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Show -271waited on S. Porter with onions and melons, who with Sarah Leavitt and S eM Porter & wife left for dairy this p .m, Watered in garden latter part of afternoon, water being so high in river as to run into the ditch without dam, Read some 5 chaps in Book of MonnonQ A steer was butchered this Done some writing for company evening Worked in the Id.tchen waiting on the cooks 16 Aug Tuesday II . . 0 Q - &co Recd books from American Book store New York, ordered June 30 in school from Do Appleton & Co New York and I assisted in selecting a list of books for use in our school. Examined the books I received some, in evening where it was talked of Attended a meeting of the bre the to dairy to milk cows, and. sending some sending· more hands to· explore the new country fOlIDd on the head of clear creek. wrote out bills and booked accts, Took J,Ho 17 WedneSday L.M.Savage reed samples of text books for use . , . - James place in the kitchen and baked cakes and w8.1ted upon men who are going off. Worked some in shoe shop and chopped wood for sane in Buffons Natural History and studied J obn some indisposed today, assisted in adminisArithmetic some. tering to him. Worked in shoe shop. Assisted in unloading a 18 Thursday Watered lucerne. Picked some musk me lons also of load wneat. water sane melons. A.L.Rogers, W.IoPorter and M. sold picked and Mortensen Juri. left for dairy today. to work there. Booked some accts and studied grammar and arithmetic some, Received a letter fran my wife Fmnah dated at Milton July 28th. All well. It had enclosed a book mark from Elizabeth (her sister) to me. 118 persons,· 22 - Picked and divided out melons k1 tcnen &c 0 Read . . - 19 Friday Ibs to the person. Sold some. Done different chores and assisted some .in the kitchen. tudied A & G some. Picked and divided out melons 10 Ibs to. 121 20 Saturday with H.Rolopp and persons. Sold about 7.00 melons. Conversed and took load of goods to rlver and assisted in ferrying over had and home c:1 wash attended to unloading it at the store 0 Came and cleaned up I Mother has very sore eyes. Had a shave and cleaned up. Attended S.S. 21 Stmday where Henry Rolopp(who is visiting with me today) and DoSavage there. Attended to spoke. Attended rneetmg, there .were 4 gentiles J .HoJarnes 1s as the work in the kitchen at dinner and supper &c camped here. herding cows. There is a company of U. S. surveyors this been has River was up higher than it 22 Monday in Hoed garden and season yesterday, but it fell this momtng, His. Nata Buffons melons &c. Read in waited on - . - . - folks, selling 23 Tuesday - Watered in garden, wrote beef receipts. Water |
