Page 122 - May 8, 1840 - Has the Ague

May the 8.th. 1840 Page 122

Fri 8 Cloudy this morning and raining and it

continued so all day I went Down to Mr.

Morgans Sale on purpose of ridding

home but the creter went for .76. 50 cts

to James Murpha John Graves one big

grey horse at 91. 25 cts. the cattle went

high rite smart out at it I felt as bad

as I well could feel all day Harmon L

Sat 9 Cloudy this morning and has the appearance

of rain it rained some quite cool I choped

some timber and got up some wood and then

made a hound for the waggon and a tung

at four oclock I went to a meeting appointed

for the purpose of establishing a sabeth

school at Salem meeting we done nothing

at it at this time Harmon R Lucas

Sun 10 Cloudy this morning and cool I had the

ague I believe scincearly our sabeth school

made a begining it rained some in the evening

the sun shoen out some about noon quite

smart out I felt quite bad I was at

the sabethe school then I came home I

went down to Hirams Genings to a

prayr meeting it gat cloudy after night 18

Mon 11. Clear this morning with a frost on quite

pleasant and nice and cerene some air a stiring

at this time quite pleasant all day I made some

rails and stakes Maria the first Harmon the second

Tue 12 Clear this morning quite pleasant and nice

I cut and made rails in the after noon I went

down to Hiram Genings to get a yoke of cattle

and staked of some ground Harmon R Lucas

Wed 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant I hitched up

and went to drowing rails and made a start and

the oxen run a way and broke the 2. hounds

out of the wagon then I went and put in a

new tung and got to drowing at noon againe

I drowd 7 loads 25 at a load then I quite and went

to Timmons and got my supper it rained some

Page 99 - December 20, 1839 - Sley Ride

December the 20 .1839 Page 99

Fri 20 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on it continued clear till in the evening

then it got some cloudy 5 or 6 went on

a wolf hunt and killed 3 wolvs we did

goe to Finches grove after night I went

down to H. Genings to meeting H.

Sat 21 Cloudy this morning and snowd some

very hard and it continued snowding all

I killed four Rabits and one plaesent quite

a deep snow at this time no more at a

this time but Remember me when oo

this you see Ruth Baismen 1839 21

Sun 22 Cloudy this morning I wrot all day it

snowd some in the evening no more at

this time but Remember me Maria.

Mon 23 Cloudy this morning I done nothing

much all day Father and Mother went

down to coopers mill and store and got me

one pound of powder two pounds of shot

one pound of lead price was 87 cts 1839

Tue 24 Cloudy this morning I drowd hay till

noon in the after noon I went up to Isa

Klepingers and got my hair cout after

night I went to Watch meeting it

lasted till ten oclock in the evening

Wed 25 Cloudy this morning and snowd some I

made a sley for to ride in I went to the

school house a while then I came home and

fixed and went to Watch Meting at

James Murfeys such a ride I never saw

Maria Mansfield Luesa Pulver and

Ruey ann and Mary Iam Wm Mansfield

I and John Pulver was in the sley we went

up and down from Erastus barnes thence

two miles north then back the road is

now caled the rase ground they make

fun of our ride but I never had

such a ride in my life H. L

Page 49 - February 10, 1839 - Shigley's companion

Febuary the 10 . 1839 Page 49

Sun 10 Cloudy this morning and had the

appearance of rain the sun shoen out

som two or three times in the day

I went to Salem meeting house to

meeting after night I went to James

Murphes to prayr meeting George

Shigleys companion departed her life

at six O. clock P.M in the evening

Mon 11 cloudy this morning and rained

some little I helped to dig a grave

in the evening I went to Granison

Piercess on a trading scouty it was

quite chilley I staid all night their

Tue 12 cloudy this morning and coald too

it had the appearance of snow and

did snow som I traded five calvs

for one cow and calf in the evening

I went and got my chest home

Wed 13 cloudy this morning and had the

appearance of rain but it broke away

and the sun shoen out it turned out

quite pleasent I worked for John

Graves three quarters of a day and

after night I went to meeting at

Salem meeting house H. R. L

Thu 14 clear this morning and a heavy

frost but thoughed the day it got

cloudy and in the after noon it

rained som I worked for John

Graves it turned quite coald 1839

Fri 15 clear this morning at one O. clock it

clouded up and after night it began to

snow hard I worked for John Graves

half a day after night I went to I Singing