Page 93 - November 7, 1839 - Wagons North

November the 7 . 1839 Page 93

Thu 7 Cloudy this morning but soon broke aw

-ay it got clear in the evening in the

evening it turned some cloudy I work

-ed the road begining at Feelden

Clevengers and we cut one half mile

dew west Father and Mother went

ona visit to St. Mendenhalls 1839

Fri 8 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds quite cool a heavy

frost on I helped Timmons husk corn

Sat 9 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on I puled corn till noon for my

self in the after noon I kiklled a hog

Sun 10 Clear thiis morning with a heavy on

in the evening it got cloudy at 11 I

went Salem meeting house B. E.

Wood preached was quite a congragation

out to hear him after night I went John

graves to singing school 1839 H . L

Mon 11 Cloudy this morning and rained all

day after night it easeth some we lay

at big pine cool a and disagreeable we

was that for on our journy to Chicago

Tue 12 Cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out once we killed 2 hens and 3 pesants

we met 16 waggons from Chicago

we lay at sugar creek at old pecks

Wed 13 Cloudy this morning we got to the

buck horn tavern after night it rain

-ed I got 25 cts worth of powder

and shot and 6 cts worth of oats 1839

Thu 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some

we came to the kankakee the sun

shoen out clear I spent 43 cts 1840

noe more at this time I thank

you sir Harmon R Lucas

Page 59 - April 11, 1839 - Trembling Pen

April the 11. 1839. Page 59

Thu 11 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds some cool to it

continued clear till nearly night then it got

cloudy and at night it bgan to rain quite

hard I went to Lafayettte I got me two

blind bridles and a collar at five dollars I

got me a hat at fifty cts at MC Cormicks

one dollars worth of trimmons and twelve

cts worth of shot I foand a six pence two

Fri 12 Cloudy this morning and raining it

rained till ten O clock then it broke away

som about twelve the sun shoen out in

the after noon it got qute clear and nice

I don mothing in the fore noon in the after

noon I made fence ine the after noon

Sat 13 Clear this morning with a heavy frost it

continued clear all day James W Ireland he

spaid four hogs one died in less than five minut

after sh was spaid their was an election held

for the purpose of electoon Captain Lieutenan

and ensign James W Ireland got two vots

more than Timmons Wm. Graves got in

to be Lieutenant and Silas Colbert got

in to be ensign I voted for them all my 21

self I mustered two up in the praire 1839

Sun 14 Clear this morning with a heavy frost I

went over to Mr. Mendenhalls and staid

all day at night I went over to Feeldens

and staid all night in the evening it clouded

up and had the appearance of rain but dident

Mon 15 Clear this morning some cooler it has the

apparance of a fine day it thundred some

quite warm I plowed for oats in the evening

it got som cloag after night it rained som

little a man of words and not of deeds

is like a garden full of weeds and no

Dear miss it is with much trembling

of the pen at this tim tha presume

to address you on this subject 1839

Page 46 - January 22, 1839 - Go Baering

Jenuary 22 1839 Page 46

Tue 22 Cloudy and windy and after night

it blowed Desperately hard I worke

for Jacob Klepinger and after

night went to Sollomon Bests

and it stormed quite hard 1839

Wed 23 clear and continud so all day after

night I went to meting I worked

for JacB Klepinger I went home

with H. B. their was 20 out

Thu 24 clear this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger after night

Mahen and the wife caame to Jacob

Fri 25 cloudy and snowing and raining

som all day after noon it rained

quite hard I finished my work

for Jacob Klepinger H L 1839

Sat 26 cloudy this morning it got some

clear I and David and Samuel

Klepinger had the most fun with

a little calf it would make at us

as hard as it could I got it of

Wm. Burch Feelden Clevenger

had a child to depart this life.

Sun 27 clear this morning Mr. Wood

preached at Salem meeting house

after meeting I went to the baering

then to Mr. Barnards to meeting

Mr. Cook preached their was

eight or ten Joined meeting 1839

Mon 28 cloudy this morning it snowed

ritet smart all day I worked

for John Graves till three O

clock it comtined to storm so Bad

that quit and went home 1839

One day after date I promised

to pay Thomas C Barnes the

sum of tten dollars Value Reced