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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Page 130 - June 24, 1840 - Warm with Rain

June the 24 1840 Page 1. 30

Wed 24 Cloudy this morning but the sun shon
out it rained it severl showers I broke
9 1/2 rounds in the fore noon in the
after noon I broke six rounds and
quite at 3 oclock the Drive gave out
John Pulver worked 3 fourths of a day

Thu 25 Cloudy this morning and raining
fine to it has the appearance of it
continuing but it broke away was a
fine day I helped John graves to
rais his barn I drowd his logs up
with three yoke of cattle he got done

Fri 26 Cloudy this morning and looks like
rain it got clear and as warm as
I ever saw it in my life after noon
it came up a very heavy gustt and
rained tremendious hard and nearly
all the after noon I took one load of
corn down to simeses 28 bushels
I made a new sheath to my plow 18

Sat 27 Cloudy this morning and rained a
little I went to mill and then back
home in the after noon I went down
home with Maria Mansfield and
Wm. Mansfield and got home about
two hours by sun the sun shoen
out quite warm Harmon Lucas

Sun 28 Cloudy this morning but broke away
the sun shoen out at 11 oclock I and
the rest all went to meeting at Nolens
then home and staid a while then we
fixed up and started for home it gat
tremendiously warm at about
six oclock it came up a very hard
shower some went to the north we
had quite hard hear it give it to us
about rite I got home about dark
it still continued to rain after
night Harmon R Lucas

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