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DIARYOF ALSON WARD.
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Sept 1846 12.Spent the forenoon ploughing Calvin complained of being sick_ ~nd I had to keeep the p1ougb goi.ng .i.n the· aft_ernoon 1 went up to lJncJe Dan1eJs·by ·invite Miss Mary Conkl in was invited to dinner. Aft.er spendirig a snort time Uncle Daniel insisted that I shou1d.go with hi-mto calkas meeting I returned in s.horts order aft.er .Ji.riisning voting just at rii ght. 13.,Wentto churcb in the morning the Methodist minister that preached at the · .village and _C)inton exchanged with·Mr Wile . . 14.Spent the day cutting corn, Calvin ploughing, Father budding in the peach nursery. 15.I spent the day cutting corn Stephen Wesley helped. Calvin helped in the afternoon. Father had the team to go to Pokeepsie for a load of seed wheat. 16.Stephen Wesley and myself _spent the day in the cornfield. Father spent,the day budding. 17.In the in the myself In the
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morning I finished cutting corn after which Father and myself went orchard and picked some apples for drying. After dinner Father and .toped the hay stack in the long field that blew off last Saturday night. evening I went to the Valley.
18.I spent the day round the house and the mill. In the morning I took the horse and wagon and took the weights and scales up to Uncle Daniels and weighed his seed wheat. Grandpa came up to our house just before noon after dinner Grandpa and Father went to Harbey Pettits to see him after they returned I went to the Valley to take Grandpa and to attend to some other matters. 19.Father and myself spent part of the forenoon fixing the water wheel to prevent the waters flying over and waisting after which Itook the Billy horse and corn plough and furrowed out the ground for sowing in the west lot. Just before night I went down to the Valley and took Aunt Clarissa out a short distance riding after which Letty Smith and myself road down to Mr Platts and made a call to see Mrs Angell and sister before they went west expecting to start on Mondayif nothing happens. 2O.Sabbath. Iattended the funeral of Alonzo Petres (being one of the bearers) the funeral was at the house a Universalist preacher preached a good long sermon after which we had to go up to the family ground at Col William Smiths which made a very long tegious job of it got homeabout four oclock got an early dinner 21.This morning it was raining after clearing off I went to the west lot and burned brush and spread manure until noon.At noon we put the horses to the wagon and drew the seed wheat out. In the afternoon I sowed until night. 22.In the morning early went and sowed wheat until nearly ten oclock after which I went to Pokeepsie after timothy seed and Father finished sowing the field. Miss Pierce returned homewith mean my way from Pokeepsie and staid all night with us. Calvin commencedharrowing the middle of the forenoon.
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23.After Calvin finished harrowing the lot over I commencedsowing the timothy seed before the harrow (which was about the middle of the forenoon) that it might get harrowed in .
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24.Calvin and Ispent the day he harrowing and myself sowing seed jusf before night we ploughed furrows in the 1gW ground and father cleared them out.
