Longest extended narrative in the collection, kept from March 26-May 26; documents a young man's interests and life in Columbus, Georgia. He was a passionate devote of the arts, especially music. Other concerns were his sisters and religious beliefs as a Roman Catholic. Street and social life in Columbus were carefully delineated: salesmen in the store where he clerked, farmers and poor “crackers” who came into town, their amusements, education, and treatment of their slaves; the installation of gas lighting in town and the arrival of the first railroad train from Savannah; holidays and ordinary life at the store. At various points he described parties, funerals, weather, vegetables appearing for sale on the street, and the suburban gardens of the wealthy. With a sharp eye and considerable humor toward himself, he told the tale of a room he shared with the local Justice of the Peace - Laurence for sleeping, the J.P. for his work - and the hilarious consequences when court needed to be held after midnight, 1853