IMH 75:2 195

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Saturday April 16th.

A freeze again last night, and a sun-shiny though partly
cloudy, spring-like day with however a perceptible rawness of
air. Father and I spent most of the day in town. We went in the
big wagon and took the skeleton of the old hack and the rims of
the wheels having knocked the spokes out. We had six in the
wagon in all when we came out of town, six passengers I mean
including us. Alvin tinkered around at various chores. Bill
Hand came and got his last meal on the wood contract; this
evening

Teaching Note: Just imagine the town of Martinsville on a April Saturday in 1881.