August 5, 1855 - August 11, 1855

1855 Augt 5th Johnson is very Sick Doct
Thompson has been to See me once for
bleeding at nose & Johnson once
very Sickly times about & good many
Dying with Typhoid Fever etc etc –
Fine growing weather at this time
Lost Our bull sometiming lost at
Capt Fitzgeralds plantation – got
a letter from Jacob to day –
Fine Rain this evening & to night

6th Plowing up Turnip Patch expect to sew
it to day Put 3 Basket fulls of Guano on it
Firing Plank cleaning out wheat yard
sawing off Corn House Logs etc etc

7th working Out Johns branch Tobacco hand
weeding etc sawing shingles clocks -
cloudy & like for Rain —

8th Henry arnold & Bro. at work this morning
@9/- pr day - on my granary shed etc
worming Lot Tobacco this morning
choping Tobacco on John’s branch, halling
up Timbers for Corn house barn sho[e]
making makers shop etc etc –

9th cloudy & like for Rain Henry &
Jordan Halling up Timbers for Granary
& Tobacco House sewing Turnip Land
On Johns s Branch yesterday choping
Corn this side of Branch Towards Orchard

10 Rained in evening, worked out Lot
Tobacco, Toping new ground in evening

11 Tobacco Toping in new ground & Johns
Branch Finishing Hilling up Lot–
like for Rain, –– went to John D Hunts &
Capt Clements to day to see about machine
Plowing & Hilling up 3rd years land next
to Orchard, did not quite get down with Ho[lost in margin]