March 24, 1876 - March 30, 1876

1876 March 24th Cloudy & like for falling
wh weather snow or Rain Miss Frankey
Sick this morning Nannie Dews
attending to cooking milking etc

25 Miss Frankie sick yet Rained nearly all
night & Raining nearly all this morning
& sometimes hard weather moderate ground
powerfull Wet Edmond striping Tobacco
Burning log Heaps etc Peter got out a
chair to bottom this morning - Sun is
to be in Eclipse to day visible

26 Miss Frankie about a little to day
Did not see any Eclipse yesterday rained
in morning & in evening smart wind blowd
& Rain this morning quite cool & windy

27 cleared off pretty morning Peter &
Edmond at work in their new grounds
Edmond putting up fence that blew down
friday last & cleaning of his new ground ^{To Colter}
I am going to Mount Airy & may be
to Riceville If I am able come back
& went to Mr Starkeys had a settlement with
he owes me Two Dolls now with calf
skin he bot of me for Twenty five cents

28 Raining nearly the blessed day Tobacco
too dry to strip doing but little all
the House moderate to day -- Still
Raining in evening regular all day
about 12 oclock till night wind blew hard
1 Thunder cloud & Rained very hard till ^{nearly night}

29th Turned off cooler somewhat windy
Edmond striping Tobacco Peter malling

30th Little windy weather warmer Jimmie
gone to Yates Mill with corn for chop for cows
& ½ Bushel wheat for me to eat ground like corn