Page 126 - June 1, 1840 - Writing Letters

June the 1.st. 1840 Page 1.26

Mon 1 Clear this morning quite warm in

the evening it rained some little I

drowd 9 loads of rails 46 at a load

Tue 2 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it soon got clear and nice in the after

noon it got cloudy and after night it

rained quite hard I drowed 8 loads of

rails 46 at a load Harmon . Lucas

Wed 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice it got cloudy and rained several

showers I drowd 6 loads of rails 48 at

a load at dark it looked like that we would

have a storm but it dident storm much

Thu 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice quite warm I made 2.00 hundrd

thirty tow rails I got 2 letters from

Ohio one from uncle Wm. Lucas

the other from Cousin Mary Carter

pap hauled some rails Harmon

Fri 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant

the after noon it rained quite a

shower I worked for S. Pulver

on the road by Hirram Genings

Sat 6 Cloudy this morning and raining

I made fence till noon in the after

noon I grubed and plowed some and I

went up to grany Klepingers and I

got 400 hundred cabich plants 1840

Sun 7 Clear this morning quite wrote till time

to goe to Sabeth school then I fixed

up and went to it after meeting I wrote

four letters onee to Wm Lucas one

to Mary Carter one to Ruth Baismen

one to Samuel Smith quite a fime day

at half past four oclock I went to

meeting again so noe more at presant

I still Remain yours and so fourth

Page 104 - January 27, 1840 - Loves Girls

January the 27 . 1840 Page 1. 4

Mon 27 Cloudy this morning I went up to a

nigroes after night after some corne

for Thomas . Smiths then back to hum

I went to mill and got some brand

for hime after night it snowed som

there was quite a nice quatity out to

to night in the day I got my horse shod

Tue 28 Cloudy this morning and snowing some

it soon turned in to raining I went

over the river and killed one squirl

after night I went to meeting then

to Thomas . Smiths and staid all night

Wed 29 Cloudy this morning and raining some

quite smokey it continued to rain all

day after night it rained terible hard

I hunted squirls all day and only killed

three I staid all night at Thomas Smiths

Thu 30 Clear this morning it has the appearance

of being a fine day the wind blew hard

I went to meeting then back to aunt

Pierces again wee staid till half past 10

oclock quite cool and wind windy H R

I staid all night at aunts Harmon

Fri 31 Cloudy this morning quite cool I started

over to Concord with Mary Carter

my Cousin I went to Zanesville and

then went over the river on the ice I

got to Concord after dark it snowd som

at dark I paid 12 cts tole each of us at

the first gait and the same each of us

at the second gait quite cool I staid

at Isaac Grummonses all night 1840

I rise as one that loves the girls well

I feel that it is my duty to rise and

say something concerning of my well

faire hear on earth my cincere desire is

to get to heaven and I want you all

to pray for me that I may prove faithfu

Page 52 - March 1, 1839 - Calhoon's Exhibition

March the 1, 1839 Page 52

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning the ground

is frose quite hard it broke away

some in the after noon it got quit

pleasent this day is the day of

Henry Calhoons exhibition is

I dident goe I got wood and

done other exercise the snow

went away quite peleasent 1839

Sat 2 Cloudy and snowing hard it had

snowed in the night before som

five or six inches in debth I

went to Lafayette to take a horse

for Father to ride back from

court I got me a vest patron the

price 3 . 50 cts buttens 37 cts tinor

tremmons . 100. cts I gave 50 cts for

cutting it it was about as blustry

a day as I have seen the winter

I staid all night at James serivison

Sun 3 Clear this morning and quite

coald all day I went to Genings

school house to a babtist mee

ting and then to home after

night I went over to Salem

meeting house to prayr meeting

Mon 4 Clear this morning and quit coald

Father went to attend court again

this morning quite windy all

day I cut some wood H R

Tue 5 Clear this morning some warmer

I went to Mill with nine bushels

of corn it thoughed considerable

I killed two quails and two dovs

I cut some wood after night

I wrote a letter to my Cousin

Wed 6 Clear this morning and quite

warm the snow disapeared I

worked for Joshua Burch after

night I went to a sugar camt