| OCR Text |
Show -328- Cut down timber 25 April 1883 Wednesday Potatoes were all put in today Cut down timbere 26 Thursday - and plowed lando - 27 Friday - Cut down some timber" and cleared- some- land of brushe 28 Saturday Cleared land of brush- and- wood and" burnt it. was plowed in, and began planting corn!) wheat, Frost nearly every night, but weather Ls moderating some Read the Bible some through the week 29 Sunday Helped with calves" during-milking, greased my shoes" Had a wash allover and changed my" clothes After dinner walked with some of the folks up to Adams-place and spent an agreeable afternoon with Adams Whiting & Richardsone Came home and copied a piece of poetry by Burns to his wife, Cleared land & cut timbere In the morning went 30 Monday with $oMJ)Porter to CoE Richardsons & sharpened plow potnta, 1 May 1883 Tuesday Cleared land and cut timber" 2 May Wednesday Cleared land grubbing some. In the after noon sharpened plow points assisted by SoMpPorterp 3 May Thursday FastdaYG Fasted untill noon, Spent the mom ing in reading and wrote a letter to my wife A> Am 32 years old to day In the afternoon straightened plow points &c and went some 2 1/2 miles after oxen and dragged some timber off the farm with theme NeTePorter left for Sunset this afternoon on foot with whom I sent my letter to my wifeI' J "HeJames and SGM"Porter killed and brought into camp a young deer this morntng; Had headache this afternoon and went to bed without suppero 4 Friday Hunted for oxen in the morning Cut timber» clear ed and burnt brush and timber Frosty nights yet e 5 Saturday Hewed·house logs all day for house for JeHe James!!> Have been reading in the Bible this week during my leisuree 6 Sunday Took a walk in the morning before breakfast Mended some of my cfothes Read in the Bible, after dinner took a bath and spent the afternoon in readfng, walking and prayer, The folks from here went up to Adams and held meeting in the af'ternoon, I did not go because I had no clean clothes to put on, 7 Monday Cut some ribs and helped Edmund Richardson upon his house putting in logs and ribs for roOfD 8 Tuesday Cut down some timber for fence same of the trees 3 feet through on the stump, Helped SoME>Porter sharpen plow points in the afternoono - 11 bushels The , •. " G> - e ""l .• - . - , " = II f) - _, G , - - 9 Wednesday Frost yet in the 10 Thursday - Cut down timber all night - day for clearing land e Cleared off brush and wood and burnt it. E> |
