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the rest, addressing them he says come boys flop out and get those horses ready. After they were gone I put on my things and walked over to the claim, it was very foggy and looked like rain on my way I had to go very near a fire which was burning in a thicket through which I passed when I came in sight of the house the roof looked alive with men, wen I got there I found not less than nine men at work being Mr Hill Mr Herd Mr Gunsollie Mr Cole Charles Turney, Agustus Hill Mr George Papa & Olliver, I now looked at my plants which I think are doing well and watered them I then went over to Mrs Stephens and got some eggs and butter, while I was here it began to sprinkle & Olliver came after me with the team to take me home as he was going for some nails & more dinner as we did not expect so many men in the morning. when I got to the house I found 3 starting for the woods for shingle timber the shingles not holding out. I got home just in time to some being well wet for we soon had a hard shower, most of the men left at noon but enough staid to make the shingles & put them on so our roof is now all done, one window frame in and the others all commenced Our chamber floor is to be made or poplar which is sawed very narrow and most of it is drawn? the house and spread out on the timbers to be seasoning, the lower floor too which is to be ash is mostly sawed and drawn, one of the men came home to night but Papa Cole & Olliver, so we have quite a small family toward night it began to rain again very hard so that they looked when they got here like the drowned rats, this evening it thunders and lightens very sharp, 3rd Last night we had thunder lightning and heavy rain all night long When I got up I found the spring brook was all over flowed. Charles told Rufus that he never saw it so high before. Most all the bridges were carried away so that going now is most impossible. The going was so hard that Olliver could not go home he therefore contented himself with reading. I could not help asking myself if his family would feel as much disappointed as we used to when sunday came and you did not come to see us During the forenoon Mr Cole & Papa sowed?, Mr Cole taking Papa's goods, Mr Cole then started for home, After he was gone Papa said he believed he was going for to get married for all he thought of getting was a nice suite of clothes. Rufus his Father and two brothers Ralph and Rufus says Bachelors Hell. I do not blame him for wanting to be married. About noon Mr Fritz called and took dinner with us. Mr Fritz said he had sent