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head ake & pains less or more all over ) Sent to Mill 2½
[Left margin: Meal] bushels the last time was the 12th Apl, lasted 12 days. It seems
that 2½ bushels last us 12 days. We have 9 to eat 1½ pints
a day makes 20 gallons for 12 days, that is 1½ pint for each
[Left margin: Caleb] one per day, in all 9 eaters. Caleb got 115 ears of Yellow
Corn to plant Charged on Act.
Fri 26 The morning is clear & beautiful little cool clam &c Some
[Left margin: Frost) frost all hands are at work We found one of our hogs at
Jaggers fastened up in his orchard he was marked had been
[Left margin: Hog] gone 3 or 4 weeks got him home & altered him (Mag went to Town)
[Left margin: Mag / Self] got some fish. I walked to the Saw Mill Went verry slow it
fateaged me verry much
1867 April Sat 27 [Left margin: high wind] This morning is calm a little cloudy & about 2 oclock the Wind
rose & ble verry hard from the North & turned quite cold
Some sprinkling of rain with it. In the evening I sent the little 2 horse wage over to Mr. Dixon & braught home 4 grownd
[Left margin: Sheep / See 2nd May] & one lamb sheep 3 black & 2 whites. The boys plowed on to
evening We are making our garden looks tolerable well. I
[Left margin: Self] had a verry sick spell about 2 oclock felt weake & feeble & had
a verry severe spell of coughing laste me until near night
Sun 28 This morning is quite cloudy Wind from N.E. & quite cold.
[Left margin: Rain] It commenced raining at 7 oclock & it has rained all day (verry
hard sometimes) it is quite cold. No news.