IMH 75:2 168

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Friday, February 4th

The cold had pulled the mercury down very near to zero,
this morning. The sun shone all day in a nearly clear sky but
very little thawing was done. Alvin and I were sent to Bob
Foster's with the sled after that scalding barrel. We got a good
deal of ride for it was very slippery on the hills and the sled
travelled sideways as well as endways. We got back alive how­
ever; rigged up; killed the last two of our fattening hogs; had
no bad luck, and rested from our labors. Mr Henry Crone(56) was
here on his quarterly quarterage-collecting tour about ten
o'clock. He got $1.25 I believe altogether from this family