August 26, 1875 - August 29, 1875

1875 Augt 26th Opening Hay Edmond Tucker
Cut 21st & will Haul it up to day cleared off
yesterday evening last night clear & this morning
Sun Shining beautifull & right clear nearly
have not seen the Sun much since last Saturday
Rented to Edmond Tucker the place where he
now lives for the year 1876 till 25th Dec 1876 for
Thirty Dollars cash & Five Dollars to be paid
in Ditching making Thirty five Dollars, he
is to Keep up fencing help do up the [?] fence
between him & me, & to put Top on little Barn on
Top of mountain & cover good & I am to find for
covering the Barn 5 lb nails, I only let him have
the Barn & not the field that I want myself

27th Sent Jimmy to Yates Mill 2 Turns 4 Bus
for Edmond Dews 2½ Bus Corn for me
meal 1 Bushel wheat for Edmond Dews
2½ Bushel wheat for me flour 1 Bus
of that Waller Sent for Fan 1½ of my
own now Began to Wean Clary Mr Colt

28. This is the Second day we began to wean
Clara from her mama, yesterday we had work
with Clara, Edmd carried her to water & she
would not drink & she rared powerfully &
pawed him & Nelly [k]nocked the Bars Twice ^down
while Jimmy was gone to Mill & I had to put her
up in Stable & Clary too, both is now fastened
up in Stable Raining this morning Jimmy
did not get his meal or flour yesterday, but ^{this morning}
morning he said they told him he could both
sent Jimmy to Mill & got meal & flour. Plowed &
Hilled up Our Greens & Sewed Turnip Seed in
Garden & Edmd Sewed Patch by Stable on Hill
Put Cattle in fresh Pasture below the house to day ^{no Rain to day - here}

29th I went to Sunday School Joe went with
me we could back about 1 oclock & after
Dinner down Staunton River it Thundered & before
night it Rained a hard Shower & cleared off