January 21, 1856 - January 26, 1856

1856 Jany 21 Have been to Sale at Fannies
15th there nearly all the week very disagreeable
weather under foot tolerable over head till
Saturday night it began to Snow again
& Snowed all day Sunday & till in the night
this is 3 weeks in succession it has snowed
very deep Snows, this last one nearly as deep
as any I went to meeting Saturday, — very
disagreeable weather for Pigs Lambs & [e]very
thing else,- we are doing but little to day
Jacob is at Mr overbys & has been since the
5th Inst = lost some pigs chickens & Lambs

22nd Another very Cold day & we are doing
little or nothing but feed & make fires, very
Cold & wind high from N W. & cold enough to
freeze any thing almost, lost 2 more pigs at
House,- - Snow melts but little any where
Chip Came this evening to start to Mr Overby
& for Jacob to Come home but the weather
is so disagreeable I would ^not let him go
=
23rd weather moderate a little halled up some
wood & halled one waggon Load of wood
for Mr Neal 1 little Lamb living yet
all my pigs Dead but 7 in the woods
We have Fannies Blackey here trying to
break her to the waggon & Henry Clay up
there Since about 10 or 15 Jany Inst.
This day I wrote to Emond D Johns some time
before X & this day I wrote to Dan^l R Hunt
Rich^d & John Graves Green city V^a Ruckersville
P.O 24th clear & cold Halled up a little wood
worked Blackey & Pompey She done only tolerable
one more Lamb Dead, we have put all
our Pigs in a pen here at the house to try
& save them, -

26 Halled wood for ourselves & Halled ½
day for Miss Neals, weather Cold & like
for snow, Rough sure enough