1st Th |
Fair cold morning the ground was frozen & large frost. . Young Bet her her first litter of pigs last night or yesterday – 9 in number – sowing oats 2 bags finished ploughing the black bottom rakeing in oats etc burning brush throwing up manure etc halled a load manure to new garden for manure for some pair trees set out 10 or a dozen sowled 37 1/2 cts worth of potatoes to Mr Ballard. . . |
2nd Fr |
Fair mild sowing oats 4 bushels sowed a bag of hurds grass seed in the black bottom – Dr Gouldin & Louisa came up this evening – choping around the stumps in the bottom shelling corn etc |
3rd Sat. |
Fair mild I went to Chiles Burg to muster – mustered had a drum & fife Dr Gouldin went down to day we dined at Mama set out some trees – in yard sowing oats 3 bu the field by the house sent Robert for my puppy to Mr Huletts. grubing etc Rosy is about 5 weeks old |
4th Sun |
A small shower of rain I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached & preached at Mt Airy this evening Ann William & Emily came over last night Edmond T Redd dined hear today – Thad |
5th M |
Fair mild I hired John to rake the oat lan Ann Emily came over this – evening I caught 2 fish |
6th Tus |
Rain a hard shower. thundered a good deel – rakeing in oats on the road sowed 3 bu halled a load old rails for wood set out some lettuce plants halled some fodder throwing up manure etc etc . . . . caught a pike |
7th W |
Fair warm day sowing oats 3 bu to day rakeing them in ploughing for oats at the lore part of the field grubing moved a fence by sheep pen fenced in the apple trees (pup got hurt |
8th Th |
Fair warm working on a coalter fire got away at Mr Gouldins & Buttlers finished sowing oats this morning 1 bu sowed 57 bu in all rakeing the corn beds halling out manure by the Barn for corn |
9th Fr |
Fair windy Commenced planting corn planted Cobbs kind the right of the parth by Dabs house listing the fallowed ground by the barn halling out manure etc caught 2 fish – 6 pike in all |
10th Sat |
Fair mild listing for corn by the Barn halling out manure set out 2 apple trees caught 3 fish 1 pike – Dr Gouldin came up this evening |
11th Sun |
Fair cool a north wind I went to Bever Dam Bro Philips preached Dr Gouldin dined at Mr Gouldins saw the cole at Hewletts |
12th M |
Fair mild I went to the owl tree in Hanover – finished listing on the side next to the Barn halling manure halled 2 loads to the water mellon patch sent 2 carts to the rail road for coal got a load a piece got 1 bu sweet potatoes of – Mama – Bro Sam went to the Boling Green in my gig |
13th Tus |
Fair cool a north win we went to Mt Airy & dined put Bro Harises bed quilt in the frame rakeing the beds in the meadow sent to the rail road for 2 loads coal put in the shop halling out manure halled a load to garden put a bushel potatoes in hot bed |
14th W |
Fair cool rakeing the meadow commenced planting the meadow planted a row on the road in striped corn halling out manure etc Hackett had 1/2 bu potatoes coaltering the beds for corn |
15th Th |
Rainy evening cool day finished planting the meadow & commenced by barn planting with Mr Butlers kind of corn I put Dickinsons Jack to Flirtilla by the season $5.00 to pay to |
16th Fr |
Fair very cold morning the ground hard frozen frost etc planting corn by the barn passed the posimon tree. planted a full year ine row each side of the tree. Sent Joh to Mr Buttlers for 1. bu of corn set. 2 turkeys one in the pines & one turkey in the Barn - - - - - - - - - - -. |
17th Sat |
Fair mild finished planting corn all to the manured part sent to mill for meal making some water mellon hills putting in the manure etc – ploughing in the garden – for cymblings & corn etc etc |
18th Sun |
Fair cold day a north win I went to Carmel Bro Fox preached Bro Harris was – there & quite sick - - - - - - |
19th M |
A few flakes of snow – very cold morning the ground frozen & a large- frost killed nearly all – the fruit & buds on the forest trees a good many - - halling manure to cotton patch & ploughed it. ploughing the Irish potatoe patch. halled manure to watermelon patch. planted 3 rows - - - wed over a part of my wheat that was drilled on the swamp |
20th Tus |
Fair warm day ploughed the cotton patch over 3 times halling manure to the garden planted a row of cymblains seed planted 2 rows of forward corn in the garden - - scattering manure by the barn Canfield got 1 peck of potatoes 31 cts - - - - - Mr Harris dined hear R W Swann & self had a sebttlement he pd me 17 cts the balance |
21st W |
Fair warm day ploughing for corn scattered the manure etc halling manure to the Irish & sweet potatoe patches – I went to the river fishing with Llewellyn & Thad - - - planted 2 & a piece a row, or cymbling seed Wm Swann sent for 20 bu of coal borrowed it - - - - - - - - |
22nd Th |
Fair windy very dry I went to Goldans Ville & voted for Tod Newton & Minor - - - - - - - - planting corn by the shop on the road checking it off halling manure to the garden and sweet potatoe patch Tom [Thrane?] passed Chester field |
23rd Fr |
Rain a hard shower this evening thundered a good deel. . . mending my old harness shelling corn etc finished planting corn by the barn planted about 2 bushels of seed corn – halling manure to the – garden for butter beens etc I planted butter beens at the stack 2 rows John brought the jack [male donkey] by to day – Dr Anderson sent for 5 bu of potatoes & sent me 1- bu of sweet potatoes – halled a load of wood |
24th Sat |
Rain a little cdy cool morning we went to T. Castle finished planting corn – cockleing the wheat [cockle is wild wheat that must be weded out] by the corn house rakeing the potatoe patch etc etc |
25th Sun |
Fair frost spent the day at T. Castle came home in the evening - - Ben at Mama, has the measles - |
26th M |
Fair – frost I planted cotton Marthy laid up Buck Terrell came by Mr Richard Hill & Henrietta came up to – Anna, to day - - - Euodea Anderson died to day in Richmond with scarled fever [Euodia A. Anderson] |
27th Tus |
Fair warm sent to mill for meal & carryed corn for chop halling manure to the garden planted butter beens & cucumbers (seed bunch, commenced planting Irish potatoes Rohans 1/2 bu ploughed & raked over the patch etc |
28th W |
Fair mild planting potatoes 2 1/2 bu of Rohans putting manure in the drills halled a load – Marthy laid up Lewis Redd at Breakfast hear to day |
29th Th |
Rain commenced to night very moderately planting potatoes & finished one patch by the orchard planted 1/2 bu of large Rohans & nearly 1/2 bu of red ones ploughed a square in the garden for greens & manured it halled 5 or 6 loads manure made a cow pen ploughing a part of the sweet potatoe patch planted a row of carriots in the garden ploughing for peas |
30th Fr |
Fair mild halled a load of post & 2 of rails for the garden patching it up. halling manure to pea patch planted 4 rows peas put the cows in the pen on the swamp |