January 31, 1876 - February 7, 1876

1876 Janry 31st Edm^d Dews cleaning up corn
Land Jimmy Plowing with Double Plow Edm^d
Dews Nath^l Cutting to day for rails Peter Adams
gone to Pettyjohns Mill for himself & Edmond Dews
& 1 Turrn 2 Bushels for me, clear & cold

Feby 1st Edm^d Dews Eze malling Peter Plowing Tom
Jimmy gone to Mill Millers after flour
cloudy & like for falling weather
I am to ^{Jacob P. came here Sundaymonday morning& Mot home} Edm^dNat ^l25 ^cts for Cutting & 25¢ for malling^rails
Ed - nat says he malled 250 Rails to day

2nd Feby cold & windy this morning cleared off
my wife came home this evening Just before
it commenced raining Peter was Plowing
Fanney Howard^{clear & cold this morning} went home yesterday

3rd Peter Adams is gone to Mr Wallers to borrow
some Coal weather more moderate
Edmond Dews Nat. Malling & Edmond
Dews ^{& his gang in new ground} Ez Cutting & malling in his new ground

4th Snow a little yesterday rained a
little last night This morning snow
in good nearnest. Edmond Dews, Nat
^not quite done malling Edm^d Dews Eze.
done cutting in his new ground. Peter
is not quite done Cutting his new^ground

5 Peter Adams & Edm^d in Black Smiths
Shop Fixing Cart mending skins & yoke
& made a pr Tongs I gave him ^{a Bbl} for
stack Tub & wash Tub for himself.

6th cloudy & Rainy I went to see Miss N Neal
weather not quite as cold as yesterday
Raining nearly all day long

7 cleared off last night to day I went
to Mr Woodings Edmond Tuckers & Peters
Edmond Dews malling & Getting Oats & Jimmy
Peter Cutting in his new ground, getting
cloudy again going to divid[e] fodder
Edmond Dews & me Oats