Jan 1857 Sun 4 It is very cold thermometer is at 6. I staid at home until in the evening and then I went to Reason McDaniels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Mo 5 I cut some wood to hall and in the evening I went to Knottsville. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 6 I started to Bruners mill and got to Husks shop and heard that the mill was not grinding and I got my hatchet laid with steel and came home and halled wood. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 7 I killed my hogs and Wm Winkler helped ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Thu 8 I helped William saw a door out and then put up some fence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fri 9 I nailed some bords over the cracks of my meet house and then I mended up some bridles and brest strops and greased my bridles lines collars backbands girths and harnes strings and cut a little wood to hall and put up some fence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sat 10 We halled some wood and commenced mending my sled and George Husk came here and before he left Wm Winkler came to fix my lock on my door and I quit my sled.