April 14 thru April 15, 1894

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Saturday, April 14th, 1894 -- Chores of course, and then Bert and Russell go down on a side hill, and cut two ash logs, and some firewood and take it over to Milo B. Dye's place. Then Bert comments that "I bucked some wood this afternoon." A buck is any of a wide variety of frame work things to hold firewood for cutting to length, which of course would have been done by hand at this time. "Buck" as a verb would be to cut firewood to handy lengths to fit in the stove. See picture below.

Another great shot of cutting firewood below.

Bert then cut and bucked some more wood for S. A. Lion, and took one of the horses -Ned - down to Russell. Chores in the evening of course. Warm enough to thaw all day.

Sunday, April 15, 1894 -- Chores even on Sunday of course - the animals don't take a day off! Bert started to go to church, but there was no meeting because "the preacher was snowed in and could not get here." He went to B.H. Potter's for dinner instead. Bert then notes that "Wheeling has come again today" - I have no idea who that is?