March 1 thru 2, 1894

 

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Thursday, March 1, 1894 ---  it thawed all last night and the sun came up bright this morning and it thawed like fun all day.  Bert got up at 5AM, and went up the hill and "done my chores".  ( Not sure which place these chores were at? Probably Russell Dye's)  He then went over to Atlanta and got 5 barrels of salt for Russell Dye.  (8 years ago, Henry C. Olney was referring to modern day Atlanta as "Bloods".  Bert now calls it Atlanta?)   Bert dropped off two barrels of the salt at S. C. Avery's, and took the other three on to Russell Dye's place.  He then went back and got the two barrels and brought them on the rest of the way.  (No idea why --- possibly the five barrels were too heavy for a hill?)  He then did the chores - evidently at Russell Dye's?, and then went to spend the night at Milo Dye's place.  "and it thaws yet" 

Friday, March 2, 1894 ---  the sun came up bright, but it clouded up and snowed a little.  It thawed all day.  Bert trimmed some chestnut logs and hauled a load of wood for Milo Dye.  Bert then went "up on the hill" and did the chores, and then returned to Milo Dye's for the night.