January 20, 1868 - January 29, 1868

1868 Janry 20 cloudy & Raining a little
sleet on ground hailed on ground freezing
We are Cutting to day not so cold

21st Richard did not come home last night
Rained very hard in the night, cleared,
off this morning halling wood & Cutting
little growth in new ground ground
hard frozen yet, hail on the ground yet

22nd Cutting in new ground moderate day
I went to old place Keens Vaughans, -

23rd Raining nearly all day Cutting a little
in evening, Hung up meat worked in
shop a little, - very cold rain, -

24 Piled Brush in first part of the day
halled up Stack Oats 1 Load shucks
2 Loads straw to stack & 3 Loads leaves
I went to starkeys to day

25 Cutting & Halling Leaves

26th I went to meeting myself

27 Sent Tommy gone to Mill for Mr Dalton ^{2 Bus Sent}
Rained last night all night
Cutting in new ground to day cloudy
& like for Rain - weather moderate. I went
to Mrs Powers & got my shoes ½ soled &
Sallies sewed up rained a little in evening
& we cleaned Barn shed & fix a little to strip
Tobacco but did Commence

28th Snowing this morning cloudy all day
snow melted as fast it fell clay & Hobson
left Richard this morning or last night
We striped Tobacco to day all day

29. Snowed all night tolerable deep snow
getting wood for Lowry & Mr Dalton this morning
& then to striping Tobacco weather stoped
falling not very Cold this morning
began to snow again in evening striped
Tobacco ½ the day very bad tremendous
sloppy John Powers got Leather to make
me a pair of shoes to day,