July 4 - 26, 1845

1845 July 4. Cutting oats & Plasterers & work
man here, Mr Johnson making Door to
old House in passage up stairs.
Plasterers finishing getting lathes this day

12 Plasterers finished off Dining room
& have got one coat all over House
Finished this day chopping our corn &
Harrowed over mountain field & now
Harrowing at Stony Point
Weather tremendous dry & Hot & have
had no rain for 3 weeks corn looks
badly & everything else - in fact it
looks like it will dye --

23rd Plasturers finished Plastering our
House last Saturday 21st July 1845
then they were nearly two days & ½
about Two chimneys, weather very
dry & Hot & windy equal to 1838.
there will be not be anything
made this year

26 still very dry & weather somewhat
cool, cloudy yesterday & last night
& little mist Rain but none to do any
good, & the whole country dry allmost
every where, never has been such a time
Known by the oldest settlers; at the Baptist
churches there has been fast days for