IMH 75:2 181

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Thursday, March 10th.

It cleared off about noon or nearly cleared. We got in about
two barrels of sap this morning and two this afternoon, tapped
more trees till we used up the Fowler buckets and some few
good troughs and stirred off again at about eight o'clock at
night. At noon Bill Hand again giving out John was hired to
help Foster but Foster not knowing of it came down to the
boiling place a-visiting with John Kivett. They did'n't stay long
however. Olly Hinson(71) also came and sojourned in the neigh­
borhood till after we "stirred off:' Father and I put in the time
from noon till well towards night hauling fodder getting 17
shocks into the barn. John came around as we got the last in,
and he and I helped by Olly gathered in our afternoon sap.
Foster visited us again for a few moments and took Olly off
with him to supper while John came here for his. Foster, his
two boys and Olly were present when we "stirred off!' Wat
Harrison came this afternoon and got a sow, one of the two
younger ones, which he had bargained for long ago. We had
about five gallons of good syrup to-nigh