Irene Dixon Bamford

Oct 19 Saturday [cut off: Wind] North Volty came... on Grange Johny helps... citron preserves. E knitting for W & making a shirt Welly came home at 3 O'clock Lynn Watters sent Wells 2 Newspapers. Grace cleaned floors & swept. I done house work

20 Sunday A clear fine day light W [Wind] North John Dixon brought mother to the river today. Will went across for her Welly rowed E & baby down to her grandmothers. Welly came back towards eve and Welly & Volty go up the river in G Glispies [sic: Gillespies] boat to Mosier's. J Morgan, Anna Leonard and staty here.

Monday 21 A fine day clear and bright scarcely any wind North. Grace washed and got all done early. Volty not home yet. Wells and Johny cleaning and drawing grain to the scow. I cooked, washed dishes and churned. Grace sewing on Maud Dress. Maud broke lamp chimney [struck text: [Welly] Ground froze last night. A beautiful day. Our apple trees came