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Tu 22 The morning is dark & cloudy Wind from the North.
We caught the boar this morning that was in dispute with Bob Erwin
Bob Erwin Hog 119 lbs Gross ) Altered him & weighed him he weighed 119 lbs Gross
William attended to it and weighed him he has got away from the boys & gone through the lotts & fields the last heard from him he was in the briers
Boar he bit John's foot & hurt him verry much disabled him verry much the boys got him back in the pen

George Sterling Jim Tom Richd Preston Charley John )
George Sterlin & Jim is laying Brick Tom Rich & Charley is waiting on them & Preston is making up Mortor John is halling watter & Jack Patton is halling Brick Jim has worked 2 days this week & quit I paid him $2.00 & owe him one dollar more upon the 2 days work

Jack Corn Hogs ) Jack Patton halled a load of Corn for my hogs We did not git quite done the brick work (John's foot is bad off) he is not able to do any thing
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1867 Octr Wed 23
The morning is clear calm & quite cool It did not rain yes-terday
George Sterling Tom Jno Charley ) The boys Sterling George & Tom is at work at the house. Charley is waiting on them &c. John is not able to do anything this morning.
Self I have taken sulphor for several nights I think it is opening my bowels it has that tendency but I have the piles & all the lower part of my bowels are so swelled that it is difficult to get a passage at al
I give my note to Sterlin Marton for $22 to be paid in lumber We finished the Brick work of the Smoke house See Sterlin's Act