Volume 3: 1867-1869

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Tu 27 The morning is mostly cloudy looks like rain Candidates ) Govr ( I went to Town heard the Candidates for Governor Centre Speechs ) & Stokes It was the most abusive speeches I ever heard from

any political harrangs in all my life & I have heard many

With me neither of them done themselves any credit. Jim Jim Griffith ) U. & A. ) Griffith was verry gracious I was induced to take his daily daily news ) paper ) U. & A. paper. I paid him $2.00 for it 1/2 price all he charged

me Jack Porter & J. Webster present Jack loaned me $1.00 to

help pay for it. I came home soon as the Speaking was over

Sentor & ( felt perfectly disgusted with both Candidates. They have none Stokes for ) Gov'r ( of that high honorable Gentlemanly bearing that should be Candidates ) possessed by a Governor of this greate State I believe that

Stokes is the smarter man of the two, but I see in his coun-

tenance he thinks he is beaten I think so too, he showed the

white feather verry plainly, he is the meanest looking man of

Self ) the two Centre has a verry good countinence but verry indignant Vote ) & bitter. I will vote for him. ------------------------------------------ 1869 ) The morning is some cloudy Wind from the West & turned cool. July ( Wed 28 ) I have got the boys George & Jim Preston & Jack & Jo Thomas George H. ) Preston ( is cutting my Hungarian Grass. got little over half done. Andy Jim ) Jack & pd ( & Charley is plowing for George H. in his corn paid Jo Thomas X Jo Thomas ) $.50 ( $1.50 Jack $.50 Jim $.50 See Saturday _____________ ) Andy & ( Charley for ) George ( --------------------------------------------

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Th 29 The morning is verry cloudy & calm looks like rain It

cleared off about 10 oclock & was a verry pretty day for George H. ) Preston ) saving hay. I had George H. Preston Jim Jack & Jo Thomas Jim ) Jack ) all at work at the cutting of my hay got it done late in the Jo Thomas ) X ) evening & nearly all shocked up, have a verry fine chance of

it if I can git it all put up with out injury. William

braught me an old pair of Bugga harness from Mr. Noah or Harness ( Bugga ) (Fuller rather) as a present they are not much account but Noah ( Fuller ) as they give it to me as a present I appreciate the complement. --------------------------------------------- Fr 30 The morning is cloudy calm & quite cool I was much anoyed all

Dogs ) night with the dogs barking, & the Mules in the yard & the

flees on me, they kept me awake nearly all night I feel

quite unwell from it this morning. I must if possible remedy Richd $1.00 ) George ( it or I will be prostriated from it. Andy 1 ) Charley 1/2 ( let Richd Trotter have $1.00 Andy plowed all day & Charley

half the day for George H. --------------------------------------------- Sat 31 The morning is cloudy calm & quite cold. The dogs anoyed me

Dogs ( barking all night around the doore. Thomas shot & killed a New Thos Dog ) Sally $5.00 ( found, Got after the Sheep Andy ) Jack $50 ( paid Sally for Andy's work $5.00 Give Jim $.50 Jack got $.50 Jim $.50 ) Jo Thomas ( Cents Monk reports 2 days 1 Mule $1.50 for ) his cutting hay See Wednesday (Monk 2) Puss got $2.30 ) .25 ( take out. She is charged with $1.55 $1.55 ) Charley got $1.00 for his work I got Dr. Johnson to pull out a Jaw tooth Monk 3 ) $1.00 It was verry Severe Monk Report 1 Mule 3 days

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1869 ( The morning is a little cloudy & calm & quite cool. I got ) August ( up yesterday morning shaved put on clean close having Sun 1st ) determined to have a large Jaw tooth pulled out Went to

Town for no other business Went to Dr. Johnson's office & he

Self ) took it out It was the back tooth on the rite side in the Tooth ) upper Jaw It was verry sound and a verry powerful & painful

opperation It blead verry much. I had determined it & I

then could carry it out. If I had not determined it I could

not have stood it. My General health is about as it has been.

Maj. J. J. ) I maled a letter yesterday to J. J. Noah, 222 F St Washington Noah ) City, D. C. asking him to ascertain if he can who it was that

reported me disloyal to the Qr M Gen U. S. & if he please

let me know it I hope he will be able to let me know soon ----------------------------------------------- Mon 2d ) The morning is a little cloudy & smokey and quite cool fire

Andy ( feels comfortable Andy plowed for George H. in Jack Patton's Charley ) George H. ( Cotton Charley plowed for Jim in his Cotton Jim Georg & Jim & ) Jo Thomas ( Jo Thomas shocked up hay for me until dinner. I took pills Self ) o o ) they have opperated verry well to day. ---------------------------------------------- Tus 3 ( The morning is smokey & a little cloudy Wind S. mostly calm. I dont ) pay for ( All hands are gathered & working cleaning out the Spring & this ) George H. ( ditch to day. See the margin for the ones that are at work. Preston ) Jack P. ( The Spring is so damed up with mud it cant run off out of the Andy for me ) Abe ( Spring house & has got verry disagreeable to use. I think there Richd ) Lawson ( is danger of it making us sick if not cleaned out. William is Monk (Caleb) ) William ( attening to it & having it done right. took pill last night Self O ) it mooved my bowels this morning. ----------------------------------------------

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Andy ) Andy is helping Jack plow for George or Jack Charley is Jack ( George H. ) breaking up a turnip patch George's last year patch with

Bell & black horse did not git quite done, - Andy worked

for Jack -------------------------------------------- 1869 ) The morning is clear calm & warm the weather is verry dry Augt ( Wed 4 ) We need rain verry much Andy worked for Jack to day plowing

Andy ) I went to Town got one lb. of Turnip seed at the Depo give Jack ) $.80 Went late in the evening ------------------------------------------- Th 5 The morning is clear calm & warm greate excitement to day

Ciero ) in Town at the Election I will be off soon to Town ------------------ The Election ) for Governor ( There was a verry exciting Election Some knock downs. & Members of ) Congress &c ( I was sorry to find old Cisro right smartly beat up by Senter elected ) Gov. & a large ( Jack Porter occasioned by his own imprudence he was majority of ) the Legislators ( carrying tickets in defiance of every body for the radicals Conservatives ) is also elected ( passing from Jim Beard's office, officiating for him & Fare well to Mr ) Radicals May ( John A. Campbell who was threatening to have all the you only be ) known by history(property of those that Voted for the Sentor party conin the future. ) ( Amen So Mote ( fiscated. ) The Election went off upon the whole verry it be. ) ( ( much more peacibly than I did expect Senter got nearly 3 to

one of the Vote of Maury So did all the Conservative candidates.

They all got much the better Vote than I expected W. B . Wilson

got the largest Vote polld in the county The radicals are

politically dead in Tennessee Never can be reserected again,

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only to be known from history So Mote it be They have had

there day with a Vengence upon the Conservatives people ---------------------------------------- Fri 6 The morning is a little cloudy It rained a little not enough

Andy ( to do any Good Jack ) Charley ( Andy is working for Jack & Charley working for Preston to day Preston ) ---------------------------------------- Sat 7 The morning is dark & cloudy thundering

Wm ) William left early gone hunting to the Barrens in a thunder

Storm Turnip ( Rain ) We finished sowing a Turnip patch near the Dan Rice Stable Eclips ( George H. ) after a little Rain not enough to do but little good.

The Eclips in the evening atracted much attention almost a

Total one of the Sun. George H. sowed the turnips & helped

harrow them in. ---------------------------------------- 1869 ) The morning is clear & quite cold Win from the N. E. a fire August ( Sun 8 ) is quite comfortable

My general health is about the same last week as it was the

week before My nearves this morning is more steady than it

Self has been for a long time as you see from the way I handle my

pen If I could only get right one time more. I find at times

my memory is so bad I cannot recollect what has taken place

but little of any thing 2 or 3 days after it is past, yet at

the time of any particular occurrence I fully understand it all

but apt to forget it soon, at times I am verry deficient in

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