IMH 75:2 199-200

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Thursday, April 28th.

There was a threatening sky most of the time and thunder
showers were around but it only rained a little here about
noon. Bill Hand came and after grinding his hoe, went to
cutting the stalks in his wheat The eleven o'clock shower
caused a disappearance of him, I suppose, for he was not seen
by any of us after that time. Father rode off on the same errand
as usual, and was gone all day. Alvin went to Jake's a short
time this morning got some apple-tree grafts and spent the
time till noon grafting them into various trees around. After
dinner, he took Hemp the hoss and riding down to the "Kirk
house" got some more grafts. Coming home he grafted them
also. I hauled up the old harrow and burnt it up on a pile of the
chips raked last Saturday. I passed most of the day grubbing
where Aleck Benge had corn last year. Besides I spent two or
three hours trying to raise the water gates down at the road in
the big creek with only partial success.