IMH 74:4 341

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

Thursday, November 4th.

Stoke Stiles Senior61 was here pretty soon after breakfast to see about buying Charley Warthen's part of the
corn in the lower field. Bob Foster came a short time after Stokely left and about 9 o'clock he and I went to
Charley Warthen's sale. A good sized crowd was there, considerable fun was had, bidding was not very
spirited and things went rather cheap. I came home at two o'clock. Alvin went to Jake's to instruct them
in the correct use of the kraut-cutter62 and also went to Dan Kirk's63 to return a picture he had framed.
Father spent most of the day flooring the main part of his new cow-barn, assisted by Alvin after he got back.
After I returned we all three went across the creek and sawed off three oak logs to make barn floors of.
Got back by four o'clock and more floor was laid while I chored around. It rained a good part of last night
and part of the forenoon was cloudy and threatening the rest of the day. Jap Bunton64 was here and got a
bit of salt pork.

Teaching Notes: Younger students probably do not know what sour kraut is made from...and
probably are not to fond of it. What is puzzling about this entry is that cabbage would not be harvested in
November. However, it is possible that Jake's family had a "fall garden" and therefore may have had
some cabbage for Kraut making. Here is a picture of a kraut cutter.4