Fr 1. |
Fair warm thundered/Cdy/Rain hard/Cdy I went to Huletts got letter from Anna & box with sugar for H to make wine Nancy Ballard went in cart to Mr S, this morning I drove cart saw Mr Dervin & Buckhannon at turn out telegraft men had camp or tents at Huletts Edmond hear this evening Pertha S came girls went to river Lizzee & Pertha came near getting drowned sank 3 times L, Boys ploughing corn sweet potato watermellon P etc Lizzie went with Pertha home Mr Minor is dead I hear |
Sat 2. |
Rain misty/Rain/Rain a L/Cdy I went to Carmel Dr D conducted the meeting Bro De Garnett moderater John Quarles & Wm wer restored to church to day (W Fox) L Trainham at meeting boys planting tobacco got plants from mill Jane brought clothes home - |
Sun 3. |
Rain a L/Cdy/Cdy/Cdy I went to Carmel had 1 S. Bro Reynolds preached but few persons at meeting Cary dined hear Aggy Lambie Cate came in evening Thomasia & H went to Mr S, & Jas Cary went home Susan & Pertha & [Caoces? Caius Southworth?] came & sat till bed time -John went away came back in night. [joh? jar?] fly hallowing to day |
M 4. |
Cdy/Cdy/Cdy/Fair I sprung some pear & cherry trees manured and worked some I fixed gate & tared it etc Pertha came gone with her home, Lizzie & Nora E came gone for Hantle-burries Aggy Lambie is hear boys ploughing corn H & children gathering black-burries children went to slash left Linnie & Nora I went to look for them weeding greens budded cherry trees etc Thomasia wed some sweet potatoes on flat etc |
Tus 5. |
Fair/Fair/Fair/Fair I carryed letter to Huletts & 12 eggs got 4 boxes of matches got a letter for Lizzie the boys went to west field for milking cow brought her across the River they got out went to Mr Southworths girls went for them I went & fixed up draw bars at corner saw L Luck at turnout boys ploughing etc |
W 6. |
Rain/Cdy/Rain/Fair I worked the watermellon vines cutting bushes in gully etc Cary came by Jas went to N P Lucks for a basket of apples boys ploughing thining corn etc Barbara got back from south Misicepie [Mississippi] |
Th 7. |
Fair/Rain a L/Rain/Rain I greesed wagon went to hulitts to try to get a barrell flour failed left old mare & colt at mill went to Bro Saml for wheat spent the night Bro S, in or on bed Clarrence poly etc cary was at Huletts this morning. snake bit Gwinnet on foot this morning. |
Fr 8. |
Cdy/Fair/Fair/Fair I went in orchard at Bro, Saml, gathered some apples got 5 ½ bushels wheat & carryed it to mill to grind white w Turne Doswell rode with me to bridge I cut Clarrence, hair Sam Buck working on house Bro S, went back to mill for the flour Jas got a letter from Tom Anderson Texas |
Sat 9. |
Fair/Fair/Fair/Fair Cutting bushes & trees round house hilling up brush put oxen in pasture with yoke on Edmond came with negro & pairs boys ploughing corn Lizzie & Fan gone or went to Mr S, Gwinnet & Linnie went to Cedar vale |
Sun 10 |
Cdy/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Carmel S.S. taught 2 of George 2, S, Bro L Trainham conducted prayyer meeting. had rain at Carmel boys went to Cty Line Cary came spent night. Tho went to Mahons |
M 11. |
Fair/Rain/Fair/Fair I worked in watermellon patch gathered mustard etc quite poly all day Cary went home Edmond came for boys to cut oats & old place F cut to day Pertha came for ivy she is poisoned w oak |
Tus 12. |
Fair/Rain a S./Fair/Fair Edmond came up with his 2 ploughs & his [shaddow?] boys helping to ploughs went home at night I have been quite poly all day John Mahon came home to day sick Cary came got hear to Cary went home to night [inside margin on right: Gwynett W. Redd, Ivy Cliff Fannie C Redd, Linnie B Redd girls went to see them work] |
W 13. |
Fair w day/Fair/Fair/Fair Planted 2 r peas & corn by spring budded some peach trees on plumes and peach stocks & stuck thorn in my thum. boys cutting oats etc Sally S, & Susan Southworth came & sat till bed time boys wash |
Fr 15. |
Fair warm day/Fair/Fair/Fair I cut the weeds bushes etc around house Pertha S, came this evening let us know Mrs Dickinson is comeing tomorow the boys halling hay from Providence 2 lodes cutting etc planted corn & peas turned out hog out pen |
S 16. |
Fair warm/Fair/Fair/Fair I cut & burnt bushes around house went to F Fitz for bag apples H & Susan went to Bro Saml, came back I walked with S to gate Mr S, brought some apples boys halling & stacking hay the 2 Englands came this evening girls went washing etc Mr Kean at Mr Porters |
S 17. |
Fair very warm/Fair/Fair/Fair I went in wagon with L & Linnie to Carmel Bro Reynolds preached took a collection for Singing books Bro Wortham gave $15. I gave 25 cts very warm day Ell Luck came this evening & John Mahon |
M 18. |
Fair very warm/ Rain S/Fair/Fair I went to Huletts carryed box & letters for Mrs Holiday pd 9 cts for them Charles Harris went with me Mr S, at Huletts in ox cart my oxen John Mahon is hear to day spent day Charles Harris & Linsey Terrell at Huletts got cow out of Mr Lambies I stoped the ditch etc |
Tus 19. |
Fair very warm/Fair cdy/Fair/Fair I worked in watermellon patch made hog pen put up hog Edmond came in evening John Mahon went home in evening boys workg tobacco by the spring |
W 20. |
Fair very w/Rain/Rain/Fair Mrs S, came this morning went home I w on the watermellon patch boys ploughing corn weeding tobacco |
Th 21. |
Fair very warm/Fair/Cdy/Fair I went to Fitz for apples got 4 bags Jas went to Mr S, & ground some in cider 5 gallons Mr Lambie came for 25 big nails borrowed [?] |
Fr 22. |
Rain/Cdy/Fair/Fair I worked in garden greens went to Huletts caryed letters an [addition?] on to Baughn putting store & shed Jim F Nelson working on house boys put up a stack hay weeding tobacco |
S 23. |
Rain shower/Fair/Fair/Fair workg greens boys weeding wheat yard etc makg floar to [thre on?] Thomasia & H to Mr S, this evening to see about wheat drum |
Sun 24. |
Rain/Fair/Fair/Fair I spent the day at home poly pertha came over in evening H & Jas went to Miss Addams to see the Miss Addamses boys went to Cty Line Cary came etc |
M 25. |
Fair warm/Fair/Fair/Fair John Mahon came to help about wheat threshed wheat white 8 bu Mr Ware came to try to get threshing m drum Mr L sent my fan home |
Tus 26 |
Fair warm/Fair/Fair/Fair Threshing wheat early purple 10 ½ bu & halled all of the medertaranean wheat Clarrence came for supper dined Mr S was hear to night |
W 27. |
Fair/Rain a L/Rain L/Fair Clarrence Cary & Charles Martin 3 hands all from Bro Saml and [fin]ished threshing carryed the drum Tignal came for ban & roler carryed to the Dr S.S. came & spent night |
Th 28. |
Fair warm/Fair/Fair/Fair I carryed 2 doz eggs to Huletts got 2 bars of soap owe 4 cts Dr Lin gave us a bundle sugar got a bundle of bags from depot Richmond got Fox to bring meat to mill in little cart. |
Fr 29. |
Fair warm/Cdy/Rain a L/Fair I carryed clothes to Jane to wash & carryed wheat & barrell to mill left it Cary came over got meet from mill boys finished faan or chafing wheat made 63 bushels Edmond Redd came up John cut Carys hair gone to wash Mrs Dickinson & Susan came spent evening H & Linnie staid all night |
Sat 30. |
Fair cool/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Huletts carrryed 1 lb butter pd 4 cts owed, & got 1 ½ lbs soda saw Bro Allen got a letter for Jas & borrowed a little flour of miller - |
Sun 31. |
Fair/Fair/Fair/Fair I went to Carmel S.S. Dr D opened the scool had prayer meeting etc I saw the Dr on rode H went from Mr S, |