Sun 1st |
Fair cool Dr Gouldin came over this morning Mr. Gouldin dined hear Llewellyn & I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached & a funeral sermon of Rafe |
M 2nd |
Fair cool day the ground had a crust on it this morning good many
peaches killed sowing oats 7 1/2 bushels |
Tus 3 rd |
Fair, cdy to night a fine day planted a row of peas & beets
shelling corn etc I went to the mill spoke to Mr. Gouldin for 2 bushels of
oats at 35 cts a bushel John M Anderson [John McLaughlin Anderson, Thomasia's
youngest brother, 1832-1881] spent the day hear |
W 4th |
Rain a little this evening quite warm day vegetation put out more to
day than it has for several |
Th 5 th |
Fair mild I finished sowing oats to 1 bushel Mr Jefrey came to take
the list of property. I put a roler on cart body & put it on the cart |
Fr 6th |
Fair warm halled a load straw to stack planted a row of parsnips
& carrots planted a few butter beans planted 2 rows corn in the garden
& a box of wall flower seed - I went to the mill sent for cart tung
[tongue] & bag cotton I finished sowing timothy seed by Canfields |
Sat 7th |
Rain to night & thunder - shower fair day I went to Chiles burgh
& mustered the Candidates were there speaking I made a yoke cart tung |
Sun 8th |
Rain to night fair day I went to Cty Line no preaching Ann & Molly came over Talley is at Mamma's & Emily thunder & lightnings |
M 9th |
Rainy morning Bartlett worked for me to day in shop fixed cart tung irons for cart body dun [done] up plough rake etc etc Pd him 75cts & Jeff 12 1/2 I pd Flemming $2.75cts for 6 bridles William went to Mr. Gouldins for a bar iron Mr Talley's daughters went home this morning & Molly Bob ploughing for Mr Lane Peter & Joh malling rails to day I spoke to Fleming Henry for 10 hogsheads of manure |
Tus 10th |
Fair, foggy morning I commenced planting corn by Annas fence. Billy Quarles
came to get work, put in a stone corner fence by my orchard |
W 11th |
Fair a fine day Billy Quarles & I finished cart tung & went for some post for the barn put in2 post got 4 ready splicing joist etc planting corn in front of the house worked the young steers to day |
Thu 12th |
Fair a pretty day working on barn sheds finished one side put in 3 poles on the other side planting corn commenced on the hill, corn by the house going toward the gate |
Fr 13th |
Cdy evening a few drops rain I walked to the mill Billy finished the
barn commenced on my barn sheds worked 1/2 day - I set a steel trap for a
hare |
Sat 14th |
[drawing of colt] |
Sun 15th |
Fair very cold morning & night I saw ice 1/2 inch thick in a bucket and the tub of water froze this morning I went to Carmel Bro Crane spoke to Sunday school teachers & scollars Bro Harris preached Mark 14 chapter 8 verse [Mark 14:8] She hath done etc. Pd 2 dollars to Bro Hardgrove for Cobb |
M 16th |
Fair a very cold morning - large frost all or nearly all the fruit & buds... the trees are killed Yoked up the young steers brought a load wood I went to the cool house with Lewis to see Mr. Noele halled a load wood planting corn by ice pond - ? in that field |
Tues 17th |
Fair a large frost cold morning I saw ice on the Swamp ground frozen etc. I went to the new ground to look at wheat Lewis Redd [likely Addison Lewis Redd, 1804-1889 oldest son of Samuel Redd] borrowed my coat & went to Bro Allens - planting corn by the ice pond |
W 18th |
Snow a little cold & windy day I finished planting corn by the
ice pond Lewis brought my coat back this morning Mr. Gouldin came & spoke
for 1/2 bu corn 1 bu Burress 1/2 bu Hills shell it |
Th 19th |
Fair cool day I went to the new ground Saw S Cobbs & nags spoke
for 1/2 bu seed corn the fire got away at the school house and burnt to
Sister Cobbs fence & M Lucks fence etc. Anna gave me some cabbage seeds
Martha laid up |
Fr 20th |
Fair cool morning a large frost. I halled 3 loads of stocks for Mr
Hill & myself 6 in all Miss Fanny Noele came to see Thomasia I sowed the
plant bed in the garden cabbage seed etc. |
Sat 21st |
Fair cool the win go to the south to day I went to S Cobbs for 1/2 bu
seed corn swaped went to mill this evening saw Martin I made a pen for turkey
have 13 young ones Thadkilled 3 ? mockins [mocking] birds |
Sun 22 nd |
Fair we went to Cty Line Bro Allen preached communion day Bro Saml John T Redd & Charles Gouldin dined hear to day |
M 23th |
Fair a warm fine day We went to Mr Gouldins & spent the day I
went to Linnaeus after coppers & paper I made a bargain with Mr. Gouldin
for 20 barrells corn at $2.12 1/2 cts a barrell |
Tus 24th |
Rain showery morning finished ploughing by Cobbs I mended irons on
harness |
W 25th |
Rainy day Mama sent some hands to plant corn the rain drove them in I
made Llewellyn gun of wood made a nuwell [newell] etc packed away some planks
in the barn -- I pd Purkins 1 dollar money lent him |
Fri 27th |
Rain fine, rain, cdy day I sent to mill for plaster got about 6
bushels. I sowed about 2 bushels plaster sowed some on wheat at new garden
& the drilled wheat |
Sat 28th |
Rain showery halled rails from the fence by the orchard & making fence by the house from one gate to the other halling some wood diging hoalds [holes] for stakes putting them in etc Let Jon have 4 quarts of flour at 12 1/2 cts. |
Sun 29th |
Fair cool day we went to T Castle I carried Llewellyn to Carmel to Sundy scool came up home this evening |
M 30th |
Fair mild weather To came & dined finished the fence on the path
from Mama's gate to mine sowed plaster on the gwarna [?] wheat about 3
bushels |