IMH 75:2 166

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Monday January 31st.

The morning dawned misty and cloudy. It began about the
middle of the forenoon to rain and kept at it. The ice on the
ground slowly disappeared and the "wet" land appeared in its
hideous barrenness. Alvin and I hauled up the different piles of
clapboards that were scattered around. Some were made by
Hemp Lewis(51) two years ago last fall; some by Kivett and
Curtis 52 last spring; and some by Hand's boys last fall. We
hauled them up to the ice house and part of them were used to
cover it. By the time it was covered, it began to rain, and
sitting in the house was the main occupation except for Alvin
who squizzed