Page 34 - November 17, 1838 - Grandfather's Letter

November the 17 1838 Page 34

Sat 17 clear this morning not so cool as it has

been for some time it clouded up in the

after noon and got very cold I bought

fifty bushels of corne of Silas Colbert

at 25 cents I got three bushels of corn

per day and five bushels per hundred

for rails and I found the timber 1838

Sun 18 cloudy this morning wind west cool

brease it continued so all day I wrote a

letter to Grand father I was at home

all day to gansey County Ohio

Mon 19 clear this morning it clouded up at noon

and in the after noon it snowed rite smart

at night it snowed very hard I husked 12

shocks of fodder for Silas Colbert at 3 push

Tue 20 cloudy this morning the sun shoen out some

two or three times in the evening it

clouded up and got quite cool I husked

fourteen shocks of fodder for Silas

Colbert so ends the present account

Wed 21 clear and pleasent all day quite windy

I husked eleven shocks of fodder for

Silas Colbert old Mr Shigley got eighteen

Bushels of corn from mee father went to

town and mother too he got a table at

six Dollars no more at present amen

Thu 22 partley cloudy this morning it was

quite warm all day I husked ten shocks

and a half I wrote a letter to Sarah

And munson we gethered 3 loads of corn

Fri 23 some smokey this morning about noon it

turned quite cool and at night it snowed

quite hard old mr. Shigley got seven

bushels of corn which makes 25 bushels

of corn I husked ten shocks a and a half

of fodder wee got in three loads of

corn no more at present 1838

Page 25 - September 8, 1838 - Farewell Monsons

September the 1 1838 Page 25

Sat 8 clear and pleasent all day I went down

to Mr. Simeses to get some wheat Mr.

Monson and his lady came hear for the last

Sun 9 clear and pleasent all day I went down

to hear Mr. Gripheth preach Mr.

Camblen Nights funeral Mr. Monson

and his lady bids fare well for the last

Mon 10 clear and pleasent all day I went and

thrashed oats third quarter 10 5 12 E

Tue 11 clear and pleasent this morning through

the day it clouded up and had the appearan

of rain I commenced sowinge wheat on

the primeses of Adam bests no more

Wed 12 some foggy this morning but soon

broke away Father started to chickoau

go started at 8 O clock I sowed wheat

Thu 13 clear and cool this morning I think

there was frost or close mippen I sowedw

Fri 14 clear and cool this morning I have

had my health extreamly well so

far yet I finished sowing wheat at

noon which made One hundred corn rows

or four aclres of ground so ends the day

Sat 15 clear and pleasent all day I down to

Lafayett and from that to Fordsmans

Mill to get emploid but dident get it

Sun 16 clear and pleasent all day I went down

to singing school in Harresson Ville

at ten O clock considerable of sickness ne

Mon 17 some foggy this morning clear and nice

all day I cut up sixteen shocks of corn

fodder wrote this on sunday morning

the seventeenth of september 1838 soma

am I a soildier of the crooss a fodler

Page 24 - August 30, 1838 - Monticello Campmeet

24 August the 30. 1838 Page 24

Thu 30 there is a desperate heavy fog this

morning and staid on till nine or ten

.O clock it broke away and was tollerable

warm I went to drive cattle for Adam

Best and never did se just such

a team of cattle before in my life

Fri 31 and the last day of august it was

cloudy and raining a little early in the

morning about nin O clock it raind

a fine shower it broke away and was

quite windy and pleasent all day at

sun set it was a little cloudy helped

Wm Hunt to clean up oats in the

fore noon in the after noon don nothing

Sep 1 clear and windy all day I went to

a campmeting near Montecello and got

there at 12 O. clock and when I got

there I saw nothing to brag of no

Sun 2 some cloudy this morning there was

a few out to day it broke away and

got quite pleasent thire was three

prechers Wily Bruce and Smith

Mon 3 clear and some little frost I received

infermation that morning I got home

half past twelve O clock I put up

hay in the after noon so no more

Tue 4 clear and quite cool I drowd hay

Wed 5 clear and pleasent all day I went

down to help James Graves thrash wheat

Thu 6 clear and pleasent all day I helped

James Graves to thrash wheat out

Fri 7 clear and pleasent all day I helped James

Graves to thrash wheat till noon

One day after date Value Received

I promised to pay S Monsone

Page 16 - July 5, 1838 - Girl's Safety

16 July the fifth 1838

Thu 5 it had the appearance of rain to nine

.O. clock it give us a fine shower in a

few minuets it broke away the sun

shoen out at one .O. clock it was clear

as it could bee and continued so till

the going down of the sun wind north

east quite pleasent I plowed corn 1838

Fri 6 quite clear and pleasent this morning

wind east at this time it look a little

hasy but cleard away wind north east

I plowed in the corn field all day

Sat 7 quite clear and very pleasent and warm

it continued so all day Mr. Munson

and his old woman was hear I plowed

till four in the evening then I quit

Sun 8 a little foggy this morning and some little

cloudy but the sun shoen out some little

it had the appearance of rain nearly all day

I went over here to hear Mr. Bruce

preach at eleven .O. clock and at four .O.

clock I went down to hear said Bruce

again at Mr. simeses school house I went

on purpes to see the girls safe home but

I couldent take heart to goe so no more

Mon 9 the sun rose and shoen out pleasent it has

the appearance of fine weather at present

it continued so till about three .O. clock it

clouded up and raind a fine shower in the

north and a fine shower in the south and

at four .O. clock we received a little of it

but none to doe much good some

thundring and lightning I plowed corn

Tue 10 the sun rose and shoen out clear and pleasen

with the exception of a few flying clouds

wind south west at nine .O. clock it clouded

up and raind in the south and sprinkled

alittle here at halfpast eleven .O. clock it

came a fine show I plowed corn

Page 10 - June 5, 1838 - Purchase Journal

10 June the fifth D 1838

appearance of more rain abot five .O.

clock it clouded up the sun quit shoen out

till about half past six .O. clock the sun

shoen out clear and set clear the last

day of Mr. Munsons school quit at 5

.O. clock I was a grubing all Day twse

Wed 6 it was quite clear this morning it is some

cooler than we have had for some time

past some frost not much wind a moving

about five .O. clock the sun disappeared

got quite cloud and had the appearance

of rain I groubed all day long quite har

Thu 7 clear and quite pleasent some wind south

east about eight .O. clock came up some

few flying clouds and still continues to

till night at dark the stars shoen out some

the moon changed at eleven .O. clock 29

minuets in the evening I groubed all day

Fri 8 clear with the exception of a few flying

clouds some thundring north west tollerable

warm wind south in the evening it cloude

up and had the appearance of rain I groubed

Sat 9 it was a sprinkling alittle this morning

then it cleard up and the sun shoen out

quite pleasent at six .O. clock it clouded up

again and had the appearance of more

rain quite warm till about four .O. clock in

the eveinig I want to Lafayette I got

this Journald book and four news papers

Jun 10 at daylight it was thundring quite hard

at seven .O. clock it commenced raining

quite hard with heavy thundring and

lightning it continued to rain till about

nine .O. clock then it broke away the sun

shoen out quite warm about three .O.

clock it clouded up again and at four it

commenced raining again with heavy

thundring storms the sun shoen out again