Page 128 - June 13, 1840 - Bull Hunting

June the 13. 1840 Page 1. 28

Sat 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant

till 8 oclock then It got cloudy and looked

like raine it did rain some but broke

away again and looke nice I went down

ato home at four I started home and stoped

at Hiram Geningses Harmon Lucas

Sun 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

fixed up and went over to Sabeth

school and got mee 2 books and quit

as Sabeth School was over I went

down to home for there was a quarterly

meeting there I got there at 12 oclock

and at four oclock I went down to the

meeting it rained some and we came to

home an-- --d Mis Bilder back got a

faul from a horse and had liken to have

been kiled after night I went down

to meeting then back home at 12 ocloc

Hiram Genings and wife horatio A

Barnes and wif and Mother Daniel

Ogden and wife J. J. Cooper and me

staid all night Harmon R Lucas

Mon 15 Clear this morning quite warme

I came home I feched old tom with me

in the after noon I went down to

John Robrtses after a bull of

Hirram Gening and hunted till

sun set then he came up wee yoked

him and feched hime home we got

home after dark a while Harmon

Tue 16 Clear this morng quite pleasant I

drowd two loads of rails then I went

to braking we broke five or six round

Hiram Gening drove the cattle I

quite and laid up fence we had four

yoke of cattle pap and mamma and

John came up I went up to the home

William Henry Harison Departed

this tife on the 4 oh April 11841 in

the city of Washinton so no more r

Page 125 - May 28, 1840 - Great Convention

May the 28 . 1840 Page 1. 25

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away the sun shoen out it rained I

laid up fence till ten oclock then I

fixed up and went down to the great

Convention at Harrison Ville the

brig came in from Mechigon City

there was a thousand folks aut I

believe we had some showers of rain

Fri 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I went down to the convention it was

estimated to be 30.000 people the mad

a great to do about oone oclock 9 of

us went down to the river and scen

5 steam boats we had a fine time

we came back and cut around awhile

then we came up and staid all night

to James pattersons aftr night we

seen them shooting their seye light

we had lots of fun a marching around

Sat 30 Clear this morning quit pleasant

we went down to the convention

again a great many went home some

came back to it we went we went

down to the river again seven of

us I came back to it and staid a while

then we came up to James pattersons

all a foot we took diner there then

came home and landed home at dark

Sun 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant

at nine oclock I went over to the

sabeth school there was rite smart

out the books was Distribeted out

to every person all well pleased

there was meeting at four oclock I went

to E. pattersons to meeting oratia

Barns preached quite a nice day

Sarah Maria moris is now a ine

town of Zanesville quite a

lady I'll in sure you that she

will ware the briches samuel slick

Page 74 - July 5, 1839 - Harmon and Sarah

July the 5.th. 1839 Page 74

Fri 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant

it got some hazy and som cloudy quite

pleasant I plowed forty rowes of

corm three times in a row Harmon

Sat 6 Clear this morning quite pleasant

all day my trile was with Taylor but

I dident attend to it Father went and

him take the watch back I plowed in

my corn no nore at this time H. Lucas

Sun 7 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

at eleven O clock I wento to Salem

Meeting house to hear Horatia Barnes

exhort at four I went back to meeting

but dident stay long quite warm all day

Be humble learn thy Self to scorn

Kow pride was never made for man

Harmon R Lucas Sarah Mndenhall

Mon 8 Clear this morning quite pleasant in the

evening it rose a cloud in the North West

and rained some late in the evening it

rose a cloud in the West quite warm I

thrashed wheat in the fore noon in the after

noon I plowed in my corn 1839 H

Tue 9 Clear this morning quite pleasant all

day Father went up to Mr. Sheetses

Mill. I plowed in my corn all day 1839

Wed 10 Cloudy this morning and thundered som

and lightened som and rained som too

quite warm and sultry it got some little

pleasentor in the evening and got quite

windy Father got home from mill I

plowed in my corn all day H . L

Thu 11 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

windy too it got som cloudy in the after

noon I plowed corn Lewis Graves

helped us half a day in the evening

it got som calmer thean it was 1839

Page 68 - June 1, 1839 - Father Sells Apples

June the 1.st. 1839 Page 68

Sat 1 Clear this morning and looks fine

some warmer and pleasant Father

cam from Laffayette he sold his apels

at 25 cents per dosen and potatoes at

one dollar and 25 cents per bushel in

I groubed in the after noon I bought

me a three year old heifer of Mr.

Barnes for thirteen dollars and a calf

for two dollars and fifty cents and then

I went after cabbiges plants to Mr.

Pupvers in the evening it got some

cloudy and looks like rain H. L

Sun 2 Cloudy this morning and looks like we

would have rain but broke away and

the sun shoen out quite warm I went

over to Salem Meeting house to hear

Horatia F Barnes evehort in the after

noon I went to Mr. Genings to prayr

meeting then I came hom so noe more

Mon 3 Cloudy this morning with a heavy fog

but soon broke away and the sun shon

out quite pleasent I began to work y

may corn for the first time after the

rain Mills got 12 bushels of corn for

the making of four hundred rails I

went over and counted the rails and

he fell short .81. rails it got quite

cool in the evening I plowed in my

corn and it sprinkled som of rain

Tue 4 Cloudy this morning and raining

some quite cool for the season the sun

shoen out some of the time I plowed

in my corn all day it got clear in the evening

Wed 5 Clear this morning cool with a heavy

diew through the corse of the day it got

some few flying clouds in the evening

it got clear I plowed in my corn and

Iisaac Klepinger moved his shop

so this finishes the chaptor amen and