ed STEVENS have some med. I let Docia ERNEST have some med. I let Josie ETHRIDGE have some med. I went to Homer MORGANs to see Barr. I let Z.J. HUNT have some med for Nellie. It was a clear day.

Tuesday, October 29, 1878

I paid Press NASH fifty cents for beef. Perry WILLIAMS brought me nine bushels of potatoes for which I agreed to allow him six cents a bushel on acct. I went to Homer MORGANs to see Barr. I buried my potatoes. Adam BUTLER brought me ten bushels of corn on acct. I paid twenty cents for a peck of sweet potatoes. It was a fair day.

Wednesday, October 30, 1878

I let Sarah LISTON have some med. She paid me seven dollars on acct. I let Wm. BAILEY have some med for Press. He paid me three dollars and seventy five cents on a note I held against him. I paid Press NASH forty cents for beef. I let James ELLIOTT have some med for Roscoe. I paid twenty cents for a Slate. I sold G. DIX twenty five cents worth of med for Emma ERNEST. I credited Mrs. GOBINs acct by fifty lbs of flour. It was a little cloudy P.M.

Thursday, October 31, 1878

I went to Press KESTERs awhile. Solomon HAUGER sent me thirty two pounds and a half of meat at seven cents per pound. Joe POWERS hauled me twenty five bushels of coal. Jack ROMINE hauled me eighteen bushels of coal he handed me two dollars and five cents What was left of the four dollars I handed to Riley LISTON. It was a fair day.

Contributed by Janice Thomas - thanks Janice!