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Show -375Nooned a little while Drove' home get and arrived just, after' dark, Found all well Received mail key tontght 26 Oct Sunday Cleaned upo'Attended SSD Took dimer at mothers" Attended meeting where J eR£)McNiel who returned from Utah Friday' evening spoke,- also EeApTietjen spoke a few words, I took the minutese Had ScSo teachers'meeting at-my house adjourned ' untill the last Friday in Novernber' 27 Monday ... Drove off cow herd Carne home and got my break fast Then went after cows and spent all the day gathering them and then did not get two of them, but they' came up in the night did not it' out , , -. II 0 , Had hard work" 28 Tuesday Drove off cow herd, Came home got my breakfast. Wrote· some letters for father. Fixed up the cellar some then went after cows and had a hard time getting bhem, Did not find 5 of - them, Attended Association meeting in evening. Cold and uncom fortable to meet there. The frost being quite hard' every night. Mail came. Received some P.O. blanks &c. Read some. Done my choreso Went out to hunt the cows I 29 Wedensday - did not bring. Found all but one of mine who came' up in evening with the herd. Sacked and weighed 2000 Lbs potatoes 66, sacks and one sack of beets 122 Lbs John T" helping me weighc Greased and fixed up my wagon, Had very sick headache in the arternoon, Done my chores in evening and went early to- bed; Got up early, loaded up my potatoes Took my 30 Thursday drove oxen and to go toCoolidgee Camped for night at Coles old , - - e mill- site. W.Bond and J .T. with me with loads. Got up our teams and drove to Coolie Sold pota 31 Friday toes for 2 cts per poundo I had 2124. $42050" Got cash. 2.50 and due bill $4.00. Drove back to old mill site and camped for the night. 1 Nov 1884 Saturday Got up and loaded in some lumber and slabs in my wagon. Drove to Harris Valley and rested teams. While there W.O.Ashcroft came on horse from Savoia to let me know I was wanted there that John Pipkin had shot himself I took the horse as Justice of Peace. He had and rode down there and held an 0 - - .. inquest shot himself last Sunday wilfully, it appears instantiy and only been found this morning by killing himself his father. Left for - hone and arrived after dark and found all well. Assisted in laying off the place for the grave. Sunday Attended meeting where I.Hatch. P. Done some writingo Read some &c in evening. Nielson and myself spoke, a small attendance. At home at 9 a.m. funeral meeting Attended Unloaded wagon, 3 Monday 2 _ 0 _ .s,Harris. S.E.LewisJI.Hatch,F.G.Nielson,W.J.JohnstunJP,Nielson. All upon H.J.Judd, WHpBond,J,R&McNiel and E.A,Tietjen spoke. spoke |
