Ages as of 1/1/1902, Harvey 39, Georgia 23, Ruby 5, Roscoe
4, Marion 1 mo.
Wed. Jan 1: " Happy New Year.
In the forenoon I sawed up a little old wood in the hog pen & piled it up
& mooved some of the pigs from the hog pen over to under the horse barn
& in the afternoon I chored around & am not feeling very well aches all
over & finily wound up with a pain in my bowels. and it is a nice pleasant
day clear & pleasant & very cold but no wind. The babe cries a lot, it
has a sore mouth I guess Nice sleighing now."
Thur. Jan 2: " In the forenoon
I chored around & sat in the house am not feeling very well In the
afternoon felt better so went up to the back woods & cut wood in lengths
poles mostly & it is a nice day kept getting warmer & it was windy acts
like a snow storm fine sleighing."
Fri. Jan 3: " In the forenoon I
drawed pole wood from up in the big side hill along the woods 3 loads and in
the afternoon I drew 2 loads more & finished cutting what I am going to cut
up there now and it is a cold day got colder at night. fine sleighing"
Sat. Jan 4: " In the morning I
went up to the back woods & got the last load of pole wood that was cut and
then put on a grist and took it down to West Hebron & left it and in the
afternoon I went down to Argyle to the Elgin Butter & Cheese Factory Annual
meeting and got home about sun down and it is a nice pleasant day clear &
cold too."
Sun. Jan 5: " I didn't go to
church so we all stayed at home and kept house. I didn't get up early enough to
get the chores done in time to go to church and it is a cold day some cloudy
nice sleighing don't thaw any."
Mon. Jan 6: " In the forenoon I
went over in the back meadow & cut wood along the edge of the woods along
the lien fence between Norman Mahaffy & myself cleaning out to put up a new
fence and in the afternoon I went back & cut some more wood & it is a
beautiful day pleasant & not cold but didn't thaw much."
Tues. Jan 7: " In the forenoon
I took Orrie & Eva down home to West Hebron. & Ruby & Roscoe went
with me & I brought home a grist that was down to the mill 1150 # & it
is fine sleighing & in the afternoon I went over along the back meadow
& cut wood & it is a nother beautiful winters day clear & pleasant
but didn't thaw much. We are going to try & get along alone now."
Wed. Jan 8: " In the forenoon I
went over along the back meadow & cut wood along the lien & found some
big wood for me to cut & in the afternoon I went over to the church to the
Congregational meeting they had prayer meeting first it is the week of Prayer
and Johnnie Williamson & L. A. Clough were re-elected Trustees. & it is
wild winter weather good sleighing but thaws a little every day so it is
getting thin some places on the main road."
Thur. Jan 9: " I drawed up wood
from over in the back meadow 2 loads of cord wood in the forenoon I had to
split some of it & I cut some more poles & in the afternoon I drew up 2
loads of pole wood it is a long ways to draw wood & in the forenoon Mary W.
came down & she helped me to get the Turkeys in the barn and it is a nice
day warm & some cloudy it thawed a very little fine winter weather it
snowed a very little it is only about from 6 to 10º degrees below Freezing in
the morning wild winter weather for January. At night I had quite a time
catching the Turkeys in the barn & brought them over to up in the hog pen
the children helped me."
Fri. Jan 10: " In the forenoon
I picked 9 turkeys & helped to get them ready for market & we sold them
to W. McEachron for 12½¢ Heads & feathers of and 1 alive at 11¢ per # &
it snowed nearly all the time and in the afternoon it was cloudy but didn't
snow & I went down to Argyle to the Farmers Institute and it snowed about 2
or 3 inches. nice sleighing now. Willie came & took the Turkeys."
Sat. Jan 11: " In the forenoon
Roscoe & I drove down to West Hebron & got the mail & it snowed
part of the or rather nearly all the time not very hard and then I sorted a few
potatoes & I got done sorting Firsts we have over 250 bu I think of good
ones and in the afternoon I drove down to Argyle to the Farmers Institute &
it snowed on me going & coming and it is a cloudy day snowed a little
nearly all day. not very cold"
Sun. Jan 12: " It snowed nearly
all day & a lot last night it must of snowed 10 inches snow is quite deep
now and plenty snow for sleighing & it fell even too wind blew a little but
not to drift much and we didn't go to church so all stayed at home & kept
house. it got some cooler at night snow is very light cold enough so it didn't
pack a least bit."
Mon. Jan 13: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took the washing down to Orrie at West Hebron &
left it and when I got back I chored around & in the afternoon I drew up
what wood as poles over in the back meadow 2 loads & it is deep now in the
fields and after that I took 2 bu of corn over to Billys & got 2 small
Turkey Hens for it and we went over on the lake & seen about a road for
getting up the ice we intend to go at it in a day or two. Roscoe went along. It
is a nice pleasant day some cloudy & cool it didn't thaw a drop in the sun I
don't think."
Tues. Jan 14: " Last night
Roscoe had the Croup pretty bad he never had it bad before we sat up with him
from 10 o'clock he got better about 4 o'clock In the forenoon I chored around
and in the afternoon I went down to Argyle & paid my taxes 28.38 & paid
my Fire assesment & attended the annual Cooperate Fire company W. J. Reid,
W. J. Copeland, W. J. Kilmer, Adam Steves & John B. McEachron were elected
Directors. & it is a beautiful Winters day pleasant & clear but pretty
cold it looks a little like more snow at night."
Wed. Jan 15: " Last night
Roscoe had the Croup again & worse than he was the night before I went went
& got Joe & his wife to come up and we got him to take some medicine
& he got better about 2 o'clock or before & In the morning after I got
the chores done I went at drawing up ice from the mud lake Billy is cutting it
& I draw & pack it and I got 5 loads in the ice house and it is a nice
day but cloudy not very cold At night we are afraid Roscoe is going to have the
Croup again he has been Hoarse nearly all day & was out while I onloaded a
load of ice. later about 9 o'clock I drove down to West Hebron & got the
Doctor for him but he did have the
croup has he did last night near"
Thur. Jan 16: " Roscoes cold is
no better he is Croupy yet and I drawed ice all day from the mud lake & I
got 6 loads to day & I draw & pack it alone and Billy cuts it and it is
a nice day a little to mild for drawing ice it thaws some & it is a cloudy
day snowed a little and Roscoe has a bad cold Georgia Doctored him all
day."
Fri. Jan 17: " In the forenoon
I went at drawing ice but Roscoe had the croup again last night. I was sick to
day so I went down & got the Doctor for him & brought up Mrs. Powell
& then I got 2 more load of ice & that was all of it & Mary came
down in the afternoon to see Roscoe the Doctor said that his cold had got down
on his lungs and he is in bed nearly all day & pretty sick and about night
I took Mrs. Powell down to West Hebron & brought up Orrie & Eva and it
is a cold day clear & pleasant fine sleighing & nice winter
weather."
Sat. Jan 18: " Roscoe is some
better to day The Doctor was up to see him and I packed the rest of the ice we
had nearly 3 courses and Albert Lindsay came up after dinner & helped me to
put on some saw-dust and it is a beautiful day clear & pleasant but cold
air nice winter weather about night I went down to West Hebron & got the
washing at Orries and the mail & it is fine sleighing. at night Will Reid
came along & brought an old sow of me for $10."
Sun. Jan 19: " We didn't go to
church so we all stayed at home & kept house and Roscoe is better the
Doctor came up to see him & he thinks he won't have to come back to see him
the babe has a very bad cold and I have a cold too. It is kind of a distemper I
guess and it is a nice day only cold but pleasant."
Mon. Jan 20: " In the morning I
got up early and done the chores & then Orrie & I went out to Glens
Falls she went to get her teeth fixed & I went to see if I could sell some
potatoes I didn't sell any was offered 75¢ but wanted 80¢ per bu. & we got
home about half past one and it is a
cold day but clear & pleasant frosty in the morning Roscoe's cold is
getting better it don't seem much better but he acts better the babe has a bad
cold yet so have I."
Tues. Jan 21: " In the forenoon
I chored around & Mr. McEachron the Minister came along & stopped to
see Roscoe & the babe and Will Reids man came after the old sow that I sold
to him & in the afternoon I sorted
the rest of the potatoes done sorting for this spring and chored around &
it snowed a little nearly all day & quite hard some times & it was wet
thawed a little but got colder and it is a cloudy & stormy day not very
cold warmer to-day."
Wed. Jan 22: " In the morning
it rained some I took Eva down to school & then I went down to West Hebron
& seen the Doctor about my face he gave me some medicine to rub on and it
is very sloppy I drove up to Belcher & got the Butter box & then came
home & the South wind blew & the snow melted a lot & settled water
began to run freely about noon the snow slid down along the orchard above the
hog pen & swept the fence a lot of it clean down to the hog pen & broke
down a plum tree. In the afternoon I chored around & it partly cleared of
& warm too terrible sloppy most every where."
Thur. Jan 23: " In the morning
after I done the chores Albert came up & helped me to put on the Hay rack
& what rye straw they was part of a load & I took it down to Rob.
McNeils 1280 # at $10 per ton. and I went on down to Argyle & got the new
Family sleigh & brought it home and in the afternoon I took Orrie & Eva
down home to West Hebron & Roscoe & Ruby went with me it was a cool
wind but not very cold it is a pretty cloudy day not very cold. we have had
quite a thaw the sleighing is good around here yet. cooler at night."
Fri. Jan 24: " I chored around
and I finished putting the saw dust on the ice & it was a job too so much
of it & I shelled some corn & it is a nice day pleasant cool but not
very cold at all."
Sat. Jan 25: " In the forenoon
after I done the chores I went over along the woods in the back meadow &
cut wood and in the afternoon I took "Dan" Horse up to Weirs &
got him sharpened and then the children & I went down to West Hebron &
got the mail and it is a beautiful winters day clear & pleasant thawed a
little good for sleighing yet getting thin in places."
Sun. Jan 26: " We didn't go to
church any of us and in the morning I drove down to West Hebron to see the
Doctor about my face and he wasn't at home so about night after I done the
chores I went down to see him again he told me to come down in the morning
& he would put on a plaster & it is a pretty cloudy day it snowed a
little warm & thawed a
little."
Mon. Jan 27: " In the morning I
went down to West Hebron & seen the Doctor about my face & he put on a
plaster & I kept it on nearly all day & it burnt terribly and the
Doctor came along about night & he stopped & took the plaster of my
face began swelling up before that a little & kept swelling & it pained
me terribly nearly all night the plaster burnt the spot so and it is a nice
pleasant day it thawed & rained last night it is very icy now it got colder
all day the wind blew from the west terribly at night. Charley Dixon came along
& we changed Gobblers & I sold him 2 more turkeys & 8 Roosters at
night he came over & got them."
Tues. Jan 28: " It is terrible
icy around here & most every place on the road & around buildings and
my face is swelled up & very sore and I got the chores done & that was
all and in the afternoon Johnnie & Mary come down awhile and about 4
o'clock I went down to West Hebron to see the Doctor about my face he said it
was doing well and I came back home & brought the clothes from Orries and
my face aches & pains me yet & is very sore. & it is a nice pleasant
day but cold & clear too the sleighing is pretty thin in places but all
sleighs yet. In the morning I found the little lamb in the water trough
drowned."
Wed. Jan 29: " My face is
swelled yet & is very sore but doesn't pain me so bad to day I don't think
I done the chores & sat around the house nearly all the day It is a nice
pleasant day some cloudy & looks some like snow but cold & very icy
yet. cold at night my face pained me at
night."
Thur. Jan 30: " In the morning
after I done the chores I went down to West Hebron & see the Doctor about
my face he says it is doing well he told me to put on a Poultice and the
children went down with me. pretty fair sleighing thin in places. and I sat
around the house & read nearly all day only when I was doing the chores
& it is a nice pleasant day thawed a very little nice winter weather only
very icy in getting around."
Fri. Jan 31: " In the morning
after I done the chores I went down to West Hebron & seen the Doctor about
my face he says it is doing well and I came back & sat around the house
nearly all day and I think my face is getting better slowly. It is a nice
pleasant day clear but cold very icy. Joe took his first load of potatoes I
guess he got back some time in the night."
Sat. Feb 1: " In the morning I
drove down to West Hebron & seen the Doctor about my face he says it is
doing well I am poulticeing it & the children went down with me & they
wanted to stay all day with Eva so I let them stay & came home & after
I done the chores at night I drove down after them my face don't seem to ache any it runs some matter I sat around
the house all day about. I churned & it is a pretty cloudy day it snowed
about a inch last night covered up the ice & it snowed some through the day
but it didn't amount to much."
Sun. Feb 2: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home & kept house and about 2 o'clock it began
raining & rained hard a while & then in a little while it got colder
& turned to snow & snowed the rest of the day quite hard & at night
the wind blew hard & it is a cloudy day warm but got colder."
Mon. Feb 3: " In the morning I
went down to West Heron to see the Doctor about my face and he took the scab or
chunk of flesh that was burnt out off & put on a dry powder & he said
it was doing well and I put up a grist & chores around & it is a
blustry day drifting some all day quite cold at night and it the sleighing is
improved quit a lot and it rather cloudy & snowed a little not much."
Tues. Feb 4: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took a grist down to West Hebron & seen the
Doctor about my face he says it is doing well he thinks it (the sore) is
healing up nicely now. (I hope so) it don't pain me & I brought the grist
home with me and it is a nice day only it is cold & some windy it is some cloudy
& looks some like a snow storm it did snow some last night Roscoe was sick
to his stomach & vomited but seemed well in the morning & through the
day. I chored around put up part of a nother grist & shelled some corn
& churned."
Wed. Feb 5: " In the forenoon I
drew a jag of oat straw over to the horse barn and I took the horses up to the
shop at Weirs & got them shawd and it is a nice pleasant day but cold clear
it didn't thaw much to day nice sleighing now again and in the afternoon I took
a grist down to West Hebron & the children went with me & I left the
grist and I seen the Doctor about my face & he said it was doing well. cold
at night."
Thur. Feb 6: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & then I started for Glens Falls &
sold 1 load of potatoes to a Mr. Hall at Bakers Falls and 100 bu to J. Powers
at Glens Falls & 2 loads to Mr. McIntosh at Glens Falls & 1 load to
Collins & Bush I am to take a bbl of Flour from the last place and 2 loads
were sold for Joe and I got home about 1 o'clock & it is fine sleighing all
the way snow is not deep but lots of ice and it is a nice pleasant day but very
cold it thawed just a little in the sun against the buildings cold winter
weather. my face I think is getting better the sore spot is healing up I
think."
Fri. Feb 7: " In the forenoon I
chored around & cut some wood in cord wood & some limbs in stove wood
and in the afternoon I went over in the back meadow along the woods & cut
some wood & quit early & done the chores & drove down to West
Hebron & got the clothes & mail & seen the Doctor about my face he
said it was all right he thought as soon as the scab came off & I paid him
& it is a nice day only cold but clear & pleasant."
Sat. Feb 8: " In the morning I
cut some wood at the door into cord wood & some limbs into stove wood &
then we all went down to Orries a visiting at West Hebron it was the first time
that we took the babe out and it is nice sleighing pretty cold & snowed
some to cold to draw potatoes and it is a nice day only cloudy & snowed
pretty hard about night but cleared off at night not very cold."
Sun. Feb 9: " Georgia &
Ruby & Roscoe went to church & they heard a sermon by Mr. Willard
McEachron & his text was 2nd Corinthians the 5 chapter & the 19 verse
& I stayed at home & kept the babe she was very good and it is a nice
day not very cold only some windy & some cloudy it thawed a little seems
cooler at night"
Mon. Feb 10: " In the morning I
got up early and done the chores and then loaded up a load of potatoes &
took them out to Glens Falls 58 bu. at 75¢ per bu and Albert took a load out
too. we went in company his horse got down & I helped to draw him up the
Hill & he had to onload in two places for that reason we didn't get home
till after dark it is fine sleighing around here pretty good all the way but
getting thin some places in the villages and it is a nice pleasant day not very
cold & clear & a fine day thawed some."
Tues. Feb 11: " In the morning
after I done the chores I loaded up a load of potatoes & took them out to
Sandy Hill 53 bu at 75¢ per bu. and I didn't get started till after 11 o'clock
it was so cold and I got home before sun down & it is a nice pleasant day
only cold it is fine sleighing the snow didn't waste much to-day."
Wed. Feb 12: " In the morning
after I done the chores we all went up to Johnnies a visiting & came home
early and after I done the chores at night I cut a little wood & limbs at
the door & it is a beautiful day clear & pleasant but cold air snow
didn't waste much. fine sleighing"
Thur. Feb 13:" In the forenoon
I went over in the back meadow & cut some wood along the woods & got
nearly done and in the afternoon I drawed wood from there over to the house 3
loads and it is a nice clear day but cold north wind cold winters day."
Fri. Feb 14: " In the morning
after I done the chores I drove down to West Hebron & got a grist that I
had down there & got the mail too. & then I drawed 2 loads of wood from
over in the big meadow and in the afternoon Mrs. Lindsay, Georgia & Ruby
went to church & they heard a sermon by Mr. Steward of Salem & Roscoe
& I kept the baby and when they came back I went over by the woods in the
big meadow & got a nother load of wood that makes all of it now and it is a
beautiful day some warmer thawed some but colder at night. good sleighing
around here."
Sat. Feb 15: " In the morning I
done the chores & then I cut wood into cord wood and limbs into stove wood
and in the afternoon Georgia, Ruby & Winnie went to church and heard a
sermon by some young minister & Roscoe & I kept the babe & when
they came back (but they went down to West Hebron & got the mail) I cut
some wood at the door. & it is a beautiful day clear & it thawed quite
a lot on the main road in the middle of the day. It don't thaw any only where
the sun strikes. fine sleighing around here . cold nights"
Sun. Feb 16: " Georgia &
Albert went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. Steward of Salem and it
was Sacrament Sabbath & Ruby, Roscoe & I stayed at home & kept the
babe and it is a beautiful day thawed some in the middle of the day it got
cloudy about night & looked some like a storm warmer too."
Mon. Feb 17: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took the clothes down to Orries at West Hebron &
I went in to see the Doctor about my face. He washed it off (the sore) he said
it was nearly healed over he gave me an ointment to rub on & when I came
back it was snowing quite fast in a little it let up a little & I cut wood
at the door till noon."
Tues. Feb 18: " In the morning
after I done the chores & got the paths shoveled out I hitched up the team
and drove over nearly all the beat it was drifted pretty bad some places but
the snow was light & loose the horses wallowed through deep snow it snowed
a lot last night I think where the snow fell even it was 6 or 8 inches deep. & the rest of the day I cut
cord wood at the door & limbs into stove wood and I fixed a place down in
the barn cellar for part of the pigs I have decided to fatten 4 of the largest
pigs and it is a nice day only cloudy & wind blew some not very cold but
didn't thaw much."
Wed. Feb 19: " In the forenoon
after I done the chores I cut wood in cord wood at the door & limbs in to
stove wood and Albert came up & helped me to put 4 of the best pigs in by
themselves for to fatten and in the afternoon I drove up to Belcher & took
the box of butter & went to see John Kane about sawing out wood he was down
at West Hebron so I drove down to see him he can't can't come till the last of
the week he thinks & when I came back I cut wood at the door & it is a
nice pleasant day got colder at night pleasant & thawed a very little on
the south side of buildings it is terrible hard going on the cross roads
drifted very bad."
Thur. Feb 20: "In the forenoon
I cut wood at the door & I got the wood & the limbs all cut up in stove
wood & Johnnie & Mary came along Mary stopped & Johnnie went on
business when he came back he stopped awhile & got dinner and in the
afternoon the children & I went down to West Hebron & got the clothes
& mail & it is a nice pleasant day cold & clear fine winter weather
the roads are getting beat out some nice sleighing"
Fri. Feb 21: " In the morning
after I done the chores I loaded up a load of potatoes & took a load out to
Sandy Hill 57 bu at 75¢ per bu. and it was good fine sleighing all the way to
much sleighing part of the way. it was about dark when I got home and it is a
pretty cloudy day & got warmer."
Sat. Feb 22: " In the forenoon
I chored around put on insect powder on part of the lambs and put up a grist
& shelled some corn and chores around and in the afternoon I took a grist
down to West Hebron & got part of it back home and it is a nice warm day some cloudy thawed a little but got
colder about night wind in the north. fine sleighing around here."
Sun. Feb 23: " Ruby, Roscoe,
Winnie Lindsay & I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron
& his text was Isaiah the 7 chapter & the first clause of the 4 verse
and Georgia stayed at home with the babe and it is a beautiful day clear &
warmer cold in the morning but got warmer & thawed some. nice
sleighing."
Mon. Feb 24: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & Albert came up & helped me &
we got the Hay rack on the Sleigh & went out to Glens Falls & hunted up
a load of barrels there & Sandy Hill & Fort Edward and we got home
about dark & made a long day of it. the sleighing is good around here but
it is getting poor in places in the villages & it is a nice pleasant day
clear & warm it thawed some to day. At night John Kane the saw machine came
here but the men went home."
Tues. Feb 25: " In the morning John & Roy Kane came to
saw our wood & Albert Lindsay came up to help me to hand on & we got it
all sawed about 3 o'clock and then Albert & I drawed over two jags of Hay
from the shed to the horse barn and Uncle Tom H came along & stopped for
dinner & helped us to hand on some wood and it is a nice pleasant day some
cloudy & thawed quite a lot sleighing is good around here yet."
Wed. Feb 26: " In the morning
& last night it rained & is very sloppy but it partly cleared off and
we all went down to West Hebron to Mrs. Powells a visiting & we went in a
sleigh and it thawed a lot & the sleighing was poor in places coming home
and it is a pretty cloudy day but warm thawed a lot the water is running in the
road quite bad in places."
Thurs. Feb 27: " In the
forenoon I went up to Mr. John A. Robinsons & got some lumber a small load
500 ft of plank & about 200 ft of 2 X 4s at $15 per ____ and I took some
plank down in the little meadow for a bridge and drawed a few rails up along
the bottom of the round hill & fallow. and in the afternoon I shelled some
corn & measured up some oats & drew the ashes over in the back meadow.
& it is a beautiful day clear & pleasant & warm the snow is going
fast to-day sleighing is getting poor in places. all sleighs yet."
Fri. Feb 28: " In the morning
Albert came up & helped me to draw Horse manure over in the back meadow
& we drawed 7 loads big loads it was very soft sloppy & wet the snow is
getting off the fields only where it is drifted and we quit about 3 o'clock
& it came on rain but didn't rain much till about night & then it
rained right down hard the sleighing is gone so they tell me on the main road 1
wagon went by me have had fine sleighing for 2 months no wagons either between
times. I mean. warm as spring."
Sat. Mar 1: " In the morning I
split some wood and Everett Williamson & his folks (all but Cortland) &
Orrie & Eva came here a visiting & Orrie, Eva & Lucy stayed all
night and after they went home I cleaned out the hog pen & drawed over two
jags of oat straw to the horse barn and it rained a lot last night & we had
a terrible hard Thunder Shower very heavy thunder and the sleighing is
demoralized wagons now and it is very bad traveling now I sent down with Albert
after the mail it is warm & the snow is leaving very fast water is very
high."
Sun. Mar 2: " It is a very
rainy day we all stayed at home & didn't go to church and the old white sow
1 of them had pigs 10 of them it is some cooler but warm & thawing all the
time a very wet & nasty time It rained nearly all day steady & very
hard by times the rain has made bad roads I fear."
Mon. Mar 3:" In the morning
after I done the chores I took Orrie & Eva & Lucy down to West Hebron
& took the clothes & it is very bad going muddy & bad wash outs in
the road in places and I came back by the up the road way & warned the
folks out on the road & in the afternoon we went down below Barkleys &
tired to fix the road the best we could under the circumstances and then I
split wood at the door awhile & then done the chores. & it is a cool
cloudy day but not frooze any yet some cooler at night."
Tues. Mar 4: " I split wood
nearly all day at the door only when I was doing the chores & it is a
beautiful day it acts like spring in earnest it is muddy some cooler at night.
the other sow had 5 pigs but 1 was dead only saved 4 and the lambs are coming
now"
Wed. Mar 5: " I split wood all
forenoon & part of the afternoon or till it came on snow about 3 o'clock
& it snowed & blowed very hard till night & kept it right up &
it is colder wind is in the north we are having a young blizzard in earnest I
am about sick with head ache"
Thur. Mar 6: " In the morning
after I done the chores I put up some oats but first I drove down below the
woods & down to the school house & broke through the drifts it is all
piled in heaps nearly it snowed quite a lot last night but was clear in the
morning & was a beautiful day pleasant & thawed some In the afternoon I
took a small grist & 25 bu of oats down to West Hebron & the children
went along & I sold the oats for 55¢ per bu. and it was terrible going
drifts 6 ft deep in places & then all bare ground for rods quite cold at
night. lambs are coming quite freely now 1 pr of twins came last night 1 died
& a pair this afternoon don't know but both will die nice big lambs
too."
Fri. Mar 7: " I chored around
at one thing & another all day & am not feeling very well Jude cow had
a calf and it keeps me ½ half the time doing the chores watching the sheep
& lambs feeding Hogs & pigs etc. and it is a beautiful day warmer &
thawed quite a lot some colder at night."
Sat. Mar 8: " In the forenoon I
chored around at one thing & another and in the afternoon I went down to
West Hebron & got the mail & it was Town Caucus there & a lively
time too it was about dark when I got home Henry Welsh got the Delegates by
about 27 majority and 1 more lamb came it is hard wheeling no mistake it is a
nice day some cloudy it snowed some at night."
Sun. Mar 9: " I went to church
alone & I heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was Matthew the 5
chapter & the 42 verse & Georgia & the children stayed at home
& kept house & it is a terrible nasty day it snowed all day &
pretty hard part of the day but didn't accumulate any it thawed as it came
about & Betsey cow had a calf in the night."
Mon. Mar 10: " In the forenoon
I chored around at one thing & another and in the afternoon I split wood
most of the time when I wasn't doing the chores and it is a beautiful day
cleared off warm & it thawed quite a lot and it is very hard going now mud
& snow another lamb came in the morning."
Tues. Mar 11: " I split wood
nearly all day on the wood pile & carried some chunks into the wagon house
& piled them up . and it is a beautiful day clear & pleasant & warm
thawed a lot very muddy after dark it came on rain At night Joe Lindsay came up
& hired the place of me I find him fire wood & let him have the little
meadow pasture 2 cows for $50 to be paid in work when I need him. N. B.
In the morning I went up to the back woods & got a little cord wood
that was cut & cut a few poles & took them & some stakes down in
the pasture field & drew a load of rails along the swamp."
Wed. Mar 12: " I split wood on
the wood pile nearly all day only when I was doing chores & I got pretty
near done. and I carried some chunks into the wagon house and it is a nother
beautiful day warm pleasant & clear & the snow is leaving very fast
soon will be all bare ground it acts like spring in earnest Georgia says she
heard a robin to night warm as April weather."
Thur. Mar 13: " In the forenoon
Albert came up & he helped me to wring the pigs & then I went up to the
woods with him & showed him where to cut some wood and then when I came
back I finished spliting my wood at the door and in the afternoon I went down
to West Hebron & got the mail & Ruby & Roscoe went with me & it
got colder & began raining wind was in the north and the rain turned to
snow at night & began freezing & got colder wind blew from the north
& we are having a nother blizzard at 9 o'clock at night."
Fri. Mar 14: " In the forenoon
I chored around a one thing & another & in the afternoon I went up to
the back woods & cut some brush & when I came to the house I sawed up
the rest of the scattered wood and chored around the other sow had 6 pigs all alive and it acts like spring indeed
warm but frooze some last night terrible going."
Sat. Mar 15: " In the morning I
chored around Old Spot had a calf & then we all went down to West Hebron a
visiting at Orries we drove both horses & broke the harness twice & it
is terrible going but drying up in places where there is no water in the road
& it is a beautiful day clear & warm too the snow is nearly all gone
some banks yet to be sure along the fences."
Sun. Mar 16: " Roscoe & I
went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was John
the 2 chapter & the 10 verse and Ruby & Georgia stayed at home &
kept the baby and it is very muddy. Little Howards sheep had twin lambs both
smart too. it is a pretty cloudy day rained some not much very muddy yet."
Mon. Mar 17: " It rained last
night quite a lot I think and in the forenoon I fixed some fence around places
and in the afternoon Albert came up & helped me awhile we put away the
sleighs & fixed 2 lots of pigs & then put on the Hay Rack & drawed
over a load of straw & a load of Hay to the horse barn and then I chored
around till night and it is a nice pleasant day warm & cleared off nice
& it is very hard going the frost was all out when I sat posts."
Tues. Mar 18: " In the forenoon
after I got the chores done I went up to Will Murdocks & took a load of
mooving from the Armstrong place to the Hall Farm and it was terrible going.
froozen up but let the horses through in places and in the afternoon I laid the
rail fence up that the snow & water washed down up along the old orchard
& I had to carry some of the rails up the hill and I sat the stakes &
didn't find hardly any frost and it is a cold raw windy & squally day but
thawed enough to make it very muddy in the afternoon. Bess cow had a calf last
night."
Wed. Mar 19: " In the forenoon
I chored around & it began snowing & was cold and snowed & blowed
nearly all day & it acts like a young blizzard and it is cold too wind in
the north & blew terrible and it didn't snow very much 2 inches or so &
blew all in drifts."
Thur. Mar 20: " In the morning
after I done the chores I went up above Belcher & took a load of stove wood
down to West Hebron for Mrs. Powell and got home about 2 o'clock and it began
snowing again to day about 10 o'clock & was warmer & thawed about as it
came terrible nasty day
I chored around when I got back. Old Bridle
cow had a calf rained some at night mud again. Potatoes has took a jump again
at Salem 78¢ yesterday."
Fri. Mar 21: " In the forenoon
I chored around & sorted some seed potatoes and in the afternoon I went
down to West Hebron & got the mail and it is very muddy & hard going we
cut the rest of the pigs warm & pleasant all thawing out again"
Sat. Mar 22: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & loaded up a load of potatoes and took
them down to Salem 36 bu at 76¢ per bu & Albert Lindsay went with a load
also and it is terrible hard going very soft & muddy but pleasant &
warm too the snow banks are nearly gone it acts like spring in earnest."
Sun. Mar 23: " Roscoe & I
went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was
Matthew the 12 chapter & part of 3 verses I have forgotten which ones and
Georgia & Ruby stayed at home & kept the babe. & it is a beautiful
day clear pleasant & warm but very muddy & hard going. 1 more lamb
came."
Mon. Mar 24: " In the forenoon
I chored around and tapped the trees but the frost is all out I guess they
didn't run very good only a while in the morning it frooze a little last night
and in the afternoon I fixed some fence & chored around and it is a nice
pleasant day warm but a cold wind cool at night. snow bank nearly gone."
Tues. Mar 25: " In the morning
after I done the chores Johnnie & Mary came down & Johnnie & I went
out to Sandy Hill to the County Convention at 1 o'clock & we never got away
till just sun down & Henry Welch of Hebron got the Nomination for County
Treasurer and I stopped at Fort Edward & left the Horse & took the cars
I went up to Glens Falls & sold my pigs 4 at 7½¢ and it is a beautiful day
clear & warm the roads are getting dusty it is Spring I guess. It was after
8 o'clock when we got home."
Wed. Mar 26: " In the morning
after I done the chores I loaded up a load of potatoes & took them out to
Sandy Hill 41 bu at 75¢ per bu & got 11 bbls and I got home before sun down
pretty good roads now. and some people are ploughing I guess we are going to
have spring right away it is warm too drying up very fast."
Thur. Mar 27: " In the forenoon
I fixed fence up along the big Hill and carried some water in the Kettle for to
butcher and in the afternoon Joe came up & we killed the pigs 4 of them
& then I chored around & after I done the chores I put up part of a
load of potatoes in bags and it is warm & some cloudy some warmer."
Fri. Mar 28: " In the morning I
got up early and done the chores & put on a small load of potatoes &
the pigs & Albert came up & went along and we went along and we left
the potatoes at Sandy Hill at 75¢ per bu & took the pigs 4 of them up to
Glens Falls 417 # @ 7½¢ per # and I brought home some barrels and got home
before sun down and it is a beautiful day some cloudy & warm roads are
getting pretty good nearly all the way."
Sat. Mar 29: " In the forenoon
I went down to West Hebron & met a man there on business and got home rather
late and in the afternoon I chored around and it is very wet to day it rained a
lot last night grass looks green and is growing warm as summer it cleared of at
night not very cold either about 55º"
Sun. Mar 30: " Roscoe, Ruby
& I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & the text
was 1st Corinthians the 15th chapter & the 35 verse and we came home at
noon roads are very muddy again bad holes too. & Georgia stayed at home
with the babe and it is a nice pleasant day warm snow banks are just gone."
Mon. Mar 31: " In the morning
Joe came up & went at shearing the sheep and I done up the wool &
chored around about all day and he got over 30 shore and it is windy &
squally snowed a little now & then but thawed away the snow banks have all
disappeared and it looks as though we were going to have a back set."
Tues. Apr 1: " Joe came up
& finished the sheep he got done at night & before noon he killed 2
hogs for Bert McDougall he killed them here & I helped him & Albert and
I done up the wool & chored around In the morning 2 pr. of twins came and
it is a cloudy & cool day rained a little toward night. Foggy in the
morning & frooze a little last night Lester Guthrie came & got 6 pigs
at ($15) & James E. McClellan got 2 @ ($5)"
Wed. Apr 2: " In the forenoon I
chored around & fixed some fence up above the orchard and about noon Morg.
Peacraft came along & took 3 calves at 5½¢ and in the afternoon we got the
Creamary ready for the milk and I chored around & went down to Joes &
cut some brush & trees & tore the fence down along the road and it is a
pretty cloudy cool & windy raw day bad weather on the sheep."
Thur. Apr 3: " In the forenoon
I went down to the lower place & tore down the rest of the board fence
along the road & cut the rest of the brush & sat 1 big post. and in the
afternoon I chored around & then Roscoe & I went down to West Hebron
& got the mail & it is a cool windy & cloudy day backward some are
plowing."
Fri. Apr 4: " In the forenoon I
sowed the grass seed on the rye in the field cross from the barn 5½ A. and in
the afternoon I started the plow down in the lower fallow and it is plenty
moist yet. and it is a cool cloudy & raw day I have to keep the sheep &
lambs shut in all the time about and I weaned 5 of the pigs & it is cool
bad roads yet in places."
Sat. Apr 5: " In the forenoon I
plowed down in the lower fallow and it is a good cool time for it & in the
afternoon I went down to West Hebron & went up on the Hill & got a load
of sawdust and the children went down with me and it is a little warmer but
keeps cloudy most of the time snow on the mountains yet."
Sun. Apr 6: " Georgia &
Ruby & Roscoe went to church & heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and I
stayed at home & kept house & the baby and it is a nice pleasant day
some warmer and drying up fast but the wind is cold in the north."
Mon. Apr 7: " In the morning I
got up early & sowed the grass seed up on top of the hill back of the barn
and then done the chores & in the forenoon I plowed down in the lower
fallow & at noon I onloaded the saw dust & then I plowed down in the
same field and after the children got home from school Georgia & they went
down to West Hebron & got 2 pr of shoes & Ruby & Roscoe went to
school to-day for the first they seem to like it. It is cloudy & cool to
cold enough to snow."
Tues. Apr 8: " In the forenoon
I went down to West Hebron & took 32 bu of oats at 53¢ per bu. and got a
Land Roller & brought it home and the roads were in a terrible condition to
roll a roller over part way at least and & in the afternoon I went up on
top of the hill & rolled the rye or seed in and gathered some of the
largest stone and it is a cloudy day & cold too. & very windy wind is
in the Northeast acts like snow."
Wed. Apr 9: " I chored around
all day at one thing & another measured up the seed oats & it rained
now & then all day & very hard part of the time cloudy day & cool
grass begins to look green I also went
down & made a new bar way down between the cow pasture & lower
fallow."
Thur. Apr 10: " In the morning
I went out to plow but it came on rain again so had to quit got pretty near
done down in the lower fallow and in the afternoon Roscoe & I went down to
West Hebron & got the mail and it is a pretty cloudy day & cool too and
it is a wet nasty time no mistake. cool."
Fri. Apr 11: " In the forenoon
I went down & finished plowing in the lower fallow & began on the side
Hill in the upper fallow & in the afternoon I plowed down on the side hill
& it is a cool & cloudy day the ground is plenty wet for plowing
too."
Sat. Apr 12: " I plowed nearly
all day down on the side hill in the fallow and I got done down there &
then I drawed off some stone from both pieces that I had plowed and stumps and
it is a nother cloudy & cool day backward weather in earnest and I turned
the sheep out (in the orchard) that had lambs and it was cool too some
grass."
Sun. Apr 13: " Ruby &
Georgia went to church & they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & they
came home at noon and Roscoe & I stayed at home with the baby and kept
house and it is a windy & cold day for time of year this year any way &
cloudy too the roads are drying up
again but very rough."
Mon. Apr 14: " In the forenoon
I finished plowing down in the lower fallow along the road & got the oat
ground all plowed now & in the afternoon I sowed the oats down in the lower
fallow and began dragging some with 3 horses and it is a nice day cloudy but
cleared off about night & was cold too."
Tues. Apr 15: " In the morning
I sowed the rest of the oats and then dragged till I got done & it took nearly
all day & Albert came up & helped me to draw over a load of Hay from
the shed to the Horse barn and it is was cold last night Frooze pretty hard in
the morning but was warmer through the day it was clear & pleasant it seems
good to see the sun again. The sheep that has lambs are out on grass every day
such as it is."
Wed. Apr 16: " I rolled the
oats all in & gathered of most of the stone & it took nearly all day
about night when I got done I drew 2 jags of manure up on the corn ground and
it is a pretty cloudy & cool day grass don't grow very fast."
Thur. Apr 17: " In the forenoon
I drew manure up on top of the hill in the Fallow and in the afternoon I began
plowing up on top of the Hill in the fallow and Georgia, Ruby & Roscoe went
down to West Hebron & got the mail and it is a cool day some pleasant at
night James Louie came here to do some papering & painting. Mrs. Lindsay
kept the babe."
Fri. Apr 18: " In the forenoon
I plowed up on top of the Hill in the fallow and in the afternoon I drawed
manure up on top of the hill and it is a nice pleasant day clear but cool
nights Mr. Louie papered all day Georgia, Ruby & Roscoe drove up to Belcher
& Mrs.. Lindsay kept the baby."
Sat. Apr 19: " I plowed all day
up on top of the hill in the fallow for corn and Mr. Louie papered &
painted all day and at night I took him down to West Hebron & got the mail
Georgia in fact all the Family but me have very bad colds Roscoe has the croup
sometimes."
Sun. Apr 20: " I went to church
alone & I heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was Galations the
2nd chapter & the 20 verse & I came home at noon it was raining some
& rained for about 2 hours not very hard and was cool too. The rest of the
folks stayed at home & they all have bad colds too. it is a cloudy dark day.
roads are rough."
Mon. Apr 21: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & then went out to Fort Edward & got
some wire fence 100 rods that was Shipped from Schuylerville for me from I. W.
Meader 60 rods at 35¢ per rod & 40 rods at 30¢ per rod and I got home at
noon about & in the afternoon I plowed up on top of the hill in the fallow
and it rained some before night awhile and it is a pretty cloudy day it didn't
rain much yesterday or last night."
Tues. Apr 22: " In the forenoon
I finished plowing up on top of the hill in the fallow & drew of some stone
& then went down on or around round hill & fixed up the fence some what
& in the afternoon I went down to the lower place along the road & dug
some post holes and went up back in the sheep pasture & tore down some old
board fence and dug some post holes & Morg Peacraft came along & took
Georgia's calf weight 110 # @ 5½¢ per # & it is warmer to day & cleared
of warm as summer Hot in the afternoon grass had ought to grow now."
Wed. Apr 23: " In the morning
Joe came up & we went at building the new wire fence down along the road on
the lower place & we got it all up in good shape before night a little and
it is a nice pleasant day some warmer
grass looks to be growing now the children have the Whooping cough now Roscoe
has it the worst now we built about
rods of fence of the 9 strand wire fence. Rods below the barn & rods above."
Thur. Apr 24: " In the morning
Joe came up & we went up in the back sheep field & built wire fence
between McGeoch & me & we got done it was late noon we built about rods of the 8 strand wire fence & in
the afternoon we went over in the back meadow & built wire fence along the
woods it was a mean rough place to work but we got about done & it was late
too we built about rods of the 8
wire strand and it is a nice day warmer."
Fri. Apr 25: " In the morning
after I done the chores I loaded up a small load of potatoes & took them
down to Salem 35 bu at 95¢ per bu. and I bought a new Family carriage &
brought it home of Frank Wright for $75 with Thills & pole and I got home
about 5 o'clock and it is a pretty cloudy day some cooler. quite a lot of
potatoes going to market now."
Sat. Apr 26: " It rained the
fore part & latter part of the day & after night Thunder Showers it
rained a lot & was warm too and I chored around & drawed 3 load of
manure over in the back meadow & finished the lien fence and it is a warm
day sheep got fairly washed off I guess. Roscoe has the Whooping cough pretty
hard."
Sun. Apr 27: " We didn't go to
church any of us so all stayed at home & kept house in the afternoon Mary
came down awhile & Roscoe is about sick to day I think he has a cold with
the Whooping cough and it is a cloudy & cool west wind & drying day it
got colder after the showers last night it rained quite a lot I guess I guess
Ruby has the Whooping Cough too. but not near as bad as Roscoe."
Mon. Apr 28: " I drawed manure
all day over in the big meadow and fixed some fence around the same field &
at night I put the sheep in there and I got 10 loads over on the meadow heavy
drawing it is warm or hot it is drying up fast. & Roscoe is about sick the
Whooping cough and in the afternoon Georgia took him went down to see the
Doctor & got some medicine."
Tues. Apr 29: " In the forenoon
I drew manure over in the back meadow got over 5 loads in the afternoon I went
up & fixed fence around the sheep field & then I put the cows down in
the swamp for the first good feed too & then I went over in the back meadow
& burned part of the brush along the woods & Roscoe doesn't feel very
well part of the time to-day and it is a nice warm day it got cloudy about
night & began raining after dark and it is warm grass is growing fast
now."
Wed. Apr 30: " In the forenoon
about 10 o'clock I went out to Fort Edward & got my Phosphate 1000 # my
wire fence 5 bundles 40 rods in each bundle & 100 # keg of staples &
brought it as far as the foot of McEachrons Hill I left of 7 bags of the
Phosphate and it was very warm the horses sweat very much & I never got
home till after 6 o'clock & Joe Lindsay had a sick Horse & he died and
about 7 o'clock a Thunder shower came up & it thundered very loud &
rained a lot. It is warm fine growing time children are doing pretty well we
think we think the babe has it now."
Thur. May 1: " In the morning I
went down to the foot of McEachrons hill & got the Phosphate that I left
yesterday & then I went down & fixed fence around the lower swamp ready
to turn out the calves or yearlings now and in the afternoon I drawed 2 loads
of manure over in the back meadow & it was so wet & soft I quit &
went at plowing sod over there it plowed very good but plenty wet & in the
afternoon Ruby & Roscoe & Georgia went down to West Hebron & got
the mail & it is pretty cloudy the ground is very wet now & it rained a
lot yesterday."
Fri. May 2: " In the forenoon I
drawed some manure over on the back meadow & then plowed some over there
and in the afternoon I plowed over in the same field and it is plenty wet too.
nice plowing and it is a nice pleasant
day warm grass looks good but don't grow very fast the children are getting
along very well cough very badly"
Sat. May 3: " In the forenoon I
chored around at one thing and another and put the yearlings down in the lower
swamp for good and in the afternoon I went over in the back meadow took a load
of manure & plowed till most night then done the chores & drove down to
West Hebron & got the mail and it is a pretty cloudy day but warm didn't
rain very much but keeps wet no sun to dry off."
Sun. May 4: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home & the children are feeling pretty well
coughing quite hard yet but are getting along nicely we think and it is a
pretty cloudy day"
Mon. May 5: " In the forenoon I
dragged the corn ground over up on top of the hill in the fallow and done it
with all 3 horses and in the afternoon I drew 1 load of manure over on the back
meadow & some hay over to the horse barn & then went at marking out the
corn ground up on top of the hill in the fallow & got it done one way &
it is a nice day cleared off & was some cooler at night but clear."
Tues. May 6: " In the forenoon
I finished marking out the corn ground & began planting corn up on top of
the hill in the fallow and in the afternoon I planted corn with a planter and
it was in grand shape to plant It is a nice pleasant day looked some like rain
at night. & did rain some at night I put up some oats."
Wed. May 7: " In the forenoon I
planted corn with a planter up on top of the hill in the fallow & the
planter played out & in the afternoon I finished planting corn & I had
to plant the rest with a hoe and then I put up some oats & then I took the
oats down to West Hebron 48 bu at 55¢ per bu & I took a small grist & I
was rather late getting my chores done and it is very windy day but warm it got
colder at night wind got in the west."
Thur. May 8: " I drawed manure
nearly all day over in the back meadow 9 loads & I burned the brush along
the woods and we put the cows down in the cow pasture not very much grass
either but our hay is nearly exhausted and it is a nice day only very cool for
time of year backward now. The children don't get along very fast."
Fri. May 9: " In the morning
Albert came up & worked for me to day all day he plowed over in the back
meadow & drew 2 loads over there also & in the forenoon I planted my
young apple trees. & then put up the crow twine on the corn in the
afternoon I went out to Sandy Hill & took a box of butter prints &
contracted it at the Union Grocery Co. store. Mr. Hall is boss I get 20¢ cash
& 21¢ for all we trade out for 1 year The children don't feel very well
Etta Helped Georgia."
Sat. May 10: " It frooze pretty
hard last night & was very cold indeed In the forenoon I drew manure over
on the back meadow and in the afternoon I drew 1 load of manure & then
plowed over in the back meadow & it was a very cold day but pleasant some
windy about night Georgia drove down to West Hebron & got the mail and the
children don't feel very good cough terribly."
Sun. May 11: " We didn't go to
church so we all stayed at home & kept house Roscoe & the baby don't
get along very well with the Whooping cough Roscoe seems to have a bad cold
too. & about night I took him down to West Hebron to see the Doctor he gave
him some medicine and he is stuffed all up & has a fever with it. & it
is cold weather for the time of year windy too Drying up fast & in the
afternoon Johnnie & Mary came down awhile."
Mon. May 12: " In the forenoon
I dragged one end of the back meadow and in the afternoon I marked it out one
way and then drawed a load of manure back there & it is a nice day only
very cool grass isn't growing any now. appearently."
Tues. May 13: " In the morning
Albert came up & we planted
potatoes all day about over in the back meadow and I marked out some the other
way in the morning & we are putting on Fertilizer & Robert Cuthbert
came along & I sold him my wool at 16¢ per # to be delivered at North
Argyle May 24 & it is a nice pleasant day but cool & windy too."
Wed. May 14: " In the morning
Albert came up & we planted potatoes all day about over in the back meadow
and in the morning I marked out some the other way and it is a nice pleasant
day warmer but cold nights the children are doing pretty well we think."
Thur. May 15: " I plowed all
day over in the back meadow for potatoes & I took 2 loads of manure and it
is a good day to plow quite cool & the ground is getting dry hard plowing
in places grass don't seem to grow a bit"
Fri. May 16: " I plowed nearly
all day over in the back meadow for potatoes and I took over 2 loads of manure
and Will Randles & another man came along & I traded my old wheel rake
& Mowing machine for a new rake & mower by paying $45 difference and it
is some warmer to day pleasant but cold nights leaves have started & don't
come no further for nearly 10 days apple trees are in blossom some of
them."
Sat. May 17: " In the morning I
went over back & began plowing & had hardly begun till big bang struck
a stone & broke my plow in two parts so then had to come to the house &
went down to West Hebron & traded the broken one for a new one by giving 9
Dollars only allowing me 1 Dollar for the broken one & I drove on down to
Salem & got Georgias soap & chair & and I got home a little after
noon & in the afternoon I went over & plowed in the back meadow &
got done there all done now the new plow works good. & it is a nice
pleasant day warm in day time but cool nights."
Sun. May 18: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home & kept house and it is a nice day some or
quite warm through the day pleasant too & about night Johnnie & Mary
came down awhile the children are getting on fairly well Roscoe is not coughing
so hard as he was."
Mon. May 19: " In the forenoon
I went over in the big meadow & dragged with 3 horses & I got done it
came on rain about 11 o'clock I got over it once & came to the house and it
rained a little or drizzled till about 4 o'clock & then I took 1 horse
& went over in the back meadow & marked out most of the piece one way
it was a little wet but not bad dry dirt under the sods & after dinner I
cut a few seed potatoes & chored around & it was a warm rain &
grass looks nice now but it didn't rain much."
Tues. May 20: " In the morning
Albert came up & we planted potatoes over in the back meadow nearly all day
in the morning I finished marking out one way on the big piece and then marked
out some the other way & we are putting on Fertilizer but it got so windy
in the afternoon we quit useing it. It got colder to day after the rain &
it is drying up the ground dry as ever about."
Wed. May 21: " Albert & I
planted potatoes nearly all day over in the back meadow I finished marking out
the big piece and it is some warmer pleasant too but cold nights & rather
windy ground is very dusty & dry."
Thur. May 22: " Albert & I
planted potatoes all day over in the back meadow and in the morning I marked
the corner out both ways and we didn't get quite done all but about ½ of the
corner and it is a warm day Hot we could sweat all right to-day it is very dry
too at night it looked like rain a little."
Fri. May 23: " In the morning I
loaded up what potatoes there were & took them and some Butter out to Sandy
Hill Butter at 21¢ in trade & potatoes 21 bu at 90¢ per bu. and I got a bbl
of Flour & some barrels and I got home about 3 o'clock it was very hot
& when I got home I went over in the back meadow & planted the rest of
the potatoes all done planting now and it is a pleasant day & hot the first
hot day we have had yet & at night it looked like rain & we had a
Thunder shower & did rain quite a lot after dark & I took a cow over to
Will Crosier's bull."
Sat. May 24: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took the wool down to North Argyle 269 # @ 16½¢ per #
and Roscoe went along and I took a small grist down to North Argyle &
couldn't get it ground so brought it home and then drawed a load of rails over
back and in the afternoon I chored around & wasn't feeling very well. &
Georgia & the babe & Mrs. Lindsay drove up to Belcher and we had a
heavy Thunder shower it rained a lot it is a fine growing time no mistake now.
warm & moist. grass is looking good it had gotten very dry before the
rain."
Sun. May 25: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home and kept house the babe is not feeling very well
to day the Whooping cough is useing her a little rough Ruby is not much better
but Roscoe is some better guess don't cough so much as he did & it is a
nice warm day but cloudy everything had ought to grow now."
Mon. May 26: " In the forenoon
I piled up manure in the barn yard & scraped it or part of it and in the
afternoon I fixed up the yard below the shed & put the hog trough in shape
& made a spout to pour swill & put the pigs or shoats out in the yard
and chored around and it is a nice day but kept cloudy but warm grass is
growing fast now rye is stretching right up nearly all headed out. at night it
rained again I churned once."
Tues. May 27: " In the forenoon
I chored around churned 2 times and it rained all the time from about 7 o'clock
& rained quite smart a grand good steady rain warm too. good grass
weather."
Wed. May 28: " In the forenoon
I went down to Salem & got the pole for the new wagon & took a grist to
West Hebron and when I got home I chored around & it began & rained
part of the time and it is a wet time & cold rain too I brought the horses
in at night. grass Rye & Oats look nice now"
Thur. May 29: " In the forenoon
I chored around & threw some wood into the wood shed and in the afternoon I
went up to Oscar Chapmans & put up some wire fence up above Belcher 13 rods
& had the posts to put in & braces all to make also and it is a cool
day but was fair most of the day cool wind."
Fri. May 30: " In the forenoon
I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 72 # and got home a little after noon and
when I got dinner I went up on top of the hill & took the Twine of the corn
and chored around & threw some wood
into the wood shed. and it is a cool day pretty cloudy too it rained
some in the morning."
Sat. May 31: " I took the
weeder & went through the corn both ways up on top of the hill in the fallow
& it took nearly all day and it is a nice pleasant day cleared off some
warmer too it is drying off very fast. The babe has the Whooping cough hard yet
but Ruby & Roscue are some better."
Sun. Jun 1: " We didn't any of
us go to church so stayed at home and before dinner Georgia, Ruby & Roscoe
went or drove down to the Cemetary at Argyle & I stayed at home & kept
the babe and it is a nice day warm quite warm some windy but a warm wind"
Mon. Jun 2: " I worked on the
road all day & took the team & it is a nice day very warm nice time for
grass oats & rye and it rained a little shower at night quite a shower and
we went over all the road but broke the road scraper after noon awhile and
Johnnie came down & borrowed my Hay rack & wagon & it is a fine
growing time."
Tues. Jun 3: " In the forenoon
I fixed some fence around the cow pasture and planted in some corn and in the
afternoon I took the old rake down to West Hebron & got a new Osborne Rake
by paying $15 difference rode the old one down & the new one home & it
is a nice pleasant day warm hot Thunder showers went around & at night we
had a nice rain here. & at night I drove a cow over to the bull at
Crosiers."
Wed. Jun 4: " In the forenoon I
piled wood in the wood shed & chored around & Morg Peacraft came along
& looked at my lambs & we didn't make a trade he offered me $3¼ each
& I wanted $3½ a piece and Johnnie Huggins came down & got my Scott
Stretcher & in the afternoon I went up & helped him to put up some wire
fence and it came on rain before we got done & I got home about 5 o'clock
and it got colder and it is a fine growing time grass is growing fast. Early
pieces of rye have got its growth & is in blow.
Thur. Jun 5: " In the forenoon
I drawed the Hog manure up in the orchard around the apple trees & cleaned
out the Hog yard & drawed 2 loads from the barn yard and in the afternoon I
fixed fence down around the cow pasture and other places & threw some wood
into the wood shed and it is a nice day warm & pleasant. & I burned the
brush over cross from the barn below the woods."
Fri. Jun 6: " In the forenoon I
piled wood in the wood shed & trimmed some of the apple trees and in the
afternoon I finished the apple trees & put some wood into the wood shed and
Georgia drove down to West Hebron & got the mail and it is a nice pleasant
day warm fine growing time rather cool nights."
Sat. Jun 7: " In the morning I
took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # and I got home a little after noon and
it rained some & in the afternoon I put some wood in the wood shed and cut
some old rails at the hog pen & it is a cloudy day rained a little most of
the day after 9 o'clock not hard."
Sun. Jun 8: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home & kept house and it is a cloudy & rainy
day but cleared off before night a little sun shone & it is a moist time
but for all none to much. cool for corn"
Mon. Jun 9: " In the forenoon I
put some wood in the wood shed and cut some blue thisle plants up on top of the
big Side Hill and in the afternoon I fixed some fence & went up in the back
woods & cut some end posts for wire fence & took the bark off. & it
is a nice day Some warm but cool nights This is my birthday I am 40 years old
& in good health. it don't seem possible that I am that age. I churned 2
times"
Tues. Jun 10: " In the forenoon
I went through the corn one way with the weeder up on top of the hill in the
upper fallow and got done about 11 o' clock and then chored around & after
dinner Roscoe & I went down to West Hebron & got the new mowing machine
& brought it home and got 3 shoes sat and it rained some when I got home I
churned & chored around and it is a pretty cloudy day rained part of the
afternoon but not much. cool wind."
Wed. Jun 11: " In the forenoon
I cultivated potatoes over in the back meadow one way and in the afternoon I
chored around piled up some manure in the barn yard & drove the new 2
seated wagon down to West Hebron Ruby & Roscoe went too & got Orrie Eva
& Mary Jane they are going to stay a few days & help Georgia to clean
house. & it is a nice cool day some pleasant but got cloudy & looked
like rain at night."
Thur. Jun 12: " In the morning
I had to take 2 cows over to Will Crosiers to bull & then Georgia & I
went out to Fort Edward & done some trading buying carpets for Hall &
Parlor & in the afternoon after we got home I went down & got the sheep
& tared the old sheep & took them up in the back & woods pasture.
& it is a warm day but cloudy & windy sultry where the wind didn't
blow. Orrie & Mary Jane kept the babe & children."
Fri. Jun 13: " In the forenoon
I piled some wood in the shed & chored around it rained some now & then
& washed the Pony Harness & in the afternoon I finished piling the wood
I got it nearly all in the shed and chored around went over in the big field
& cut some blue thisle plants. & it rained some it is a cloudy day it
rained a lot last night."
Sat. Jun 14: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & then took the Butter out to Sandy Hill
56 # @ 20¢ per # and done some trading and got the carpet at the Fort and got
home about noon & it was hot too & in the afternoon Roscoe & I went
to church and heard a sermon by Mr. Douthett of Shushan & then we went down
to West Hebron & got the mail and it is a very warm day some cloudy corn had ought to grow now &
is I guess."
Sun. Jun 15: " Georgia & I
went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and it was Sacrament
sabbath and Orrie, Eva, Mary Jane, Ruby & Roscoe stayed at home with the
babe & they made some ice cream & it is a very warm day rather cloudy
& looked like rain sultry it rained last night."
Mon. Jun 16: " I cultivated
potatoes nearly all day over in the back meadow or till about 4 o'clock it came
on rain then in the forenoon 1 Thunder Shower went North & 1 went South and
it is a fine growing time warm very sultry Hot cultivating & plenty moist
also it rained quite a rain about night I churned 3 times to-day."
Tues. Jun 17: " I cultivated
potatoes all day about over in the back meadow or till about 5 o'clock Morg
Peacraft came along & I sold him my lambs 40. 20 at $3.50 a head & 20
for $3.00 and he took 8 of them away. and it is a nice day some cooler to day
windy nice day to cultivate."
Wed. Jun 18: " I finished
cultivating the potatoes both ways over in the back meadow & then began
cultivating the corn up on top of the hill in the fallow and it is a nice
pleasant day some warmer to day . In the morning Georgia took Orrie & Eva
down home to West Hebron Mary Jane stayed."
Thur. Jun 19: " I cultivated
corn all day up on top of the hill in the fallow & got done one way &
begun the other and I am about sick with the headache & it rained a little
nearly all forenoon but I kept at work
and about night Georgia went down to West Hebron & got Orrie & Eva
again it cleared off warm."
Fri. Jun 20: " In the morning
Joe came up & we both hoed corn all day up on top of the hill just began
hoeing corn it looks very good for the cool weather we have had and it is a
nice pleasant day quite warm. at night Ruby & Roscoe & I took Mary
Jane, Orrie & Eva down home at West Hebron & got the mail we took the
good wagon."
Sat. Jun 21: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 20¢ per #
& got home about noon and it was wet no mistake it rained nearly all the
time I was gone & rained nearly all day in the afternoon I sat around the
house churned twice & chored around & it is cooler at night &
cleared off at night it is a fine rain. my clover is getting down & rye is
getting twinkled."
Sun. Jun 22: " Georgia went to
church & heard a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron and Carrie Lindsay went
with her & they stayed for Sabbath school & I stayed at home with the
children and it is a nice day some windy & pleasant cool at night."
Mon. Jun 23: " In the forenoon
I hoed & cultivated corn up on top of the hill in the fallow and in the
afternoon Joe came up & we both hoed corn up in the same field & it is
a nice day only cool & rather cloudy too quite cool at night."
Tues. Jun 24: " In the forenoon
I hoed & cultivated corn up on top of the hill in the fallow & in the
afternoon I got out the old mowing machine & cut the grass or clover in the
little orchard back of the barn and it is green & very good too. and it
rained a sprinkle now & then through the day showers went around & it
is cold & windy wind in the west cold nights bad cold hay weather."
Wed. Jun 25: " In the
forenoon I hoed & finished cultivating corn up on top of the hill in the
fallow and in the afternoon I finished hoeing corn & then raked the hay or
grass it was green in the little orchard back of the barn & after I milked
Joe came up & we bunched up a little of it. and it is a nice pleasant day
warm & a very good hay day and it
looked like rain at night."
Thur. Jun 26: " In the forenoon
it rained quite a lot & we had a big rain again & I churned twice &
chored around & went over & put some ashes on the potatoes in the back
meadow & in the afternoon I began shoveling out potatoes in the back
meadow. Potatoes are looking very good I think & it is a cloudy day got
cold & windy."
Fri. Jun 27: " In the forenoon
I shoveled out some potatoes both ways over in the back meadow & began
Hilling potatoes and in the afternoon Joe came up & we both Hilled potatoes
over in the back meadow and it is a pretty cloudy day cool for time of year
too. In the afternoon Georgia & Roscoe went down to West Hebron & got
the mail."
Sat. Jun 28: " In the forenoon
Joe & I hilled potatoes over in the back meadow till 10 o'clock & then
came over & turned over the hay & opened out the bunches & in the
afternoon we went at drawing it in & we got in 5 loads & the assessor
was around to day & Georgia & the children went down to West Hebron
& got the mail & it is a nice pleasant day fair Hay day some cloudy
& windy too."
Sun. Jun 29: " Georgia &
Winnie went to church & they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & they
came home at noon and it is a pretty cloudy day rained again Hay got wet again
and I stayed at home with the children. & it rained all afternoon &
quite hard too. wet time no mistake"
Mon. Jun 30: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 20¢ per #
and Roscoe went with me & we got home about 1 o'clock and after dinner I
went at shoveling out potatoes one way in the back meadow wet too & about 5
o'clock it came on rain again & rained till after night right along too my
hay stays out yet some of it cool
weather pleasant part of the forenoon."
Tues. Jul 1: " In the forenoon
I chored around & cut & pulled some blue thisle here & there &
fixed some fence and it cleared of & in the afternoon I took a grist down
to West Hebron & had to leave it and Roscoe went with me and Georgia, Ruby
& the baby went up to Johnnies and it is a nice pleasant afternoon &
got warmer & opened out my hay again"
Wed. Jul 2: " In the forenoon I
went over in the back meadow & shoveled out potatoes till 10 o'clock &
then came to the house & went down to Wm. McAuleys funeral & Georgia
& the children all went down to Orries to West Hebron & stayed all day
and when I came back from the funeral I turned the hay and then went over back
& hilled potatoes awhile & then came over & drawed in the hay 3
loads myself and it is a beautiful day clear & warm too 1 good hay
day."
Thur. Jul 3: " In the morning I
took some oats down to West Hebron and got a grist that I had down there and
got Maud shawd and it rained just like a shower a good long time it rained the
most of any time yet but it let up about the middle of the afternoon and is
warm too. bad time for getting work along. potatoes and oats are doing nicely.
In the afternoon I chored around & sat around the house painted some
chairs."
Fri. Jul 4: " In the forenoon I
took a box of Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # @ 21¢ per # and done some trading
& got home about noon & in the afternoon I took the team over &
helped Joe to get up his hay we both brought over a load of hay & got it
all raked & bunched and it is a very Hot day this had ought to make corn
grow very wet yet."
Sat. Jul 5: " In the forenoon
Joe & I hilled potatoes over in the back meadow till 10 o'clock it cleared
off then & Joe went at his hay & I shoveled out the rest of the
potatoes one way & in the afternoon I took the team & went over &
helped Joe to get the rest of his hay & we got it all over I drew 2 loads
& Joe 1 and it is a fine hay day after 10 o'clock it looked wet in the fore
part of the day and it is hot enough for corn now"
Sun. Jul 6: " We didn't go to
church so all stayed at home & kept house and it is a very warm day good
corn weather some cloudy but fair weather it looks like now."
Mon. Jul 7: " Joe & I
hilled potatoes all day over in the back meadow and it is a pretty cloudy day
looked like rain nice day for our work"
Tues. Jul 8: " William John
Anderson came up & helped Joe & I to Hill potatoes over in the back
meadow and we hilled all day & it is a nice day warm good hay day to
day."
Wed. Jul 9: " In the forenoon
John, Joe & I hilled potatoes over in the back meadow & we got done
hilling and in the afternoon John & Joe went up & hoed at Joes corn and
I mowed some clover down in the meadow orchard with machine the flat and at
night it began & rained a lot too. and it is a nice day warm too."
Thur. Jul 10: " In the forenoon
I took a small grist down to West Hebron & John rode down with us Roscoe
went too I got the big horse shawd. and in the afternoon I went up & helped
Joe to hoe corn and at night I took sick & was sick all night bowel
trouble"
Fri. Jul 11: " In the morning I
was sick a bed up & down through the night with Dysentary & Joe drove
down & got William John & he helped Joe to Hoe till about 5 o'clock
& then Joe & John turned over some of my hay in the meadow orchard
& I didn't do any thing all day was in bed till noon Dr. Irwin drove over
by this way & we stopped him when he came back. & he gave me some
medicine I am some better at night I took a dose of Caster oil in the morning
& I guess that helped me. nice pleasant day good hay day clear Winnie
helped Georgia & she done the most of the milking I guess."
Sat. Jul 12: " In the forenoon
John went up & helped Joe to Hoe his corn & then got done and I was out
around went over to see my potatoes some bugs on them and in the afternoon Joe
& John drawed in my hay in the meadow orchard 5 big loads I tramped the
loads & helped some and it was in good shape & I am feeling better am
able to do my chores again "Thank God"
John milked in the
morning"
Sun. Jul 13: " We all went to
church babe and all & went in the new surrey and heard a sermon by Mr.
McEachron & his text was in the Psalms and we came home at noon there is to
be no preaching for 2 sabbaths and it is a nice pleasant day warm & a good
hay day."
Mon. Jul 14: " In the morning I
got up early & went over in the back meadow & put on Paris Green on the
potatoes & John milked for me and in the forenoon John cultivated corn up
on top of the hill in the fallow and I mowed the grass on the side hill back of
the barn & began mowing clover down in the meadow orchard & in the
afternoon I finished mowing in the orchard & Anderson cultivated corn
awhile & then got one of Joes Horses & Dan & went at raking the hay
on the side hill & I went at bunching & about 5 o'clock Joe came down
& helped us to draw in 3 loads & it is a nice pleasant & Hot day
grand hay day at night we had a shower."
Tues. Jul 15: " In the forenoon
I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 20¢ per # and John cultivated corn
up on top of the hill in the fallow and I got home about noon & they was a
big Thunder shower just as I got home and we had a nother shower or two &
is a wet time no mistake & John went home in the afternoon I chored
around."
Wed. Jul 16: " In the forenoon
Joe & John went at cutting rye & cut all forenoon & in the morning
I put on paris green and then I went at cultivating corn up in the fallow and
in the afternoon We all turned the hay down in the meadow & up on the side
hill & I finished cultivating corn & they cut a little rye & then
we drawed in the hay on the side hill 2 loads & raked the hay in the meadow
& bunched up the most of it. & it is a nice cool day clear & windy
cool for the time of year at night it looked like fair weather."
Thur. Jul 17: " In the forenoon
Joe & John cut rye in the field cross from the barn & got done there
& then went at cutting up on top of the Hill back of the barn & I bound
rye a while & then went at mowing grass down in the field above the lower
house and in the afternoon we all went at drawing in the hay in the meadow
orchard & got in 1 load & it rained a little to spoil our fun &
then we went at binding & setting up rye & it came on rain so we had to
quit. & I chored around it didn't rain very much pretty cloudy day not very
good hay day weather."
Fri. Jul 18: " In the forenoon
Joe & John finished cradleing rye up on top of the hill all done & then
bound rye till noon & I mowed hay down in the field above the lower house
& bound rye awhile & after noon I finished mowing in that piece &
the men bound rye & then we went at drawing in the hay in the meadow
orchard & got it all in 5 loads it wasn't in very good shape. & it is a
pretty cloudy day but didn't rain poor Hay weather."
Sat. Jul 19: " In the forenoon
we all bound & sat up rye & we got done in the field cross from the
barn & went up on the hill back of the barn & went at binding rye &
in the afternoon John went home & Joe & I finished binding & sat
the rye up got done about 4 o'clock & it rained and we were wet to the hide
about & it is a cloudy day rained quite a lot before milking I went down
& brought up Orrie, Eva & Jennie & Elsie Matteson & got the
mail."
Sun. Jul 20: " There was no
preaching at our church so we all stayed at home & kept house and it rained
a lot I rained all day steady about & very hard by times and it is a wet
time no mistake not very cold."
Mon. Jul 21: " In the forenoon
I took the butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # 20¢ per # and done some trading and I
got home about 3 o'clock and it is a cloudy day sun showed it self once or
twice after I got home I churned twice & chored around and it rained before
night some and it is a terrible time for haying. Hay down all along out to the
Fort."
Tues. Jul 22: " In the forenoon
I chored around at one thing and another Morg came got 7 lambs at $3.50 each he only paid me 22.00 & in the afternoon I chored around &
raked up the hay down in the field above the lower House it wasn't very dry
& is very heavy grass and after supper Georgia & Orrie & all the
children went down to Argyle to the Cemetary drove the good wagon &
2 horses & it is a pretty nice day rather
cloudy"
Wed. Jul 23: " In the morning I
chored around till about 10 o'clock I went out after a load of Hay Joe helped
& Winnie was there to help us to load & we worked at the hay till night
we got in 9 loads from the field above the lower house about 3 loads left out
it was big Hay no mistake we put 8 loads in the horse barn with the horse fork
& broke 2 pulleys and it is a good hay day looks like good weather now. but
can't tell."
Thur. Jul 24: " In the forenoon
Joe & I drawed in rye in the field cross from the barn got it mostly in 3
jags left out & after dinner we had a Heavy Thunder Shower it rained a lot
the most water fell at any rain water is lying in our potato field water is
high now. it washed bad South of us
a little & hailed terrible destroyed the
crops nearly around the big lake and it is a terrible time for Harvesting I
never saw the likes of it."
Fri. Jul 25: " In the forenoon
I mowed the lower part of the big side hill and Joe didn't work and in the
afternoon Joe & I opened the hay out in the field above Joes & reset
the rye in long bunches & it is a cloudy day it rained a little sprinkle
& we cut some brush & weeds along the fences & I churned. bad hay
weather."
Sat. Jul 26: " In the forenoon
Joe & I cut weeds around the fences and in the afternoon we went at the hay
Joe turned the hay in the field above his house & I raked the hay up on the
big side hill & then we went at drawing it in & Winnie helped us &
we got it all in from the big side hill 5 loads & we put 3 in the Horse
barn & it cleared off about noon & we had a good hay afternoon sunshine
the hay is out in the field above Joes about 3 loads."
Sun. Jul 27: " It is raining
again & rained all forenoon & very hard most of the time the hay will
get soaked again & there was no preaching at out church & we didn't got
to any other church & it is a dark cloudy day cloudy in the afternoon but
didn't rain very much."
Mon. Jul 28: " In the forenoon
I mowed the upper part of the big side hill or the most of it & Joe shook
out the hay in the lower piece above his house and spliced the rope and we
wrung 2 of the shoats & onloaded a load of hay & in the afternoon we
turned the hay in the lower field & then I raked it up & we drawed it
in Winnie helped us to load & onload 3 loads of it and then we raked &
bunched the hay that I mowed &
drawed in 1 load & it is a very warm day cloudy in the forenoon but cleared
off in the afternoon & was a good time for drying Hay. one sow had 5 pigs
all alive."
Tues. Jul 29: " In the forenoon
I mowed the piece up in the big side hill in the North West Corner & it
rained a little but cleared off & we had a good afternoon and about 11
o'clock Joe came up & Winnie did to & we took in a load of Hay from up
in the same field & in the afternoon we drawed in the rest of the rye &
3 loads of Hay from the side Hill & then raked & bunched the hay that I
mowed in the forenoon & it is a nice day pretty good hay day & Hot
too."
Wed. Jul 30: " In the forenoon
I mowed the rest of the big side Hill North East part and about 11 o'clock Joe
& Winnie came down & helped me to put on a load & in the afternoon
we drawed the rest that I had cut 3
loads & 1 that I mowed to day & then we raked & bunched the rest of
the hay in the big side Hill and it is a nice Hay day sun shine all day grand
hay day. The second sow had 11 Pigs all
alive."
Thur. Jul 31: " In the forenoon
I mowed the Hay up in the long field & it was a big crop Timothy &
clover big too & about noon Winnie & I put on a load up in the other
field & Joe came then & in the afternoon we drawed in the rest of it 4
loads and then Winnie raked the Hay in the long field & Joe & I bunched
it up the bunches were thick no mistake & after the end of rain it came of
nice & was a grand time for Hay sun Heat & some wind This finishes me up for mowing hay for
myself."
Fri. Aug 1: " In the morning I
chored around churned 2 times & about 10 o'clock I opened out some Hay
& brought in a load before noon from the long field and in the afternoon we
got in 3 more load & then a shower came up & it rained quite a lot till
night not very hard and it is a hot day rained some we have over half of the
field out yet."
Sat. Aug 2: " In the forenoon I
took the Butter out to Sandy Hill at 20¢ & done some trading and got home
about noon & Joe had some hay opened out & we went at it after dinner
& got it all in 6 loads it was damp but in pretty good shape & we have
got nearly done Haying and it was pretty cloudy day sun came out hot by times
and it rained little showers around I have got my hay all in for now that I am
going to cut."
Sun. Aug 3: " Ruby, Roscoe
& I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. John Reid of Vermont
& his text was in Matthew and we came home at noon & Georgia & the
babe stayed at home and it is a nice pleasant day clear & Hot good hay day
to day."
Mon. Aug 4: " In the forenoon
Joe mowed some of his Hay with my Machine up to McMillens & I went up &
mowed some by hand and then I went at raking the rye tailings cross from the
barn & in the afternoon about 3 o'clock I went up & took my team &
wagon & helped Joe to get in his
hay we got in the most of it and it cleared off about noon & was hot &
a good time to dry hay,"
Tues. Aug 5: " In the forenoon
Joe came up & we drawed in the rest of my rye from up on top of the hill
and got it all in 5 loads & the load of tailings from the field by the barn
we put them in a stack out doors for the pigs & in the afternoon we went up
& put in the rest of the hay for Joe & then I came home & raked the
rye tailings up on top of the hill & drawed it down to the hog pen for the
hogs & pigs & it is a grand hay day warm & clear. at night I went
down to the school House to the school meeting. David Moore for Trustee, Myself
for Clerk, Dake Gilchrist for Clerk & Treasurer and there wasn't hardly any
one there."
Wed. Aug 6: " In the forenoon I
took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 21¢ in trade got 2 bbls and got home
about noon & it rained some and in the afternoon I chored around & it
was cloudy & a Thunder Shower came up & the wind blew terribly it
knocked down the oats badly cleared off at night warm day some cooler at
night."
Thur. Aug 7: " In the morning
Joe came up & we went at cutting oats down in the lower fallow & we cut
all day we had to mow some they were down in places & hard cradling big
straw as I ever cut. and it is a nice cool day after the wind storm."
Fri. Aug 8: " I chored around
& threshed some rye & cleaned it up about 6 bu & it was wet &
threshed hard got enough for a small grist it is a cloudy & rainy day
rained every once in a while but cleared off in the afternoon."
Sat. Aug 9: " In the forenoon I
took a grist down to West Hebron & got it home with me & got the mail
Roscoe went too. and in the afternoon I cut some weeds & chored around it
is a very good hay day Hot too. pretty good day to cure oats & in the
afternoon"
Sun. Aug 10: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was Exodus 34
chapter & the first clause of the 35 verse Winnie went with us & we
came home at noon and it is a nice day clear part of the day but got cloudy in
the afternoon & looked like rain and did rain before night."
Mon. Aug 11: " In the forenoon
Albert helped me & we went up to the woods & got some corner posts and
chored around & in the afternoon we dug post holes & sat posts till the
rain came on & about 4 o'clock we had a very heavy Thunder & wind &
rain storm the rain came in torrents it washed in places terribly the heaviest
we have had water running every where about it was terrible hot before the
shower it cleared off about sun down & looked like fair weather."
Tues. Aug 12: " In the forenoon
Joe & I cradled or mowed oats with the cradles down on the side hill in the
fallow & Albert mowed some oats with scythe & then he bound oats till
noon & in the afternoon we all went down in the lower fallow & turned
some oats & then Joe & I finished cutting the oats on the side hill all
done cutting oats now & Albert sat up the oats that he bound in bunches
& then we went at drawing in oats in the lower fallow & we got in 3
loads big straw & another raked up and it is a grand hay day but cool air
heavy north west wind & sunny or clear it dried the oats out fast."
Wed. Aug 13: " In the forenoon
Albert, Joe & I bound oats awhile on the side hill in the first fallow
& then we went at drawing in oats raking down in the lower fallow & in
the afternoon we finished drawing them in and sat up what we had bound and it
is a very good day for drying oats not very hot but pleasant & clear."
Thur. Aug 14: " In the forenoon
Albert & I finished binding the oats on the side hill in the upper fallow
they were very heavy and we drawed in 1 load before noon & in the afternoon
Joe helped us to draw them in & we got them all in about 4 o'clock and I am
all done harvesting but very few done around here I don't know of one who is
but me & there is a lot of haying to be done around here. & it is a
nice pleasant day."
Fri. Aug 15: " In the forenoon
I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 20¢ per # & done some trading
& bought 50 bbls and I got home about 1 o'clock and it is a nice day rained
shower about 3 o'clock enough to stop drawing in oats and in the afternoon I
chored around at one thing & another got the wagon & rack ready to go
after a load of barrels and it got very cold after the shower wind in the
north."
Sat. Aug 16: " In the morning I
got up early & went out to Sandy Hill & got a small load of barrels
some heads & liners and came back to Fort Edward & got my barrels there
53 at 25¢ each and heads at 4¢ and I
got home about 1 o'clock and then I cleaned out some of the barrels &
chored around and it sprinkled a little here squirts of rain went around in the
afternoon and it is a cool day for the time of year potatoes are rusting in
places to wet & it is cold for corn nice for grass & fall feed at night
Georgia went down to West Hebron & got the mail & Orrie & Eva came
home with her."
Sun. Aug 17: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McKenzie and his text was in 2nd Peter
and we came home at noon and in the morning I drove a cow over the Will
Crosiers to bull and had quite a time and it is a nice day only cold for the time
of year some cloudy."
Mon. Aug 18: " In the forenoon
I went down & worked at the wire fence & it came on rain & I went
at Cleaning out barrels & then went down & put the yearlings on round
hill with the sheep and chored around & in the afternoon I went up to Theodore
Gilchrists & borrowed 4 bu of rye & went or began boiling apples &
rye for the pigs and Mack Shields came over & borrowed a coil of my wire
fence 40 rods of 8 strand and I worked awhile at putting up the wire fence down
between the lower place & the meadow orchard & it is a poor Hay day
cloudy & rained now & then cool too.
Tues. Aug 19: " In the morning
Roscoe & I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # at 20¢ and done some
trading & got 3 bbls and we got home about 2 o'clock & then I chored
around finished putting up the wire fence down in the meadow orchard and cut
some weeds and it is a nother poor Hay day rained now & then the fore part
of the day. but cleared off about 4 o'clock & looked like fair weather Joe
helped me awhile with the fence. cool for the time of year."
Wed. Aug 20: " In the morning I
chored around & we got ready & made some ice cream for the picnic &
all went down to the "Oaks" to the Town Picnic and stayed till night
and one of Joes girls went with us and we all had a good time & their was a
crowd there. & it is a nice pleasant day & warm to but not hot."
Thur. Aug 21: " In the morning
it rained & we had 2 showers Thunder showers before noon it rained now
& then all forenoon & Georgia took Orrie & Eva down to West Hebron
& got the mail and in the afternoon I drew some rails to different places
from up along the walnut trees we intend to put up a wire fence there & it
cleared off but is cool very cold for the time of year. bad Hay day."
Fri. Aug 22: " In the forenoon
I cut & sawed some old rails by the wood shed & chored around and in
the afternoon we all went to the Hebron Town picnic down in James McClellans
woods & their was quite a lot there and I drove down to West Hebron &
got the mail and it is a nice day pretty good day pretty good Hay day folks are
drawing in oats to day and it is some cloudy but cold nights potatoes are
rusting quite badly in places."
Sat. Aug 23: " In the forenoon
I chored around cut some weeds & sawed some old wood and in the afternoon I
picked some apples & boiled a Kettle of feed & cut some brush and
churned etc. and it is a nice day cool & some cloudy folks are drawing in
oats to day the grass was wet at noon & it rained last night in the night.
very cold for August."
Sun. Aug 24: " Ruby, Roscoe
& I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron &
his text was in the Psalms the 107 & I think the 21 & 22 verses and we
came home at noon and Georgia & the babe stayed at home & kept house
and it is a nice pleasant day clear but cool air good Hay day to-day."
Mon. Aug 25: " In the forenoon
I chored around cut some weeds & brush & chored around & in the
afternoon Georgia & I went down to Argyle to Aunt Nancy Tilfords funeral
she was burried or the funeral services were held at the Argyle U. P. church
and when we got home I chored around and it is a good hay day but cool for the
time of year. My potatoes are dying quite fast most every bodys are turning
black seems as mine are going the fastest soon will be all dead the rurals are
the worst I think."
Tues. Aug 26: " Albert came up
in the morning & he & I dug post Holes & sat posts nearly all day
about night we sorted the sheep & lambs we weaned the lambs 29 altogether
we threw out 4 old sheep to kill and it is a nice pleasant day warmer but cool
air nice Hay weather."
Wed. Aug 27: " In the morning I
took the Butter out to Sandy Hill at 21¢ in trade and done some trading &
got 2 bbls and I got home about noon & in the afternoon I made 3 cattle
pokes or Joe helped me & we put them on 3 of the yearlings that got out and
I chored around went over & got some potatoes & looked mine over the
Rurals are nearly dead stalks are green but leaves nearly dead and the grubs
are eating them & they are rotten some also. It is a fine day quite Hot &
clear nice hay day."
Thur. Aug 28: " In the morning
Joe came up & we went at the fence around the field cross from the barn we
reset 1 post & put in the braces & sat the small posts & got some
of the wire up & some stretched and it is a nice pleasant day warm &
clear grand Hay weather after we are all done and Albert took my team &
went over to Joes old place & got some posts for me and it is good corn
weather but bad for potatoes they are wilting right down the tops."
Fri. Aug 29: " In the forenoon
Joe came up & we got the rest of the wire fence up & stretched and in
the afternoon I drew the rails in a pile & then I began plowing for rye
(terrible Hot) down in the first fallow on the side hill and about night
Georgia & the children drove down to West Hebron & got the mail. very
hot & clear getting dusty the first time this summer they are having a
grand time for the Cambridge Fair."
Sat. Aug 30: " In the forenoon
I drew manure up on top of the meadow above the House 5 loads hard drawing
& Hot. & in the afternoon I made some Hog fence & chored around
& went down in the fallow & plowed a little & broke the shoe of the
plow & had to quit. it is a very hot day good corn weather."
Sun. Aug 31: " Roscoe & I
went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was in
Exodus I think the 23 chapter & the 40 verse and we came home at noon &
Georgia & Ruby stayed at home with the babe and it is a nother hot day
clear & pleasant very hot we have had 3 hot days the hottest this
summer."
Mon. Sept 1: " In the morning I
cut some brush around the lower fallow and then got ready & went out to
Sandy Hill fair grounds to Labor Day it was a big thing & not much to see
but people an offle crowd and I got home about 6 o'clock and it is a very warm
day some cloudy & rained a little before I got home not much It is very
dusty for once this summer."
Tues. Sept 2: " In the morning
I took 2 Horses down to the shop to get shawd at West Hebron and got home about
10 o'clock and then drawed 2 loads of manure up on top of the hill in the meadow
and in the afternoon I drew manure up in the same field 5 loads and it is a
nice pleasant day warm but some cooler west wind blew nearly all day it rained
some last night showers went around I think."
Wed. Sept 3: " In the forenoon
I took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 56 # @ 20¢ & got home about noon &
then I went over to Geo. McNeils & got the rye thresher and in the
afternoon I drew up 3 loads of manure up on top of the hill in the meadow and
boiled a Kettle of feed and it is a nice pleasant day warm or hot good corn
day."
Thur. Sept 4: " In the morning
it looked like rain & did a little & Will T. McNeil came here with his
Thresh Machine to thresh my grain & we got at work about 10 o'clock &
threshed oats all the rest of the day & only got 82 bu the bundles were
very damp & such long straw it was slow getting along. Mr. James White, Joe
& Albert helped me they all went home at night and it cleared off & was
quite cool."
Fri. Sept 5: " The threshers
threshed oats all day and got done all I am going to have done now the
scaffolds are full with bound oats and we got them all out of the mow 80 bu in
the forenoon & 96 bu in the afternoon same help to day as yesterday only
Joe went & left us in the afternoon. it is a nice pleasant day some warm
but cold nights. Help all went home at night about night Georgia went down to
West Hebron & got the mail & some meat & came back by Johnnies to
see if we could get some more help. George agreed to come & Bob Sloan if we
wanted him We had 258 bu of oats & think there is about 40 bu more to
thresh Joe got about 15 tailings of from 7½ acres they would turn out about 45
bu to the acre they weigh about 36 # to the bu heavy oats."
Sat. Sept 6: " In the morning I
went up & got Robt Sloan at Mr. Hiram Reynolds Johnnies man & Mary came
down & Albert & Mr. White helped us & the threshers sat up the rye
thresher threshed rye all day & didn't get quite done rye seems to turn out
good straw is damp & mouldy straw is rotten in places & badly colored
some of it Help all went home at night Albert & Rob Sloan drove my horse
down to West Hebron at night & got the mail."
Sun. Sept 7: " It rained a lot
last night & until about 9 o'clock nice rain & cool too. We didn't go
to church any of us so all stayed at home & kept house. I had a spring pig
die last night. ruptured I guess was the trouble & buried it to day. It
cleared off about noon."
Mon. Sept 8: " In the morning
Joe & Albert & James White & Johnnie came to help me finish
threshing & we got done in the forenoon & in the afternoon Joe cut
weeds for me & I mowed the second crop of Hay or grass in the orchard back
of the barn it was pretty good and then I burned the brush around the lower
fallow and it is a nice pleasant day good Hay day warmer."
Tues. Sept 9: " In the forenoon
I plowed for rye down in the lower fallow & it plows quite hard terribly
windy blew of a lot of apples and in the afternoon it began raining about
1o'clock & rained some all afternoon about & about night it rained
hard. I cleaned up rye Georgia helped awhile & I got 62 bu and it is a nice
rain not very cold either."
Wed. Sept 10: " In the forenoon
I plowed for rye down in the lower fallow and in the afternoon Joe plowed in
the same field & I drew over the rye & put it in the bin & churned
& chored around & picked some apples of the trees that hung over in the
field above Joes & fixed the fence around the field above Joes (the clover)
so I could put the cows in there nights and it is a nice day after a fine rain
it plows nice now. I put the cows in the clover at night."
Thur. Sept 11: " In the morning
I got up early or we all did & got ready & went out to the County Fair
Carrie & Ethel went with us & we left the babe with Mrs. Lindsay and we
had a good day & a good time got home before dark and Joe had raked &
bunched up the hay and it is a nice warm day. There was a big crowd at the
Fair."
Fri. Sept 12: " In the forenoon
I plowed all I could with the land plow & drew of some stone down in the
lower fallow & in the afternoon I chored around & picked some Fall
apples & am about sick with Dysentary a bowel complaint and it is a nice
day clear & warm too."
Sat. Sept 13: " It rained
nearly all forenoon and I sat around the house & went to bed I am about
sick In the afternoon I felt some better & Albert came up & we picked
some Fall Apples & it rained part of the time & we packed them and got
7 barrels packed & a few more picked & it was nasty & wet in the
trees."
Sun. Sept 14: " We all stayed
at home or didn't go to church long toward night Georgia & Roscoe drove
down to West Hebron. Georgia went to see the Doctor she has the hives very bad
and Ruby & I kept the babe & it is a nice pleasant day warm but cool
nights."
Mon. Sept 15: " In the morning
Albert came up & we picked over 3 barrels of apples & packed &
headed them & then loaded up the load 11 bbls & a grist & I took
them down to Salem to be shipped on a car for Philadelphia & I started
about 10½ o'clock & Albert cut brush one place & a nother the rest of
the day & I got home about 4 o'clock & then went down & finished
plowing in the lower fallow. I got my shoe for the side Hill plow & it is a
nice pleasant day cool nights Frost last night but not enough to do any harm
here Roscoe didn't go to school He has a touch of the Dysentary."
Tues. Sept 16: " In the
forenoon Joe sowed the lower Fallow to rye & then opened out the hay in the
barn orchard & I dragged in the rye & Albert began to dig potatoes over
in the back meadow very light. and in the afternoon we all drawed in the Hay 4
loads & then Joe & Albert Dug potatoes over in the back meadow & I
rolled the rye in the lower Fallow and it is a nice pleasant day warmer. Roscoe
is some better but hasn't been sick but
didn't go to school to-day."
Wed. Sept 17: " In the forenoon
I plowed down on the side hill in the upper fallow & Joe & Albert dug
potatoes over in the back meadow & in the afternoon I plowed some on the
side Hill in the same field and about 4 o'clock I took the big wagon & we
all picked up nearly a load of potatoes & put them in the cellar and Joe
& Albert onloaded them & I done the chores & it is a nice pleasant
day warmer got most done plowing."
Thur. Sept 18: " In the
forenoon Joe sowed the rye down on the side Hill in upper fallow & then
went over & helped Albert to dig potatoes & I finished the plowing
& then dragged till noon & I went over in time to get a load of
potatoes light crop and in the afternoon I finished dragging in the rye &
rolled it also & then took the wagon & helped Joe & Albert to pick
them up & they onloaded & I done the chores. Roscoe is better finished
plowing & sowing rye."
Fri. Sept 19: " In the forenoon
I took some butter out to Sandy Hill 104¾ # at 23 ¢ and Joe & Albert began
cutting corn up on top of the Hill in the fallow and in the afternoon we all
dug potatoes over in the back meadow & got a load and it is a pretty cloudy
day it rained a little once or twice. potatoes are a little better to day
guess."
Sat. Sept 20: " Albert & I
picked apples in the forenoon & part of the afternoon Fall apples &
then we packed them 12 bbls & at night I headed them up & it is a fine
day to work pretty cloudy rained a sprinkle and Morg came along after some of
the lambs & they were so wild that he concluded to wait & take them all
3 weeks from next Tuesday Oct 14. Winnie Helped Georgia today & she drove
down to West Hebron & got the mail & the grist."
Sun. Sept 21: " Georgia, Ruby,
Roscoe & Winnie went to church & heard a sermon by Mr. Willard
McEachron & they came home at noon and I stayed at home & kept the babe
and it is a very warm day clear & hot getting dry now and after dinner
Georgia & the children all drove up to her folks & I stayed at home
& done the chores and it is Dry now."
Mon. Sept 22: " In the forenoon
Joe & Albert cut corn & I took the apples out to Fort Edward &
shipped them to Philadelphia 4 bbls of Pound sweets, 3 of Strawberry , 2
Gravensteins & 3 of some red kind & in the afternoon we all dug
potatoes over in the back meadow got nearly a load I didn't get to work till
after 2 o'clock and it is a nice pleasant day warm & dry & dusty I took
a small grist down to Argyle Water is low."
Tues. Sept 23: " Joe, Albert
& I dug potatoes all day over in the back meadow and we got nearly two
loads and some places they are fair but a very light crop & very grubby the
worst I ever raised at noon Albert & I threw some stone out of the road
& it is a very warm day clear & hot & dry too."
Wed. Sept 24: " Wind in the
north & cold a sudden change. Joe, Albert & I dug potatoes all day over
in the back meadow we got 2 loads we got the Rurals all dug and they were light
too. and it is a very windy day cloudy & cool cold at night in fact cold
all day very hard digging."
Thur. Sept 25: " Joe, Albert
& I dug potatoes all day & we got nearly 2 full loads and they are
rather small & publy and it is a nice pleasant day warmer to-day in the
morning Georgia took Roscoe down to West Hebron to see the Doctor about his
face."
Fri. Sept 26: " In the forenoon
it rained now & then & Albert helped me to clean up the rest of the rye
123 bu all told. & then I chored around made a yard for the little pigs to
run in and in the afternoon we all went over to dig & dug about an hour or
two & it came on rain & we came to the house & it is a nasty day
but didn't rain but a little we had a nice rain last night. it helped the
digging."
Sat. Sept 27: " In the morning
we all went at digging & it came on rain before 10 o'clock & we got
part of a load picked up & left the rest & came to the house and in the
afternoon Albert took a small grist down to West Hebron & left it & got
the mail. & I chored around & went over & picked up what potatoes
was on the ground & put them in a pile. it is a nasty day but don't rain
but a little."
Sun. Sept 28: " It rained last
night & this morning and we didn't go to church so all stayed at home and
kept house and it is a pretty cloudy day warm as summer grass must grow it
began raining after dark again."
Mon. Sept 29: " Joe, Albert
& I dug potatoes over in the back meadow and about 10½ o'clock it came on
rain & drove us to the house but we went back about 1 o'clock & got
nearly a nother load and it was wet nasty hard & sticky digging and it
rained some about noon but not very hard & it rained quite a lot last night
fine growing time warm I put the last of the ice in the Creamary."
Tues. Sept 30: " Joe &
Albert & I dug potatoes till we got a load & then Joe & Albert cut
corn and in the afternoon we all cut corn up on top of the hill in the fallow
and it is a pretty cloudy day but warm looks like rain."
Wed. Oct 1: " In the forenoon I
chored around & went up on the corn field & got a jag of pumpkins and
chored around and in the afternoon Joe & Albert helped me and we got the
pile that was over in the field & dug the rest of the Delawares & then
we went at cutting corn & we got done late too. and it looked like rain but
is cloudy & warm too."
Thur. "Oct 2: " In the
forenoon I drove down to West Hebron & got a grist that was there and it
rained a mist but not very wet & in the afternoon Albert & I dug
potatoes over in the back meadow & we got nearly a load pretty fair crop.
and it is a cloudy & warm day."
Fri. Oct 3: " In the morning
Albert & I went up to Johnnies & helped him to fill his Silo & it
was wet & terrible nasty our feet were wet all day and we came home at
night & it is a pretty cloudy day it dried off in the afternoon and was
warmer too."
Sat. Oct 4: " In the morning
Albert & I went up to Johnnies & worked for him we helped him to fill
his Silo & he got done and it is a nice pleasant day warm & clear but
cool air and after dark it began raining some."
Sun. Oct 5: " Ruby, Roscoe
& I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his test
was Matthew the 21 chapter & the 28, 29,30 & 31 verses & we came
home at noon & Georgia stayed at home & kept the babe & it is a
pretty cloudy day it rained a little last night dismal weather but not very
cold."
Mon. Oct 6: " In the morning
Albert & I went at digging potatoes over in the back meadow & we dug
all day got nearly 2 loads they were very good to what they have been here
before & we got nearly done but not quite it rained some & wind got in
the west & was cooler nice day to Work. cooler at night."
Tues. Oct 7: " In the morning I
got up early & got ready & took the Butter out to Sandy Hill 89 # at
20¢ I done some trading I got a canvass or cover for my Double Wagon at 1.20
got it at the paper mill 24 # @ 5¢ per # and I got home about 1 o'clock and
then went over in the back meadow finished digging potatoes we had nearly 600
bu big & little from 8 acres lots of small ones and it is a nice pleasant
day clear & warm but before bed time it was raining."
Wed. Oct 8: " In the morning I
went at picking apples for the first and picked down along the road nearly all
day & got nearly 15 bbls and it is a nice day but rather windy. The babe
had the croup last night."
Thur. Oct 9: " Albert & I
picked apples all day and we got about 24 bbls & put them in the barn floor
and it is a nice pleasant day only in the afternoon the wind got in the north
& got quite cold. the babe had the croup again last night"
Fri. Oct 10: " I picked apples
all day & alone & got about 14 bbls & it is a nice pleasant day
cold in the morning first heavy white frost frooze some too but it got warmer
and is a fine day. The babe had the croup again last night."
Sat. Oct 11: " I picked apples
all day alone too. and in the afternoon Georgia & Roscoe went down to West
Hebron & got the mail & took some Butter at 20¢ per # and it is a nice
pleasant day looks some like rain at night and the babe had a little touch of
the croup again last night."
Sun. Oct 12: " We didn't any of
us go to church so all stayed at home & kept house & it is a pretty
cloudy day rained a nice rain last night warmer too."
Mon. Oct 13: " Albert & I
picked apples nearly all day and we got the hog yard cleaned out and started to
put up a fence got the wire fence stretched and it is a nice day only terrible
windy and it was almost impossible to keep in an apple tree. the apples fell
off freely. East wind & about 11 o'clock at night we had a heavy Thunder shower."
Tues. Oct 14: " In the morning
Albert & I finished our fence around the hog yard & let out all the
pigs & Hogs into it and then we picked apples the rest of the day &
piled them in the orchard and they are very poor quality some hardly worth
picking the Greenings are the worst I think or know they are. about night
Georgia & the children took some pears & grapes over to Billy Liddles
folks."
Wed. Oct 15: " Albert & I
picked apples all day and put them in a pile out in the orchard greenings and
it is a nice day clear but windy & got colder."
Thur. Oct 16: " I picked apples
all day & put them in a wagon seigs, russetts & Greenings it is a nice
day some cloudy & in the afternoon Georgia & the babe went down to West
Hebron & got the mail & took a bag of rye & got it ground."
Fri. Oct 17: " I picked apples
most of the day I began picking Baldwins and they pick hard too & in the
afternoon Morg Peacraft came & got the rest of my lambs and I picked a few
apples & drawed them in the Horse barn & it is a nice pleasant day it
got warmer but was cold in the morning."
Sat. Oct 18: " In the forenoon
I picked apples Greenings mostly & I put them in a pile on the ground &
it rained a little & in afternoon we all went to church & we had Marion
the babe baptized and we heard a sermon by Mr. Hope of South Argyle and it was
cloudy & rained on us coming home & was a cold rain too."
Sun. Oct 19: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and it was Sacrament Sabbath
and it is a nice pleasant day warm as summer and it rained a lot last night we
had a thunder shower & one went north in the morning."
Mon. Oct 20: " I picked apples
all day or tried to the wind blew so it was almost impossible to stay in the
trees and I drew them into the barn and it cleared off some cooler. Dried off
fast."
Tues. Oct 21: " In the forenoon
I picked apples up in the orchard & the wind blew so hard that I quit
picking & went at packing some that I had piled out in the orchard and I
got 9 barrels sorted & Headed and it is a cold wind to-day in earnest at
night the wind went down & was cold too."
Wed. Oct 22: " I picked apples
all day mostly Baldwins they are very
nice and I am making rather slow progress but keep getting apples I am putting
them in the Horse barn & it is a nice day we had another hard freeze it
frooze apples but the frost thawed out of them pleasant day Georgia went down
to West Hebron & got Orrie & Eva they are going to stay a few
days."
Thur. Oct 23: " Eva went to
school with Ruby & Roscoe and I picked apples all day about I picked
baldwins and they were nice It rained some in the morning I went down to Mr.
McAuleys & got 243 # of Buckwheat of James White & when I came back I
went at the apples it was wet & cold the wind was in the north & was
colder."
Fri. Oct 24: " I picked apples
all day & it was windy too. I am picking baldwins now & have got them
pretty well started but a lot to pick yet and Georgia, Orrie & the babe
drove down to West Hebron & got the mail and it looks like rain & we
had a Thunder shower about dark & cleared off warm too."
Sat. Oct 25: " I picked apples
all day & I got nearly 16 barrels & the children picked up some poor
apples for the pigs and it is a nice day some windy cooler at night."
Sun. Oct 26: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and we came home at noon and
after dinner Georgia took Orrie & Eva down to West Hebron and it rained
some not very hard it is a cloudy & cool & a heavy south wind cold
too."
Mon. Oct 27: " In the morning
after I done the chores I took some Butter out to Sandy Hill & done some
other business & Roscoe went along and it rained a little most of the time
and in the afternoon I fixed some fence between the corn field & the field
back of the barn & I got wet too. a man came along & I agreed to ship
some apples with him on Friday next at Salem. It rained very hard at night not
very cold but a big rain."
Tues. Oct 28: " We had an offle
big rain last night the bigest rain of the season & rained nearly all
forenoon too. I put up apples on the barn Floor nearly all day & got up 15
bbls & Headed and it is a very cloudy day looked some like fairing off
about night some colder too."
Wed. Oct 29: " In the morning I
put up & Headed 3 bbls of apples on the barn Floor and then went at picking
apples & got about 12 bbls and I put them in the House cellar and it is a
terrible windy day & cold kept getting colder all day Freezing at night
& wind still blowing. It spit snow it snowed on the mountains I
guess."
Thur. Oct 30: " I picked apples
all day and it was a fine day to pick it got warmer & was not windy. I got
about 15 bbls and put them in the House cellar and it is a nice pleasant day it
got cloudy & looked like rain but cleared off after dark. wind has shifted
to-day."
Fri. Oct 31: " In the morning we
loaded up a load of apples & I took them down to Salem & shipped them
on Merritt Wallers car 17 bbls and I got home a little after noon & in the
afternoon I went at picking apples and drawed them in & put them in the
house cellar Baldwins and it is a nice pleasant day cool in the morning &
at night."
Sat. Nov 1: " I picked apples
nearly all day & I got the Baldwins nearly all or all I can get up in the
orchard there is some seigs & Russetts but the wind has blew them nearly
all off and in the morning I went up in the fallow & drawed in a load of
corn & put it down in the barn cellar. not very dry. and it was cloudy but
cleared off & was a fine day & warm no wind a fine day to pick
apples."
Sun. Nov 2: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron and his text was in
Isaiah the 42 chapter & the 2 verse and we came home at noon and it is a
beautiful day warm & pleasant clear no wind a summers day."
Mon. Nov 3: " I packed apples
all day out in the orchard Greenings & I put up 21 barrels & headed
them I was busy & it was a beautiful day clear & warm too. nice weather
now"
Tues. Nov 4: " In the morning I
loaded up a load of potatoes and took them out to Mr. Hall 42 bu at 60 cts per
bu. at Sandy Hill & I voted on my way out & Roscoe went with me &
we got home about 3 o'clock & it was a fine day warm as summer. when I got
home I put up 5 bbls of apples out in the orchard & Headed them. The State
went Rep for Governor B. B. Odell 8803 Majority. State senate 28 Rep & 22
Dem. Congressman Rep 20 Dem 17 Assembly 89 Rep and 61 Dem"
Wed. Nov 5: " In the morning I
loaded up (& Georgia helped me) a load of apples and took them down to
Salem 17 bbls & shipped on Wallers car to Philadelphia and I got home about
1 o'clock & then I put up the rest of the apples that was out in the
orchard 8 bbls and we loaded up a load of apples to go to morrow & it is a
nice warm day looked a little like rain at night."
Thur. Nov 6: " In the forenoon it rained most of the time I
drew the load from the orchard into the Horse barn & I chored around &
put up some apples on the barn Floor and it cleared off & in the afternoon
I took the load of apples out to Fort Edward & shipped them in a Mr.
Halloways car for Philadelphia and got home about dark and it was hard going
& terrible muddy. There was a lot of apples going to market. warm but
cooler at night."
Fri. Nov 7: " In the forenoon I
picked up quite a lot of apples that was on the ground up in the orchard &
put them in the Horse barn for cider and then put the pigs or spring pigs in
the orchard to eat the rest of the apples and in the afternoon I picked what
apples was over in the meadow orchard below the woods 3 bbls of Baldwins &
1 of Spity & put up some apples enough for a load & then loaded up a
load to go to-morrow."
Sat. Nov 8: " In the morning I
took the load of apples out to Fort Edward 17 bbls & shipped them in Elmer
Hills Car for Philadelphia and Rosoe went with me & we got home about 2
o'clock and then I chored around & drawed in 2 jags of corn from the Fallow
on top of the hill and put the sheep down on the round hill & put the young
cattle in the Hay barn field. It is a beautiful day pleasant & warn cool
night"
Sun. Nov 9: " Roscoe & I
went to church & we heard a sermon by a Mr. Graham (I think) of Cambridge
and his text was in Matthew & Mark & we came home at noon and Georgia
& Ruby stayed at home & kept the babe and it is a beautiful day warm
& pleasant but frooze last night quite hard I began fodering the cows some
stalks."
Mon. Nov 10: " I put up apples
nearly all day on the barn Floor & I got 17 bbls Headed up & loaded to
take away to morrow and I drawed in 1 load of corn & put it in the Horse
barn cellar and it is a nice pleasant day got cooler toward night in the
afternoon Georgia & the children went down to West Hebron & got Maud
shawd and it was windy I husked a little at night"
Tues. Nov 11: " In the morning
I took a load of apples out to Fort Edward & shipped them to Philadelphia
17 bbls & got a sack of bran for the cows and I got home about 1 o'clock
and then I patched up some barrels & cleaned them out and put up a few
apples & drawed in a load of corn & put it in the barn cellar and
Georgia & the children went up to Belcher and at night I husked a little it
is a nice pleasant day cold air looked like rain or snow at night"
Wed. Nov 12: " I put up apples
all day over on the barn Floor & I got the Greenings all put up and I have
a load put up & Headed and it rained quite a lot not hard and it is warn
too. pretty cloudy day."
Thur. Nov 13: " cooler I put up
apples nearly all day over on the barn Floor & got them nearly all put up
but the Russetts and it faired off nearly about noon & was cold in the
morning but got warmer at night nasty but not very cold. pretty cloudy
day"
Fri. Nov 14: " I took a load of
apples out to Fort Edward and shipped them 17 bbls and I got home about 2
o'clock and then I chored around put up some apples in the Horse barn and it is
a nice pleasant day warm for the time of year."
Sat. Nov 15: " In the
morning I done the chores & then loaded up a load of potatoes & took
them out to Sandy Hill at 65¢ per bu. and it is a nice pleasant day warm as
summer rained a little some cloudy I didn't get home very early and I chored
around & a man came here after the Black Buck Lamb and Georgia & the
children drove down to West Hebron & got the mail and it is nice moonlight
nights now."
Sun. Nov 16: " We all went to
church and we heard a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron and his text was in
Samuel and we came home at noon & it is a beautiful day warm as summer and
is some cloudy but no rain. the sheep got into the corn."
Mon. Nov 17: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & loaded up a load of potatoes and took
them out to the Union Grocery Co. at Sandy Hill and I got out there about 11
o'clock & when I got home I drew the apples that wasn't put up over to the
Horse barn & loaded up a load of apples & cleaned the barn floor out
for corn & then went up & got a load of corn and it is a pretty cloudy
day it sprinkled once or twice a little cool air but a nice day."
Tues. Nov 18:" I took a load of
apples out to Fort Edward & shipped them to Philadelphia with A. D. Hatch
and when I got home I chored around & drawed in 2 loads of corn and it is a
nice warm day some cloudy In the afternoon Georgia drove down to West Hebron
& got the mail."
Wed. Nov 19: " In the morning I
drawed in a load of corn & it came on rain the corn was wet & then I
put up enough more apples to make a load & then I husked corn over in big
barn & it is pretty fair corn & in the afternoon Georgia & the
children went up to Johnnies it cleared off a warm day but cooler."
Thur. Nov 20: " In the morning
I took a load of apples down to Salem & shipped them to Philadelphia 17
bbls 14 Baldwins 1 Spitzenburgs 1 Leeks & 1 of Russets and when I came back
I chored around & drawed in a load of corn and it wasn't very dry & I
husked some in the barn rather cloudy but warm. fine weather."
Fri. Nov 21: " I drawed in corn
nearly all day & I got it all in I drew in 8 loads all alone & part of
it was pretty damp but put it all in on the barn floor. and it is a nice warm
day warm as summer about rather cloudy."
Sat. Nov 22: " In the forenoon
I took the cider apples down to the cider mill & got 2 bbls made 90 gal
took 20 bu and payed for 6 bu 8¢ per bu. and & took a grist & got it
home & in the afternoon I made a bin in the house cellar & emptyed some
apples that was in barrels and husked some and chored around & at night I
went down to West Hebron and got the mail & rehearsed a piece or two at Mr.
Smarts for a concert. it got cooler at night but was a warm day cloudy &
looked like rain & did a little not much."
Sun. Nov 23: " We all went to
church & we heard a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron and his text was in the
11 chapter of Hebrews and we came home at noon & it is a windy day &
colder too it frooze nearly all day in the shade. quite a change."
Mon. Nov 24: " I drawed manure
all day from the barn yard & sheep shed up to on top of the hill in the
meadow and I got 8 loads up there it was hard drawing and it is a nice pleasant
day some cloudy nice summers weather."
Tues. Nov 25: " In the forenoon
I drawed manure & scraped the most of the barn yard & put it on the
side hill cross from the barn under the woods and it was windy and in the
afternoon I chored around & cut some old wood & picked up some apples
in the horse barn & put them in barrels. & Georgia, Roscoe & the
babe went down to West Hebron & got the mail. and it is a cloudy day looks
like rain or snow."
Wed. Nov 26: " I picked up
apples & put them in the barrels & I drawed over (in course of the day)
4 loads or 44 bbls Georgia helped me to load them and put them in the house
cellar and it rained some nearly all day & snowed & hailed also the
ground was nearly white at night looks some like winter not very cold it kept
thawing."
Thur. Nov 27: "
Thanksgiving We all went down to Orries
at West Hebron a visiting & we all went in the buggie & Ruby stayed
down with Eva at night and it is a nasty day it rained a little nearly all day warm
the snow nearly all thawed off but got colder at night."
Fri. Nov 28: " In the morning
Roscoe & I took some Butter out to Sandy Hill at 20¢ it is worth 25¢ per #
I believe now and we got a barrel of Flour & I went up & done some
business with the bank and after we got home I drawed the rest of the apples
over to the House cellar & Georgia helped me and I have about 110 barrels
in the cellar and Roscoe & I each got a suit of clothes and it is a very
cold day to ride."
Sat. Nov 29: " In the forenoon
I chored around repaired the ice house & put the apples in a bin in the
cellar and in the afternoon I husked some & chored around Georgia, Roscoe
& the babe went down & got Ruby at West Hebron & got the mail &
it is a nice pleasant day it got warmer looked some like rain at night I husked
some at night."
Sun. Nov 30: " Ruby, Roscoe
& I went to church and we heard a sermon by Mr. Golledge the Methodist
Minister of West Hebron and we came home at noon & Georgia stayed at home
and kept the babe and it is a pretty cloudy day cool air but thawing looks like
rain or snow."
Mon. Dec 1: " In the forenoon I
husked some corn enough for a grist and in the afternoon I took the grist down
to West Hebron & took the buckwheat down & left it but got the grist
home & I took 2 barrels of apples down to Orrie & I didn't get home
very early it is a cloudy dark day it got some warmer & looked like rain at
night it thawed the snow nearly all off. at night I husked some."
Tues. Dec 2: " I husked corn
part of the day and chored around it keeps me busy nearly all the time
attending to the pigs & hogs I scald meal for them now & feed hard corn
and they seem to be doing well and at night we all went down to West Hebron
& they met to sing I went along too. and it is a beautiful day warm as
summer & pleasant cool air in shade. A man came here & took the
childrens pictures & went down to the school house & took the
school."
Wed. Dec 3: " I husked corn
part of the day and chored around and it is a pretty cloudy day rained some
quite a lot last night & it began raining at night again. it is very nasty
traveling around now sticky. I sent my old cutter down to West Hebron to get
repaired with Davie Moore and it got some cooler at night & after
dark."
Thur. Dec 4: " I husked corn
nearly all forenoon and in the afternoon I chored around & cleaned out the
saw dust out of the ice house or the most of it and it is a pretty cloudy day
some cooler toward night cleared off but didn't look fair."
Fri. Dec 5: " In the morning it
was snowing & blowing a gale & cold too. It snowed & blowed all day
nearly I had quite a time getting the cattle & sheep in the barn under
shelter and it must of snowed 6 inches on the level but the ground is bare in
lots of places the wind blew from the north a terrible gale and it kept getting
colder all day. I husked a little but was to cold."
Sat. Dec 6: " It is very cold
so sleighing the snow is all piled up & bare ground. In the forenoon I took
a small grist down to West Hebron & got it home & some Harness repaired
& the mail and in the afternoon I chored around to cold to husk to-day
it was down as low as 14º below zero
some places this morning pretty cold to start in on nearly zero at night."
Sun. Dec 7: " It snowed till
after noon pretty hard 3 inches I guess I went to church all alone & heard
a sermon by Mr. Willard McEachron & his text was Matthew the 12 chapter
& 36 & 37 verses I think and Georgia & the children stayed at home
& kept house and it cleared off & was warmer but cloudy &
moderated."
Mon. Dec 8: " I chored around
& got ready for butchering I was busy nearly all day it kept getting colder
all day & was very windy and it got terrible cold and at night I went down
to West Hebron to sing for the concert and it was a terrible night cold below
zero & the wind blowing a terrible gale."
Tues. Dec 9: " In the morning I
got up early & carried the rest of the water & got it hot ready for
butchering and Johnnie & Mary came down & Charley McGeoch & John
McKernon came also to help me to Butcher & we began about 9 o'clock &
got done about 3 and we killed 15 & had pretty good luck It was a nice lot
of pork no mistake to much for one load Johnnie is going to take part of them
& it was the coldest day that I ever butchered I think below zero all day
& windy to. at night I went over to the church to practice for a concert.
30 degrees below zero some places"
Wed. Dec 10: " In the morning
Johnnie came down with his team & we both took a load each out to Glens
Falls they weighed 3363 # at 8¢ per # John Powers Market got the pork and we
got out there about half past 11 o'clock and we got home about dark & we
brought home some bran. and we took sleighs & it is pretty fair sleighing
it snowed a little nearly all forenoon but kept cloudy & got warmer at
night looked some like rain."
Thur. Dec 11: " It got colder
again in the night and is very cold & windy again & in the morning I
boiled some feed for the young pigs and then Roscoe & I went up to
Johnnie's & got 2 small calves we got them home in a sleigh and in the
afternoon I husked some corn but it was to cold for me and I chored around at
night I sorted some potatoes and it is very cold at night nearly zero."
Fri. Dec 12: " In the morning I
took a grist down to West Hebron & got the team sharpened & got my old
cutter home and Orrie & Eva came home with me & we got home a little
after noon and in the afternoon I chored around and at night we all went to the
White church to the Concert and we went in a Sleigh only 1 horse nice
sleighing"
Sat. Dec 13: " I snowed &
blowed nearly all day snowed about 5 inches I guess & it is very cold I
tell you what this is Winter in earnest.
the snow is coming at bed time & drifting in places & I sorted
potatoes part of the day frost is getting in the cellar. I sent down & got
the mail."
Sun. Dec 14: " I went to church
and I heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was in Timothy and the
rest of the folks all stayed at home I came home at noon & the roads were
drifted bad in places & had hard work to get through and it is a nice
pleasant day but very cold nearly zero morning & at night too. but not
windy to-day."
Mon. Dec 15: " In the forenoon
after I got the chores done I sorted potatoes and in the afternoon Georgia took
Orrie & Eva down to West Hebron and done some trading & I stayed and
kept the babe and when she came home I drove down & got Ruby & the
teacher. The teacher is going to board here now and it is a nice pleasant day
only very cold but it moderated some at night it was 14º above zero after night
kept getting warmer."
Tues. Dec 16: " It rained &
frooze as it came last night & in the morning (but snowed first in the
night) and it got warmer & thawed the crust of & was very sloppy &
wet rained hard nearly all day. In the
forenoon I went down to Argyle & gave up my certificate of the Butter
Factory to John Conway for $25 and then went to the Farmers meeting at the Hall
but there was a very small attendance on account of the rain storm. a very
nasty & wet day no mistake. at night I went down after Ruby & the
teacher. but the teacher went away at night."
Wed. Dec 17: " I husked corn
now & then all day and I put the most of it in barrels for a grist & it
keeps warm yet thawing all the time but got some cooler but a nice day to husk
for the time of year cleared off partly but good sleighing yet."
Thur. Dec 18: " In the morning
I got up early & loaded up a load of potatoes & took them out to Glens
Falls 45 bu at 65¢ to Powers market and they went all right. it is very sloppy
going but warm the snow is wasteing fast. I got home before sun down. at night
I sorted a few potatoes."
Fri. Dec 19: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & then loaded up a load of potatoes
& took them out to Glens Falls to Powers 48 bu and it keeps warm but cooler
last night the sleighing is good yet but thawing fast & very sloppy. I got
home before sundown. at night I sorted some apples."
Sat. Dec 20: " In the morning I
went up to Mr. Hiram Reynolds & helped him to Thresh rye & we got done
about 2 o'clock & then I came home & took a grist down to West Hebron
and had to wait till about dark before I could get it & Georgia & the
children went down & got Dan shawd and it is a nice pleasant day but cold
air got colder all day wind in the north. cold at night. sleighing is good
around here but getting thin in places."
Sun. Dec 21: " I went to church
& I heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & I came home at noon & Georgia
stayed at home & kept the children & it snowed part of the day &
turned to rain got warmer it rained very hard at night. sleighing is poor East
of us & West it is good or fair."
Mon. Dec 22: " In the morning I
got up early & done the chores & loaded up a load of apples & took
them out to Glens Falls 12 bbls at 1.25 per bbl and am to have my own barrels
pretty good sleighing some bad spots and I got home before sundown and it was
pretty sloppy & rained a big rain last
night some bad places in the road."
Tues. Dec 23: " I got up early
& done the chores & loaded up a load of potatoes and took them up to
Glens Falls and got 70¢ per bu 44½ bu's and I got some things for the children
didn't get home very early I had to wait for the pay man and it is a nice day
some windy."
Wed. Dec 24: " In the forenoon
I boiled a kettle feed & chored around & in the afternoon I took a
grist down to West Hebron and got it home Ruby & Roscoe went too & we
brought Orrie & Eva home with us to stay awhile and it is a cold day some
cloudy. to cold to husk . I sorted some potatoes at night. I bought a quarter
of Beef of Sidney Heath & brought it home 5¼¢ per #."
Thur. Dec 25: " Christmas In the morning I husked a little &
Johnnie & Mary & Mrs. Powell came down & we had a Turkey for Dinner
and it snowed some last night & a little all day but doesn't amount to much
and it is very good sleighing around here & nice winter weather now."
Fri. Dec 26: " In the forenoon
I husked some corn & chored around & in the afternoon I drove down to
West Hebron & got the mail and it is fair sleighing and at night Charley
McGeoch & his family came over & Johnnie & Mary came down &
John McKernon & his wife came down & we had an oyster Supper and they
stayed till after midnight it snowed some but was very light. I cut up the
quarter of Beef."
Sat. Dec 27: "In the forenoon I
husked some corn & chored around and in the afternoon I did the same and it
is a nice winters day some clear but cool and at night I sorted some potatoes
and"
Sun. Dec 28: " Georgia, Ruby,
Roscoe & I went to church and we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and his
text was Matthew the 23 chapter & the 23 verse and we came home at noon
& Orrie & Eva stayed at home
& kept the babe and it is a nice pleasant day cold & fair sleighing
around here. some wagons to church the sleighing has been poor over east for a
week or so."
Mon. Dec 29: " In the forenoon
I chored around husked some and in the afternoon I took a grist down to West
Hebron & got it back home and it snowed & blowed nearly all afternoon
not very cold the snow came from the East & was wet but it blowed &
drifted too. the sleighing is improved down Hebron way."
Tues. Dec 30: " I husked corn
in the forenoon most of the time after I done the chores and in the afternoon I
husked corn & sorted a few apples and it is a beautiful day thawed a little
sun shone nearly all day & was pleasant the roads were drifted in places at
night I went down to West Hebron & got Mrs. Powell we are all intending to
go out to Glens Falls to morrow."
Wed. Dec 31: " In the morning
we all got up early & I done the chores & then we all started for Glens
Falls & we started about day light & got out there about Half past 9
o'clock & never started home till most sun down it was long after dark when
we got home but all (even to the babe) stood the ride well and it was a
beautiful day pleasant all day but rather cool & the wind blew from the
south west. we have come to the close of a nother year all well & enjoying
good health Thank the Lord. It has been a nother good year for me financially
crops were light brought a good price except apples they were ading."