Page 105 - February 1, 1840 - Old Women

February the 1.st. 1840 Page 1, 5

Sat 1 Cloudy this morning and snowing

some it soon broke away the sun shoen

out quite pleasant it thoughed some I

came home or to the river and couldent

get a cross it I came there about 3

oclock and over to Daniel Gariets.

and staid all night Harmon Lucas

Sun 2 Clear this morning quite coald I came

down to the river and against one

or two oclock I got over home I paid 25

cts at four I went to meeting then

I went over and staid at aunts all night

Mon 3 Clear this morning and looks like

that we would have rain or snow in

the evening I and 8 of the old weman

paid a visit over at Thomas Smiths.

I staid all night at Thomas Smiths.

Tue 4 Clear this morning I started for

Thomas .Smiths to Zanesville I

staled some five or six times I

fetched up five barles of salt and

other laden weegot home at nine oclock

I saw willas oden drunk as a fool.

Wed 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant I done

nothing much all day I went out to Mr.

Chapens with Thomas . Smith I went

up to Josiah . Smiths and staid all

night Harmon. R. Lucas 1840

Thu 6 Cloudy this morning and has some

little appearance of snow or rain it

soon turned in to raining and it 1840

continued to hold out all day I staid

all night at aunts no more at this

Fri 7 Clear this morning it frose some quite

warm all day it got quite mudy I got a

halter from Josiah Smith I staid

all night at Thomas .Smiths

Page 79 - August 5, 1839 - Congress Man

August the 5. 1839 Page 79

Mon 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

got some windy in the evening our august

election was held for the purpose of electing

new congress man I mowed in the fore

noon in the after noon I helped draw

in and stack hay late in the evening it

got some cloudy noe more at this time..

Tue 6 Cloudy this morning and raining a fine

little shower a heavy rain went around

to the South with some thundring and

lightning it soon broke away and the 10

sun shoen out I took up the wagon to 20

Wm Shigleys in the after noon I 183

went up to Mr. Garrets Harmon R

Wed 7 Clear this morning but soon got some

dim and in the evening it rained I

thrashed oats till it commenced Father

was getting his chickens together some

more at this time 1839 Harmon Lucas

Thu 8 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain it rained some two or

three times in the day in the evening it got

quite clear and winday I went on hunt

of bags in the fore noon in the after noon

I went up to Wm Shigleys to get

the waggon I cleaned up sixteen bushels

of oats for Father Luesa Pulver

Fri 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant Father

and curtus started to Chicago with a

load of chickens and onions I cleaned

up .30.1/2 of oats and thrashed one floar

of oats and bound up four dosens of oats

Sat 10 Clear this morning I cleaned up 25.

bushels of oats and then I went to

Laffayeette I got me my coat from

the Taylors price was 8. 38 cts and I

got several articals to quite warm too

no more at this time H. R Lucas