40. DIARYOF ALSON WARD May 1845 2., ana wrote a, Jetter to Father and sent by the morning mail Spent the rest □ f-the day-in the-mill fixing-harrow &
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3. I spent most of my time fixing the fence putting wire over the pickets round the hog pen to keep the chickens out of the yeard In the afternoon spent most of my time in the mill Titus ploughed most of the forenoon In the afternoon he spread some sods from the ditches and drew his wood home. He went to the shop and got some harrow teeth and to Mr Simmonsshop and got a pair of lather halters or head stalls In the afternoon just at night Mr Boss and Miss Pierce came to our house and took tea. It is getting quite dry we need rain very much The apple trees are in full bloom the peach have been 4. Sabbath today in the forenoon had been a remarkable fine and warm day went to church in the morning Mr Wile preached a very excellent sermon. In the afternoon a little after two o clock it commencedraining moderately and it rained for the rest of fhe day. 5. In the morning early I fixed the hog pen and gate for the purpose of keepjng the chickens out of the flower beads and garden & Weploughed the garden in the forenoon. At noon I went to the Val~ey to shop after some harrow teeth fixed the harrow so that Titus used it in the afternoon Carpenter came to our house just before noonand went to Charles Brownand took dinner a·nd got Henry as a subscriber to the Sears magazine
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6. Spent part of the forenoon taring away the bee house or rows back of the house fixed the hea~th under the Franklin in the parlor & At noon Titus and myself made a couple of beds in the garden and sat out onions Carpenter Angell and Mr Ross came soon after noonfor a ride but did not come in the house as our folks were cleaning house Titus spent most of the day harrowing 7. In the morning I went to the Valley to the post office and to the shop to get the horse shod &Titus went to the field with the Dick horse for the purpose of furrowing for corn but he got in a passion and come to the house in a great rage with the horse and said he would not furrow another atom with shuch a horse I gave him quite a scolding and he felt quite ashamed of it We spent the rest of the day in the garden and digging holes for dalias and drawing stone and manure to and from the garden 8 I spent most of my time in the mill in the forel1lDonTitus furrowed until noon. In the afternoon I went to Pokeepsie Carpenter went with me Met Father at Dr Canfield on his return from bhe West To day a!!lldyesterday have been very windy and some frost during tee night I forgot to mention a call from Martha Angell accompanied by Carpenter and Hetty Smith and her brother quite a small boy the older folks spent the afternoon at Grandpas On May· 7 or yesterday the younger ones took the ride to Locust Grove.
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9. Weall worked in the garden setting out dalias planting watermelon seed & Wemanured them in the hill with a large scoop full of yard manure and part of a scoop full of ashes unleached. In the afternoon Charles Platt came to the mill and for the purpose of getting some word from the West I rode to the Valley with him for the purpose of driving the Billy horse home as Carpenter and Aunt Clarissa and Letty Smith took a ride in the afternoon to Pond City quite a rarity I presume I brought Grandpa's calf up in the wagon for the purpose of raising it 10. Titus went home last night for the purpose of making a garden for himself Ispent most of the forenoon in the mill in the afternoon painting the fence looking for the calf as he got in the rye field and cannot be found
