February 24, 1853 - March 2, 1853

1853 Feby 24th Sent Henry to Farris s mill with
16 Bushels Corn for meal, got back at night
I went to Mrs McCullocks & to Farris s mill
myself & had blind Tushes Knocked out his Hest[ers]
& celams mouth - went by mount airy & got
11 lbs Bro sugar @ 11¢ 4 lbs D^o @ 6¢, Knife ⅙ 1 Bottle or
vial Mr Mustang, ⅙ 1 tooth Brush 1 /- in all $2.21

25th Began on the meal from Farris s mill this morning
26th some cutting Halling wood. Malling
26 Some cutting for wood malling & Plowing
Put up part of our new ground fences
Sewed all our plant Beds over except the
last we Burnt., cloudy & like for Rain.

27th Rained a little – cleared of in evening

28 Saml Fitzgerald came to Survey Land
where Mr Crews Lives with Mr Jno J Corbin
only come out 277 acres in all, 138½ for
me & same for E. Fitzgerald. Rained a
little, Our folks Striping Tobacco &
prizing Hh^d Lugs. –

March 1st mr Corbin divided Land & we
choped the Line,- Still striping Tobacco
& prizing Lugs. Halled Tobacco from Mountain
Barn to Overseers House to ^be striped
very windy & cool this evening –

March 2nd My Son Jerry starts to school to
Mr Boswell, we are cleaning out Granary
this morning putting chaff in pen halling
corn to Little corn House etc etc, Halling
wood malling. Swingling flax. & cleaning
out my stable - Tolerable good weather
prizing Hh^d Lugs, put Jacobs Lugs in Hh^d
9⁵⁷ lbs lent for a flour Bbl I givepay him for 100 lbs
what I get in Lynchg—

5 we have striped Tobacco one or Two days this
week plowed some malled cut stacks to sew oats
& to day & yesterday we cut down Pines for
a Barn, prize Barn, quite cool