IMH 74:4 p330-31

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

Friday, October 15th

It rained in showers from early morn till dewy eve. I went and got Cinda the calf back into her pasture from whence she
had escaped, went around the ridge to the school house and talked to Bill awhile then came home; found Father preparing
to go to town in the wagon to get some cow feed ground, and I got in and went along. I went to Dr. Cure's office30 and
got me a bottle of cough medicine and lounged around while Father made some purchases and got a load of lumber. We
got home about two o'clock. The Hand boys got done making boards at the creek and came into the woods above the
stable where they cut another tree and made some more boards.

Teaching Notes:  Cinda the calf may have escaped from a field fenced with Barbed Wire or devil's rope by those who
didn't like it so much. The Harrison's may have used barbed wire, but they didn't stretch it well or Cinda would have been
unsuccessful in her dash for freedom. Ask the students what farmers used for fencing before barbed wire. Rail fences were common
and of course, the Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois President, Abraham Lincoln campaign capitalized on a "Rail Splitter" theme in 1860.
You might ask why that was a "good thing" for Lincoln to utilize in his search for the Presidency.