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Jan 1, 1822 on Tues I wove some. cloudy & cold.
2. on Wed I broke flax. clear.
3. on Thurs I cut fire wood. James Dunn helpd me. some cloudy.
4. on Fri I wove some & went to uncle Johathans on a visit. clear & very cold.
5. on Sat I halld some wood. some cloudy.
6. on Sun I was at home. clear & cold.
7. on Mon I wove 6 yds. cloudy. moderate.
8. on Tues I wove some. uncle Joel & wife came here on a visit. mostly cloudy.
9. on Wed I broke flax. clear.
10. on Thurs I wove & got out the lincy peace 22 yds long. cloudy & snowd some.
11. on Fri I broke flax. clear. midling cold.
12. on Sat I halld fire wood. clear & plesant.
13. on Sun I was at home. snowd a little.
14. on Mon I swingle flax. Denis & John Tompson helpd. clear.
15. on Tues I dresd flax. Denis & J Tompson helpd. clear & plesant.
16. on Wed I went to Hillsboro. clear.
17. on Thurs I went to brother Sanderses & paid a visit. cloud. moderate.
18. on Fri I huskd some corn & put in the crib & put a handle to the door. raind in PM.
19. on Sat I fell a tree & hued part of a plate. cloudy & warm.
20. on Sun I wrote a letter to father, it was cloudy. thaws fast.
21. on Mon I hued timber. cloudy. warm.
22. on Tues I finisd hueing the plates & cut some wood.
23. on Wed I began to lay one half of the under floor in the house. part cloudy. cold.
24. on Thurs I workd at the house floor. clear & very cold.
25. on Fri I workd at the house floor. clear & very cold.
26. on Sat I halld some wood & went to brother R Sheppards to church meeting. brother Wood & wife joind by letter. cloudy.
27. on Sun I went to brother Sheppards to meeting. Mr Smith preachd from Rom X 2-3-4 then administerd the Lords supper. cloudy.
28. on Mon I made Mrs Tompson a pair of shoes. cloudy.
29. on Tues I mended shoes. cloudy. raind at night.
30. on Wed I was unwell with a cold. James Cunn began to git out my wheet on the shares. cloudy.
31. on Thurs I was stil unwell. D S & J Tompson & son cut wood for me. cloudy.
Feb l on Fri I was some better. uncle Jonathan & wife came here. clear.
2. on Sat I helpd Mr Dunn clean 36 bushels of wheet. clear & plesant.
3. on Sun I was at home. clear.
4. on Mon I cut & split some wood. clear & cold.
5. on Tues I dresd flax. 2 of my wifešs step children came here at night. clear.
6. on Wed I wrote a letter to brother Tibits & was in with our friends. clear & cold.
7. on Thurs I swingled flax. 3 men helpd. clear.
8. on Fri I broke flax. D S helpd. clear.
9. on Sat I helpd Js Dunn clean my oats that he got out on shares 115 1/2 bus. clear.
10. on Sun I went to br Marshes to meeting. Mr Stranger preachd from 2nd Cor IIII & 5. some cloudy & cold.
11. on Mon I dresd flax. clear.
12. on Tues I dresd flax & finisd the old. Elder Temple preachd from 2nd Cor V & 17. mostly clear.
13. on Wed I halld some wood & fell the trees in the meadow. 3 men helpd me. cloudy.
14. on Thurs I went to brother Woods on a visit, some cloudy.
15. on Fri I negrowd logs. part cloudy.
16. on Sat I mended shoes. it raind.
17. on Sun I wrote to Elder Sherburn. cloudy.
18. on Mon I negrod of logs. clear.
19. on Tues I negrod of logs & emptyed the sugar troughs at the camp. clear. 20. on Wed I hung the dried beef & went to the smith shop & took an ax to lay. raind hard.
21. on Thurs I made some suger troughs & a new be bench. clear. the sun was eclipsd at 3 oclock.
22. on Fri I fixd the bench & other notions. cloudy & snowd some.
23. on Sat I was at home. we had church meeting here. * my wife joind by letter. clear.
24. on Sun Mr Smith preachd here from Math XVI & 18. clear.
25. on Mon I made suger troughs. clear.
26. on Tues I tapd some of the suger trees. clear.
27. on Wed I fixd the camp for boiling suger watter & weighd Denis 600 wt of hay. clear & smoky. warm.
28. on Thurs I halld some wood & began to trim my orchard. clear & smoky. Elder Temple preachd here at night from Heb II & 3.
March 1. on Fri I cut forks & fixd for swinging my cow that got hurt on the ice. it raind. Elder Temple started from here at 11 oclock.
2. on Sat I wove some. it raind all day.
3. on Sun I was at home. part colder.
4. on Mon I met with the trustees to settle the township business. clear & cool.
5. on Tues I took some troughs to the suger camp & sawd in too & tapd the remaining of the trees & halld some wood. clear.
6. on Wed I went to see brother Creed & went to the sail of Mathew Creedses. clear & warm.
7. on Thurs I put some hay in stable loft & trimd apple trees. clear & very warm.
8. on Fri I finisd triming my orchard & went to Mr Gossetts on a visit at night. clear.
9. on Sat I drew logs together in the medow. cloudy. raind towards night. 10. on Sun I was at home. clear.
11. on Mon I sowed a peck of red clover ceed on wheet & sot out some fruit trees. clear.
12. on Tues I cut some logs & sot some fence. clear.
13. on Wed I drew logs together & had 6 hands in PM & rolld them. some cloudy.
14. on Thurs I workd at the fence. clear & cold.
15. on Fri I halld 2 lods of lime stone & put on a log heap to burn for lime. cloudy.
16. on Sat I workd at shoes & went to see brother Sanders who was taken with severe pain this morning & is bad. snowd some.
17. on Sun I went to see bro Sanders who is very sick. clear after a hard frost.
18. on Mon I sold Mr Vanwinkle & R Sheppard some young apple & peach trees & cleard off the garden. clear.
19. on Tues I halld dung in to the gardin & put up my lime. clear.
20. on Wed I began to plow for oats & helpd Mr Dare roll in PM. clear.
21. on Thurs I plowd in the orchard. raind towards night.
22. on Fri I made a pair of shoes for Stillman. showry.
23. on Sat I drew some wood of the meadow. there was meeting here in PM. clear.
24. on Sun there was meeting here. Mr Smith did not come. we had prayer meeting. clear.
25. on Mon I plowd. clear & warm.
26. on Tues I plowd & finisd the orchard. clear.
27. on Wed I cleand my flax ceed & went to brother Denises. it raind.
28. on Thurs I halld some rails & stakes & setled with * Denis Sheppard who is going to move to whitewater (Indiana). cloudy.
29. on Fri I pickd brush & began to plow in the other stalk field. clear & cold.
30. on Sat I sowd the orchard with oats & split some rails. the boys harrowd. clear.
31. on Sun I was at home. clear. cool.
April 1. on Mon I acted as clerk at the township election James Morrow was elected Justice of the peace. clear & cold.
2. on Tues I plowd some & went to Hillsboro to court. some cloudy & windy.
3. on Wed I plowd. clear & smoky.
4. on Thurs I sowd oats & was unwell. clear.
5. on Fri I sowd my flax ceed & workd in the gardin. the boys harrowd. cloudy.
6. on Sat I made some fence. clear. frost.
7. on Sun I went to Prisbeterian meeting & heard Mr Dobins preachd & then administerd the sacrement with M Gillilin. cloudy & raind some. my wife’s son has come to see her. he has been gon for more than 2 years.
8. on Mon I wove. Elijah Sheppard began to work for me by the month. I went & clerkd for the trustees in PM. raind some.
9. on Tues I wove, it raind in AM. 10. on Wed I wove. cloudy. hard showers at night.
11. on Thurs I wove. cleard away. cool.
12. on Fri I cut some logs and made some fence. clear.
13. on Sat I put some logs together & went to George Tedricks & bought a mare to years old for $41-25. there was showers towards night with hard thunder & lightning & some large hail.
14. on Sun I was at home. cloudy.
15. on Mon I cut & split wood. Elijah halld. froze hard this morning & cilld nearly all the peaches. part coudy.
16. on Tues Joseph Grant started for Battavia. I pickd brush. Elijah began to plow for corn. cloudy.
17. on Wed I pickd brush & cut stalks. clear.
18. on Thurs I warpd & put in a 40 yard peace 700 for our selves. raind in the morning.
19. on Fri I wove & pickd brush. cloudy.
20. on Sat I pickd brush & made a swivel tree & went to the smiths & irond it. clear after a very cold morning. the ground froze.
21. on Sun I went to meeting. Mr White preachd from Exodus III & 14 then from Rev XII & 3 to 6. then went to Mr Barreres whare Mr Havens Methodus preachd from Psalms CIX & 14. some cloudy.
22. on Mon I pickd & burnt brush. clear after a hard white frost.
23. on Tues I cut stalks & pickd brush. Elijah began to plow in the new field. smoky.
24. on Wed I wove some & did other notions. clear.
25. on Thurs I wove & workd in gardin. showry.
26. on Fri I wove some. cloudy & warm.
27. on Sat I wove in AM. there was church meeting here in PM. it raind in AM.
28. on Sun Mr Lemmons preachd here from John XVIII & 36 after sermon he administerd the Lords supper. raind some. Mr Lemmons preachd yesterday from Galations Vi & 15.
29. on Mon I went tto Thos BArretts & got a kip skin then went to Hillsboro & to J Couches & got a barrel & some tar in it to pitch my waggon. clear.
30. on Tues I made a set of rope works. some cloudy. Elijah markd out corn ground.
May 1 on Wed I planted the back field with corn. clear & warm.
2. on Thurs I markd out corn ground. their was a shower towards night.
3. on Fri I finisd planting corn. clear. I put my grey mare to Esq Morrows hors.
4. on Sat I cut out & closd fine shoes. raind some. yesterday I went to Mr Barretts & got 97 dollars that James B got for me from father in laws estate.
5. on Sun I went to bro Haighs. Mr Johnson preachd from Heb XIII & 13. clear cool.
6. on Mon I sheard my sheep 16 some had 6 lb each 70 lb in all. part cloudy.
7. on Tues I made a pair of shoes for Mary & began a pair for my self. raind some.
8. on Wed I finisd my shoes & pitchd my waggon with tar. mostly clear. cool.
9. on Thurs I made Selina a pare of shoes & mended some. clear. mostly . cold.
10. on Fri I made some ropes & mended the grears. some clear & dry.
11. on Sat I went to the smith shop & got the matax lade then fixd for starting to Battavia on Monday. clear.
12. on Sun I went to Presbyterian meeting. they had no preaching but society. clear.
13. on Mon I started in the waggon with my wife & 2 of our children & went to Batavia & put up at Mr Whites. it raind.
14. on Tues I stade in Batavia. some cloudy.
15. on Wed I or we went to Cincinnati & put up at Mr Chichesters. a shower.
16. on Thurs we stade in town till 2 oclock then came to Newtown & put up at Dr Ritchmans. part clear.
17. on Fri we came to Batavia & went to Mr Brians & stade all night. clear.
18. on Sat we went to Brother Tibits 6 mi to conference meeting & stade. clear. he lives on an excelent farm.
19. on Sun we went to a school house to meeting. Mr Temple praechd from 2nd
timothy 1 & 15 after one hour inter mision preachd from the same text then we came back to Batavia. clear & warm.
20. on Mon we started & came home. there was some light showers. found all well.
21. on Tues I workd in the gardin & other notions. cloudy.
22. on Wed I fixd a pair of shoes for Hannah & helpd Mr Sanders lay the foundation of a barn. a hard shower in midle of the day.
23. on Thurs I was very unwell. Mr Sherburn went form here on his way to Ripley.
24. on Fri I workd in the clearing for potatoes & went to uncle Jonathans in PM. clear.
25. on Sat I workd in the clearing in AM. we had church meeting in PM. clear.
26. on Sun Mr Smith preachd here from Rev XXII & 12. raind towards night.
27. on Mon I was very unwell went to uncle Joels in PM. clear & warm.
28. on Tues I workd a little in clearing & gardin etc. not well. clear.
29. on Wed I helpd bro Sanders raise a stable barn. clear & warm.
30. on Thurs I cut some rail timber. John Thompson & son helpd me. clear & warm.
31. on Fri I chopd & burnt brush & set out some cabbig plants. there was a shower.
June 1. on Sat I went to brother Haighs to yearly meeting. brother Rounds preachd from ___. a hard shower.
2. on Sun I stade last night at brother McHays & went to yearly meeting. Mr Johnson preachd from ___ the Vanpelt a new lite from Acts XXVIII & 27 then Mr Johnson administerd the Lords supper. clear. we came home.
3. on Mon I burnt brush & logs in clearing. clear & warm.
4. on Tues I workd in clearing & began to hoe corn. a shower towards night.
5. on Wed I workd some at a pare of thin shoes for Eliza. it was very showry.
6. on Thurs I lade the worm of the fence & halld rails. it was showry & very warm.
7. on Fri I finisd fenceing the patch. Elijah plowed it. cloudy & very warm.
8. on Sat I hoed corn & planted potatoes. there was a shower in PM.
9. on Sun I staid at home. there was a shower.
10. on Mon I made 2 ax helvs in AM & cut wood in PM. it raind hard till noon.
11. on Tues I went to Mr Gossetts & brought home 15 gallons of whisky. Mr Sherburn preachd here from Psalms CXLV & 10. clear.
12. on Wed I halld 2 lodes of stone for the school house & put up the back wall. the other neighbours daubd the house. clear.
13. on Thurs I hoed corn. clear & warm.
14. on Fri I hoed corn & finisd back field. clear & warm
15. on Sat I hoed corn & in the gardin. clear. Mr Pangburn came here & staid all night. a baptist preacher.
16. on Sun I went to new market to meeting. Mr Pangburn preachd from Eph III & 8. clear after a hard shower early in the morning.
17. on Mon I hoed corn. clear & some cooler.
18. on Tues I hoopd a barrell, tub, etc. part clear.
19. on Wed I began to hoe corn the 2nd time. cloudy.
20. on Thurs I hoed corn. clear.
21. on Fri I boild over the piccle of the summer meat & cut wood. raind in the fore noon.
22. on Sat I hoed corn & we had church meeting here in PM. clear.
23. on Sun I went to the school house to meeting. M Smith preachd from ___. clear.
24. on Mon I went to Hillsboro & saw the freemasons march from the court house to the Presbyterians meeting house. Lawyer Collens deliverd an oratory then Mr Hoge preachd from 1st Cor I & 9. mostly clear.
25. on Tues I hoed corn & finisd the 2nd time. clear partly.
26. on Wed I ground my cyths & began to now. clear.
27. on Thurs I mowd & put up some hay. clear.
28. on Fri I rep my rye & halld 2 lodes of hay. clear.
29. on Sat I planted some potatoes & mended some shoes. there was a shower.
30. on Sun I was at home. it raind in the morning with heavy thunder.
July 1. on Mon I began to reap wheet. mostly cloudy & warm. heard of a young woman * that was cilld with lightning on Sat by the name of Creed.
2. on Tues I was 42 years old. rep wheet. there was showers in PM. warm.
3. on Wed I red some. it was very showry.
4. on Thurs I cleard out the barn & other notions. raind very hard last night & this fore noon. there is as great a flood of watter as I have ever seen since I have livd here. the wheet is much down & sprouted as it lies.
5. on Fri I rep in the fore noon, it raind in PM. very warm. from present appearance wheet will be much injurd with wet.
6. on Sat I rep & halld in wheet had 2 hands to help me. mostly clear & warm. Denis finisd reaping my field & began in one sowd.
7. on Sun I was at home, some cloudy.
8. on Mon I set out my wheet to dry & halld it in had about 180 doz on less than 5 acres but it is much hurt with the wet. part clear.
9. on Tues I rep wheet in the field that Denis sowd 4 of us cut 80 dozen. clear & cool.
10. on Wed I rep & finisd Denises. I was taken unwell towards night. raind at night.
11. on Thurs wove some & got out a peace 32 yds long. it raind hard. wrote a letter to Denis.
12. on Fri I set up the wheet & flax to dry. cloudy. a shower towards night.
13. on Sat I mended shoes & pulld flax.
14. on Sun I was at home. part clear.
15. on Mon I rep oats & halld 2 lodes of wheet. clear & cool.
16. on Tues I rep oats & pt Denises wheet in stack. clear & cool.
17. on Wed I rep oats. clear.
18. on Thurs I finisd reaping the orchard & began to take them up. some cloudy.
19. on Fri I put the oats in stack out of the orchard & cut some in the other field. clear.
20. on Sat I began to now my meadow. there was a shower in PM. Mr Roggers cut my oats for one half.
21. on Sun I was at home. not very well. clear.
22. on Mon I mowd J tompson helpd. clear.
23. on Tues I rakd & stackd hay. most clear.
24. on Wed I mowd & stackd hay. J Tompson helpd me. clear & cool.
25. on Thurs I mowd in morning then put up hay in stack. clear.
26. on Fri I mowd a little in the morning & finishd then rakd & put the last of the hay in stack. have got about 10 tuns all in good order. clear & warm.
27. on Sat I spred some old hay in meadow. there was church meeting here in PM. there was several showers.
28. on Sun I went to the school house. Mr Pangburn preachd from Luke XIV from 16 to 24. raind some in the monring then clear. another shower at night.
29. on Mon I mowd for Mr Tompson. clear.
30. on Tues I sowd my turnup patch & went to the burying of Jacob Harris he died at the furnis. I turfd over my first wife’s grave. clear.
31. on Wed I hoed the truck patch made a new evener etc. very warm.
Aug 1. on Thurs I made a work bench. some cloudy & very warm.
2. on Fri I made a cheese ladder & other notions. clear & warm.
3. on Sat I cut some hoop poles & put them on a barrel & other things then went to And Dares. some cloudy & very warm.
4. on Sun I went to presbyterian meeting. Mr White preachd from Phil III & 10 then administerd the sacrement. mostly clear.
5. on Mon I cut out a window in the house. clear.
6. on Tues I cheaked the window & went to Mr Wadmans in PM. clear & cool & dry.
7. on Wed I finisd the window & other things. it was clear.
8. on Thurs I began a partition in my house. And Dare & brother Sheppard helpd me. Mr Collins came here & preachd at night from Math last chap & last vers. clear.
9. on Fri I workd at the partition. A D helpd me. clear & dry & warm.
10. on Sat I began a pair of stairs. clear.
11. on Sun I went to brother Sanderses to prayer meeting. clear & warm.
12. on Mon I workd at a pair of stairs. Mr Wadman & wife came here on a visit. clear & warm & dry.
13. on Tues I plowd & grovd part of the chamber floor. clear & warm.
14. on Wed I finisd the chamber floor. was unwell with a cold. clear.
15. on Thurs I finisd the stairs & began the caceing round them. raind a little then clear.
16. on Fri I was taken with the ague in the night & soar throat & confind to the bed all day with a hot fever. clear.
17. on Sat I set up some. Rebecca Sheppard came here from Indiana. clear & warm.
18. on Sun I set up still very unwell. Mr Collins preachd here from Isai IX & 6. clear.
19. on Mon I was still unwell. some showers.
20. on Tues I was a little better. Mr Gosden from Kentucky preachd here from John XXI & 15. he stade here last night. clear.
21. on Wed I went to the Duns on a visit with my wife & sister Sheppard. clear.
22. on Thurs I finisd my stairs caceing. clear.
23. on Fri I halld a lode of stone & some wood & did up the peach kill 4 men came here at night on their way to Association. clear.
24. on Sat I went to the Association at bethel church. Mr Smith preachd the introductory sermon from st tim I & 19 then letters from different churches was red then adjurnd. clear & cool. my wife & I put up at br Johnsons.
25. on Sun I went to the stand whare Mr Cave preachd then Mr Sherry from by his own will begat he us then Mr Tomson from & Philip went down to semeria & preachd Christ... Mr Snelson concluded..clear.
26. on Mon I was in the Association till it adjurnd about 2 oclock then came home 15 miles. there was a light shower.
27. on Tues I made part of a betle. was unwell. raind hard towards night.
28. on Wed I was sick & kept my bed. clear.
29. on Thurs I set up most of the day. clear. cool.
30. on Fri I workd my tax out on the road with my team. it was showry.
31. on Sat I peald some apples for drying & warpd & beamd a peace for Js Dunn. showry.
Sep 1. on Sun I went to presbyterian meeting. Mr White preachd from Psalms LXII & 12. some hard sowers.
2. on Mon I got Mr Dunns peace to work & wove some. cloudy.
3. on Tues I wove & halld some wood. cloudy.
4. on Fri I topd some corn & went to the muster a spell. clear.
5. on Sat I took a lode of peaches to MrGossetts to still & bound some corn fodder. clear.
8. on Sun I was at home. some cloudy.
9. on Mon I went to Hillsboro to General muster. clear & warm.
10. on Tues I topd corn. clear.
11. on Wed I topd corn. clear & very warm.
12. on Thurs I bound some fodder & thrashd some rye. clear.
13. on Fri I finisd binding & setting up my fodder. it raind in the fore noon.
14. on Sat I trod out 20 doz of wheet. clear.
15. on Sun I was at home. mostly clear.
16. on Mon I cleand 9 bus of wheet & harrowd my orchard. clear.
17. on Tues I halld 22 lodes of dung Mr Tomson loded for me. flying clouds. cool.
18. on Wed I began to sow wheet, plow in, in the orchard. clear.
19. on Thurs I soald my shoes & too a brass cittle to the smiths to git rimd & baild. it raind in the morning & all night.
20. on Fri I halld 5 lodes of dung & plowd in some wheet. some cloudy.
21. on Sat I plowd in wheet. clear.
22. on Sun there was society here. clear.
23. on Mon I plowd in wheet & finisd the orchard. clear. cool in the morning.
24. on Tues I pickd the beens in the corn trampd out wheet. clear & warm.
25. on Wed I cleand 5 bus of wheet & began to beat the ceed off my flax. clear. John Tomson began to plow in the wheet he sows for me on the shares. I sow it for him.
26. on Thurs I beet flax. clear & warm.
27. on Fri I halld out & spred some flax. flying clouds.
28. on Sat I finisd beeting flax & winnowd some of the ceed. it raind all day.
29. on Sun I was at home. cloudy.
30. on Mon I finisd spreding flax. Joel Vanmeter & wife uncle Jonathan & Joel & wives came here on a visit. mostly clear.
Oct 1. on Tues I cleand my flax ceed had 7 bushels. cloudy.
2. on Wed I began to pull of corn. cloudy.
3. on Thurs I pulld of & halld corn. cloudy.
4. on Fri I pulld & halld corn & finisd the back field. had 14 lodes. clear.
5. on Sat I huskd a lode of corn then went to John Colvins. clear.
6. on Sun I went to brother Sheppards to society meeting. clear but a shower at night.
7. on Mon I huskd & halld a lode of corn. clear & warm.
8. on Tues I went to the anuel Election & clerkd for trustees. clear.
9. on Wed I huskd & halld 4 lods of corn. had some help. raind at night.
10. on Thurs I got in a woolin peace & wove some. raind part of the day.
11. on Fri I wove some & trod out & cleand 5 bus of wheet. cloudy.
12. on Sat I huskd & halld corn. clear.
13. on Sun I went to brother Sanders to society meeting. clear.
14. on Mon I husked & halld 2 lodes of corn. I have about 350 bushels the squerrels have distroyd 50 or more. clear. frost & ice this morning the first there has been to cill any thing. [For more information on the problems with squirrels see page 923 of Highland County chapter from Henry Howe’s Historical Collections of Ohio.]
15. on Tues I coverd my crib & halld my tops.clear after a frost. 16. on Wed I dug my sweet potatoes had 4 bus & dug some Irish ones. part clear.
17. on Thurs I dug my potatoes had 14 bus then getherd some apples. some cloudy.
18. on Fri I finisd gethering the apples & made some rails & fencd a hay stack. cloudy & warm.
19. on at I went to the taners to see about some leather then wrote a leace for Mr Wadman & fixd my waggon for Reuben Adams to move from Kentucky to Mr Wadmans place. it raind.
20. on Sun I was at home. raind hard.
21. on Mon I huskd some corn in the barn then got out & cleand 4 1/2 bus of wheet. clear.
22. on Tues I plaind some boards for partition doors & turnd the flax. clear & cool.
23. on Wed I made a door & hung it. cloudy.
24. on Thurs I made another door & went to the burying of young John Emery & turfd over my wifes grave. cloudy & cold.
25. on Fri I finisd my partition doors & cut some timbe. clear.
26. on Sat I halld some timber & went to Mr Gossetts & got 5 1/2 gallons of brandy he stilld for me. some cloudy.
27. on Sun I had a society meeting at home. it raind. some cold.
28. on Mon I hued some timber & began a pare of shoes for Robert. raind.
29. on Tues I finisd the child shoes & hued timber. raind some.
30. on Wed I went to brother Sanders & made a waggon tong to his waggon. clear.
31. on Thurs I took up my flax & went to brother Sheppards on a visit. clear.
Nov 1. on Fri I cilld a cow she weighd 363 lb & took 2 quarters & the hide away. clear.
2. on Sat I hoopd a meat tub & shavd some laths. clear & warm.
3. on Sun I was at home. some cloudy.
4. on Mon I went to Hillsboro with Joseph & Frederic. clear & plesant.
5. on Tues I halld 1500 bricks. clear.
6. on Wed I halld a lode of sand & 900 bricks. it came on to rain
7. on Thurs I framd the door cheeks & dug & lade the foundation of the smoke house. it raind all the fore noon.
8. on Fri I lade bricks in the smoke house walls. clear & warm. Joseph & Frederick started home in morning.
9. on Sat I workd at the milk house. clear & warm.
10. on Sun I went to brother Woods to meeting. Mr Gossett related some of his experance. it was some cloudy.
11. on Mon I workd some at the milk house. Mr Dunn trod out wheet for me. it raind the most of the day.
12. on Tues I went to town & to Thos Barretts got some leather he tand for me. it rain all day some.
13. on Wed I cleand 29 bushels of wheet that James Dun trod out, it raind.
14. on Thurs I went to the smiths & got some irons put on the waggon body & horses shod. it was clear.
15. on Fri sent 20 bushels corn to D Lesler then halld 3 lodes of wood then workd at the smoke house. clear.
16. on Sat I workd at the smoke house & fixd the waggon. clear.
17. on Sun I was at home. clear.
18. on Mon I started with 20 bushels of wheet for Batavia with my wife and Eliza. put up at Mr Cratzers for the night. cloudy.
19. on Tues I started from Cratzers & got to Batavia & put up at Mr Whites. cloudy.
20. on Wed I stade in Batavia. it raind.
21. on Thurs I stade in Batavia. raind hard.
22. on Fri I could not git home for the high watters & went to Josiah Fairfields. it raind hard part of the day.
23. on Sat I went from Fairfields to brother Tibits. it was cloudy.
24. on Sun I went to hear Mr Riley preach then back to Batavia. part clear.
25. on Mon I started from Batavia & came home. clear & warm.
26. on Tues I workd at the smoke house. it snowd in the morning then clear.
27. on Wed I lade brick. some cloudy.
28. on Thurs I made Stillman a pare of shoes. it raind.
29. on Fri I halld 3 lodes of fire wood then went with neighbour Smith & drew a lode of stone & lade the harth of the school house & pulld my turnups. it raind hard at night.
30. on Sat I workd at the shoes. it raind.
Dec 1. on Sun stade at home. part clear & cold.
2. on Mon I buryd my turnups & other notions. clear & very cold.
3. on Tues I fixd my barn floor. some clear & tremendious cold.
4. on Wed I went to Pattersons mill & fetchd home the flower & meal of 12 bus the halld 3 lodes of wood. clear.
5. on Thurs I split & set up wood that the Tomsons cut for me yesterday. cloudy.
6. on Fri I cilld a hogg weighd 102 lb & began a pair of shoes for Hannah. clear.
7. on Sat I finsd Hannah shoes & halld wood for Joseph Sperry. clear. some warmer.
8. on Sun I stade at home. part clear.
9. on Mon I cut & halld fire wood & sent 8 bushels of corn to Andrew Dare. clear & plesant but cold nights.
10. on Tues I fell a tee & sawd shingle timber. clear & warm.
11. on Wed I dresd flax. mostly clear.
12. on Thurs I shave some hoops & hued some rafters for the smoke house. part clear.
13. on Fri I lade some bricks & shavd some shingles. cloudy. raind last night. very warm.
14. on Sat I made some joint shingles & finisd makeing Elizas shoes. cloudy & raind some.
15. on Su I went to Presbyterian society in their school house. part clear & cold.
16. on Mon I fixd for butchering tomorrow. hoopd the meat tubs & cloudy.
17. on Tues I cilld 7 hoggs that weighd near 200 each & a bull that weighd 438 had 3 men to help me. cloudy & raind at night.
18. on Wed I trod out & cleand 5 bushels of wheet. cloudy & raind at night.
19. on Thurs I finisd makeing Mary a pair fo shoes & went to the tanners. raind some.
20. on Fri I halld a lode of fire wood & dug the bbets & shavd shingles. cloudy.
21. on Sat I shavd some shingles. it was the time for church meeting but few came. cloudy.
22. on Sun we had society here. cloudy. snowed at night.
23. on Mon I wove 5 yds for fooling. part clear.
24. on Tues I broke some flax. part clear & cold.
25. on Wed I halld some wood & hunted some & cilld 2 phesents & a rabit. part cloudy. froze hard.
26. on Thurs I trod out some oats. clear.
27. on Fri I hued some timber & took a peace to the fulling mill. cloudy.
28. on Sat I cilld 4 small hoggs & dresd soem flax. clear but still cold.
29. on Sun I stade at home & wrote to Mr Sherburn. part cloudy. cold.
30. on Mon I warpd & beamd on a peace & other notions & went to Thos Barretts & got a side of soal leather. mostly clear & cold.
31. on Tues I got the lincy peace to work & wove some. cloudy & cold. snowd at night.
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