May 25, 1898

A.M. clear P.M. heavy showers and heavy rain and little hail. Very heavey hail in Towamencin.

A.M. dug garden
P.M. started to harrow sod until rain came.

May 24, 1898

A.M. cloudy in morning little rain. Clear. P.M. showers

Plowed 2 patches in orchard

Bought 2 cows of M. Swartly.

May 23, 1898

Rainy

At I. K. Gottshall's for dinner.
Bought pigs

May 22, 1898

Clear and pleasant
Baptisms in Skippack. A. Mack officiated. Text Matt. 3.
The names of those that were baptized are:
Magdalene Kulp - in water
Mary Kulp  - in water
Susie Kulp  - in water
Jonatan Ziegler & wife Sallie - in water
Jacob Beck & wife - in house
Abram Mensch & wife Jennie - in house
Jesse Reinford & wife Lizzie - in house
George Wambold & wife Mary - in house

Garret Tyson, Mahlon Derstine, Philip Reiff, and Danial Longacre were here for dinner.

May 21, 1898

Clear and Pleasant

In Market
Bought pigs of Davis

P.M. Had 13 Disciples under instruction at Skippack by A. Mack. He then went along home with us for supper then went to Wismer's over night. Mrs. John B. Hunsberger was also here over night and until Sunday evening.

May 18, 1898

Clear and pleasant

Harrowed corn ground in orchard also truck patch and planted 5 rows sweet corn, Lima beans, peas, etc.

May 17, 1898

Clear and pleasant

Pulled weeds

May 15, 1898

Cloudy and pretty heavy rain in forenoon. P.M. cloudy.

At meeting in Worcester. Introductory by me. Text from Luke 24 - 32 by Henry Wismer.

Henry Wismer was here for dinner, we then went down to see Isaac Bean's.

May 14, 1898

Clear and pleasant

In market

P.M. rolled

May 12, 1898

Cloudy showers in afternoon

Made fence

May 11, 1898

Cloudy rain at times

Made fence

May 10, 1898

Clear

Made fence

May 9, 1898

Clear and pleasant. Frosty.

Then we went to Harry Kulp's for dinner.

May 8, 1898

Still rainy and rained very heavy nearly all day. Sun peeped out just before sunset.

At meeting in Springfield then went to Jacob Y. Moyer's for dinner and they conveyed us to Binger where we took 3:25 train for Telford. Took supper at Isaac Gerhard then went to Aaron Freed's in Franconia where we stayed overnight.

May 7, 1898

Cloudy and rain in morning and again began in the evening and continued during the night.

Went to D. Gerhard's for dinner at Telford and at 3:24 took the train for Quakertown. And from there we were conveyed by Jacob Kulp to his home about 5 miles where we stayed overnight.

May 6, 1898

Cloudy and began to rain in afternoon.

Father went to market.

May 5, 1898

Cloudy and slight rain

At Conference at Franconia. There were only two points discussed. Jos. Allebach against Samuel Detwiler Bishop and the conference was asked whether ministers would preach in Chapels if requested. It was granted the right if thing would be done in order.

May 4, 1898

Plowed sod

May 3, 1898

Cloudy with slight rain at times.

A.M. at Plain Meeting. Introduction by Jacob N. Brubaker. Jacob Snavely had text from Matt. 11 - 28 - 30. Then went to Abraham Kulp's for dinner.

P.M. At meeting at Towamencing. Introductory by Jacon Snavely, Jacob Brubaker had text

May 2, 1898

A.M. Clear and warm
P.M. Partly cloudy with slight rain at times.

A.M. Hired man worked on road. P.M. He plowed sod and I helped on road.