Page 53 - March 7, 1839 - Cattle Sale

March the 7 1839 Page 53

Thu 7 Clear this morning and continued

so till noon then it clouded up and

after night it began to rain som

I worked for Joshua Burch all

day after night Father came

home from court Harmon

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and snowing

it snowed a little while and quit

it was cloudy till nearly noon then

it broke away and then the sun

shoen out in the after noon quit

pleasent late in the evening it

clouded up I went to Harrison

Ville I got me a knife prise 75c

and half a quire of paper price 18c

Sat 9 Clear this morning but soon

clouded up again about noon

it cleard up again and turned som

coalder I drawed some hay in the

fore noon in the after noon I

went to Evetine Conleys to get

my vest then to singing school

Sun 10 Clear this morning a while

then it clouded up and had some

appearance of snow it turned

quite coald I wente to Salem

meeting house to hear Mr.

Wood preach after night I

went to meeting again 1839

Mon 11 Clear this morning and frose

the ground hard after noon

it clouded up and had some

appearance of rain I worked

for John Graves Father sold

ninetteen head of cattle five

head of two year olds and

fourteen head of yearlens he

got one hundred Dollars he

gave me thirty dollars of it

my calvs come to 65 dollars.

Page 38 - December 10, 1838 - Father Hunting

December the 10. 1838 Page 38

Mon 10 cloudy this morning early but soon

broke away it was very cool in the morning

it got quit warm and pleasent the Balen

of the day Father started out to Mr.

Groomeses to hunt game which is about

sixteen miles off I took down my over

Coat to Miss. Eeveline Conley to make

she has three Dollars for making a

coat Mr. Simes killed his hogs I

came home and fikced my stables a

Samuel Klepinger went to school

for the first day to Mr. Barnes 1838

this night I counted up the days since I

commenced my Book keeping the number

was two hundred and forty seven days

Tue 11 clear this morning and thoughed rite

smart quite pleasent all day I made

a stable done and in the afternoon

I helped Timmons tare down his house

James Pierce was hear to day and

Thomas Smith came out from Ohio

the tenth of the month and father came

home with hime I killed one praire hen

Wed 12 clear and some cooler than it has been

for two or three days past I helped

Timmons raise a house after night

their is meeting over at Salem

meeting house Mr. Wood exhorted

Father land home from hunting and

killed nothing a tall so no more at

this time hoping no insinuation too

Thu 13 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed

corne after night there was a

singing school over at Salem mete

ing house I killed two praire hens

and one quail Thomas Smith

and James Pierce came up to the

singing school there was rite smart

of a congragtion out to night 1838

aman of words and not of dead

a charge to keep I have a god