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Show 16 June 1899 Friday -799 · Milking & got horseso Worked on house west side using 3 1/3 thousand shingleso Re moved scaffold to east sidee Came home & attended to horseso 17 Saturday Milking & got horses went below to work but I felt sick and laid down most of day while Fred worked alone putting on sheeting toward evening I helped him and got east side covered with sheetinge Came home and took care of horseso 18 Sunday Took care of horses, cows &ckl Wrote someo Took a bathe Read Attended SeS also meeting at 2 porno Got up cows & horses in the eveninge - shingling finishing - - Milked, chopped woodG Boys got up horsesQ With Van Doren about deeds and transfer of Latta propertyo Settled up some accts with Tietjene Fred went down to Seco22 in morning to shingle roof I went down about noon, We got over half of east side shingledo Freddie took team home while I got up most of 19 Monday Tietjen saw cows 20 Tuesday Sent check for taxes to Los Lunas and wrote some, Fred & I went to Sec3 22 and worked on house finished s.hinglingl'l Had a nice shower of rain and some haf.L, Took scaffold downe Sacked up 15 sks of wheate Came home bringing cows with USe Milked - COWSe Attended to milking and horses 21 Wednesday Milked cowsi chopped woodt got up horses With 2 teams went and worked scraping in dam in wash to turn flood water e - lucerne, when it comes. Fred & I worked there all daYe Tietjen also worked there with his team and T.JoMcNiel worked single handed Fred took care of horses in evening, while I got up the cows 22 Thursday In the night about 1 0' clock a.rn, Fred was bitten by a coyote on the left ear, and on the left hand also scratched some on the right hand" It came up to him while he was asleep on his bed on cot in front of window of house out doorsQ Tietj en & Torn killed it & Mary Ellen dressed and washed his hands and we went to bed again, After day I helped with cows and got up horses and about 8 a.mo Fred & I went down to Secc22j loaded up and got ready feed and 23 sacks of grain on two wagons j but Fred felt bad, sick and coule not use his left hand, came back to house and stopped there rest of day. Had intended to start for Dewey but put it off, attended to horses & cows and administered to Fredj also had Bros. Tietjen & Chapman administer to him in eveningo Got teams ready Unloaded 1 wagon and put grain in 23 Friday log house hitched 4 horses on 1 wagonG Fred felt some betterQ Tom McNiel helped me get ready After breakfast left with Fred 5 hors$ and 1 wagon for DeweYQ Watered at Michell after a shower of rain on G - - 0 I came got to Dewey about 6130 p.m. Sold Ne'WIIlan 1500 lbs wheat for |
