Diary_pages_1890_03

Friday March 21 Pretty nice in the forenoon but in the afternoon it blowed a heap just as it generally does. Lew finished the ditch below the lake then fixed the scraper and after dinner went up to windy hill and worked at a ditch there. I painted and Dave and I calked the boat then we churned and I cut a few slips.

Sat March 22 Rather a nice day. Lew scraped out the ditch from basin rocks head gate to about half way. I cut slips of various kinds trimmed trees some and some other chores besides.

Sun March 23d Pretty fair on an average. Lew went up to the ranch. Expects to trade off his mare for a cart 125 fence posts and 1000 feet of lumber. I and the rest of the kids old and young kept Sunday pretty quite solid.

Mon March 24 Awful windy. Lew knocked down the stalks in the piece north of the house and cleaned some wheat for seed. Dave went in search of Ma Walthals water wagon and got home just night. I worked some head gates for the windy hill ditches and helped Lew some.

Tues March 25 Just as nice as we could wish for. Dave hauled a couple of loads of water. Lew and I among other things hauled 3 loads of hay from windy hill. We used Tany and Logan and trained them to back some. Dave got some shorts bran.

Wed March 26 Oh how lovely till the middle of the afternoon then Oh how windy. The boys hauled a couple of loads of hay from windy hill. Then Dave hauled a load of water and Lew put in about 3 acres of wheat with the drill. I hauled a load of water and got me a pair of overalls paid 75 cents in the afternoon pruned in the orchard.

Thurs March 27 Wind blew lick it to split from nape to dock. Dave took the water wagon and most of the cart home then went to town to get Medas things mostly. Lew finished putting in the wheat and cleaned up a few bushels of oats. I finished pruning the orchard and then tinkered around some.

Fri March 28 Mostly clear and the wind blew some in the afternoon. Lew and Dave hauled a load of hay from windy hill then Lew worked at the wheat in the afternoon. I worked at clearing up the brush in the orchard in the forenoon and in the afternoon Mother and I went over to see Reas,s [Rease's] folks found them felling pretty well.

Sat March 29th Rather more cloudy and some cooler than yesterday. We visited at Reas,s [Reas's] until afternoon then came home found Mrs Bartlett here and we are visiting hand over hand. Lew was harrowing when we came home and has now gone over to town to meet Marnie.

Sun March 30 A cold raw East wind with a little snow but not much. Of course we visited late. Marney got here a little after 3 O clock and of course we had a very nice time visiting. Mr Plummer is quite sick and the doctor says that it is the Sciatic Rheumatism that he has but Lew has gone after some medicine for him and I hope it will help him.