January 21, 1859 - January 24, 1859

21st Janry¹⁸⁵⁹ Kate & Mr Dallas gone up
To Fannies Mr Dallas gone on to
Mount Calvery to Bro Masons meeting
& I sent Bro. Mason $20 Collected of Bro
Hunt by Mr Dallas - In the evening I
went to See Bro. Hunt who is sick, & while there
it began to lighten I started for home rode
very fast Just as I got to my stable it began
to Rain & the wind blew & caught me in stable
& such a Tornado I never Saw, blew off the
Top of our chimny Fodder Stack of Tops
& blew one Blade Stack all over the field
& some in the woods & nearly all of fence
from last years ground on by spring
next to House blew Top off Rhodas House
part of Henrys & clems 6 or 8 Trees in
yard blowed down & shingles off Kitchen
& Granary & some boards off stable, one
Barn of clements & all of Mr Kelleys
Oats stacks down, & like to have Turn
Ours over Charles allen got caught Coming
from Spring lost his Piggin one shoe & his
Hat, & he said the wind liked to have carried
him away - all of Our hands from aspen
Grove & overseer & nearly all of Bro Hunts
helping us fix up the fence cover the houses
are here to day & will not get done I
fear but Thanks be to God none of our
lives are lost,-

22nd Fencing pulling up fodder stack etc etc
all day had about 25 hands covered
houses etc

23rd cool day -

24 went to aspen Grove, our folks cutting
up Trees in yard Halling wood etc Mr Chumb
went to Mount Airy to day