Tuesday, February 21, 2017

February 16-19, 1892

February 1892

16.  Tuesday 5.45 AM.  Ther  16.  36.  33.  =  28 1/3
Clear   Harrison came at 7:30 AM.  Maggie takes music lesson.  Harrison trims trees in garden AM.  Make fence  between barn and hen house P.M.  Seph took Tom horse up to buyer but he didn't want him,  Good many horses in town to sell to buyer (Bacon)  Mostly  clear day, with S.E. wind.  Trade a little better than yesterday    Gobed.  11.45, P.M.

[Top of Page]  Marie height 2/21  39 5/8 in.  Weight  2/24 33 1/2 lb.Thursday,

17.  Wednesday.  5.30 AM Ther  28.  51.  42.   =  40 1/3
Mostly clear,  S. wind Harrison comes at 7 AM.  Yesterday we found most of large peach trees in garden is dead or dying.  Think it caused by dry weather and overbearing last season.  Harrison splits some posts, sorts over and piles some lumber, trim some trees on hillside, piles boards &c.  marie's birthday, she spent PM at Daviss [sic.].  Tue not very well  Trade dull.  Partly clear day, S.E. wind ground about thawed out, except north sides,  Gobed 10 30 P.M.

18. Thursday, 6 AM.  Ther  43, 47,44  =44 2/3
Cloudy and raining slowly since after midnight wind a little E of South.  Harrison didn't come today  Tue about sick.  Cadle and Mitchell solicit subcriptions to canning factory stock  H.G. takes 4 John McCurtyfor himself.  Light Rain occasionally all day set in after dark and rained all night.  Trade light.  Roads must be very bad.  Sold light brahma cock to John McGurty for 75  Cloudy all day  gobed  1130 PM

19. Friday 5.40 AM.  Ther  45.  50.  39.  =  44 2/3
Cloudy.  Wind S.  Rain slowly all night.  Creek rising.  Didn't get up very high.  Charly McCravey home from Dwight reports himself cured.  [Keeley Cure of alcholism]   H.G.got his incubator yesterday.  Set Brown hen in 13 eggs at head if stairs  in stable.  Andrew Moones sale today brought good many to town and trade better.  Cloudy all, a little rains about 9 P.M.  damp musty day foggy at night papers predict cold wave  Tue's feeling some better  Gobed  11 PM

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