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sep 1844 14.Spent the forenoon pulling out stone with the oxen that had been dug around in the lot-west of _the. house the aft~rnoon picking peaches tending mil] & Father fixing a show box ·for exhibiting honey next week ·at the State-

Fair in Pokeepsie. Mr and Mrs Newcomb and Mr Ross came in the afternoon to spend the afternoon and evening with us . .15.SabbathWent to church in the forenoon Mr Wile preached giving us a .history of _our church,, the. doctrines of _the Presbyterian Church and this day begins the fi.ft~en years, of _his .ministry· in this pl ace. 16.Spent the day home around the house Father went to Pokeepsie with peaches butter & became a member of the State Fair to commence to morrow and continue three days. 17.Spent the day at Pokeepsie at the Fair not much to be seen excepting dust it being perhaps as dusty as it ever was on the Dutchess Turnpike. They were preparing mostly to day. 18.Spent the day~at the Fair at Pcb:keepsie Father,Mother andAunt Mary Angell went in one wagon. Carpenter,Mary and myself in the other got in company with Henry Sleight and Miss Gidley there were perhaps the greatest gathering

Pokeepsie ever experienced it being estimated as near as they were able by tickets & at one hundred and forty or fifty thousand persons. The ten acre lot was well filled.

19.Spent the day at the Fair not as many people as yesterday but sufficient to make it pleasant at three oclock Mr Bancroft delivered his oration which was a splendid thing Mr VanBuren and many other great men were on the platform. 2O.Spent the day home tB1ding mill part of the time fixing the lead pipe &Luther

Redfield came to our house before dinner and spent the day Grandpa came also but had not been here many minutes before Mr Mott came for him on business

21.Spent the day home in the mill most of the time Luther left our house about ten oclock for the Valley expecting to take the night boat for Albany.

Father went to Pokeepsie in the afternoon 22.Sabbath Spent the forenoon at Church Mr Wile preached the rest of the day home. 23.Spent the day home sowing rye wheat &

,., 24.In the morning attended Edward Barnes wedding quite a gathering for a morning wedding after the wedding went to the Hollow to muster got there after the roll had been called but with so good an excuse; was excused. Carpenter

Angell took his departure from the Valley for Yale to-day ifter dinner, do not expect to see him again in a year his long stay with us has formed an attachment that we expect to miss. 25.Spent the forenoon fixing the furrows or ditches on the flat south of the locust nursery. In the aft_ernoon spent most of the time in the mill as it rained moderately most of the afternoon. 26.Spent the day at Washington Hollow at the mass meeting. It was a gala day for the Democrats.Although unfavorable in the morning it proved a good day with a fair turnout there went from Pleasant Valley a procession about a mile long one eight· horse team about fifty four horse and many two and one horse teams Richard Davis and others addressed the multitude ably

Sep 1844 ,27 .Spent the forenoon harrowing as Angevine has left. us for a day or so to beJP.:-hi_~ f~.ther-._ tbis aft~rnoon drawing muck from the ditch in the meadow

28.Spent the forenoon drawing muck the afternoon shifting a piece of rail fence in the meadow. Just at night it commenced raining and continuest this present time raining quite hard eight oclock. 29.Sabbath a very rainy and blustering day so unpleasant that we did not milk the cows in the morning but stuck close to the house ~uring the day. 3O.Cleared off_ .some time in the night Father went to Pokeepsie to cary Aunt

Mary Angell as she expects to take the night boat for home. She goes in company with Dr Canfield who expects to visit Ohio before he returns.

Oct 1844 1. Spent most of the day in the mill 2. Spent the day home in the mill and scraping the barnyard and heaping the manure fo_r the peach orchard. 3. Spent the day picking winter apples. In the evening went to the Valley to singing school. · 4. Spent part of the day finishing clear the barnyard of manure the rest part went fishing had quite good luck. 5. Spent the forenoon drawing stone for finishing the line fence between Uncle

Daniel 1 s south farm and our long field drew them from his lot. In the afternoon

Father and Angevine went to cary our hired girl home and look at some pigs at Hendrik Velies Father bought six shoats Angevine went to drive them but they concluded to go after them with the wagon. 6. Sabbath Spent the forenoon at Church Mr I forgot to mention the wedding of Cornelius Phillips on last Tuesday the evening looked stormy and therefore remained home.

7. Spent most of the day picking apples and in the afternoon I went to Hendrick

Velies with the two horse wagon after some shoats Father bought at twenty shillings apiece 8. Father and Angevine went to Pokeepsie.I spent most of the day fishing

Caught sixteen pickeral and plenty sunfish. In the afternoon the dog made a great noise barking and yelling at a tremundious rate but I was so engaged fishing that I had scarcely time to attend to his game therefore did not hurry myself to wait on him. He succeeded in getting hold of his own without help and shuch a noise I never heard first dog then~something else and from the noise I judged they were pretty-well matched therefore thought best to make the best of my way to the scene of action in as short a space of time as possible found them in the swamp but undaunted by the mud. I plunged my way through nearly knee--deep and found a fight between one dog and a rackoon the dog proving but little the strongest of the two. 9. Spent the day drawing stone from Uncle Daniel's lot to finish the line fence between our west lot and him.

1O.Spent most of the day drawing stone a short time in the mill. 11.pent the forenoon picking stone the afternoon gatherine walnuts &