Page 46 - January 22, 1839 - Go Baering

Jenuary 22 1839 Page 46

Tue 22 Cloudy and windy and after night

it blowed Desperately hard I worke

for Jacob Klepinger and after

night went to Sollomon Bests

and it stormed quite hard 1839

Wed 23 clear and continud so all day after

night I went to meting I worked

for JacB Klepinger I went home

with H. B. their was 20 out

Thu 24 clear this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger after night

Mahen and the wife caame to Jacob

Fri 25 cloudy and snowing and raining

som all day after noon it rained

quite hard I finished my work

for Jacob Klepinger H L 1839

Sat 26 cloudy this morning it got some

clear I and David and Samuel

Klepinger had the most fun with

a little calf it would make at us

as hard as it could I got it of

Wm. Burch Feelden Clevenger

had a child to depart this life.

Sun 27 clear this morning Mr. Wood

preached at Salem meeting house

after meeting I went to the baering

then to Mr. Barnards to meeting

Mr. Cook preached their was

eight or ten Joined meeting 1839

Mon 28 cloudy this morning it snowed

ritet smart all day I worked

for John Graves till three O

clock it comtined to storm so Bad

that quit and went home 1839

One day after date I promised

to pay Thomas C Barnes the

sum of tten dollars Value Reced

Page 32 - November 6, 1838 - Raise a Stable

November the 6. 1838 Page 32

Tue 6 Very smoky and some cloudy and cool it

continued cool till in the after noon then

began to snow desprately hard it got harder

and harder till night then it paused a while

then it commenced hard night I went to

help Mr. Benjamin Burch to raise a

smoke house and stable the names

as--rted on this page begins with

Wm Burch Joshua Burch Jacob

Kleppinger Aaron Yarnold John

Clark Joseph Bolen John Graves

Adam Best. Sollomond Best

Silas Colbert Jacob Potter Benjamin

Burch John. G. Smith Eligah timon

now the wemond Mrs Kleppinger

Mrs Burch Mrs. Wm. Burch Mrs

Ireland Miss Harriet Burch

Wed 7 it is a drisling this morning and continued

so all day very smokey and tollrable

warm rain for the tim I cut logs for a

Thu 8 clear and very coald this morning the

sun shoen out nice it was broken all

day I husked one load of corn by my

self father came home from court

Fri 9 clear and pleasent this morning it was

considerable warmer than it was yester

at noon at clouded up and got deperately

cold I gethered one load of corn I killed

two praire hens at two shots 1838

Sat 10 clear this morning as it could be it

clouded up in the after noon I cut wood

this makes fiften loads of corne

Sun cloudy this morning it snowed some

in the morning I went over to hunt

my coalls and at eleven O. clock

I wnt over to Salem meeting house

to hear Selkelk preach how

the mew preache cam on to day

Page 21 - August 8, 1838 - McVey Funeral

August the .8. 1838 21

Wed 8 clear and butiful this morning quite

pleasent some cooler than it has been for

some time past in a little time it cloude

up and in the afternoon it raind some

considerable I put up hay till the rain

Thu 9 cloudy this morning at six .O. clock it

commenced to rain rite smart with

some distent thundrig in the west and

Parah Mcvey was burried to day at

four .O. clock it continued thundring

all day in the evening about dark it

commenced raining with heavy flashes

of lightning and thundring I put up

hay in the afternoon quite warm yes

Fri 10 clear and pleasent this morning at twelve

.O. clock there is a few flying clouds not

quite as sweltry as it was yesterday I

bound up oats John Graves bought a

mare at constable sale for fifty cents

of Sollomond Best so no more on

Sat 11 some few flying clouds this morning

quite warm all day I bound oats to day

Sun 12 clear and very pleasen this morning and

continued so all day I went to Mr. Patterson

to hear Dr Law preach but got very much

disappointed Michel Hair took tis stead

at four in the evening I went to hear Mr.

Emry exhort at the meeting hous noe

Mon 13 some cloudy this morning but broke away

the sun showen out at one .O. clock it

commenced raining about three .O. clock

it broke I drawd hay and stocked it no

Tue 14 clear with the exception of a few flying

clouds quite cool this morning it raind a

little in the after noon at night it

began to rain right hard and raind

all night I cradled oats all day

Page 4 - May 4, 1838 - Squire Roberds

May the fourth 1838 Page 4

Fri 4 it haint so cold as it has been it has evry

appearance of more rain there is a big cloud

hanging over us at preasant there was som

few rainy showers to day it is very cool

the sun shoen out some two or three time

it raind in the night quite hard an

Sat 5 it is cold enough to snow this morning

wind West it raind severl times in

and through the day at night it broke

away the moon shoen out quite bright

I went to John Graves and Soloman bests

trial tride before squire Roberds 1838

Sun 6 it is a raining this morning again it broke

awa about half past seven .O. clock the sun

shoen out very pleasant wind West at

this time it clouded up at night and had

the appearance of more rain the six

I went to meeting to hear Mr giffette

Mon 7 it has the appearance of more rain the wind

West the sun shoen out about nine .O.clock

in the morning it clouded up again and got

quite windy and cold at three .O. clock it

commenced snowing quite hard it got some

some warmer in the evning I plowed

Tue 8 it has the appearance of a pleasant day

the wind dont blow soe hard as usul the

weather perhaps will moderate it was clear

and cool all day and in the evning it got

some pleasenter than it was for severl days

past I likewise followed plowing all day 1838

Wed 9 it is clear and very pleasant at this time

the sun shoen out quite warm the wind is

calm this morning there was a heavy frost this

morning it got very cold in the evning

it was cold enough to snow but dident

I Plowed all day hard enough amens

When I can read my title clear to mansion

in the skyes I will Bid farewell to