quarter to 8 o’clock. She informed us that Uncle Thomas was recovering from an attack of gout and that the dear little girls has had the measles. Eliza Annie and Emma Jane was convalescent but Mary Lousia is still very poorly. We heard that talented company of Ryde Theatre had taken the Queens Rooms, Newport for five nights. The first performance to commence this evening at 7 o’clock. I played a few tunes on the Flutina to myself, after which we had supper and retired to rest about 10 o’clock.
27th Tuesday -Washing day, I went to Newport, heard that Delhi was taken, but was not able to get a newspaper, so I know nothing of the particulars. In the evening I did a little drawing. Grandma gave me a new pallette.
