Page 134 - July 16, 1840 - Still Breaking

July the 16 1840 Page 134

Thu 16 Clear this morning quite pleasant but

it got cloudy and theere was severall little

showers then I went to plowing I broke

till noon then I quite and went down

to Hecka thorns after a horse in the after

noon I helped the old man Shigly till

four oclock then I went braking John

Pulve worked all Day for me 1840

Fri 17 Clear this morning but clouded up and

at noon it rained some it soon broke away

and got clear and nice I plowed 19 rounds

quite pleasant John pulver worked all day

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning with a heavy fog on

cool and nice it broke away and got warm

I plowed till noon 10 rounds in the aftr

noon I went four rounds Davis Menden

hall held the plow for mee John pulvr

worked half a day it got some cooler in then

Sat 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice I fixed and went down to the battle

ground to a two days meeting in the evenig

it got quite cool I came home after evening

services after nid night H. R. Lucas

Sun 20 Cloudy this morning and quite cool to

I went to braking again I brok 21 rounds

quite pleasant and nice Harmon R

Tue 21 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice I finished one land and laid of an

other land and run five rounds on it I

lost half a day a hunting one oxen H.

Wed 22 Clear this morning with the exception of

a few flying cloudys I broke 19 rounds and it

cam up a very hard shower of rain late

in the evening and rained on all night

one day after Date we or eithe of us

Do agree to pay William Henry

Harrigson the sum of one hundred

quaails Witneess our hands H. lucas

Page 132 - July 4, 1840 - Yankee Girls

July the 4. 1840 Page 1.32

Sat 4 Cloudy this morning quite cool too

the sun shoen out I went to Laffaitt

it was a poor gethring for the fourth of

July I had a ride on a canall boat the

first one that ever past through the

Town of Lafayette I rode about 6 miles

on it quite warm all of the yankee

girls was there at the time I got

mee a razor strop and half a quire of

paper 50 cts I got home at dark it got

quite cloudy after night it rained some

Sun 5 Cloudy this morning and quite nice at

nine oclock I went to Sabeth School but

dident stay long there I went down to

the batle ground at 11 oclock meeting

then back home and at four oclock

I went to Egbert Pattersons to a

meeting we had a fine shower to of rain

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning and has some of

the appearnace of rain I helped to mow at

the poor farm Wm Graves S. pulver

E. Downey mowed for us I came home in

the evening it came up quite a shower

of rain no nore at presant 1840

Tue 7 Cloudy this morning and rained several

times I and Pulver and S.Jacksen all

mowed Father and Mother went to town

after the Suit for Mary Janes manedge

we finished mowing about 4 oclock in the

evening it rained nearly all night

Wed 8 Cloudy this morning and rained some and

it continued so all day ue cut wheat till noon

in the after noon we pup up some hay then we

cut some wheat we had a shower in the

evening Wm Shigly feched my cradle

and hay rake down to the county farme

May god look dawn up on us in his ifitat

merce come let us goe to meeteing at

Salem meeting house Harmon

Page 75 - July 12, 1839 - Another Birthday

July the 12. 1839 Page 4.75

Fri 12 Clear this morning quite pleasant at noon

I went up to Wm Shigleys and got my

cradle and I finished my laying my six

teen acres of corn by and this makes

me in my twenty first year and I

feel my self highly favored and some

what thankful too that I am spaired

to this day I plowed in my other eight

acres of corn it rianed in the evening

Sat 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant it got

som cloudy and at noon it rained some

little quarterly meeting commenced at

Salem Meeting house I plowed till in the

after noon then I quit and cut some wheat

I went to meeting 1839 Tippecanoe Co

Sun 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant at

nine O clock I went to Meeeting the house

was in a measure full and they preached

at half past four in the evening they

held meeting again after night I staid

with S. Mendenhall S. . K went

with L. . Pulver in the evening

it got quite cloudy and had som little

of the appearance of rain at this time

TMon 15 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds over us at presant

I plowed in my corn all day S. Pulver

helped us to harvest in wheat 1839

Tue 16 Clear this morning quite cool it conitnued

so all day I plowed till noon in the after

noon I went down to the battle ground

and then to the mill I got mee three

yards of fime muslin at 37 a yard and

a wheat stome at 18 cts S. Pulver

cut wheat for us and lewis graves

plowed faller ground I shall soen come

to the conclution to stop as quick as I can

finish those few lines at the bollom of

this holy book July the 16 1839 H. Lucas