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Fr 14 The morning dark cloudy & raining Wind & rain from the
Rain North & cold. I think it will snow before it is done.
William William is not much better Cant eat rests badly through the
night throws off what he eats
Grass ) Jack Patton is sowing my Grass seed Andrew is laying off the Jack 1/2 ( Andy 1/2 ) lands & plowing commenced after dinner. I promised to pay paid $.50 ( ( Hungarian ) Andrew for his work ) This is a verry dark & Gloomey day Grass ( ( Sowed ) Sprinkling fine rain nearly all day & cold Wind all day from
N. W. did not git quite done sowing my Grass seed ----------------------------------------------- Sat 15 The morning is still cloudy Wind S. W. I think William is some
little better tho he is right bad off yet, he throughs off Jack 1/2 ) Andrew 1/2 ( mostly what he does eat he rode out with Thomas to the building paid $.50 ) Monk ( this evening Monk's 2 Mules has worked 4 1/2 days each this week Monk'a ) Mules ( Jack & Adrew has helped me to finish sowing my Hungarian Grass Work 4 1/2 ) each Mule ( Seed & I paid Andrew $.50 for his work for yesterday & to day this week ) Abe 1/2 ( him & Jack has work two half days for which I will credit him Oxen & ) George ( with $.75 Abe sent his 2 Oxen & George & I brushed in my Jack $1.00 ) Lawson ( Hungarian Grass Seed Works 1/2 day I loned Jack Patton $1.00 Bay Mare ) Self $.75 ( to buy Weding howes I let Lawson have $.50 on his work Rich
drove bay Mare bob tale in the bugga to Town got some beef
Spanish flyes & Alcahol for me $1.95 --------------------------------------------- 1869 ) The morning is dark cloudy calm & moderated. My General May ( Sun 16 ) health for the last week has been about like it was the week
before the ring or tetter on me has not been so bad the last
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week I have quite rubbing them with the Clark Medicines if I had have kept on I think it would have made a cure I have commenced with the blister flyes William I think William this morning is some better not much he complains of rheumatism in his shoulders &c James Webster Ju'r J Webster Jur) & Wife ) & Wife came yesterday evening & returned home after dinner Janey left ( home with ) took Janey with them to stay awhile J.W. & ( wife )
____________________ Mon 17 The morning is clear clam & warm Wind E. Thomas ) Thomas, Davis, Jim & Mitchel wint to the Cedars to git Thomas & Cedars ) more shingles. Richard is plowing up the Garden to plant in Puss Cotton ) Cotton for Puss Lorra Clary & Felix & Corn & planted it William William is still better tho but very little, he has gone to Town I think he should not have went until he got better. Court The Girouit Cort is still in Session they took up the State Dockets, tryed Hanes for shooting Creel & cleared him Bay Mare The bay Mare Oley is verry lame (fore foot)
_____________________ Tu 18 The morning is a little cloudy & calm, N. W. William's William health is still improving slowly he went to Town Got home for Flour ) dinner got 50 lbs of Flour costs $ & some domestick for Domestic ) shirt collars
______________________ Wed 19 The morning is clear & calm William went to Town come home in the evening quite unwell bay Mare is better. Thos got home Thos ) Jack ) from the Cedars. Jack Patton & Wagon went to Cedars after shingles for Thomas this morning ___________________
-2881869 ) The morning is clear & calm Wind S. E. After Lawson eat May ( Th 20 ) his breakfast he told Puss that he was going to work at Lawson he was going to give him $15. pr month so he left We had hire $7.00( paid 4.25) no diference only he gits more than I was giving him which was $2.75 See Apl 21) $7.00 per month he laks two days of staying out his time. I have paid him $4.25 leaving a ballence (if he had worked out his time) of $2.75 See 21st Apl the time he set in
Fr 21 The morning is verry cloudy Wind S. E. It has rained several Rain ) showers through the day. William is some better tho not well Wm ) he went to Town after dinner. The Circuit Court still in session Woodside ( fine $200.) State vs Woodsides fined defent $200.00 & cost, shooting Andrews.
( Sat 22 The morning is cloudy Wind from N. W. & cooler. ) I Wrote a ( Littlefield)note by Jack Patton to Littlefield that I would go Jack Patton's Jack Patton) Bacon )security for 100 lbs of bacon that he might git to day of him, Meal ) Littlefield. Jack took the Wagon Sent to Mill got near 5 T. Peelar ) bushels of Meal at Matthew's Mill. T. Peelaar shod Bell Mule Blacksmith) Bell Mule ) before with my old shoes to day She was lame, hoof broke Jack Jack plow ) layed $. ) Patton got his plow layed by Peelar done by Peelar Blacksmith
( Salla $2. ) I let Puss have $3.00. Cary $.50 & Felix $.10 I let Salla have ( Andrew ) ( hire $5 ) $2.00 on the hire of Andrew he sets in to work at $5.00 per Monk ) month & will commence on Monday the 24th. inst. I board him Monk Mules worked 5 days each this week, making 10 days
1869 ) May ( The morning is clear calm & Spring like. William's health is Sun 23rd ) Helth still improving slowly. My General health is like it has been
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The ring worms & breaking out on my neck & sholder is better ring worms) I have been using the blister flyes not quite sufficient to ( Blister ) blister ) My back & kidneys is verry much effected considerable ( discharge of urion every day More or less & inflamation in the
Diabetes ) bladder It is the disease called the Diabetes it is wearing
me down verry considerable it is distroying the use of my back
Pills ) and limbs verry much. The beckwith pills I have been taking
every day has had a verry good effect in keeping my bowels
regular The greate discharge of urian is constantly every day
some times ever half hour for a half day at a time I must
try to do something before long before it is too late. ------------------------------------- Mon 24 The morning is clear calm & a little cool William is about
leaving this morning for B. B. upon a fishing exkertion amongst
Andrew ) & with the Websters & has gone. Andrew has came & set in this $2.00 ) morning to work at $5.00 pr month I paid his Mother $2.00 of
his hire (See 22d inst.) ----------------- Jim pd ) by Andy Work) We are trying to git our little piece of Corn planted before & Andy ) the doors. Jim is plowing the black horse & bay Mare Andrew
is plowing Dutch & Tyger & is beding it up with the turning
plow they got near done bedding it up to day ----------------------------------------- Tu 25 The morning is a little cloudy Wind S. E. We have finished Jim paid by Andy work planting the little piece of ground before the doors in Corn Andy Jim helped Andy & we planted punkins & beans. We got done before
dinner & after dinner Andy helped Jim plow in his Corn --------------------------------------------
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1869 ) The morning is clear & warm Wind S. W. Andy is helping Jim May ( Wed 26 ) plow his Corn Jim is plowin black horse & Andy Tiger. Jim & ( Andrew ) I have had a verry greate Gidinous & swimming in my head for is paid ( by Jims ) sever hours to day. My gums & mouth is verry sore My Ring work ( Self ) Worms & breaking out has nearly all got well. Wm ( Pills ) William went to Town & got 2 boxes more of Brandreth's Pills ----------------------------------------------- Th 27 The morning is a little cloudy Wind S. & Warm This morning
Key of ) the key of the Corn Crib is out of place We have hunted it Corn Crib ( lost ) every where we can think of & cant find it yet. Wm had it &
thinks he hung it up in its proper place when he got out Corn
Bacon for the boys yesterday morning. We got out a sholder of bacon
punkins to day weighed 8 lbs I want to see how long it will last is
the reason I note it down We are about done planting our Jim paid ) ( An drew paid ) punkins round George's house ) Jim & Andrew has been working by his work ) ( to gather since Monday some times for me & some times for Jim
making it about equal up to this time during the week. --------------------------------------------- Fr 28 The morning is clear warm & Wind S. William fixed up shaved
William put on clean close Close like he wanted to appear before some
particular personage of the Softer Sect in better than usual
trim. Andy is working in the garden ------------------------------------------ Sat 29 The morning is clear warm Wind S. W. Andy & Felix halling Monk ) Felix ) some wood (Bess & Tip) Monk reports to me his Mules has worked Hat ) ( 5 days each this week making 10 for them both ) Got Felix a ( hat $.85 to day