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Page 58 - April 7, 1839 - Father to Chicaugo

April 7.the. 1839 Page 58

Sun 7 Clear this morning and quite warm
in the morning I went to quarterly
meeting held by the United Brethren
at the school house in the naighbor hood
of Mr. Barnerds their was consderable
of a congragation out at it they held
their publick preaching at the camp
ground in the evening it clouded up
and looked like rain it rained some
at dark I went to evening meeting after
meeting I came home along with Samul
Pulver and his wife I mever saw as
dark a night in my life I got home
at twelve oclock it began to sprinkle

Mon.8. Cloudy this morning and some cooler
then it has been for some time it
broke away and got some warmer we
finished sowing oats in hunts field in
the evening it clouded up and looked
like rain in the after noon I began
to sow oats in our field for my self

Tue 9 Cloudy this morning and rained some
it broke away nearly noon the sun
shoen out nice and warm I sold my
cow for fourteen Dollars to Mr. Barnes
James graves brought our waggon home
Father went to get his loding of flowr

Wed 10 Cloudy this morning it rained in the
night as hard as I ever heard it it lightned
and thundred hard Father started to the
town named Chicaugo this morning with
four barels of flowr and one hundred
and ten dosens of eggs and two hundred
pounds of bacon and twenty eight bounds
of butter I plowed some rained too hard
the sun shoen out some two or three times
in the evening it clouded up and thundred
land tightner very hard after night it rained
quite hard I bought a pair of traces of
Sibbet Camblen price 1.25 cts.

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