Page 86 - September 20, 1839 - Chimney Patched

September the 20. 1839 Page 86

Fri 20 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

continued in that position all day I cut up

three shocks of fodder in the after noon

I tended the mason he pached our chim

ney the charge was 2. 50 cts he commen

ced at one and quite at four in the evening

Sat 21 Clear this morning quite warm I

thrashed 10. 3/4 of wheat in the fore

noon in the after noon I helped John

Graves clean up wheat .49. bushels

quite warm It rained after night 1839

Sun 22 Cloudy this morning but it soon broke

way and got clear and pleasant I went

down to Egbert Pattersons to meeting

quite warm I seen my old woman there

Mon 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

thrashed oats till noon in the after noon

I covered it up and went up to the field

and cut up three shocks of fodder Father

bought a yoke of cattle from Daniel ogden

he is to give him forty Dollars H. L

Tue 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I cleaned up 13 bushels of oats and then

I went up and cut up three shocks of fodder

Father began to seed it got cloudy in thee

evening and rained some I went up to

Adam Bests for a pair of ox howsit

got quite cool it rained consciderable hard

Wed 25 Cloudy this morning but broke away

the sun shoen out some of the time I

plowd foller ground with oxen it turned

some cooler in the evening the evening

Thu 26 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on it has the appearance of being

a fine day I plowd in wheat in the

after noon in the for noon I plowd in

fouller ground Harmon Calhoon

Hiram T Genings Hiram Lucas

Page 55 - March 17, 1839 - Sugar Camp

March the 17. 1839 Page 55

Sun 17 Cloudy this morning and raining

lightly tolerable warm it cleard off

quit pleasent I went to Calhoons

school house to singing school and

after night I went to Salem metig

house after night It rained quite

hard it lightnad and thunared some

Mon 18 Cloudy and a raining some little

and still continud to rain it rained

off and on all day I went to Klepinge

sugar camp it lightned and thundred

quite hard some hard cracks and

Tue 19 Clear this morning and quite

pleasent all day I worked for John

graves all day so noe more Rembrs

Wed 20 Cloudy this morning and a raining

some and it held out very well all

day I helped Mr. Mendenhall to

raise his house he dident finish his

house in one day so he quit 1839

Thu 21 Cloudy this morning and looks like

we might have snow quite coald I

went again to help Mr. Mendenhall

finish his house after we finished

we helped Timmons rowl logs.

Fri 22 Clear this morning it staid partly

clear all day the ground was froze

with a heavy frost it got quite

warm I worked for John graves

Sat 23 Clear this morning I went to Lafayette

then back to election at servisons I

voted for Jese L watson then I

went to singing school at calhoons

school house I got one paper and a

half pound of powder and one

pound of lead so this finishes

the chapter L. L. D harmon L

Page 52 - March 1, 1839 - Calhoon's Exhibition

March the 1, 1839 Page 52

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning the ground

is frose quite hard it broke away

some in the after noon it got quit

pleasent this day is the day of

Henry Calhoons exhibition is

I dident goe I got wood and

done other exercise the snow

went away quite peleasent 1839

Sat 2 Cloudy and snowing hard it had

snowed in the night before som

five or six inches in debth I

went to Lafayette to take a horse

for Father to ride back from

court I got me a vest patron the

price 3 . 50 cts buttens 37 cts tinor

tremmons . 100. cts I gave 50 cts for

cutting it it was about as blustry

a day as I have seen the winter

I staid all night at James serivison

Sun 3 Clear this morning and quite

coald all day I went to Genings

school house to a babtist mee

ting and then to home after

night I went over to Salem

meeting house to prayr meeting

Mon 4 Clear this morning and quit coald

Father went to attend court again

this morning quite windy all

day I cut some wood H R

Tue 5 Clear this morning some warmer

I went to Mill with nine bushels

of corn it thoughed considerable

I killed two quails and two dovs

I cut some wood after night

I wrote a letter to my Cousin

Wed 6 Clear this morning and quite

warm the snow disapeared I

worked for Joshua Burch after

night I went to a sugar camt

Page 51 - February 24, 1839 - Rain Bow

Febuary the 24 , 1839 Page 51

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

slowly quite warm and foggy

this morning it continued so all day

I fig wrvited all day . H. R. L.

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and rained

some little it turned some cooler

than it was Father Went to tend

Court in Lafayette I killed a

goose fourty two steps with my

shot gun I made 25 rails for Silas

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and some

foggy I worked for Joshua Burch

in the evening it rained some the

sun shoen out very pleasent it

its setting it formed a beautiful

rain bow it turned some cooler

Wed 27 Clear this morning and froze

the ground some some time in and

through the course of the day it

clouded up in the evening it turned

some cooler it snowed a little

squall it got quite cloudy at dark

I worked for Joshua Burck H. L

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning and snowed

it snowed about one inch deep

last evening it proved to be a

Blustering day the sun shon out

some few times I killed five

doves at one shoat and two

prayre hens at one at an other

shoot I got some little wood

one day after date Value Reced

we or either of us promised

pay H. Calhoon the sum of ten

cents in full Thornton Clevenger

David Klepinger Harmon L

E. G Layne got elected and John

Downing and oyler all got and

office two March the first 1839

Page 47 - January 29, 1839 - Shigley's Estate

Jenuary the 29 . 1839 Page 47

Tue 29 Cloudy this morning and a raining

it commenced in the morning it

rained and sleated all day I done

nothing but try to trade some but

I dident get my ends accomplished

Wed 30 cloudy this amorning and snowed a

nearly all day I killed six praire

hens with my shot gun H. R. L.

Thu 31 cloudy and snowing some through

the courss of the day I worked for

John Graves cuting wood he drow

four loads of wood to home and one

load to milleses H. R. Lucas

Fri 1 Clear this morning and quit

cold and continued so all day I worked

for John Graves choped wood he

drowed six loads of wood hom and

two to mileses we worked litill

three O. clock it got so coald that

we quit Eliza Graves and his wife

came on a visit to John Graveses

Sat 2 clear this morning and quite

coald I think that this morning

is the coaldest morning that wee

have had. this winter before I

went old Mr. Adam Shigleys

sale things went high father got

three calvs at 11 dollars and 12 cts

after night I went Sing school

up at Calhoons school house 1839

Sun 3 clear and quite pleasent this

morning it continued so all day

itthoughed all day I went down to

Mr. Simeses school house to

meeting after night the house was

full as it could hold H. R. L.

one day after Date I promised

to pay John long bag ten Dollar