Down
the street. Nothing new. Things sell awful high. Coffee went for $6.80 a pound.
Called
at Graves’. Saw Mrs. Headly. Went to [Ernest] Wiedemann’s. Saw Dr. [Solon]
Borland.
He wants me to teach his two daughters [Fanny and Mollie] arithmetic. That makes
6 new scholars I have got. Evening, went to church at Presbyterian.
Dr.
Solon Borland
Down
the street. Called on [the widow,] Mrs. Caldwell. At [Capt.] Syberg’s.
At
church. Bishop [Henry C.] Lay preached.
In
school. Have twenty-six scholars. At [Ernest] Wiedemann’s.
In
school. After supper, went to teach Col. [Solon] Borland’s daughters.
In
school. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s.
In
school. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s.
In
school. Saw [Capt.] Syberg. Dr. Desepey at [Col. Solon] Borland’s. [Fanny and
Mollie Borland] laughed at the shadow of my nose on the wall immoderately. They
are dull, but pretty [girls].
Down
the street. Called on Mrs. McRae.
At
church.
In
school. They think the Feds will be here [soon]. I do not.
In
school. The Post
has fallen & many think that the Feds will be here. I do not think so.
In
school. Rainy. Feds coming up. Adams, English & Willie Curran left today –
went without paying. Mean. Can’t be helped. Governor Flanagin has called on
the men here to come out and defend the capitol. They have taken the
Presbyterian church for a hospital. Some of [Gen. Thomas] Hindman’s command
came in wet and tired out. Some of the poor fellows fell down in the streets
from exhaustion. It is said that [Brigadier General Thomas] Churchill was behind
a hill at the Post [when] he heard a shout at the fort & remarked to some
who were with him & said, “we have conquered” and [then] went up but
ours had surrendered and he was taken [prisoner].
Foolish. I think some are leaving town.
Brigadier
General Thomas Churchill
In
school. Snow about six inches deep. Only 5 boys in school. It is reported about
town that Capt. John D. Adams has abstracted one million dollars from the
Quartermasters Department where he was [working].
At
[Col. Solon] Borland’s. [Fanny and Mollie Borland are] ninnies [who are]
trifling, giggling, rude, [and] unwomanly. When I came away, there was no light
in the hall & I left the door open so that I could see. Before I got on my
coat, they slammed the door and left me in Egyptian darkness.
In
school. The Quartermasters have the room next to mine. The yard [is] filled with
mules. Few boys [left in school]. P. English, Willie Curran, two Adams [boys],
[and] Conrad Berry have left.
Saturday.
Reading. Down to see [Capt.] Syberg. No news except Feds at Duvall’s Bluff.
[Our] town is full of soldiers. About 20 here [at Mrs. Adamson’s].
Sunday.
At [Capt.] Syberg’s. Reading. No news.
In
school. Few boys [present]. Capt. [John D.] Adams wants me to go down with his
family as private tutor. He will pay expenses and give me 600 a year. I do not
know what to do. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s.
In
school. Have not decided to go [with Capt. Adams]. All down on me for thinking
about going. [Ernest] Wiedemann advised me to go.
In
school. Evening, saw [Capt. John D.] Adams. He is not going now but he wants to
engage me as a private tutor. He will give me one hundred dollars a month and
enter into bond for two years with me if necessary. I told him [Capt.] Syberg
had advised me not to accept & go away with him to Washington [Arkansas]. He
said he would let the matter drop till the times were more gloomy.
In
school. Sam and Dean Adams came back. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s.
In
school. Nothing new. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s. I am getting to like [the
Borland girls] very well. The youngest, [Mollie] is the smartest in study. At
[Ernest] Wiedemann’s.
At
home. Called on [Capt.] Syberg.
Sunday.
At home all day.
In
school. Rainy. Few at school. At [Col. Solon] Borland’s. [The Borland girls
are] giggling ninnies. One is practical – Miss Fanny, but stupid in
arithmetic.
In
school. At Borland’s. the older [girl, Fanny,] is dull and stupid. She got mad
tonight and went out of the room muttering. I do not know what she said. I will
see [Col.] Borland & if such things are allowed, I will let them go to the
devil. But the youngest one, [Mollie,] is often the best girl, more lady like,
and more apt to learn. I think after this month, I will see Col. Borland and
stop. I will have enough without them & I will have more time to study.
Moore is a considerable of a boy.
In
school. Nothing new. Had a new boy [in school today]. At Borland’s. Sick.
Vomited when I got out. Moore is a stingy dog. I cannot get a pair of pants and
he has a pair and has a chance of getting another or as many as he wants in the
clothing store, and he will not sell them [to me]. He is a Presbyterian blue
devil – mean, bigoted, too saintish ever to be ruffled.
In
school. At [Capt.] Sybergs. At Borland’s. [Col. Solon Borland’s daughters]
are, I think, supremely silly and dull and unwomanly. They do nothing but laugh
at the shadow of my nose on the wall. The eldest, [Fanny,] is practical but the
poetry is a kind of moon sick sentimental sort which minds that have a hankering
for slate pencils and clay would indict.
In
school. Feel sick. At Borland’s. When I went there, they had company and a boy
let me in. I walked in and saw Miss Mary [Mollie]. She went into the room and
told her sister [Fanny] that Mr. Goodrich had come. She [Fanny] said loud enough
& probably for me to hear, “Well, he came without asking for me, did
he?” They are the stupidest, most ill-mannered wenches that I ever met with. I
am sorry I ever undertook to give them lessons.
Rainy.
Down the street. At Dodge’s a little while.
