The following 141 year old letter was provided by Mr. J. Robert Norris, Jr. (deceased) and is communication between Lindsey Carson of the Windsor - Healdsberg area and his great grandfather.  Carson is the brother of Kit Carson. The actual letter follows.

Russian River
December 7, 1857
Mr. John R. Norris
Dear Sir:
Along time has elapsed since we have heard anything from you and family, We have seen no one from your country since you wrote last. Myself and family are all well and hearty and hope this will find you and yours in the same. I saw Mr. Drum's folks today. Things are well and hearty and are anxious to hear from you and Mary.       There is no news of any importance here. Times are quite hard, money is scarcer than I have ever known is before, Sonoma County is settled up about as thick as it well can be, and every place that a man can raise stock is settled from Dry Creek to the coast. You recollect where Harmon Heald was keeping store when you was here. Last spring he laid off a little town there and now it is quite a village. It is called Healdsburg.        There is some six or seven stores and more in process of erection. How long it will continue to improve I cannot say but I expect it will be about like all little California towns. It will get too big for its breeches, but there is one thing certain that there is a great deal of business done there for a little country town.        You and Mary had better come down about Christmas if you can consistently do so and see all your old friends and acquaintances.        I am still living upon the same place knocking along about as usual. work to make both ends meet. Drum is still at the same place. Hard        There has been a good deal of sickness here this summer and full mostly amongst children. The disease is      ?    sore throut, and it has been quite fatal. Four out of our five children have had it but we have had the good fortune to loose none of ours.        This has been one of the dryest years we have had since I have been in this country, but not withstanding _       ?        -        - land as for the high that is in the valley land, it ranges from twenty five to thirty dollars an acre. Rue cattle are about ten curts on foot and scarce, no heavy cattle in this country. Hogs are eight curts grop and scarce. You must write to me and let me know what you are doing and how you are getting along and all about it as I am anxious to hear from you. My wife sends her best love to you and Mary and please accept the same from yours fraternally.
                                                                            Lindsey Cabson
N.B.  Direct your letter to Windsor P. 0.
         Sonoma County, California

The following are the notes of a Sonoma County resident, Frederick L. Saxton,  who lived On the Saxton Ranch in the hills to the east of Santa Rosa  His notes, though brief, depict the life of a Sonoma County Pioneer on a day to day basis.  It covers from December, 1890 to November 1891.  A few family names are mentioned.  I thank Denise Mills for the use of her great grandfather's material.

Frederick Lincoln Saxton
b. 18 Aug 1864, Hartford, Hartford, CT.
d. 26 Feb 1952, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA
bur. 28 Feb 1952, IOOF Lawn Cemetery, Santa Rosa
m.  Carrie Irene Downs
7 Sep 1902, Downs Ranch, St. Helena Rd., Santa Rosa, CA
Fred came to Sonoma County in 1879.  Lived in Rincon Valley (Santa Rosa)
til 1885 and then moved to ranch.

Mon. 1.  Went to SR with a load of pine wood.  Cloudy
Tu. 2.  Cloudy.  Went to SR with load of 4 ft wood began to rain about 4
P.M. got home burnt some brush etc.,
Wed. 3.  RAINED, BLEW & STORMED all night and all day.
Th. 4.  I went to S.R. to grange.  Half cleared off.
Fr. 5.  Came back to Ranch and papa went back and staid over night.  I
fixed up what fencing the storm blew down.  Cold.
Sat. 6.  Cut wood all day by the wagon house, guess it has cleared off.
Sun. 7.  Went out hunting a while, killed 5 quail some N. wind.
Mon. 8.  Went to S.R. roads very good got sack of wheat paid 1.60 per
ctl.
Tu. 9.  Plowed all day Papa burnt brush Clear and pleasant.
Wed. 10.  Plowed and harrowed all day some frost.
Th. 11.  Plowed and harrowed all day (ground?) frosty.
Fr. 12.  Plowed and harrowed  burnt brush all afternoon.
Sat. 13.  Went to S.R. to Grange  Cloudy all day.  frosty.
Sun. 14.  Very cold and frosty.  Clear.
Mon. 15 Cold morning 38 (degrees - don't have symbol on keyboard) Plowed
and harrowed all day  Papa sawed wood.
Tu. 16.  Plowed all day.  48 (degrees)
Wed. 17.  48 (degrees) Went to S.R. Very cold in canun  Cloudy.
Th. 18.  Plowed all fore noon.  Rainy all after noon hard till about
midnight and then cleared off.
Fr. 19.  We cut wood all day.  Clear and cool.
Sat. 20.  Clear and cold morning 35 (degrees)  Went to S.R. in cart.
Sun. 21.  cold morning  Come back in evening.
Mon. 22.  Some cloudy finished plowing and sowing.
Tu. 23.  Plowed some down by the gate above the road & grubed as we went
along  Cleared off again.
Wed. 24.  Killed old ruster then got ready for Christmas.  pleasant.
Went down in afternoon.  Went over to Wallise school to party GOOD time.
foggy all night got home 5 AM.
Th. 25.  Eat Christmas dinner and came back.  Clear.
Fr. 26.  A little cloudy  worked at grubbing Sprouting(?) stumps etc.,
Sat. 27.  Went to S.R. to Grange.
Sun. 28.  Came back.  Clear.  foggy in S.R.
Mon. 29.  Cut wood all day.  Cloudy  looks as if it would rain tonight.
Tu. 30.  Showered all night  cleared off during the day.  Cold.  Killed
hog very fat.  Cut wood all forenoon.
Wed. 31.  Cold morning 33 (degrees) a good deal of frost.  Cut up hog to
weight 138 very fat.  Cut wood all fore noon.  Went to S.R. in after
noon.

January 1891

Th. 1.  Rained in night some.  came back to Ranch in afternoon  roads very
slippery.
Fr. 2.  Cut Wood all day.
Sat. 3. Foggy morning half clear after noon cut wood, burnt brush.  Papa
walked down to S.R.
Sun. 4.  RAIN  RAIN most all day, very hard towards right.
Mon. 5.  Cut wood all day  Clear but cold.
Tu. 6.  Cold.  cut wood.
Wed. 7.  Cold & Cloudy.  Cut wood.
Th. 8.  Very cold wind.  Cut wood.
Fr. 9.  Made new plow beans went to S.R. in afternoon.
Sat. 10.  Went to Grange.  Cold and frosty.
Sun. 11.  Very cold & frosty ground froze hard.
Mo. 12.  Cut wood and snaked it down off the hill with one horse all day.
Tu. 13.  Half cloudy cut drew down wood all fore noon  cold & frosty 32
(degrees).  took up trees all afternoon.
Wed. 14.  Some showery.  Cut some wood, etc.
Th. 15.  Went to S.R.  misty.
Fr. 16.  Cut and snaked down some wood.  foggy.
Sat. 17.  Went to S.R. with some peach trees for HULBERT & SHELL.
Sun. 18.  Clear and warm like spring weather.
Mo. 19.  Cut wood on hill all day.  N. wind blew all night & day hard.
Tu.  20.  Cut wood part of the day & burnt brush & set out alot of trees
besides pruned little vineyard by GARRISONS.   Warm.
Wed. 21.  I went to S.R.  Papa plowed little vineyard by GARRISONS.  Very
warm a little cloudy this afternoon.
Th. 22.  Planted some peas, draged alot of wood off of the hill ect.,
Fr. 23.  Cut wood all fore noon worked about in afternoon.  clear and
pleasant.
Sat. 24.  Went to S.R. to Grange and to S. T. COULTERS to surprise party.
clear and dry.
Sun. 25.  Ground is getting dry.  Very clear weather.
Mo. 26.  Clear.  cut wood all day.
Tu.  27.  Cut wood and fixed flower bed border with petrified wood.
Wed. 28.  Cut some wood.  Corded some ect., Worked about at odd jobs.  Very
cold N. wind.
Th. 29.  Worked about.  Very windy.
Fr. 30.  Went to S.R.  Papa staid down.
Sat. 31.  Cloudy.  worked about.

February 1891

Su. 1.  Rained a little last night.  Clear day.  Went out riding.
Mo. 2.  Went to S.R.  Cold frost 36 (degrees) fog in valley papa came back
with me.  BUCKE gave me $5.00 on trees.
Tu. 3.  Took BUCKES Trees down to him pruned or chard ect.,
Wed. 4.  Went up on hill vineyard in afternoon to pruning.
Th. 5.  Pruned vines all day.  squally weather.
Fr. 6.  Went to S.R.  Squally day.
Sat. 7.  Worked about near the house all day.  very pleasant day.  sowed
some garden seeds, ect.,
Su. 8.  Very cold.  Freezing N.E. wind all night and day.
Mo. 9.  Took JOHNS V. trees up to him (paid) warmer pruned vines all
afternoon.
Tu. 10.  Finished pruning vineyard - on hill all ready to plow now.
squally weather.
We. 11.  Clear and frosty ____ out for new vines all day.
Th. 12.  Rainy day.  I went to S.R. in cart.
Fr. 13.  Stormed hard all day.  Very strong wind.
Sat. 14.  Rained all day hard.  Wind blew very hard till 1 P.M.
Su. 15.  Very stormy day.
Mo. 16.  I went to S.R.  Clear.  squally in afternoon.  clear evening
roads very good a little soft, got a white leghorn rooster of
(CRIOPINS/CRIOFSINS?) 1.00.
Tu. 17.  Big frost.  30 (degrees).  Worked about house, ect.,
We. 18.  Frosty morning 30 (degrees).  Worked on house.  went to Calistoga
in afternoon & got 1000 shingles 2.75.
Th. 19.  Worked on house.  squally.  sent to Masquesrade Ball at Mark West
Springs.  GOOD TIME.
Fr. 20  Very frosty.  worked on house all day  cold.
Sat. 21.  Shingled roof.  rainy day.
Su. 22.  Very stormy day.
Mo. 23.  Showery.
Tu. 24.  Went to S.R.  Showery.
Wed. 25.  Cut wood all day.  Clear and frosty 28 (degrees).
Th. 26.  Cut wood part of the day rainy afternoon.
Fr. 27.  Rainy day.
Sat. 28.  Went to S.R. to Grange.  half cloudy.

March 1891

Sun. 1.  Showery Day.
Mon. 2.  Showery cut wood all day.
Tu. 3.  Rainy day.  Set in the house all day.
Wed. 4.  Cut wood all fore noon and grubbed some in new garden.
Th. 5.  Rainy fore noon grubbed all afternoon.
Fr. 6.  Pruned 1/2 day for COULTER.  Went to SR in afternoon.
Sat. 7.  Went to Grange and come back.  got 2 pigs of C.
S. 8.  Clear and pleasant.
M. 9.  Pruned for COULTER.  I got a bad cold.
T. 10.  Foggy.  Pruned 1/2 day.
W.  11.  Foggy but warm pruned all day.  Papa taken with a bad cold.
T. 12.  Rainy day.
F. 13.  Very pleasant day.
S. 14.  Went to S.R. to grange all day.
S. 15.  Cloudy and misty all day.
M. 16.  Plowed orchard part of the day pleasant.  Papa sick with a cold.
T. 17.  Pruned for COULTER all day.
W. 18.  Pruned 3/4 day.  Very strong N.W. wind.
Th. 19.  We went to S.R.  Papa staid down.  Pleasant.
F. 20.  Clear and pleasant.  Went to a party at EAGLES.  fine time.
S. 21.  Very pleasant day.
S. 22.  Cold N. wind all day dried the ground all out.
M. 23.  Cold morning but very pleasant day.  Plowed orchard and vines all day.
T. 24.  Went to S.R.  Papa came back with me.  Very pleasant.
W. 25.  Pleasant.  Plowed vineyard and upper garden and planted it to
potatoes and sowed some buckwheat.
Th. 26.  Showery day.  grafted alot of trees ect.,
F. 27.  Very squally N. West weather set out grafts and I fenced some
around new garden, cold.
S. 28.  Went to S.R. to grange.  Pleasant day.
S. 29.  Pleasant day.
M. 30.  Pleasant.  Worked for COULTER.
T. 31.  Very pleasant.  Worked for COULTER.

April 1891

Wed. 1.  Worked about plowed some, grafted some and set out alot of fig
trees.  Clear and warm.  Mama and EDIE came up and staid all night.
Th. 2.  Went to S.R.  Very pleasant day.
Fr. 3.  Warm and pleasant grafted some, set on a lot of fig trees, ect.,
Sat. 4.  Clear.  Planted slot of potatoes and some sweet corn and carrots.
Sun. 5.  Pleasant afternoon.
Mon. 6.  Misty.  Began to rain hard about 10:30 A.M. & rained till 4 P.M.
HARD.
Tu. 7.  Rained hard in showers all night & squally day.
W. 8.  Half Clear went to S.R.
Th. 9.  Misty all day cut wood all day.
Fr. 10.  Rainy day.
Sat. 11.  Went to grange.  Clear.
Sun. 12.  Half cloudy all day.
M. 13.  Showery all night and all day  cold.  Split some wood.
Tu. 14.  Cut wood all day.
W. 15.  I went to S.R. & took 5th degree in grange.  Half clear.
Th. 16.  Drizley.  Rained hard at spells  set in house.
Fr. 17.  Fogy partly clear.  Went to EAGLES party good time.
Sat. 18.  Went to S.R. in cart  clear.
Sun 19.  Fogy morning.  Pleasant afternoon.
M. 20.  Clear and pleasant day.  Plowed vineyard all day.
Tu. 21.  Clear.  Worked on road papa went to town took day off.
W. 22.  clear day papa finished vineyard.
Th. 23.  Very fogy all most raining.
Fr. 24.  Clear cold.
Sat. 25.  Planted corn all day finished, cloudy.
S. 26.  Clear and pleasant day.
M. 27.  Clear.  Worked on road.
Tu. 28.  Worked about home.
W. 29.  Worked on road.
Th. 30.  Worked on road.

May 1891

Fri. 1.  Worked 1/2 day on road, very hot day.
Sat. 2.  Very fogy all day.  Allmost a rain, went to S.R.
Sun. 3.  Fogy most all day.  STEWARTS & mama & EDIE came up & spent the day.
M. 4.  Fogy day worked on road.
T. 5. Fogy day worked on road.
W. 6. Rained hard in the night.  Wet day set out alot of peppers.
Th. 7.  Clear pleasant day.  finished on road.
F. 8.  Clear and pleasant day planted some beans and buck wheat cultivated
some dug over mission vineyard.
S. 9.  Went to S.R. to Grange.  Harvest feast got home at about 6 oclock. Warm.
Sun. 10.  Very pleasant day.  I have a bad cold.
M. 11.  Very fogy most all day.  Planted some sweet corn and beans, melons,
squashes, ect.,
T. 12.  Worked on hill vineyard all day hoeing & cultivating.  Fogy all
forenoon set 2 hens.
W. 13,  Cultivated all forenoon fogy.  Went to S.R. in afternoon.
Th. 14.  Very fogy day.  I went to San Francisco - got a buggy.
F. 15.  Came up to ranch in morning fogy went to top of hill in afternoon
with load of wood.
Sat. 16.  Went to S.R. with load of wood for BROOKE.  Got my buggy from
depot.  (Next to this listing is the word "cow" underlined.)
Sun. 17.  Warm day.
M. 18.  Finished hoeing vineyard hoed out uper potatoes & worked about at
odd jobs almost 80 (degrees).
Tu. 19.  We went to S.R.
W. 20.  Worked on road papa cut wood, very fogy.
Th. 21.  Worked on road fogy in valley.
F. 22.  Fogy morning.  Went to S.R. with load of wood killed pig. weight,
Sat. 23.  Fogy all forenoon Mama & EDIE came up & staid over night.
S. 24.  Fogy morning pleasant day.
M. 25.  Very fogy, cut a little volenteer hay.
Tu. 26.  Fogy, I cultivated some.
W. 27.  Raining hard all day.
Th. 28.  We went to S.R.  Papa staid down  half cloudy.
Fr. 29.  I cut wood all day.  Cloudy.  Assessor came.
Sat. 30.  Cut wood all forenoon  Showery.
Sun. 31.  Warm and pleasant.

From this month on, there are dates skipped here and there.  He didn't
write things in every day.

June 1891

M. 1.  Went to S.R. with load of hay to mama  pleasant  papa cut volenteer hay.
Tu. 2.  Put up hay ect. hoed & cultivated some.  Pleasant.
W. 3.  Went to S.R. with load of wood.
Th. 4.  Finished cultivating & hoeing Hill Vineyard.
F. 5.  Warm day cut wood.
Sat. 6.  Went to S.R. in spring wagon, warm.  (OXXX)
Sun. 7.  Pleasant.
Mon. 8.  Finished cultivating & hoeing, cut some wood.
Tu. 9.  Took a load of hay to S.R.  Papa went down to court.
W. 10.  Worked about at odd jobs began to rain about 5 P.M.
Th. 11.  Rained all forenoon hard cloudy all afternoon.  Cut wood.
F. 12.  Cut wood.  Squally all day.
Sat. 13.  Cut wood cleared off.
M. 15.  Went to S.R. with wood.  HOT day.
Tu. 16.  Cut hay in valley.  HOT day.
Wed. 17.  Showery day.
Th. 18.  Went to S.R.  Pleasant.
Fr. 19.  Rained hard all forenoon.
Sat. 20.  Cut some wood & hay.  Warm and pleasant.
Sun. 21.  Pleasant day.
M. 22.  Cut hay.
Tu. 23.  Cut and raked hay all day.
W. 24.  Finished cutting hay.  Warm.
Th. 25.  Raked & put up hay cultivated vineyard.  windy.
Fr. 26.  Went to S.R. HOTEST day of the year over 100 (degrees).
Sat 27.  Cultivated some & worked about, about 100 (degrees).
Sun. 28.  HOT over 105 (degrees).
Mon. 29.  HOTEST day 106 (degrees).  I went to SR with load of hay.
Tu. 30.  HOT day 102 (degrees), laid around in the shade all day.

July 1891

Wed. 1.  Cut 1/2 cd of wood HOT 103 (degrees).
Th. 2.  HOT DAY 95 (degrees).  Cut 1/2 cd of wood.
Fr. 3.  I went camping with the YOUNGS.  Warm day.
W. 8.  Began to rain about noon & RAINED HARD all afternoon.  We got home
at 1:30 P.M. GOOD TIME.
Th. 9.  Rained HARD all night came home in morning.
Fr. 10.  Cloudy all day.  cleared off about 7 P.M.  made sled.
Sat 11.  Went to S.R. in buggy warm day.  I went to grange.
Mon. 13.  Hauled hay all day.  Cool.
Tu. 14.  Hauled hay all day.  Warm.
W. 15.  Went to S.R. with load of hay warm day.
Th. 16.  Hauled hay all day.  Warm.
F. 17.  Went to SR with load of stove wood to S. I. ALLEN and hauled of
some of GROSSES pine wood.  Hot.
S. 18.  Finished pine wood and came back HOT, Hot day.
S. 19.  Hot day.
M. 20  Finished filling barn, opened up pasture.  HOT.
Tu. 21.  We went to S.R.  Papa staid down.  HOT.
W. 22.  Hot 95 (degrees).  Cut some wood.
Th. 23.  Hot day hauled some wood.
F. 24.  Fogy morning Hot afternoon hauled wood.
S. 25.  Hauled hay & stacked all day  HOT  98 (degrees) in the shade most
of the day.
S. 26.  HOT day 98 (degrees).
Mon. 27.  Finished stacking hay, cooler.
Tu. 28.  Went to S.R. with wood fogy.
W. 29.  Hauled wood and mamas hay  cool.
Th. 30.  Finished mamas hay and camp up.  Hoter day.
F. 31.  Cool morning.  Went to S.R. with wood.

August 1891

Sat. 1.  Hot day 90 (degrees).  Cut wood all day.
Sun. 2.  Cooler day.
M. 3. Cut wood all day.
Tu. 4.  Went to town Cool.
W. 5.  Cut wood all day Cool
Th. 6.  Hauled wood.  Cool.  papa cut wood.
Fr. 7.  Papa went to town with me on load of hay.
S. 8.  Hot hauled wood.
S. 9.  HOT day.
M. 10.  Cut wood cooler.
Tu. 11.  Warm day.
W. 12.  Hot day went to S.R.
Th. 13.  Warm day papa went to S.R. staid down.
Fr. 14  Hot.
S. 15.  Hot hauled wood.
S. 16.  HOT.
M. 17.  HOT day.  steamed.
Tu. 18.  Cooler.
W. 19.  Cloudy most all day.
T. 20.  Warm day.
Fr. 21.  Hot day 97 (degrees).
Sat. 22.  HOT DAY.  103 (degrees) up here 110 (degrees) in town.
Sun. 23.  Cooler, but a HOT DAY 97 (degrees) in shade.
Mon. 24.  Went to top of hill cooler.
Tu. 25.  Fogy morning went to S.R. papa staid down.
W. 26.  Fogy forenoon.
Th. 27.  Fogy forenoon.  Went to S.R. with wood.
Fr. 28.  Warm day papa came back.
Sat. 29.  Worked about all day.
S. 30.  Cool day.
M. 31.  Very HOT day 104 (degrees) went to S.R. with wood.

September 1891

T. 1.  Worked about.  Warm day.
W. 2.  Went to S.R. with some peaches, cooler toped corn.
Th. 3.  Toped corn all forenoon slided wood too.
Fr. 4.  Went to town.
S. 5.  Went to S.R.  Showery day.
S. 6.  Pleasant day.
M. 7.  Dried last of peaches early Croford.  warm.
Tu. 8.  Went to S.R. with load of corn foder papa staid down to go to City.
Wed. 9.  Sprinkled some in morning.  Worked about.
Th. 10.  Went to S.R. with wood papa came back with me.
Fr. 11.  Sick all day.
Sat. 12.  Went to S.R. in buggy.
S. 13.  Rained hard in night.
M. 14.  Went to S.R. load of wood.
Tu. 15.  Went to SR in spring wagon to start for cost (coast).  Showery day.
W. 16.  Started at 8.20 for Wrights beach out there at 3.30.
Th. 17.  pleasant weather.
M. 21.  Rained hard about night at Wrights beach.
T. 22.  Started home at 8.30 A got home at 4.20 P.M.
W. 23.  Came up to ranch.  Clear & hot picked some prunes.
Th. 24.  Diped and put out all the prunes, 661. lbs of them.
Fr. 25.  Dug potatoes all day 14 sacks HOT.
S. 26.  Went to S.R. to grange all day.
Sun. 27.  Went over to ELFIS with S.
Mon. 28.  Dug potatoes all day.
Tu. 29.  Dug last of potatoes and thrashed beans & buck wheat.
W. 30.  Husked corn 18 (hr.?)

October 1891

Th. 1.  Went to S.R. with wood bad N. Wind.
Fr. 2.  Very bad wind.  Put out some grapes today.
S. 3.  Warm day went to S.R. with wood.
M. 5.  Hot day picked & put out grapes today.
Tu. 6.  We went to S.R. with wood papa staid down Hot.
W. 7.  I picked & put out grapes all day Hot weather.
Th. 8.  I picked & put out last of first crop of grapes 42 boxes.
Fr. 9.  Went to S.R. very fogy.  Sold 125 lbs peaches 1 1/2 cts.
Sat. 10.  Cool morning worked about.
Sun. 11.  Pleasant day warm.
M. 12.  Cooler several slight earthquakes & one very long heavy one at
10.35 P.M. sunday evening & one at 5.30 AM monday morning.
Tu. 13.  Went to S.R. with wood papa came back with me fogy day like rain.
Wed. 14.  Cloudy evening another earthquake at about 3 or 4 this morning.
hauled corn fodder.
Th. 15.  Went to S.R. with wood to mama fogy.
Fr. 16.  Finished husking corn about 75 bx. Clear.
Sat. 17.  Went to town in afternoon in buggy.
M. 19.  Went to S.R. in afternoon with wood to mama.
Tu. 20.  Went over to SAM MILL got 510 ft lumber (9.00).
W. 21.  Came up to ranch with lumber Cloudy.
Sat. 31.  Rainy (h?, k?)icked well in town.

November 1891

Sun. 1.  Half clear day.
Mon. 2.  Fixed over wagon shed.
Tu. 3.  Went to S.R. & hauled off well dirt, clear.
W. 4.  Plowed half day & burnt brush began to rain about 4 P.M. rained hard
most all night.
Th. 5.  Worked about clearing off.
Fr. 6.  Went to redwood.
Sat. 7.  Came back with load of lumber.
Sun. 8.  Clear & pleasant.
M. 9.  Went to S.R. moved plant house.  Clear N. Wind weather.
Tu. 10.  Went over to redwoods.
W. 11.  Came up to HODGES & left my load bridge torn up.
Th. 12.  We went to S.R. took prunes off 236 lbs at 4 3/4 brought back 7
sacks of red oats 725 lbs at 1 1/2.  papa staid down.  Clear.
Fr. 13.  Plowed all day.  frosty.
Sat 14.  Plowed all day.  N. wind weather some frost.
Sun. 15.  Clear, frosty.
Tu. 17.  Sowed & harrowed in field back of vineyard & part of madrone hill.
W. 18.  Hauled manure till 2.30 P.M. and then it began to rain & kept it up
till some time in the night.
Th. 19.  I went to S.R. in spring wagon miday.
Fr. 20.  Finished cleaning out barn yard Clear by frost this morning.
Sat. 21.  Cut some ____ wood to carry to their place worked about.  Clear &
pleasant no frost.
Sun. 22.  Regular spring weather.
Mon. 23.  Took big load of 4 ft wood to other place.  Clear N.E. windy
weather good roads never were better.
Tu. 24.  Cut some stove wood ect. Clear & dry weather, warm.
W. 25.  Cut wood all day papa came back to ranch.  Hot weather about 75
(degrees).
Th. 26.  Choared about.  I went to theatre with S.
Fr. 27.  Clear & warm worked about papa split wood.
Sat. 28.  I went to S.R. to grange.  Hot day.
Sun. 29.  High fog all day.
Mon. 30.  Began to rain towards morning rained all day gently.  We stemed
grapes all day 131 lbs. big job.

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