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Plim Charley & Richd plowed Jack sowed Oats It has rained
Mr Maguire)
6 Aples &( a little all evening
6 Peach (
Sion ) Mr McGuire braught me over Six apple sions of fine lats frost
verry choice, & Six peach sions of superior kind.

1868 ) The morning is cloudy & raining The Wind is from the South.
March (
Fr 13 ) It rained yesterday after dinner a little through the nigth &
Rain still raining this morning
Meet ) We hung the last killing of Meet 508 lbs that I got of A. H.
hung )
See 12 ( Hanna It was salted up the 8th of Jany once resalted abt 4
Decr )
30 Novr ( weeks ago It has been in pickle 8 weeks & 5 days it seems
9 Jany )
to be doing verry well We mooved our meet that we previous
Meet wet ) have hung higher up in the Smoke house It has been wet &
& is hung (
higher ) deaping ever since it was hung I will try it hung higher &
see if will do better
Oats )
Jack ½ ( Jack sowed Oats & Rich, Charley & Plim plowed from dinner to
Richd ½ ) night.

Sat 14 The mornin is cloudy & raining has rained nearly all night
Rain comng from S. & E. Cleared off at 12 oclock I got 2 turns
of Corn shelled took it to Pillows Mill & got it ground
5 bushels The Willers are all up

Sun 15 The morning is clear the wind is in the S. W. looks like rain
Wm McCinley)
shot 2 (WIlliam McCinley shot two Negroes Man & Woman the Woman has
Negroes )
died they got him in Jail It was done on Friday the 13th inst,
on the plantation of Genl Pillows.