Page 41 - December 23, 1838 - Soldier of the Cross

December the 23. 1838 Page 41

Sun 23 clear and quite coald morning meeting

commenced at nine O. clock at noon

Wm groomes and wife and daughter

and Elvila and Gearge pierce and

Wm Simes and wife James Servison

and wife and James pierce all ate diner

meeting ended at nine O. clock and

Wm grooms and wife and daughter and

Micheh Hair staid with us 1838

Mon 24 clear this morning I sent my not with

Hair which I held against Fraisure

and company I cut some rail timber

and after night it snowed som

Tue 25 cloudy this morning Father went

down to James pierces after oats

I drawed wood father got hom with 58

Bushels I done nothing of eny conciquen

it snowed som in the evening H R

Wed 26 clear this morning and quite coald and

Father started up to Logans port

I done nothing all day after night

I went over to Salem meeting house

in the evening it had the appearanc

of snow late in the evening 1838

Thu 27 Cloudy this morning but broke a

way and turned out quit nice I

shot five hogs for old Mr. Shigley

I made a sled two quite pleasent

Fri 28 cloudy this morning at eleven O clock

it snowed I drawed wood over to the

Meeting house John G Smith got

insualed at somthing or other at

night thier was ingin school at Salem

thiir was 20 out I kiled one praire hen

Am I a soldier of the cross a folower

of the lamb and shall I fear to on

his cause or blush to speak ahis nam

and must this feeble body faint

Page 37 - December 6, 1838 - Overcoat

December the 6. 1838 Page 37

Thu 6 Clear and quite cool all day I went

down to Harison Ville to pay a

gudgment of lying betwene father

and Burgate the amount was

two dollars the cost one dollar I

got Receipt in full of all the

ammount I brought anc Ex

ecution against John G Smith

I killed five praire hens to day

Fri 7 partly clear early this mornig

very cold sun Rises at 25 mi

past seven O. clock it thoughed

a little in the day I drawed wood

Father sold two hogs to Mr.

Gennings for twelve Dollars

father and John Graves made

a find settlement up to this date

I Received fifty cts on hanvey

Sat 8 quite cloudy early this morning some

snow on the ground it broke away and

got clear and pleasent all day I went

to Lafayette and got an over Coat

cut out I gave one dollar I bought the

clothe at three dollars and fifty cts

per yard I got a bill of it Luas bot

of MC cormicks three yards and three

fourths of a yard of cloth 13. 12 cts

Trimmons 2. 75 cts handkerchief

37 cts and of powder 50 cts pound

of lead 12 cts totle amount 16. 87 cts

I started home from town after sun

set and got home half past seven

Sun 9 clear and quite cool at present I

went over to Salem meeting house

to prayr meeting there was at night

meeting too and I went to it 1838

Mr. Reasen frasure please thet

the Barer John Smith have the

full amount of ten Dollars and

by so doing you will oblige youfrei

Page 30 - October 23, 1838 - End of Chapter

30 October 23. 1838 Page 30

Tue 23 cloudy this morning and raind till noon

it broke away I worked all day on the canall

Wed 24 cloudy and at noon began to rain about

three O. clock I quit working on the canall

Thu 25 cloudy all day I continued working on

the Eri canall for Frasure and Hill

Fri 26 partly clear some flying clouds at this

time I continued working on the canall

Sat 27 clear this morning till noon and then it clouded

up and at five O. clock it began to rain

and after night it began to snow I continued

to work till noon then cam home amenen

Sun 28 some cloudy the snow fell about one inch

in debth it melted away it came five or

six squalls through the day I went down

to Mr. Mostillers at a two days meeting

then back to singing school at Mr

Simeses school house it commenced at

four O. clock and quit at five I started

home with Miss E B and got home

Mon 29 clear this morning with a heavy frost

I started over to the canall I worked three

quarters of a day so ends the chapter

Tue 30 some clear and cloudy together all day

I settled up with Resen Frasure and

he paid me five dollars my month being

at an end I worked till noon then quit amen

Wed 31 clear and pleasent all day I gethered corn

we husked three loads of corn this makes

the last of the month which it makes

the last of October 1838

Round is the ring that has no end

my ink is pale my pen is bad my love

to you shall never fail amen

Page 29 - October 15, 1838 - Clothing Swap

October the 15. 1838 Page 29

Mon 15 cloudy part of the day some cooler

than common I worked on the canall

father got home at two O clock 1838

Tue 16 cloudy and a heavy frost this morning

Beard and fraiser had a fight old

beard came on with 8 hands and

went to work on the culbert he worke

till noon and gave it up for a dry

Job I worked on the canall 1838

Wed 17 some cloudy all day and cool easy work

on the canall I worked on the canall

Thu 18 cloud this and mist a little at noon

it raind hard for a while I traded

coats with dow Chism and gave eleven

Dollars to boot and .Robert hill

andnd Robert hodgens swapt even

Alfred toliver and thornton

Chevenger traded coat and thornton

Received 2.75 cents to boot 1838

and I trded pantaloons even with

Robert Chism dow and James

toliver traded wescots I worked 1838

Fri 19 cloud and cool all day I worked on

the canall 19 1838 Indiana 1838

father and mother started to shoney

Sat 20 tolerable clear till noon then it

got cloudy and cool I came home

against noon then I went out

and killed three wild hens so no more

Sun 21 clear and cool with a heavy frost

quite nice I went to meeten over

at the salem meeten house 1838

Mon 22 cloud this morning I started over to

the canall at day light it continude

so all day Mcenelld dide at night

we dell went to set up there

I worked half of the day 1838