January 25, 1861 - February 1, 1861

1861 Janry 25. cloudy & likely for falling weather

" Janry 26th Rained & hailed last night & this mor
=ning Turned cold & snowing & Hailing & about
8 Oclock in morning snowing hard.
Finishing striping Tobacco what we have
down this morning, & then Mr Chumney
will cut me out a pr shoes, double
for wet wheather, shelling corn making
Brooms etc to day - dreadful weather
all this year, & indeed wet all the fall
Snowing fast about night & stoped about dark my
old sow lost 3 pigs, awful weather, & Keeps snowing
allmost every week, or raining, mended Dorans
Shoe & Charles, to day, fixed spool frames

27th went to Strait Stone Prayer meeting only 3
there besides myself, Kelley L & Rob^t Yates –

28th Cutting & malling in new ground on Hill
next to wheat field, I went to Plantation met
Pal coming after me, his mama sick,
sent Jordan after Doct Thompson A.W.
she has something like flux, cold in her bowls
& hope nothing serious he gave her a Blue
Pill with some opium in it & recommended
oil in a day or Two & eat lite, snow dont
melt but little, very disagreeable weather

29th I went to Plantation Malissa only tolerable
Cutting malling & get some Logs for granary

30. Getting Logs for Granary I staid at home
Lila sick. Sent for Mrs Coleman to see her

31st Covering Kitchen to day all hands, sent to
Mill got my bag for overseer his sent is ours standing^Turn
Little Henry Sick, Malissa better & nearly well
Lila not much the matter with her

Feby 1st 1861. covering Kitchen got along
badly yesterday, looks likely for falling
weather this morning began to Rain about 12
Halled stack fodder from Peach Orchard Henry