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I860 (cont.)
20 June Transplanted 33 watermelon plants. Dresseda sturgeon which weighed about 70 Ibs.
without a bone, average about 4$ per Ib. of clear meat, while beef, bone & all, costs
9$ and 10$ and sometimes 13$ per Ib.
25 June "Last evening, in attempting to cross the creek about sunset to carry our dirty clothes
to the washhouse, the plank rolled and pitched me into the creek onto a pile of clay &
stones, which daubed me up badly and tore my trousers and hurt my right hip and knee etc
30 June "Spent some time in viewing from my shop window the performance of a Sunday school
^SaL picnic." y (^*xm)

2 July Wade Abigail's coffin with Thomas's help and got it done and the corpse put into it
before supper.
5 July Set up Elizab eth's grinding kettle for grinding indigo.
During July he and Thomas made boxes to pack strawberry plants in. Sides, tops &
bottoms were 3/16" thick, ends 1/4". Smallest was 10 1/2" long, 4 1/2" wide and 3"
high; largest was 1 " wider, length and height same. Are to cost 10$ each. Largest
to hold 25 plants. (Also set 160 panes of glassin two days.) By Aug 28, had made 400.
13-15 Aug Had 3 1/2" rain.
3-4 Sept Repairing seed boxes, mostly just the fastenings. Did 400.
7 Sept- Laid up with rheumatism In left leg from hip to toes. Then started to do moderate work
4 Oct but could not wlk much or stand on/ ,it forvery
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Nov. Wade bedstead for EldressBetsy. (^M/vna^n)
1-6 Dec He, Elder Daniel and Brother Giles^buzzed out stuff forseed boxes. On 5th "Elder
Daniel and myself halved the ends of 700 box sides in 3 hours & 7 min. and Bro. Giles
grooved them all in about an hour. We sawed the shoulders of the 700 pieces in1 hr.
& 7 min.
12 Dec "William Bussellcame here to live today."



Fjast day. Had a Society meeting at 10a.m. and it was not closed until 1:20.
"Thiss'ening we had another very wonderful meeting. James spoke more than an hour
under the special guidance of Christ and Mother Ann no doubt. This is the5th time that
he and his brother John has attended meeting with us, allof which was attended with a
ministration of light and wisdom beyond what was ever before witnessed by me. "
9 Jan Helped a littlein dressing 4 big codfish which weighed 125 Ibs.
1 2 Jan Been making the form of a man's hand out of a board to hang mittens on for Jesse Harwood
25 Jan "Finished my bench today, got in the screw all complete so that Thomas has now got a
complete head screw to his end of the bench and began to use itthis evening. He is
13 years and 6 mon. old today and itIs possible that he may make a first rate Believer,
at any rate I hope he will ."
26 Jan "Had a sensation this evening that the only effectual way to prevent secession or to hold
the states In the union will be to have a few of the leaders in rebellion commit suicide
and this would frighten their followers into a feeling to beg for union again. "
28 Jan Altered the rockers on a small chair for Eliza Ask.
29 Jan Wade a pleating stickout of cherry, 4 1/2' long, for the tailoresses.
31 Jan Went to the cider house and brought over some boards to make Eunice's coffin as we do
not know how soon 'sherrhgy finish off, i>eing speechless and blind and also deaf as far as
we know.
7 Feb In afternoon began to make coffin for
8 Feb , Worked all day at coffin.
9 Feb Finished the coffin about 10 a.m. and put the corpse In.
13 Feb Instructed and helped Thomas about filing and settingsaws.