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December, Monday 12
December, Friday 16
Snowed last night and snowed
and rained through the day fixed
a place for the hogs to sleep and
helped take care of the baby
while Samantha was washing
and sorted some corn and caried [carried]
it over head in the barn The
boy are going to school
Cold and wintery went in to the
woods and cut some wood to draw to
the house The cattle broke into the
yard and I came out of the woods
to get them out And the[n] I hitched
up the team and drew up a load of
wood to the house and then it was
night the days are short
December, Tuesday 13
December, Saturday 17
Rained a little in the morning
Started for Jackson with a load
wheat stoped [sic] to Squares and got his
wagon Samantha went over to
Fitchburgh to stay while I am
gone it snowed before I got there
for certain did not get there till
night did not sell till the next day
Still cool but not fresseing [freezing] hard
went to cleaning a load of wheat
to day run 18 bags through the
mill twice it took most all
day one of the boys helped in
the house and cut the wood
for Sunday the year is almost
gone two more weeks and this
year is gone and many has gone
from among us this year
December, Wednesday 14
Not very cold but snowing hard
till ten o clock Hitch up and
drove out on to the street with my
load sold my load for 1, 17 cts [cents]
per bushel and sold 62 ¾ buter [butter]
for 25 cts [cents] per lb amounting to
15, 95 what amounted 32, 08 cts [cents]
sent to G B Bean 55, 85 to pay a
note given for Mother and Fathers
tombstones
December, Thursday 15
Cold did not do much to
day but the chores to day and cut
some wood was most sick with
a cold and said [stayed] close to the house
Andrew went over to Fitchburg in
the evening I did not go to prayer
meeting to night [sic] on account of my
cold
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