Daybook (October 24 1879 - January 31 1881)
18 I spent this day reading the History of the world and In the Evening I helped Br whiting Dress a Buckskin He first grained it with a graining knife than oiled it
and worked it a while than put it in strong soapsuds several hours than lay it
in a frame & with a hoe raked it down untill partly dry then pulled it dry
