Friday October 6th

Just as we were going out to work this morning (late) Ham Thompson came along to look at the ram lambs so I went back with him. He was here till nearly noon just visiting but I managed to sell him the old ram for fifteen dollars. Dad. went out and finished digging the corner posthole. Just before dinner we took thw team and waggon out and moved our platform up to the corner. Right after dinner I took the team over to Ben Ivey's and borrowesd hos stone boat and we got the pickle barrel (in which we discovered a highly scented piece of corn beef) up out of the cellar filled iot with wayter and hauled it to the crossroads corner on the stone boat. We then ahd to cut an inch gas pipe and a quarter inch rod which looks as if it had been a hoop for a vat and all of wehich we got dowen to at Aunty's from under the barn yesterday for einforcement. All of this took time and so it was quite late in the after noonwhen we got started to build our post and also quite late in the evening when we finishe dit and much later by the time we got the chores done and had tea. Dad. and the baby went back after the cows