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1872 Oct 28th Mattherly & Lowry here & Edmond Here at
work on Kitchen L. Sewing wheat Edmond cleaning out
Ditch in Lower field where we were Sewing wheat 3
plows running Bill plowing to day Andrew & Lewis
shrubing in fresh ground for wheat
29th Sam Lowry & Ben Sewing wheat on Branch
Andrew & Lewis shrubbing fresh ground for
wheat Mr Mattherly got Cart & gone to Mill
& Load Plank for himself
30 Sam Lowry & Ben Sewing wheat in Lot
Andrew & Lewis Pulling corn Halled up 1 Load
corn & 1 Stack fodder & got Shoats out of corn
field Mattherly not Here, James Wright finished getting
5 Thousand Shingles @ $3.50.
31 Finished sewing wheat in Lot & begun in fresh
ground, shucking out corn Halled up from Bars
in fresh field & Housed it & put away shucks &C
Sam Lowry & Ben Plowing yet -
Nov 1 Sam Lowry & Ben Sewing wheat in fresh ground
Jacob Here & [Mary] James till 10 oclock to night
Halled up all the Shingles 5000 Halled up
Potatoe Vines Pea fines Lightwood for [Tar]
&C 2 or 3 Loads wood Lewis & Andrew
2 sent Beef Hide to Tan Starkeys Tan [yd]
Killed Beef to day Rose - - Finished sewing wheat
in fresh ground to day at 12 [oclock] Planted onions
sold Jacob P Graves 70 [lbs] Beef - Mr Mattherly worked
2/3 of this day Rained Saturday night clear
3rd Sunday clear
4 Mr Mattherly & Lowry here M. Jointing Shingles
fixed granary door & Kitchen Door
& we began to gather my corn & Hauled up [?]
I went to Mount Airy & Jacobs to day -
5. Fine day Election day for President of the
United States Sam Roper stayed at home & Pulled corn
Lowry here helping me Pull Corn & Sew wheat he
went offf lost the day at the Election Sam Sent
to Mill [to] Millers Mill Hauled up 3 Loads [corn]
I went to the Election