July 10th. The Wind N.W. blowing fresh & drying well & the Sun shined bright all day. my people all thi[s sw] day in the hay. & made all my Upland hay into big Cocks. being no more than 25 in number. Pd. Joseph ap Robert Lewis the Taylor 6d. for mending my cloaths. |
11th. The Wind S. W. overcast, cloudy & dark with some mizling rain about 7; about 3 it rained hard till near 5 & close , dark air the rest of the day . The Parson preached on 1. Cor . Chap 10th. vers 12th. gave 6d to a Collection for a poor sick woman. |
12th. The Wind S. W. cloudy . dark . close and unwholsom[e sw] [the end of the word is lost sw] weather, it is very sickly all the Countrey over; An Epidemicall fever rages almost every where, and those that dye ( who are very many ) do dye in a short time, others that recover linger for 2,3, or 4 months relapsing sometimes 3 or 4 times. my Dear fugitive has been absent from home since saturday,indulgeing himself in an indolent sluggish way with very ordin – ary tipplers, twice before within this month he did ye same & when I asked him where he had been, would not vouchsaf[e sw] an Answer,I'll give him his own way & say nothing, time may bring him to be sensible of the wrong he does his Character & [? sw] him to a reformation |
13th. The Wind W. S.W. calm, close & dark Air in ye morning attended with small rain till i0. the rest of the day Sun shiny, windy& dry , & all my people in the hay. This day Herring Bishop of Bangor was at LLanerchmedd releasing ye Surties of Children babtized 30 years ago, & many went from this parish to offer their sinfull heads to his pious Paw. |