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October, Wednesday 19
October, Sunday 23
Looks like rain went down to the
carding machine to see when they
would card some wool for me Went
back to the Hotel and paid a draym
-en [draymen?] 25 cts [cents] to take the wool
to the machine
Sold my load for wheat for 1,75 cts [cents] a
bush [bushel] Started for home it commenced
to rain at one o clock bought 71 apple barrels
Very pleasent [sic] went over to
Hiram Burrells in the forenoon
in the afternoon went to Bunker
hill to meeting and Harriet
came home with us to help
Samantha a few days did
not get home till dark we
heard Brother Warner preach
October, Thursday 20
Cloudy and cool after the rain
Staid [stayed] all night at Mother
Hopkins came home a little before
noon Picked some apples and packed
three barrells [sic] Andrew took the team
and went over to Hirams after Harr [Harriett?]
but she could not come Samantha
and Martha went over to Squares I went
there in the evening to prayer meeting
October, Friday 21
Pleasent [sic] went to picking apples
to packing apples in barrells [sic] it
slow work the boys drew two
load of pumkins [sic] out into the
field for the cattle I[t] rained
and blowed [sic] hard for a little
while to night [sic] we have a good
deal of rain this season it
has been a bad time for geting [sic]
clover seed
October, Saturday 22
Pleasent [sic] but cool Went to
picking apples to bury dug
a pit and put in twenty
three bushel and gathered some
cider apples in the evening
covered over with some dirt
and with boards another week
is gone by and we are all passing away
[Notes added by transcriber]
October, Monday 24
Pleasent [sic] and warm Went to
Jackson to do some trading
Samantha took her butter out
but could not sell it She bought
a set of dishes and paid 19.00
dollars and done some trading
to Penny & Kings I got me a
coat and vest for 20 dollars and
Samantha & Martha some shoes
and the children for 20 cts [cents]