Daybook (2 July 1885 - 26 May 1887)
6 Sunday we [recd charged] to
work all day on that whell
till 8 c
February 6, 1887
{Sunday} [FIGURE]
The water wheel of Brother Thompson Mill was ready to tumble
to pieces it was a 20 foot breast wheel it had been lying still
3 weeks the people wanted their flower flour & we wanted to get
it fixed before we returned, one third of the Bushels were filled
with ice which would weigh about 2000 lbs we cut out about 1000
lbs & had to roll the wheel with the 1000 lb in which was Excedingly
labrious we labored hard all day untill in the night we became
vary weary & sore with hard lifting went to bed vary weary
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