January 12, 1857 - January 16, 1857

12th Jany 1857 little Henry gone to bring the horses
back. had a pair of shoes put Fillmore at
Dews shop & got 10¢ from my Nannie
to pay for putting them on
Henry went to Yates mill to day
Carried 5 Bus Corn & got 2 Turns
Meal, Carried another Log for Hh^d
staves making 2 for Hh^ds staves
Mr Wyatt came here this morning
to sett up Hh^d & did not finish it

13 went to Shanks & sold his property for JD
Hunt Mrs Coleman, Mr Wyatt fixed the crusher
to day & finished Hh^d this morning
Cutting big growth in new ground
clear cold weather tho moderated a little,
ground 2 Bbls Cob & corn to day etc,

14th Sent 1 One more Log to Yates for Hh^d staves
making 3 there 2 Turns Corn for meal &
Sent 1 Large Log to Dews for Hh^d staves
Cutting big growth in new ground to day
commencing Snowing about 12 oclock to day
& snowed about ¾ hour & stoped still cloudy
little has not come back yet Wednesday ^night

15th Cutting big growth in new ground fixed
Cover for Cob Crusher this morning went to shop
& had buggy mended etc, Cold day
Thursday this day 15th little Henry got back
from Charlotte a little in the night gone ^{4 days}
We have one little lamb come some days ago

16th Last night about 3 oclock this morning
we were alarmed by the Cry of Fire Peggy had
caught a fire & with great difficulty we put
it out Kitty & myself Kitty thought of the
Pale of water & threw it on her & soon we