McCauley 1851

3rd Sept. Worked in shop - Vandiver called in morning at shop also To W. Veazey - after a while John Janney Veazey & Janney met and went toward North East -----------4------------ Pleasant - Camp Meeting at Vinegar Hill -----------5----------- Warm & dry - Mr Price sick Went to J. Morris in after noon ----------6------------- Warm - Making peats for R. Carter. E Chandler & wife here for dinner Ginn killed Pickett

Sunday 7 Sept 1851 Very warm - Went to see Mr. Price in morning and Miss B. in evening Rain at Night -------------8-------------- Jackson commenced School - Finished Carters peats then to Jos. Miller 9 Very warm - at work in shop 10 In shop - George Ricketts along electioneering Weather too warm to work

22th September Warm - warm - very warm (?) (?) J. Reynolds In the kitchen - Nothing but preserving peaches and making marmalade -----12----- Still warm - wrote letter to Lizzy Wilson - Went to Cherry Hill - Mr. Price still unwell - Got flour (?) & 16 (?) -----------13------------ Went to Elkton - Got letter from Mr Wilson & Lib - ----------14----------- (?) - (?) sick Sarah & Mother came in morning - Mrs Morris Mrs MacFarland

Monday 15 Sept Went to Santons in morning Saw Levis Steect(?) new thrasher -----------16----------- Went to see John Mackey Gathered Lobelia siphilitica Dose - Handful with quart boiling water - taken 1/2 pt every 4 hours or 1 gill every 2 hours - not to take any ale, beer, portes or w(?) that will ferment in the stomach - Frost this morning ----------17------------- Cool in morning Worked in shop - Dan Jr. came down - Note for 150 date 18 @ 90

18 Went to Dan Js early in morning - Saw Mother Rachel & child came down Went to Elkton in afternoon ---------19------------ Worked in shop - Thomas Brown hauled us wood 20 Went to Mother's in morning. Came home by Booth's (?) (?) - Wrote advertisement for Thomas Spence - 21 Sunday Went to Mr Price's in morn ing - to meeting at Union in afternoon - Mr Stocks preached (?) begging money for Church John (?) 15