April 1914 April 4 Boys drew some white Ash logs to Davids from old bush AM they sawed some willow into stove wood at the Pond PM I went to half yearly Conference at Hebron PM there were not many there Br C was not able to be there he does not go out yet & Christian Gayman is not well W. raw cold wind squaals of snow at times Sunday I & Nancy & A went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by A Rittenhouse (they have moved into David Reesors house where James Clarke used to live) sermon on St Mat 18th C by C Burkholder Levi Grove (Umfrage) Enos Nighswander Peter & Lucinda & MN were here to dinner W. sharp frost last night Cold raw air all day 6 Boys sawed willow limbs into stove wood near dam AM they began putting wire onto Posts along Townline East of 11th Con PM W. Mild but raw Cold wind 7 A went to Blacksmith J sawed willow stove wood AM they put up wire fence from 11th Con East to hill PM W. raw Cold East wind sharp frost last night 8 Boys finished putting on the wire W. raw Cold wind Clear thawing in day time freezing at night roads pretty good 9 Boys cut wood & cut feed awhile AM J went to a sale on 10th Con of Markham north of Riggfoot PM A took grist of Chop PM I walked to Br C awhile AM W. cler very Cold N wind a few squaals of snow ground froze hard last night thawed again today Good Friday 10 all went to Meeting except J he staid with Susanna remarks by A Rittenhouse sermon on St Mat part of 21 C by C Burkholder Daniels & Martin Davids & Franklin Herman & Harvey & little Frank were here to dinner Flavius's & Eva were here PM & Henrys Called awhile Willis stays W. very fine & clear all day frost last night thawing today 11 J took grist Chop A went to Markham AM A went to Locust Hill for some Furniture that we got from T Eaton W. fine cler Cold SW wind great run of sap we have 3 trees tapped around the house Alma Frank & Ada Barkey were here to dinner Easter Sunday 12 J & A took Willis home I Nancy & Susanna went to Benj'ns to dinner W. Cler cold SW wind quite strong today going down a little after dark Easter Monday 13 Joes were here to dinner Boys worked a little AM they drew some straw dung for the Beans in back garden & helped Clean back Kitchen W. fine & cler raw air from East {second page} April 1914 They rubbed the Pork with Mustard & Carried it up into the garret 14 Boys helped Amelia Pull off old Paper in Kitchen & Put on new J Burned Brush along the new wire fence & drew dung into back garden Br inlaw Simon Hoovers were here to dinner W. Chite frost last night fine & cler today 15 J took cream A helped Amelia paper the Kitchen J helped awhile W. pretty strong raw East wind not very Cold looks like rain 16 J took Susanna & Amelia to Flavius they had a rag sewing Bee A finished splitting stove wood in bush & they Clipped Old Horse Major Frank Groves were here to dinner J took 20 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove @ 17 cts per doz W. quite Mild a very fine rain last night & while this Morning fine & warm today 17 Boys cut up Apple limbs for stovewood & Chored all round W. quite warm & clear the Air is quite different to what it has been for a while back the roads are good and the fall wheat looks splendid 18 Boys grubbed the field south of garden over East to Creek & sowed the most of it with mixed grain the ground works well fine & warm day looks a little like rain Sunday 19 at home A Susanna & Amelia went to Johny Ramer to dinner J went to Elias's awhile PM W. a little cloudy at times a slight shower about noon pretty strong W wind PM quite warm 20 Boys finished sowing he side of the creek & done a good bit of field behind barn W Misty Cloudy a slight shower & some drizzle this evening I walked to Br C's this Morning he is pretty well 21 Boys worked at seeding nearly finished behind barn & done some north of Meeting house W. Mostly cloudy Cool SW wind 22 Boys worked at seeding W. a little rain last night cool today a strong NW wind PM quite strong & Cool 23 Boys worked at seeding J took grist Chop this Morning Amelia & Susanna took 18 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove PM @ 17 cts PM they went with Horse Major A went to Markham after supper W. a sharp frost last night ground froze fine & clear today 24 Boys sowed Peas & Oats in NE field W. Mostly cler & cool wind from South East pretty strong PM ground getting pretty dry a great run of suckers in big Rouge