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1 st Sun |
Cdy most of the day I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text Matthew 5 th Ct part of the 14 th verse and the 16 verse We came home in the evening George came home to day |
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2 nd M |
Fair very warm d working on Mikes cart handled 2 knives for Harris pulling fodder put up one stack of blades etc |
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3 rd Tus |
Fair a drop or two of rain in the morning fixed a tobacco scaffold this morning by the barn pulling fodder I fixed up my cart body to hold corn. {I killed a halk took all my tools out of the black smiths shop |
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4 th W |
Fair I went to Dejarnattes with Llewellyn for 5 bls corn pulling fodder etc I went with Tom to the mill to see Tyree |
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5 th Th |
Fair put up a stack of blade fodder pulling fodder finished on the left side of the parth cut 23 sticks of tobacco 8 plants on a stick cut 23 sticks of of tobacco |
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6 th Fr |
Fair put up 1 stack fodder sent Billy to the mill to move rocks out of the river pulling fodder killed 5 birds etc |
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7 th Sat |
Fair we went to Mrs Andersons in the evening I cut some tops 6 sticks and tobacco put up a stack of fodder etc |
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8 th S. |
Fair We came home this evening |
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9 th M |
Fair I went to the B Green Mr Daniel spoke to the people a great speech – pulling fodder etc |
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10 th Tus |
Fair warn[m] finished pulling fodder this morning cutting tops worming & suckering tobacco etc |
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11 th W |
Cdy threatened to rain I went hunting in hanover saw H & Dr A & Dr G at Mr Gouldins Emily is quite sick put up a stack of fodder cutting tops tying up cut tobacco etc toped my stacks at the barn |
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12 th Thu |
Rain a little quite winday all day I went to the new ground for timber to make tobacco sticks I rove them out over 200 cutting tops finished hanging up tobacco and worming & suckering etc |
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13 th F |
Fair warm & windy I finished cutting tops this evening tying them up etc put up a stack of blades making 6 stacks in all the last |
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14 th Sat |
Fair very warm we went to T. Castle in the evening finished tying up my tops sent to TC for a wheat fan etc to J Dickinsons for Mama, bull patched up the stable put rose in it etc etc |
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15 th S |
Fair warm day Ella is at T. C. I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text 2 nd Chron 15 th chapter 12 th verse |
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16 th M W 81 1/2 |
Fair warm I got up before day and got up my tops fodder and put it on the rode - faning out my wheat faned 81 1/2 bu in all 74 1/2 red & 7 white halled a lode of oats to the house the last of the stack scotch oats |
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17 th Tus |
Fair very warm Mr Vass came up with 4 hands to help about my fodder finished the stack about diner time I gave Billy 12 1/2 cts faning out oats 21 bu cutting tobacco this evening etc Durriott finished takeing down the shop chimnies etc etc |
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18 th W |
Fair faned out my oats 68 bushels of ruffle oats ran the red wheat through again halled 2 lodes of chaf over home hung some tobacco etc |
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19 th T |
Fair very warm finished my wheat and sent the fan home cut some tobacco by the barn fixing some scaffols for corn to set up against I went to see Martin to get him to work on my barn floor |
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20 th F |
Fair very warm day Mr Martin and I lade the barn floor commenced work after breakfast commenced fallowing again for wheat commenced cutting down corn and halling it up halld 2 lodes of rails to the stack to make a corn pen |
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21nd Sat |
Fair, warm day, We went to T. Castle. halling up corn cutting tobacco & cutting down corn etc |
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22 nd S. |
Fair cool day a drop or 2 of rain last night I went to Cty Line Bro Powel preached text 2 nd Thessalonians ct 1 st ct 7 th v |
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23 rd M |
Fair cool day I went to the mill this morning to see about grinding some wheat etc sent a bushel of wheat to the mill and for my ploughs slabs etc halling corn cutting down & cut tobacco etc I hired Wash one week for $1.00 |
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24 th Tus |
Fair I went by the mill and to T. Castle I saw Korb etc etc sent to mill for ploughs & flour cutting down corn halling pulling off corn shucking etc |
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25 th W |
Fair and winday the win blue down my stack finished fallowing commenced ploughing in the corn field pulling off corn cutting down etc shucking to night wormed & suckered my tobacco worked on my cart body a little |
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26 th Thu |
Rainy morning it rained last night it wet the ground about 2 in – shucking corn halling etc Sowed turnip seed in the garden and turnip patch ploughing etc sent Bob To T Castle to have a tooth drawned |
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27 th F |
Fair cool. halling corn shucking raked over the fallow ground ploughing washed 2 1/2 bushels of wheat in salt and water |
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28 th Sat |
Rainy day a good rain cool d I picked 2 1/2 bushels of wheat over to get out the onions & cockle etc [cockles were weeds 2 -3 feet high with pink and purple flowers] shucking corn etc etc |
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29 th S |
Fair very cool day I went to meeting at Mr Johnsons Bro Harris preached Text Matthew 26 ct last part of the 42 verse, thy will be done, |
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30 th M Wheat |
Fair. A frost Sowed 3 1/2 bushels of wheat white on a fallow rakeing it in pulling corn of shucking etc to night John Wash is getting poles for a beaf house halled the poles etc [entry for 1 st September lined out] |