John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, Page 48

[John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, page 48. Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy, Sally Young and Sue Davis for their ongoing research collaboration; specifically to William for providing scans of the original document, and in turn many thanks to Peter Johnston Binckley and Patricia D'Arcy "Trish" Binckley (1951-2007), at the source. This is my rough transcription. Extra paragraph breaks inserted for easier reading.]

[continued] cockle or cheat. Barley. 

Reflections: The very axioms of political Ethics demonstrate human selfishness and the folly of virtue, as a principle of right for its own sake. But what then?

The timber, ever since the Columbus region, has been hickory, black walnut, maple, and especially Beech, of which here it monopolizes the woods.

13 miles from Dayton, Brookville, a very handsome village.

Dodson -- no town much. Here I hailed a pretty lass in the door, to tell what place etc, turned up at a steep angle, a very pretty nose, turned on an ankle like a lily's stem, gave a twist to her whole body enough to stretch out surreptitiously, and marched back, ignorant of her deeds, and careless of destroying an unoffending passenger.

Wild blue flags, iris. Similar to that cultivated, only less wide in leaf less rich in flower. Was in the water a marsh wholly. Heard an intelligent looking man express a [to be continued.]

[John Milton Binckley (1831-1878).]