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Jack halling } tyger Mule in his Wagon to hall wood for himself to Town he is to haul for me a day for every day he works my Mules he is to furnish his own feed when he halls for himself & I am to furnish feed for the Mules when he halls for me he works his own wagon all the time & his own board all the time.
Sugar Got a dollars worth of Sugar

Fr 9
The morning is a little cool clear & calm some little fog in the hollows We are trying to git our Wagon gears Bricking up &c
Rain It rained a verry good season between 3 & 4 oclock fine on my turnips sowed yesterday

1867 Augt Sat 10
The morning is clear calm & a little cool the rain that fell yesterday is the making of the Corn Crops every thing looks thriving & beautiful
William William had a verry bad cold for a week he is quite unwell with it this morning he is quite horse & coughs verry much, he is still going to Town and attending to his business in the Clerks office with W. B. Wilson I was out at the Steam Saw Mill they grind every Saturday they are doing good business
Meal to Town } I had about 8 or 9 bushels of Meal ground & Richd & John took it to Town & did not get sale for it they took it too late in this evening
Water Mellons } No particular news Watter mellons are verry plenty seems to go a beging
Candles Missing } We have missed 6 Candles out of the closet in a few days past I got 24 on the 1st day of Augt. Jack halled for himself 3 days this week Th F. & Sat