April 15, 1876 - April 19, 1876

1876 15 Jimmie gone to Mill Yates after flour etc
15 & then to Plowing ^{or draging} for corn Rained Smartly last
night Peter gone from home to day Edmd
Hauling rails for Cow Pen in Pasture,
Clear pretty morning Planted Snaps Irish
Potatoes etc yesterday in Garden Snaps & corn ^too
Planted goard & Little Powder goard Seed

15 Raining yesterday in morning & at evening
I went to Mount Airy to day - after Papers etc
2 of my shoats missing over towards EGL
when I found them - only 8 now & ought
to be 10 what is gone with them I cant tell

16th Easter Sunday pretty morning I am
poorly with rheumatism Edmond helped
Martin Smith Roll Logs Yesterday - I went
to Mount Airy yesterday - weather moderate

17th quite cool this ^day made my Hot Bed
of yams etc Potatoes ^{from Mrs Powers} Jacob Sent me
Sewed my Plant ^Beds over this morning

Easter ^{Sewed some cabbage seed}Monday sewed meal over b[lost in margin]
of my Beds this morning to Scare the
flies off as they are eating the Plain
generally Sewed cabbage Seed next
Martha Neals this morning, we all
Stay at home this Hollady - Miss Frank
Smartly Complaining but about

18 Edmond Plowing Peter fixing
wood body for waggon, Edmond cleaning
corn Land, I am poorly my self --
Jimmie gone to Mill carried 1 Bus. corn
for me meal & Some chop for cows
Peter's wife is Sick to day Rained a
a little to day Jimmy got Molly & Tom
old shoes nailed on by Abram Dews get
my meal & chop at Yates.

19th Edmond Dews Started up to Staunton
River Depot after Guano, Sea Fowl 4 Sacks
800 lbs. Carried Some Bacon near ¹⁴⁶ 146 lbs 1 Rock
chair & Stove for Sallie Cool frosty morning
Jimmie cleaning up for Tobacco at Piny
old field, Peter covered with brush on of
plant Beds last night