IMH 75:2 176

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Wednesday, February 23rd.

It sprinkled a little last night then got cold and remained
disagreeably so all day. It was cloudy and the air was filled
occasionally with flying frost or snow. Very little thawing.
Alvin and I spent the most of the forenoon in spasmodic attacks
with saw and ax on the wood-pile. Pap was gone till noon to a
region which included where Foster and Hand were at work.
He was also there this afternoon taking Bill Hand some meat
he had sold to him. Alvin and I sawed an oak log in two that
lay a short distance east of the stable. Alvin and Father be­
tween them made one of the cuts up into rails. I watched Dan
and Will Bain cut down, and saw partly up, a tree not far from
here