IMH 75:2 173

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Thursday, February 17th.

A day set apart for hauling. We went down to the creek
and after helping haul out a wagon that was stuck in the creek
(the ford is full of quicksand now) we gathered, and hauled up
a sled-load of drift-wood to the house then went down into the
pasture and hauled up two more loads of "picked up" wood a
rather rubbishing lot. Next we hauled up a load of fodder. After
dinner Father took the scalding-barrel borrowed a week ago
Friday, home again after which he and I hauled up two more
loads of fodder. It had been cloudy and chilly all day and about
four o'clock it went to pelting down snow and sleet. This storm
however did not last very long. Alvin was nearly sick and did
not do anything of any importance to-day Jasper Foster came
this forenoon and got our cross-cut saw to work on the wood
contract with. The O'Neals got all their corn out to-day I be­
lieve.