February 4, 1858 - February 12, 1858

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4th February 1858 Begun to Rain about 10 Oclock
last night & sometime in the night began to
Snow Horses runaway coming back from Millers Mill yesterday& this morning Snow 6 or 8 Inches Deep
has & we are striping Tobacco, & putting snow
in ice House,= to day= Trees very full of snow
& Roads stoped up, cloudy & like for rain all day

5th Snowed & Rained last night a little & cloudy
this morning, Striping Tobacco at new
prize Barn, one she[e]p Died last night

6th Part cutting wood Henry & Jordan Halling wood
from mountain, fresh ground Halled wood at
Chumblys & 1 Load of wood to Mr Neals
Found part of our Hogs over on the mountain
next to Mr Pringles, but could not get them home
Clear day not very cold, Snow melted but little yet

Febry 9th cutting up by overseers House Henry Compl=
=aining
. Pal. Sick Doct Thompson came to see Pal
Pal. has very Soar Throat, - my Hogs gone again
Jacob got ½ lb Cotton for Kitty to spin,-
Cutting & trying to get done by overseers house
cleared off this morning & windy & cool, we
hope Pal is a little better, Halling wood,

-10th. Cutting & finished by overseers House Halling
wood to day & halled out Straw - Turned cold
in evening my hogs gone again found some of themto day -

11th. Malling at mountain Spring alse burning
Brush, nannie gone to Mrs Hunt to night very cold this morning, 14 Lambs to this time
Henry has been complaining for 3 days & in house

12th Began to Snow this morning Sent Jordan &
Buck to hall 2 Loadswood for Miss Neals Shelling corn
making Bro[o]ms etc etc not very cold —
Wind N,E,- nannie come back in the Snow
this morning & Horse threw her & Jerry at the
gate flat on the ground & did not hurt [water stain]
Snowing yet late in evening Corn shelter
broke to day & took 2 or 3 hours [water stain]
at 2 oclock in evening about 4 Inches

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