The Diary

June 1 1872 Saturday

            After Breakfast Edward and I went to haul brush off of the medow which kept us till noon_

            After dinner about all I done was to bring up meal from the mill being some unwell_  At night Edward brought up Rogers & son to hire_ which I did conditionally and he agreed to send him up next Monday morning on trial at $12.00 per month and wants more if I think him worth it

June 2 1872 Sunday

            After breakfast when I cleaned up I went to Leesville on George horse took dinner with J.J. Smith Aunt Mary Dean & Mrs. Bell McCullough of Jefferson Co  After sat a while with Robert H. Smith & come home through Bowerson a very fine warm day

June 3 1872  Monday

            Charley Rodgers come on according to contract after breakfast and helped Edward to hoe potatoes sive grist wheat for mill and replant corn

            Mary Emma & I went to Leesville, Bought Queens ware stone ware & wash tub I paid cash over her butter $1.63 to Theadore

            I got a new shirt from Lida which she said she paid Widow Demster for makeing 75 cts  I gave Lide cash to settle it $1.00

            Left Wm. Emma there and come home in eve trough Bowerston with Sarahs things

June 4 1872 Tuesday

            Charley Rodgers choring around and fixing barn with Edward in forenoon to shear sheep-  afternoon they went to cut thissels over in field below wheat-  I was mending some straps and salting stock drisley treatning rain and got quite cool in evening-

            Mr. G. Adams & Mrs. Pulan school teather suped with us in eve- Edward put up the weather's lot of sheep to sheer

            After supper I went to look for shearers but only went to Fierbaughs when I altered my notion & come back and let out sheep went down to town with Michal to change shears & visit A. Trusal

June 5 1872 Wednesday

            Charley & Edward went after breakfast to help Fierbaughs replant and put plaster on cornfield

            I fixed up and (took Mary and Emma to Leesville in express with **this text crossed out) mules (through Hgertown-**crossed out)

I went to Bowerston to get nails Lamp black spirits turpintine wool turn and to see about other things but Robert was not at home  went to Carlton  I come home trough Bowerston  Jason Deming here  made & gave over Deeds to Edward and we signed two notes to one coming due 1rst June 1873 for $400.00 The other coming due 1rst June 1874 for $430.00

June 6 1872 Thursday

            Charley Edward Michal & father commenced shearing Weathers they said there was 49 of them which they shore-got up ewes  altered the two Reppith buck lambs in the evening-

            After starting them to sheer I went to S. McGrews sale  took dinner with P. Overholts then went to Leesvill to borrow money to help make Edwards payment which I got of R.H. Smith $300.00 three hundred dollars  got home before supper trough Bowerston  rode george horse-  Edward gave his mother $116.00

June 7 1872 Friday

            Charley & Michal began Shearing about 9 oclock  the morning  being wettish-  Edward went to J. Lions to pay J. Deming the cash payment on his property  as soon as he got his chore done up after breakfast  $500.00  whin he got back set in to shearing  I tied wool and got very tired  Lisle & Emme come up on R.R. from Leesville and was here all night_  I bought Michals horse IKE on condition of easey cured and does well  I pay him $150.00 if not I give him $130.00 and run all risks,  handed him in the barn at dusk $75.00 and to take him away in the course of 2 or 3 days when I get readey

            Robert here to see about the the stove  went with Edward to Overholts for the sheep and when pend Mike & Charley shore with assistance of Ed  shere seven 7  they saying there was some 55

June 8 1872 Saturday

            Charley Michal & Edward at shearing the Overholt sheep I set in to tying wool and tied on till done 11 oclock when old Daniel come & relieved me stayed on untill we finished and worked like heroes till done which was late

            J.J. Smith wife & family come before diner on visit and in the eve before supper  bro Williams Sam & Julia come after Emma

June 9 1872 Sunday

            Mary & I went to Hagerstown to church in top bugy G & F horses

            The brindle cow buld by our own bull  Ed & bro Wm  Sam Brought him up -  Theadore and wife here in eve-  Sam & two sisters started for home also Theadore leaving us allone

June 10 1872 Monday

            Charley on hand early this morning  milked  fixed corn  I went to J. Holmes to see if I could get some cabage plants, I then went to Fierbaugh for horse and paid Michal $3.00 for shearing , besides sent Charley down to help shear about 10 oclock and shore all day

            After dinner Mary and I went to Bowerston to see about churn & clock  when I come back went to feed sheep & cattle  Adams heffer cow frolecking & bulled_

            Ed brought up slop and working down at home & haul some with colts

June 11 1872 Tuesday

            Charley sheering all day at Fierbaughs  I put Ewes & lambs over next J. Lyons after mending horse yoke-

            Theadore come up after Adams cow and took her away after dinner  I fixing J.J. Smiths bugey neck yoke  mending bridal etc Edward white washing rails around house & garden etc

June 12 1872 Wednesday

            Charley went back to Fierbaughs to help finish sheering.  didnt get back till middle afternoon or later

            Edward hauling wood for Wm Johnson & Crawford forenoon-  I went to Leesville & back by Bowerston (driving mules) before diner turned out wet afternoon  I went to mending breast strap after supper  Charley & I went to clean up granary but got verry little done

            I bought 50 cents worth of fish and gave mother 25 cts to pay black woman for washing to day

            Reed of Crawford on 17th inst one dollar for wood hauled by Ed as above- He said he hauled two loads to Johnston

June 13 1872 Thursday

            Charley & I went to sive grist wheat  Edward helped & cleaned up and red (?) up grainery and took grist wheat '40 bus to mill before diner

            After dinner Charley Ed & I went to Cultivate corn till supper- we heard George Englishes wife died this morning at 4 oclock

June 14 1872 Friday

            Charley on hand helping do up chors  oiling carriage and help Edward harnesf horse for Mary and I to go to G. English wifes funeral, after we had gone went with Edward to help him down at his house-  After coming from berrying I went to Leesville for 8 paper flour sacks churn & Clock did not get back till after night  paid in Bowerston on my way home 25cts to M. Allbaugh for J. Miller which I promised him for helping me drive home yearling I bought at his fathers sale

June 15 1872 Saturday

            Charley complained of head acke  milked cows after breakfast put 3 drums corn to soak & carrried in some two to shell, while I went down to town with 8 paper sacks to I. Masters and pay H. Tompson on cookstove 71/100 cts  Ed starting clock and Charley went home

            I wrote a letter to S. Hedges in Wheeling  shelled corn after dinner  moved wool up  84 fleeces of (mure)?  & 56 in Eds lot  in all 140  I went over creek to salt stock  Ed to salt his sheep, I gave him $20.00 to pay old man Overholt for pasture

June 16 1872 Sunday

            At home all day  Mary and I dined at Edwards  after diner he hitch up to carriage and went up to Gundeys  I went over the creek and brought up cows then after my own-  no company here today-  Mary and I spent an hour after night at Crawfords

June 17 1872 Monday

            Charley on hand frist thing  he & Ed working potatoes while I went to get the handles of cultavator lowered  after we went to working corn the remainder of the day

            Robert brought up his prince horse and lif him over the creek with colts

            After supper I went over to Deersville didnt get there till after 9 oclock

June 18 1872 Tuesday

            Charley on hand  work corn to day  when I come home from Deersvile was driving the cultavator  his brother george howing with Edward

            I lodged & breakfast with Simonton  after recd check of T.McIlroy on First National Bank of Wheeling cauling for $36.00 Thirty six dollars pay to Rachal Green date June 11 72

            Recd of F.J. Simonton from his wife $200.00 two hundred dollars which I recepted to them for

            After coming home I took 8 sack flower to Leesville to Robert and told him to only keep account of 7 as one was for Theadore  paid him $100.00 on the $300.00 I borrowed of him  suped with him and come home

June 19 1872 Wednesday

            Charley on hand he and I went out to work corn after breakfast      Edward went to Leesville to deal some with his wife and and bring home some cole

            After dinner Charley went out to work corn by himself I fixed up and started for Cadiz stayed with S. Adams  Edward got sick in Leesville and Joseph had to drive his team home late in eve he drove up Joseph bugey with Ledey and stayed all night

June 20 1872 Thursday

            Left S. Adams for Cadiz paid taxes to ampt of $67.10 by check on First National Bank Cadiz-  also drew $500.00 with a view of buying wool

Dan Fierbaughs tax $28.39

Edwards tax recpt   6.10

            Charley at New Market today

June 21 1872 Friday

            Charley on hand  he and Ed working corn after doing up chors  I went to Leesville to get bay horse shod before which Baker done price 25 cts which I paid Robt for besides paying for vinagar  I gave $200.00 to Robert which I borrowed of him some time ago on 6th Jan(?) and one on 18th inst to close up the $300.00 I got

June 22 1872 Saturday

            Charley on hand  after chruning went to cultavate corn  Edward mowing around the house

            I preparing stuf to doctor wart on bay horse, after Ed & I haul up load straw from sheephouse for beding after I was feed salting sheep & cattle

June 23 1872 Sunday

             At home all day Robert Rachel & family here & Lesle & baby Mike & Sarah also

June 24 1872 Monday

            Charley on hand  after breakfast when churn was done went out to cultavate corn  I writing letters to Haverfield & Howard of Cadiz-  After Mary & I went to Leesville in exprefs with Ike  I paid out to Robert $2.75 bal on sundrys-  Ed makeing cicken house all day while we were away

June 25 1872 Tuesday

            Charley on hand  culav corn all day after doing up chors and putting corn in crib and some to soak  I wrote letter to J. Roland of Caerville about Morgan Raid-  After dinner Ed went to fix ox yoke and stayed most of afternoon at Fierbaughs fixing (pim)? pump-  I got 2 letters from Cadiz in answer to Howard and Haverfield

June 26 1872 Wednesday

            Charley on hand  finished cultavating corn and plow and howed potato patch  the bees swarmed and had two fine swarms-  In afternoon marking ewes and puting 2 bucks over inn-

            I. Masters helped to hive the bees  At night took some honey

June 27 1872 Thursday

            Charley on hand  after breakfast Ed and he went to haul saw log had luck all day at one large oak log and had to get Fierbaughs to help load and pull out with with their team, after took it to Bowerstown

June 28 1872 Friday

            Charley on hand hauled two (lin)? loggs and the bords of yesterday logg back makeing {blank space}  in forenoon- Robert come after team and wagon took Carry home  Ed & Charley made another load in after noon three small (line)? or maybe (live)? loggs

June 29 1872 Saturday

            Charley on hand  Ed and he started to Bowerston with two (lin)? loggs and it was so warm they did not get back till 1 oclock- after dinner Charley got Prince horse and went to Deersville  Ed to salt his sheep_  I went to Leesville for vinagar& suspenders brought home Lide Clide & Dorey

June 30 1872 Sunday

            At home all day  in eve went to M.E. Church to hear Rev. Sweeney preach  after milking ect ect  I went out to get George Long to work a day or two

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