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2 Month 1869

2d day 1st Settled with Lot in full yesterday
& pd him Bal $3.29 - Ben plowing
in W field

3 " 2 Ben Ben sick Snow all the afternoon

4 " 3 Ben Ben sick Rain all night & most of
to day

5 " 4 Ben Ben sick - I did chores put straw in
yd etc. after din Jery Hill made
1/2 day

6 " 5 Ben sick - I went to Balto Jery
Ben here chopping wood etc.

7 " 6 Ben & Jery put load of Hay in Stable
& put on a load for town I got back
from Balto at noon - pd Jery in
full to night $4.50

2 " 8 Ben sick - Jery went to town with
hay [*Ben*]

3 " 9 Rain last night & most of the day Ben
& J shelled 7 1/2 Bus corn & he took it to Mill
Jery back about sundown brot 1/2 Bbl flour
for me & 1/4 Bbl for Ben

4 " 10 Ben to town with potatoes - Jery 1/2 day
measuring potatoes, straw in yard etc.

5 " 11 Jery & I put on load of Hay & comd
picking stone on mowing fields

6 " 12 Jery (& horse) to town with potatoes &
Ben with hay - I repairing fence

7 " 13 Repairing fence & picking up stone
teams back at 5 - put on a load
of Hay - I measd up potatoes after tea