A cold North West wind has blown all day and an occasional squall of round snow has fallen at intervals and at about six o’clock this evening a soft mess of snow fell in a few minutes whitening the ground.
Yesterday I with Harve went to help Dudley haul fodder.
I had bad luck in overturning my wagon and being unable to get my load home.
Has been a very fine day and this evening it is much cooler with a N.W. wind since sundown.
This was the last day of Abbie’s school, the third term she has taught in Reading No. 9, Calhoun Co.
I went to Churdan this morning and asked E.S. Gose to pay the taxes.
Brot out 3-20 Rod rolls of woven fence since 2 the other day.
I went to Churdan today and brot out two rolls of fencing for sheep pasture.
Sent a draft of $18.75 for Harve’s stove to Sears Roebuck & Co.
This forenoon went to W. S. Pound’s and got another load of straw.
Yesterday I scattered some Timothy chaff on the west meadow in the morning and cut brush in the P.M.
A quiet day. Dry and warm.
Finished shingling Harve’s barn this A.M.
Killed a hog this P.M.
Spring birds are numerous now.
Kildees, Meadow Larks, Robins, Bluebirds, and Chickadees are making glad the air.
We started to shingle Harve’s barn this morning but the rain drove us home.
I did not return, but went to cutting cord wood.
An East wind has been blowing all day.
The prevailing winds are from this point for the past few days.
Weather mild and smoky but withal very springlike.
Have hauled wood today.
Lost my watch this forenoon and found it again in a few minutes’ quest.
Yesterday split butternut posts in the forenoon and hauled poles in the P.M.
Harve got his mail-box tonight.
St Patrick was a little out of order this spring.
I attended the Tp. (Township) board meeting today, the first meeting I have attended so far.
Five of our Telephone poles were cut night before last.
The grass that has started last week received a sudden check in the cold snap which has frozen the ground to considerable depth.
Went to town this P.M.
Helped set the remaining poles completing the line to P. Ryan’s, save the half mile kept out for J. Fay.
I returned 14 poles and took 15 from Jos. Churdan’s to Plummer’s corner.
This has been one of the most disagreeable days of the winter.
Yesterday was no better only not so cold; worked at Harve’s barn.
March 13th, Thurs.
A strong wind has blown from the S.E. and wrought a great improvement in the condition of the roads and wet ground everywhere.
The weather is fine since Mon.10th; have been helping Harve since that time build a barn.
Today we put in overlays and got down half the floor for hay.
We held a telephone meeting last night which did not move altogether satisfactorily.
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It has been a very rainy day beginning at six this morning.
It has rained at intervals about all day.
Thunder has been rolling about and occasional sharp flashes of lightning with heavy claps of thunder accompanied the showers.
The rain turned to hail at about nine o’clock tonight and left the air much colder thant’ has been all day.
