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Show -359- currants, 12 Wilson Albany and 13 Sharpless strawberries & 6 Houghtons gooseberry plants Read in evening, 1 April 1884 Tuesday Split up some posts' in morning, In afternoon planted'some-onion, radish, lettuce, cress, sage and - rhubarb seed; Pearl is 4 yrs old today, Had all of fathers children here-except John T to dinner also motherQ 2 April Wednesday -' Plowed on first ten with oxen, Read some 3 Thursday- Fastday. Fasted till noon. Recd. a good letter rronr E. V QMecham- Wrote' a letter to her. Attended fast meeting where E'.ATietjen, I.Hatch, P Nielson, myself and SoE0Lewis were the speakers, after Dinner went'and got up my oxen-and plowed some on . - the . , . - • roy-- first ten, - 4 Friday Harrowed untill noon when it stormed and ,I turned Dug 20 post holes and put the posts in them, Joseph myFrederick sick some,,' - oxen out - ' " 5 Saturday · Planted'garden seeds, onions) - carrots, beets, lettuce, radish, pepper grass, cabbage, sage, salsify, parsley, and-peas.' Freddy still sick with canker, administered to rhubarb' him,": 6 Sunday' Attended SeSe also meeting where J.Bloomfield and .. · E.ASietjen were the speakera; At· horne in afternoon, ,waiting on my little boy' who is some better, but 'still sicko 7 MondayFreddy quite bad in the night. Let WoHoBond work - · my' oxenfn 'the Savoia1to 'Reservoir. Planted 6 rows of peas, 3 rows of' beets, "1 1/2 Lbs Defiance wheat and Trial packet of Welcome oats. 8· Tuesday Freddy some better. Got up oxen and plowed on - Twenty' Fine warm day. Plowed in the morning and sowed an acre and a quarter' of 'oats and' harrowed it in, in' the' afternoon with my oxen The off ox is very tired. John brought up one· of my cows with calf" 10 Thursday Went after 'one of my cows.who stayed ol_lt. Got Got up my mares my cow. and calf back I let W.H .Bond have to milk stormed in evening with and plowed on my twenty the •. them, to him administered Have sick" still 11 Friday quite Freddy several times. Was at home, set out some rhubarb plants I got Fixed rocks under north wall of room I live in and plasfor oats , 9 Wednesday' - . I) , - I) it. - father, tered some. and plowed with Freddy better. Got up my oxen Saturday them. Retired to bed, Attended About 6 in of snow fell during the night 13 Sunday while my children ·the with S,S. At .home in the afternoon and stayed wife went to meeting. Father & mother was here to supper and part of tle 14 Monday Hunted for my oxen all the forenoon . 12 _ ' Q - , _ |
