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September, Sunday 25
September, Thursday 29
Warm and pleasent [sic] for the time
of year Did not go any where [sic] to
meeting to day[sic] Nellie and
Jesse came down here to day [sic]
and they are going to stay all
night and Nellie is going to
stay a few days to learn to make
wax fruit Mr Walters died this
morning
Look some like rain it is very
warm for the time of year Worked
at home in the forenoon building
a fence around the straw stack
In the afternoon went to cuting [sic]
clover seed for Mr Poxson in the
evening went to prayer meeting
to Mr Bachelors there was but a
few out
September, Monday 26
September, Friday 30
Fogy [sic] this morning took the reaper
up to Mr Poxson to cut his clover
see but the dew did not off till
nearly noon in the afternoon went
to Mr Walters funeral Brother
Warner from Dansville stoped [sic] here
for dinner and then went over to the
funeral and stoped [sic] a little while when
he came back
Rainy this morning and it has
rained all day Samantha picked
her wool for the carding machine
and then caned [canned] some peaches and
tomatoes and then went to mak
-ing [making] some wax fruit for Nellie
Gray This year is passing away
three months more and it will
be numbered with the past and will
it [illegible] go into the eternal world
September, Tuesday 27
Clear and pleasent [sic] but heavy
dewe [sic] and cool nights Hung the big
kettle for boiling pumpkins
for the hogs put over one kettle
full to boil Andrew went up
to Johns to get some things
And then I went to cuting [sic] clover
seed for Mr Poxson worked
from ten o clock till night
September, Wednesday 28
Pleasent [sic] and warm Cleaned up
some wheat to take to mill and
five bushels for Brother Warner
and four for myself went to Dansville
to mill and to meet with the
Estimateing [sic] commite [sic] for allowing
Brother Warners claim for
preaching on the Dansville circuit
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