Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)
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~ Wednesday
Dec 2, 1885
Asahel Ploughed ^{Saturday}^ & is ploughing to day it is quite cloudy
I wrote 5 Letters to Susan, Pope, Palmer, Sarah,
& Newton I spent most of the day in the house
~ Thursday
3 I spent a part of the day husking corn
~ Friday
4
I received 7 Letters from Azmon, Thompson
Nellie, McAllister Susan, & Eugenia & Emeline I rote
4 Letters to McAllister, Azmon & Elizabeth Thompson &
Electa Woodruff & to Emeline. I shucked 7 bushels of corn
~ Saturday
5th I helped finish shucking corn to day I shucked 5 bushel
~ Sunday
6
Sunday James J. Woodruff & family called upon Emma
& spent the day I wrote one letter to J Jaques
~ Monday
7 we had a snow storm this Morning I spent the day in
the House mostly
~ Tuesday
8 Asahel Owen & myself started out this morning at
[FIGURE] 4 oclok to go over Jordan on the range to see if
we could kill some rabbits we crossed the white bridge
[FIGURE] and travelled 7 miles and camped there was several
inches of snow on the ground we found the rabbits vary
wild we could hardly see one less than 100 yards of us
we ownly killed one we did not go on to the right
ground it snowed vary hard most of the Afternoon Asahel
got lost & came near having to spend the night out but He
finally found the waggon & we camped for the night
~ Wednesday
9 We spent the day hunting Owen killed one I 2, & Asahel 5 we
camped an other night it was an Exceding cold night
~ Thursday
10 Asahel killed 2 Rabbits this morning making 11 in all we
saw quite a number but they were vary wild we returned
home quite tired out distance travelled 25 Miles
~ Wednesday
Dec 2, 1885 Asahel Ploughed {Saturday} & is ploughing to day it is quite cloudy [FIGURE] I wrote 5 Letters to Susan, Pope, Palmer, Sarah, & Newton I spent most of the day in the house
~ Thursday
3 I spent a part of the day husking corn
~ Friday
4 FIGURES I received 7 Letters from Azmon, Thompson Nellie, McAllister Susan, & Eugenia & Emeline I rote 4 Letters to McAllister, Azmon & Elizabeth Thompson & Electa Woodruff & to Emeline. I shucked 7 bushels of corn
~ Saturday
5th I helped finish shucking corn to day I shucked 5 bushel
~ Sunday
6 [FIGURE] Sunday James J. Woodruff & family called upon Emma & spent the day I wrote one letter to J Jaques
~ Monday
7 we had a snow storm this Morning I spent the day in the House mostly
~ Tuesday
8 Asahel Owen & myself started out this morning at [FIGURE] 4 oclok to go over Jordan on the range to see if we could kill some rabbits we crossed the white bridge [FIGURE] and travelled 7 miles and camped there was several inches of snow on the ground we found the rabbits vary wild we could hardly see one less than 100 yards of us we ownly killed one we did not go on to the right ground it snowed vary hard most of the Afternoon Asahel got lost & came near having to spend the night out but He finally found the waggon & we camped for the night
~ Wednesday
9 We spent the day hunting Owen killed one I 2, & Asahel 5 we camped an other night it was an Exceding cold night
~ Thursday
10 Asahel killed 2 Rabbits this morning making 11 in all we saw quite a number but they were vary wild we returned home quite tired out distance travelled 25 Miles
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