“February 22.—Delivered head of cabbage, which afterward on a ‘banter’ was thrown at Mr. Walters, 10 cents.
“February 23.—Young lady paid me 5 cents to call on her; polished shoes for George Arras, 5 cents.
“February 24.—Swept pool-room of J. E. McKee, 10 cents; delivered hardware to Mr. Boyers, $2.00.
“February 26.—Wheeled M. W. Watson from store of J. C. Walters to shop, 25 cents.
“February 27.—Shaved Henry DeGrange, the barber, for which I charged him 10 cents.
“Mrs. Hamilton, a well-known society woman, sold bread and laundered the gentlemen's ties. She also presented a report in rhyme at the ‘pledge meeting’ on last Tuesday night. One item of the report was:
“First I peddled chestnuts and met with success,
And to-day I raked in nickels is the truth, you better guess.
Say, I must tell a secret, those chestnuts were alive,
But what of that, when I realized one dollar thirty-five.