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 65 - May 20, 1839 - Three Dollar Bill

May the 20.th 1839 Page 65

Mon 20 Clear this morning in the evening it got

and cloudy and had the appearance of rain

I came home from Shoney very warme

Father started to Chiccaugo again I

am rather under the weather for somthing

and that is best nowing to my self

Tue 21 Clear this morning for a short space

of time it soon got cloudy and then it

broke away and got clear I made fence

awhile and the rest of the time done nothing

Wed 22 Clear this morning quite warm in the

evening it got cloudy and looked like

rain I for the first time commenced

plowing my corm and done well 1839

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning and rained a fine

little shower then it broke away and

got quite clear and pleasent I had a thing

which goes by the name of cultivator it does

extriordinary well wind South west

it got cloudy at night and rained some

after night I went to meeting at the

Timmons Mr. Springer preached

and in the night it rained a fine shower

Fri 24 Cloudy this morning and rained some and

has the appearance of contiuen on all day

this morning I counted up how many days

which I have keep an acount of which contains

four hundred and .13 days from the 8 day of

April 18308 to the 24 day of May 1839 100

a three dollar bill bank of Ann Arbor

Michigan stomped with two men with a

cradle in each of their hands with a letter d

on it it got clear and quite warm I went

down to Harison Ville to muster rite

smart out at three it cam up a hard

dash of rain it thundred and lightned quite

sharp it broke away som few moments

and then it began to rain again 1839

I came hom at five O clock P. M.