Aug 1910

August 1 Boys Helped Benj'n finish drawing in Wheat then began Cutting Oats I & Nancy went to Herman's to dinner there Called at C Burkholder's about 2 hours his wife is quite Poorly thresh went to Henry's & staid all night

2 We Came home AM Willis Cae with us he stays a few days Boys cut grain it was a little drizzly at times yesterday today it was fine & cler quite warm PM

3 Boys & Benj'n & his Man finished Cutting the last of the grain till about 4 PM then they went home & J Cut the spring wheat W. cler warm Cloudy PM a slight shower at bedtime Br C brought David Martin & wife from Pennsylvania for a Call PM

4 Boys drew dung with 4 waggons AM & 3 PM Boys helped all day & Flavius AM they drew on Knoll & on Meadow ground Teenie Stover was here to day W. a very stormy night heavy rain heavy thunder & lightning James Dimmas barn was struck & burned it struck an ash tree & fence Post in our back lane heard today that Dr Robinson was found lying dead in his house he died of a Paralytic Stroke

5 Boys helped Benj'n draw dung AM they helped Flavius draw dung PM W. Cool I & Nancy went awhile to Joes AM Esther & Lewis Called PM Lewis staying over night

6 Boys helped Benj'n Cut Oats with Binder & team W. cloudy AM Cler PM Cool Air I went to Ceder Grove this Morning & brought home grist from Mill

Sunday 7 I & Nancy went to Joe's to see the boy born about 4 AM all well staid to dinner.

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Aug 1910

J & A went to Henry's to dinner Frank Grove Came to stay a few days W. fine Cool air AM warm PM a little Cloudy

8 A helped Benj'n thresh J & Elias drew in 3 loads Mixed grain & Oats & J fixed up things ready to thresh tomorrow I asked some hands to help thresh W. partly Cloudy

9 threshed with our Syndicate Machine 12 acres fall Wheat (Dawson) about 550 Bus 8 acres Barley about 200 Bus 1 load Mixed Peas & Oats about Bus 1 load Pine Oats about Bus W. rather cloudy PM slight drizzle at times a fine shower after dark some distant thunder Joseph Groves brought M{illegible} & wife & Winger & wife from Indiana for a Call PM I & Nancy went to Joes PM their Baby is not very well Esther was here today & took Frank home Henry's Called awhile PM

10 J helped Flavius thresh AM & Bob Milroys PM A spread dung I took Susanna to Joes this morning the Baby is very sick Adeline & Ben Stover's wife were here to dinner we heard the Baby died about 11 AM I & Nancy went down again PM Anne is doing pretty well A & J & Benj'n are digging a grave for the baby this evening W. warm rather cloudy through the day a thunder shower went around PM

11 A helped J McCreight thresh AM & Alick Milroy PM J took Chop & then he ganged on Knoll we Buried Anne's Baby at 4 PM (no service) W. very fine warm sun but fine Breeze

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