February 16, 1870 - February 24, 1870

1870 Feby 16th. Cleared off last night &
tolerably clear this morning - Malling
Edmond B Fitzgerald came here to board
& Go to school the 14th Feby 1870.

17th Malling again to day, I went to Yates
Mill to day Carried 5½ Bus. wheat for
1 Barrel flour for us, carried also 3 Bus
Chop stuff for Cows brot home 1 Bbl
flour for us chop stuff & Hh^d road
very bad, Cloudy all day, - weather moderate

18th Rained all day nearly Turned off very
cold & windy stayed at home striping Tobacco

19 I went to Starkeys malling & burning
Brush to day etc - Nat went home this evening

20th Commencing Snowing soon this morning
snowing in evening hard stop snowing in
the evening & turned Very Cold -

21st. Doing nothing to day very cold &
did not melt scarcely any - clear to night
Wind N W nearly all day Coldest weather
We have had this winter Ic[e] a plenty, -

22nd Halled some dry wood to day weather more
moderate, Halled up little stack Oats I bot
of Sam Mattherly Corner of fence on Hill
Halling wood this evening, Keatts & Sam
steers & mules Halled Snowing at night

23 Snowed last night about 1 Inch deep
my young had 7 pigs loss 2 of them in pasture
Mr Wooding got his sows & Boar shoat I
One of my shoats yesterday come up caught
it & put it in pen with one in there,
let Sam have 8 lbs Bacon for his & Ben striping
Tobacco for me & meal for 2 weeks they
have striped 8 days now

24 cutting some big Logs in new ground
Swingling some flax this evening fixing wagg[on]
on to go after oats I went to Jacobs to day