IMH 74:4 361

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

Friday December 24th.

The sun peeped forth dimly a few times but the day was cloudy though not very cold. Bill Hand
came while we were at breakfast. He took a sackful of his wheat or rather it was taken for him
as Father went across the creek and got a wagon-load of wood. He hauled 3 loads of Ballinger
wood from across the creek while I stowed it away and assisted by Alvin manufacctured the last
of the logs hauled last Saturday week. He then went down and cut two trees on the other bank of
the creek a sugar-tree and a beech. I hauled three logs from those trees to the house with the log
sled. Then came supper after which Alvin and I hauled up the tops of the afore-mentioned trees
and lastly another "drag" was brought up by Father and myself completing the job as far as to-day
is con[c]erned.

Teaching Notes: It was hard work just keeping warm. Can you imagine what it looked like
around their house in the winter! Here is a picture of a horse pulling a log sled