10th Thursday - The brown hen hatched 8 little chicks. We heard that Mrs. J B had
an addition to her household about the 27th of May, but it did not live but a short time.
11th Friday - An Horticultural exhibition took place yesterday at Carisbrooke Castle,
it was exceedingly well attended the whole of the day. In the evening I finished
painting Grandfathers headstone. Mr. C. Pike cut the garden hedges – we heard that
Mr. James Baker has in his garden at St.Paul’s View Cottages Cross lanes a tremendous
cabbage measuring upwards of nine feet and proportionably high, he has also two
others which to all appearance will soon arrive at the same size.
