IMH 75:2 182

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Saturday, March 12.

John came over soon and going up into the camp turned all
the buckets and troughs bottom upwards. It rained occasionally
in very hard spurts last night and to-day. Father and I went to
town in the hack. The roads are fearfully muddy-almost im­
passible in places I subscribed for the weekly N. Y. Herald was
up at Uncle Rip's a little while, took them a gallon of the
new-made molasses, and got a big jug of hers to put more in.
Father also bought some jugs for our own use. John Foster was
down this morning to send after his Father's mail; John Kivett
was here in the afternoon to get a can or two of fruit, and Bill
Hand came towards night to get some meal. We had taken
some two sacks full of corn from our crib to be ground for him.
Celeste Johnson and Sallie Rodgers(72) rode over with us as we
came back. There was meeting on the creek at night. Bro.
Runyan did put in an appearance this time and preached or
tried with his usual success. A child of Mrs Meter Benge's(73)
was here after soap-grease, but also was sent empty handed
away