Ages as of 1/1/15: Harvey, 52, Georgia 36, Ruby, 18, Roscoe 17, Marion 13,

Hazel, 9, Harold 8, Marjory 6, James 4, John C. 3, Mary E. 2, Oliver 5 mo.

Fri. Jan. 1: “ Cool but pleasant We did’nt do much but chore around I wrote some and stayed in the house and at night Ruby went to a party up to Hartford & Roscoe went away and Will McNeil brought over a hind qr of Beef 105# @ 10¢ and it is fine sleighing A. Happy New Year.”

Sat. Jan. 2: “Stormy 24º above It snowed nearly all day & we did’nt do much but set around the house and I wrote some and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron and it is not very cold it party cleared off at night & quit snowing”

Sun. Jan. 3: “cold but pleasant 16º above Roscoe, Marion & Harold and Ruby, Hazel & Marjory went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and Georgia & I stayed at home and kept the youngsters & it is a nice pleasant day but cool air & nice sleighing.”

Mon. Jan. 4: “cold 5º below in places 7º above In the morning after we done the chores Roscoe took the big team and took me out to Hudson Falls and then he came back home I attended Court as a Juror I boarded at Jen Durkees and it is fine sleighing & cold too I attended court to-day at night I went up to Glens Falls and done some errands after supper I went to church and it is a nice pleasant day only cold.”

Tues. Jan. 5: “cold 12º below out to Hudson Falls I attended court all day Roscoe is doing the chores at home and it is a cold day but pleasant nice sleighing at night I went up street & went to a picture show and it is warmer at night the children have colds but well every other way was on a panel to-day. Roscoe was down to West Hebron.”

Wed. Jan. 6: “cloudy & warmer Roscoe got up early and Willie McFarland came down and helped him to load of potatoes and Roscoe took his last load out to Glens Falls 63 bu at 40¢ & he got home early & Willie stayed here all day & done chores & husked some corn and I attended court to day and after dinner I went up to Glens Falls and saw Roscoe & I rode down with him to Hudson Falls and it is fine sleighing but warmer & cloudy at night & began raining some it acts like a thaw at night I went down to Fort Edward awhile.”

Thur. Jan. 7: “Sleighing all gone Pleasant & big thaw last night I attended court all day and was on a Panel to day and was out till 8 o’clock before we could agree we was taken out to a Hotel for our Supper and after we got out we went up to the skating rink and to the picture show Roscoe took the big team down to West Hebron and got them shawd and he & Willie took the dog away and shot him and they had an offle hard south wind & gutted the snow it spoiled the sleighing around here nearly all bare ground sleighing is good yet out here.”

Fri. Jan. 8: “Pleasant but windy I attended court all day was on a Panel & we was taken out for our dinner and was called on another Jury at night & we was called up for a night session & was kept there till bed time. Roscoe went down to West Hebron after Ruby & Marion it is a nice day only windy not very cold we are about done at court. the childrens colds are better”

Sat. Jan. 9: “Pleasant We got dismissed about 10 o’clock and got our pay and came down to Fort Edward Edd Pollock & I and Roscoe had came out after us & Edd rode out as far as Argyle with us and it is a nice pleasant day pretty good sleighing out to Argyle & from there up here it is all bare ground about. we got home about 2 o’clock to bad to loose our sleighing.

Sun. Jan. 10: “Pleasant We did’nt go to church to day any of us so all stayed at home and kept house at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron to church and it is a nice pleasant day thawed some in the sun it is good wheeling”

Mon. Jan. 11: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe took Ruby & Marion down to West Hebron to school and I husked some corn and in the afternoon I cut up the limbs into stove wood and husked a little corn and went down in the woods along the swamp & cut a little cord wood and Roscoe chored around and it is a nice day cool some cloudy.”

Tues. Jan. 12: “cool & cloudy snow & rain I husked some corn and chored around and we did’nt do much but chore around It snowed about 2 inches and then rained the rest of the day water run down the hills but the snow did’nt thaw very fast it is a cloudy day it was some cooler at night. at night it was cooler & Roscoe went down to West Hebron”

Wed. Jan. 13: “cooler & windy In the forenoon Roscoe & I put up part of a load of potatoes in bags I sold 2 load in Glens Falls and in the afternoon Roscoe, Georgia & Mary E. went up to Johnnies and I stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a pleasant day but getting colder I husked a little corn and it is getting colder. At night Roscoe went down to W. H.”

Thur. Jan. 14: “cloudy warmer In the forenoon we chored around & put up the rest of the load of potatoes and in the afternoon I husked corn & helped to churn and Roscoe went down to West Hebron to get his cutter repaired and it was cloudy & looked like a storm in the morning but cleared off and was a nice day it was quite cold in the morning but got warmer before night”

Fri. Jan. 15: “Stormy In the forenoon I husked corn and Roscoe helped his Mother to wash and in the afternoon Roscoe went down to West Hebron and got the girls and I husked corn & chored around & it is a nice day some cloudy but did’nt storm much good sleighing yet”

Sat. Jan. 16: “Pleasant & warm In the morning we loaded up the load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls to Sam Halpen 78 bu @ 40¢ the load was the childrens and he found good sleighing & he got home before dark and I husked corn most of the day and it is a nice day pleasant & warm the snow wasted quite a lot in the afternoon the sleighing is very good around here yet thin in places at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Sun. Jan. 17: “Stormy & rain It was raining & snowing so we did’nt any of us go to church so all stayed at home & kept house It rained nearly all day and the sleighing is going but a lot of ice yet. it keeps warm.”

Mon. Jan. 18: “rainy & warm It rained nearly all day and came right down for a fare. Roscoe took Ruby & Marion down to W. H. to school he took a wagon the sleighing is nearly gone lots of ice yet too on the road. I husked corn part of the day it is a nice time to husk it keeps warm”

Tues. Jan. 19: “cloudy fairing off In the forenoon Roscoe went up to John Weirs & got some plank for Lewis Mattison & took them down to West Hebron & Clayton Barkley came along & I rode down to Argyle with him & we saw John Conway about selling the old Homestead of Grandfather Blacks and in the afternoon I husked some & after dinner Roscoe & I went down to the woods & split some cord wood logs that was cut some time ago and it is a nice pleasant day warm & thawed a lot getting muddy in places at night Roscoe went down to W. H.”

Wed. Jan. 20: “Pleasant but cooler In the forenoon I husked some corn and Roscoe & I drawed over a load of oat straw & put it up in the horse barn and in the afternoon Roscoe took a grist down to West Heron & brought Marion home she has a bad time with her teeth her face is all swollen up and I went down in the woods and cut some wood & at night Rob. Hughey came along and stayed all night and it is a nice day some cooler.”

Thur. Jan. 21: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe & I drawed over 2 loads of Hay from the big barn to the Horse barn and in the afternoon we went down to the woods and cut wood awhile and it is a nice day some cool getting colder at night. Marions face & teeth are no better.”

Fri. Jan. 22: “cold 18º above In the forenoon after we got the chores done Roscoe & I went down to the woods and cross cut some wood & split it up & in the afternoon Roscoe went down to West Hebron and got Ruby and I went down to the woods & cut some wood and it is a pleasant but cold day at night Billy’s folks & Sam Robinson came over and spent the evening Sam brought his fiddle & we had lots of music. Marions face does not ache quite so bad to-day. It began snowing after night awhile”

Sat. Jan. 23: “Snowed & rain It snowed about 4 or 5 inches last night and it got warmer and turned to rain and rained all day the snow nearly all thawed away and I husked corn part of the day we did’nt get up very early. so only had 2 meals to-day and Marions face is better to day the swelling is going down.”

Sun. Jan. 24: “Pleasant & cooler Georgia, Hazel & Harold and Roscoe & Ruby went to church in 2 rigs they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and Marion & I stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a nice pleasant day some cool nights at night Roscoe & Ruby went down to West Hebron to prayer meeting and it looks like a storm.”

Mon. Jan. 25: “Stormy snow & rain In the morning it was snowing & Roscoe carried Ruby & Marion down to West Hebron to school & Billy came over & he & I husked corn most of the day and Roscoe got home about noon & he went down after them at night & brought them home & it rained most of the day & hailed but frooze as it came and it is a cloudy & stormy day but did’nt thaw much.”

Tues. Jan. 26: “Pleasant & warm In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school at W. H. and I husked corn and in the afternoon Roscoe took his Mother over to a Sunday School Convention at our church & he left her there for the Evening Session & went down to W. H. after the girls and I stayed in the house and kept the youngsters and at night Ruby & Hazel went over to the church to the Convention & brought their Mother home with them & Roscoe went too & I stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a nice pleasant day fair sleighing”

Wed. Jan. 27: “warm but cooler I husked corn part of the day and Rob Hughey came along and he helped to husk some corn and it is a nice day (the girls drove down to school) only cloudy it looked like a storm all day. In the morning We loaded up a load of potatoes (the last load in the barn cellar) & Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls 75 bu to Metzner at 40¢ per bu they was the childrens potatoes he got home after dark a little”

Thur. Jan. 28: “cloudy & rain but frooze as it came It snowed some last night & turned to rain but was cool & frooze as it came and it is a cloudy day in the forenoon Roscoe went down to West Hebron & got his horse shawd and Rob Hughey & I husked some corn and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron. It snowed some at night & got colder before night a little Roscoe went down & got Mrs. Bussing”

Fri. Jan. 29: “colder 5º above In the forenoon We went at drawing cord wood up to the house from down in the woods along the swamp Rob helped some and I cut some wood down there & they got all the wood drawed up that was drawed down to the foot of the hill & they went up back & got 1 load of pole wood that Jim Wrye cut and Lydia came home with the girls & at night Georgia, Ruby, Lydia, Marion, Hazel, Harold, Marjory & James & I went down to Argyle to a show and Roscoe went too & Mrs. Bussing kept the little ones. Bernie Carswell insured the buildings to-day.”

Sat. Jan. 30: “Cold 3º below In the forenoon Rob & I went over in the woods & sawed a few trees into cord wood & split them we was’nt long doing it and after dinner Rob & Roscoe went up back & got a nother Jag of wood or poles by Jim Wryes & I cut the poles up into stove wood & cord wood. Ruby & Lydia took Mrs. Bussing down home and it is a cold day but pleasant.”

Sun. Jan. 31: “cool 15º above Roscoe, Ruby & Lydia, Marion, Hazel & Marjory went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and Georgia & I stayed at home and kept house and it is a cloudy day and began snowing in the afternoon and snowed till after night 2 or 3 inches it is moderating”

Mon. Feb. 1: “cold & cloudy It was raining & frooze as it came in the morning and in a little while it began snowing & got colder & kept getting colder all day wind was in the north and Lydia went home with the girls when they went to school & Rob Hughey went away and Roscoe drove down to West Hebron and I churned & chored around & husked some corn & put up a small grist and it is a cool & windy day. at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Tues. Feb. 2: “rain Hail & snow In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to West Hebron school & he stayed down & brought them home at night and I chored around & sorted a few potatoes & it is a stormy day & kept getting colder & windy too a bad day”

Wed. Feb. 3: “cloudy & cold In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school & then came back and they are going to stay down to night and I went over in the woods and shoveled & swept what snow I could of the wood and in the afternoon we chored around It is a cloudy & cold day quite cold at night.”

Thur. Feb. 4: “cold but pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe & I drawed the wood out of the woods we drawed part of it out along the bottom of the woods on the other side & the other part on this side in the meadow and we got it all drawed down and in the afternoon Roscoe took a small grist down to West Hebron & got it back & brought home the new sleighs & rack & Ruby & Marion too. I chored around and it is a nice day only cold.”

Fri. Feb. 5: “Pleasant At night it rained Roscoe drawed our ice from the Mud Lake 4 Loads 87 cakes Rob Smith cut it for 2½ ¢ a cake and I packed it in the bin in the cellar and Orrie came up & stayed all day & Uncle Oscar & Aunt Sarah came down & made a visit & Mr. Simmons came down & seen me about business and at night the girls brought home 2 girls Lydia & Florence and at night Georgia, Roscoe & I & the girls went down to a dance at Argyle O. E. S. & Roscoe went and got Mrs. Bussing & she kept the youngsters we stayed most all night.”

Sat. Feb. 6: “It rained a lot last night it is very sloppy to day On the afternoon Roscoe drawed 2 loads of ice for Norm Mahaffy & I chored around & husked some corn in the morning we packed the rest of the ice & covered it with sawdust. and Everett came up & got the girls it is a cloudy & warm day.”

Sun. Feb. 7: “Pleasant Roscoe, Ruby & Harold and Marion, James, Hazel & I went to church and we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and his text was Galatians 4 chapter & the last clause of the 7 verse & we stayed for sunday school and Georgia stayed at home and kept the youngsters and it is a warm day & cloudy it thawed quite a lot and the sleighing is good yet.”

Mon. Feb. 8: “Warm & cloudy In the forenoon Roscoe & I husked some corn for a grist and in the afternoon Roscoe took a grist for the horses down to West Hebron and got it home and I sorted apples and I got 13 barrels put up or sorted & at night I sorted 8 barrels more 21 barrels for a load & Roscoe went down to West Hebron and it is a nice day warm & thawed some & it snowed some last night.”

Tues. Feb. 9: “Pleasant but colder In the forenoon we drawed cord wood up to the house from down in the meadow by the woods and in the afternoon Roscoe finished drawing up the cord wood & I cut limbs into stove wood at the house and it is getting colder all day but pleasant at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron & it is a cold night.”

Wed. Feb. 10: “cold but pleasant 7º above In the forenoon we cut the rest of the limbs into stove wood & cut up a tree that blowed down up in the orchard and in the afternoon I sold another load of apples & a load of potatoes and I sorted some potatoes down in the House cellar & put them in to sacks and Lydia came home with the girls from school. Her & Ruby had company at night & Roscoe went up to North Hebron to a Necktie social and it is a cold day but pleasant quite cold at night.”

Thur. Feb. 11: “cloudy In the morning we loaded up a load of Apples and Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls 21 bbls @ $1 per bbl (Ben Davis) to the Red Line and he got home a little after night and I husked corn & sorted some potatoes and it is a cloudy day it stormed a little and then cleared of.”

Fri. Feb. 12: “cloudy & warm In the forenoon I husked some corn and in the afternoon we all went up to Johnnies and stayed awhile & there was no school at West Hebron to-day and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron and it is a nice day it is some cooler at night & Cleared of and the sleighing is good yet.”

Sat. Feb. 13: “cold but pleasant In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes (the first load out of the house cellar) and Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls 82 bu @ 40¢ to Halpin and he got home rather late he had to onload in two different places and I sorted a nother load of apples 21 barrels and it is a nice day it thawed quite a lot for a cold day but the sun shone all day.”

Sun. Feb. 14: “cloudy & warm Ruby, Marion, Hazel & I went to church and we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and his text was in John and Mother & Roscoe stayed at home with the youngsters and at night Roscoe, Mother, Ruby & Marion went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and I stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a cloudy day but warm it thawed some.”

Mon. Feb. 15: “big rain all day Ruby was sick so she & Marion did’nt go to school and it rained right along all day and the water run freely everywhere I husked corn part of the day and Roscoe chored around & at night went down to West Hebron he took a sleigh the sleighing is thin around here now & lots of ice the snow is nearly all off the fields warm.”

Tues. Feb. 16: “cloudy & warm In the forenoon Roscoe took a grist a good big one for the Horses & cattle and he stayed nearly all day but got the grist home he took it in the big sleighs the girls went to school in a wagon. at night Roscoe & Ruby went to meeting over to our church and in the morning we intended to take a load of apples but Roscoe drove old Grey down the road a mile or two & he thought the sleighing was‘nt very good.”

Wed. Feb. 17: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school they are going to stay down to night at Everetts for the play and in the afternoon Roscoe, Georgia & Hazel went to church over to our church and I kept the youngsters and sorted some potatoes and it is a nice pleasant day and the nights are cold nearly zero in places Roscoe went to the play at night to West Hebron”

Thur. Feb. 18: “cold & windy In the morning we both loaded up 2 parts of loads of apples 21 bbls and I took my load as far as Mr. Macks & Roscoe took all the apples 21 B to Glens Falls Red Line @ $1 & he got home after dark a little & I sorted apples and chored around and it is a clear day but a cold north wind blew all day & it was cold too. When Roscoe got home he went down to W. H. & got the girls.”

Fri. Feb. 19: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe & I drawed over hay & straw from the big barn to the horse barn and in the afternoon I sorted the rest of a load of apples and Roscoe went down & got Mrs. Bussing to stay with the children to night & when the girls came home from school they brought home Lydia & Florence and at night we all (but 3 little ones) & Smith went down to a play at Argyle & stayed for the dance and we had a good time we had a load & did’nt get home till most morning & it is a nice pleasant day but cold nights.”

Sat. Feb. 20: “Pleasant to-day snow melted fast In the morning we both took 2 loads of apples down the hills to Mr. Macks & there I put my load on Roscoes sleigh 24 bbls & he took them out to Glens Falls Red Line @ $1 per bbl and when I came back I sorted the rest of the apples all of them and Roscoe got home before dark and it is a nice warm day the sleighing went to day mostly wagons around here at night Roscoe took his girl (Florence) home no sleighing East of us.”

Sun. Feb. 21: “Pleasant & warm Roscoe, Ruby & Lydia went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and it was Communion Sabbath and Georgia & I stayed at home & kept the youngsters. She is about sick to-day & was all night the snow went fast to-day It is warm in the sun. at night Roscoe took Lydia down home to W. Hebron.”

Mon. Feb. 22: “Pleasant & warm In the morning we got out the double Wagon and loaded up a load of apples and Roscoe took the load 13 bbls out to Glens Falls to S. Halpin and I sorted a load of potatoes Giants I sold some for 30¢ to be delivered at Salem and it is a nice pleasant day Roscoe got home a little after dark and there was no school to-day.”

Tues. Feb. 23: “warm & cloudy In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes Giants and Roscoe took the load down to Salem 60 bu. @ 30¢ we are storeing them till Glines goes to loading a car and I sorted another load of Giants and it is a nice warm day cloudy but did’nt storm the children have bad colds. and I took the sow pig over to Billys but no use.”

Wed. Feb. 24: “rainy day It rained all day and is warm & very muddy bad roads now the girls went to school and Roscoe took old Grey down & got a shoe put on at West Hebron and we sat around the house and the ice is thawing away the snow banks are getting scarce only on the north side of the hill.”

Thur. Feb. 25: “rain & snow It rained and about noon it turned to snow and snowed till night & it came down for a fare and it melted fast but it came so fast that it accumulated fast the ground soon got white it must have been six inches at night & still coming right down getting colder too but wet”

Fri. Feb. 26: “2 feet of snow big snow storm & snowed all day It snowed all night & is still snowing it snowed most all day nearly 2 feet of snow fell here I should think Tom Lamon brought his sister over to school & stayed all day here the girls did’nt go to school to Hebron Roscoe broke out the road on our beat and I sat around the house at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron to a show & it is colder but cloudy yet.”

Sat. Feb. 27: “cloudy & cool 20º above We chored around in the forenoon & put up a small grist & in the afternoon Roscoe took it down to West Hebron and got it ground & brought it home & he got the team shawd and the roads are getting beat out on the main road hard traveling on the cross roads”

Sun. Feb. 28: “Pleasant but cold 10º above Roscoe & Marion went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and the rest of us stayed at home and the babe is about sick with a bad cold he had the croup last night we were up with him most all night We had the Doctor come up & see him before night awhile and at night Roscoe went down to prayer meeting at West Hebron it thawed a little in the sun to-day.”

Mon. Mar. 1: “cold but pleasant 19º above 2º below zero at Argyle In the morning after we done the chores we loaded up a load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 82 1/6 bu at 30¢ ’Giants’ and I went down to Argyle & paid George H. Kinney some money on a note he had against me & when I got home I went at sorting potatoes & I sorted after night awhile I put them in bags and Roscoe went in a sleigh good sleighing he got home before night awhile and it is a nice pleasant day but cold in the morning it thawed in the sun.”

Tues. Mar. 2: “cloudy & snow or squally In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes and Roscoe took the load down to Salem 84 1/3 bu at 30¢ Giants and I sorted potatoes nearly all day and it is a nice warm day it was squally in the afternoon and turned colder before night wind got in the West & was cold the girls stayed down with Lydia and Roscoe got home early it was windy too he went down to West Hebron at night. the babe is better”

Wed. Mar. 3: “cold but pleasant 20º above In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 81 1/3 bu at 30¢ Giants & I sorted potatoes and chored around most of the day. & Roscoe got home before sundown and it was a cold day the wind was in the north a winters night I sorted potatoes at night.”

Thur. Mar. 4: “cold but pleasant 13º above zero in places In the morning when it warmed up some we loaded up a load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 80 1/3 bu at 30¢ Giants and I sorted potatoes nearly all day and at night Roscoe took Ruby down to West Hebron to practice their play and it is a nice pleasant day but cold nights sleighing is thin down toward Salem”

Fri. Mar. 5: “Pleasant In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes and Roscoe took the load down to Salem 64 2/3 bu at 30¢ Giants and I sorted another load and Lydia came home with the girls from school and at night Georgia, Lydia & I went down to a dance at Argyle the Odd Fellows Hall & Ruby went & Harold & Lydia went down & got Mrs. Bussing to take care of the babe & Roscoe & Marion stayed at home and it is a nice pleasant day.”

Sat. Mar. 6: “Pleasant & warmer In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes and Roscoe took the load down to Salem 67 1/3 bu @ 30¢ Giants he put this load in the Car and the sleighing is about gone When Roscoe got home he hitched on the Double wagon & drove down to the stone house & made a track and I sorted another load and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron and it is a nice pleasant day.”

Sun. Mar. 7: “Pleasant Roscoe, Georgia & Marjory went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and the rest of us stayed at home & kept house and they went to church in a sleigh and it was very poor sleighing. It is a nice pleasant day. thawed quite a lot. at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron & took Lydia home.”

Mon. Mar. 8: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & I loaded part of a load on the big Wagon & I put part of a load on the sleighs & took it down to (or as far as) the stone house & put my load on the wagon and Roscoe took the load down to Salem 65 bu and I came back and sorted another load of Giants and it is a nice pleasant day thaws day time in the sun but cold nights freezes hard. When I came back from taking the potatoes I took Mothers calf down to Argyle 147 # @ 9½ per # to Mr. Shaw. At night the girls stayed down to Everetts all night.”

Tues. Mar. 9: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & I put part of a load on the wagon & the balance on the sleighs & I took the sleigh load down to the stone house and put my load on Roscoes Wagon & he took the load down to Salem 66½ bu Giants @ 30¢ & I came back and sorted another load of potatoes and Roscoe gets home before night awhile and it is a nice pleasant day only cold nights the snow goes very slow.”

Wed. Mar. 10: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & I loaded up part of a load on the wagon & put the rest of the load on the sleighs and I took them down to the stone house & put them on the wagon & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 67 bu @ 30¢ and I came back & sorted another load of Giants and it is a nice day pleasant but cold nights & freezes hard the sleighing is getting poor nearly all wagons now.”

Thur. Mar. 11: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & I put part of a load on the wagon and the rest on the sleighs & I took it down to the stone house & put it on the wagon & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 67 bu @ 30¢ & I came back & sorted a nother load of Giants and it is a nice day warm & pleasant but colder at night & windy too it thawed a lot to-day.”

Fri. Mar. 12: “Pleasant but cold 20º above In the morning we got up early and Roscoe & I load up part of the load on the wagon & part of it on the sleighs & I took the sleigh load down to the stone house & put them on the wagon & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 66 bu at 30¢ & it was cold too we started about sun rise & I came back & sorted another load of Giants and Roscoe got home early and the girls brought Florence Chamberlain home with them & Roscoe & they went over to Jim Lants to a party or dance & it is a cold night it is a pleasant day but cold. In the afternoon Johnnie & Mary came down awhile.”

Sat. Mar. 13: “Pleasant but cold 20º above In the morning Roscoe did’nt go to bed when he got home from the dance so we load up part of the load on the wagon & the rest on the sleighs & I took them down to the stone house & put them on the wagon & Roscoe took the load down to Salem 67 bu @ 30¢ & I came back & sorted another load of Giants and Roscoe got home early & at night Roscoe took his girl home & Ruby rode down to West Hebron to practice & Roscoe brought her home. it is a nice day & pleasant & in the forenoon Georgia & I went up to Mr. John Reynolds funeral.”

Sun. Mar. 14: “Pleasant Ruby, Marion & Hazel went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & they stayed for sunday school and the rest of us stayed home & kept the youngsters and it is a nice pleasant day it thaws in the sun but freezes all day in the sun the snow goes very slow. cold nights. at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron to Prayer meeting.”

Mon. Mar. 15: “Pleasant but cold 22º above In the morning Roscoe & I loaded up part of the load on his wagon & the rest of the load we put on the Truck Wagon & I took it down to the stone house & put it on Roscoes Wagon & he took the load down to Salem 67 bu @ 30¢ Giants & I came back & sorted a nother load of potatoes & Ruby stayed down to Everetts all night and it is a nice pleasant day but cold air it don’t thaw any in the shade.”

Tues. Mar. 16: “Pleasant but cold nights In the morning Roscoe & I put a load of potatoes on 2 wagons & I took my load down to the stone House and put it on Roscoes wagon & he took the load down to Salem @ 30¢ Giants 66 bu and I came back & sorted a nother load of Giants and it is a nice pleasant day but cold air in the shade & cold nights.”

Wed. Mar. 17: “Pleasant but cold Bess cow time up In the morning we loaded up 2 parts of loads of potatoes and I took my load down to the stone house & put my load on Roscoes Wagon and he took the load down to Salem 65 bu. Giants at 30¢ per bu and I came back & sorted another load of Giants and it is a nice pleasant day but cold nights Ruby stayed down to Everetts at night & Roscoe went down to W. H. at night.”

Thur. Mar. 18: “Pleasant & warm In the morning Roscoe & I loaded up 2 parts of loads of potatoes & I took my load down to the stone house and put it on Roscoes load & he took the load down to Salem Giants 71 bu at 30¢ per bu and when I came back I went over in the orchards on the other place & cut the apple tree limbs that had blown down & in the afternoon I cut apple tree wood up in the old orchard and Lydia came home with the girls from school and it is a nice pleasant day & warm but cold nights.”

Fri. Mar. 19: “Pleasant Elsie & Flora Temple cows time up In the forenoon Roscoe & I drawed some hay over & put it in the Horse barn from the big barn & some rye straw & Roscoe went over & got a load of apple tree wood and I sorted some potatoes Giants and in the afternoon I took Ruby & Lydia down to Argyle they practiced in the hall for their show at night & I acted as prompter and Roscoe went down to West H. & got his friend & went over to Argyle & at night Georgia, Marion, Hazel, Harold, James & I went down to the Exhibition at Argyle & they danced after the play Lydia came home with us. Mrs. Bussing stayed with the children They got her in the morning Ruby & Lydia and it is a nice pleasant day cold nights.”

Sat. Mar. 20: “Pleasant In the morning I sorted some more potatoes enough for a load Giants & Roscoe took them down to Salem 54 bu at 30¢ this is the last load of the Giants and I sorted some potatoes to go out the other way we have a load gold. Everett came up after Lydia and at night Roscoe took Florence home and in the morning Marion & Florence took Mrs. B. down home and it is a nice day pleasant & warm but cold nights.”

Sun. Mar. 21: “snowy Alice cows time up In the morning the ground was all white again with snow and still snowing and we got up so late that we did’nt go to church any of us but after dinner Roscoe & Mother went up to Johnnies they are’nt very well and it is a nasty day cloudy & snowed a little all day but thawed away as fast as it came.”

Mon. Mar. 22: “cloudy It snowed last night the ground was white In the forenoon we put up a grist and Roscoe took it down to West Hebron and got it ground and I chored around sat in the house & done some writing it thawed some and kept cloudy There is no school at West Hebron this week at night Roscoe went down to W. Hebron.”

Tues. Mar. 23: “Baldy cows time up In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls to Metzner 60½ bu at 40¢ and he sold another load to Halpin at 37½¢ per by and they are to go Thursday I sorted & put up another load and chored around Roscoe got home about dark and it is very hard going to Argyle and it is a nice pleasant day & warm but cool air in the shade.”

Wed. Mar. 24: “Pleasant In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes and backed them or the load on the big barn Floor. About 9 o’clock Willet Gillis came to saw our wood and Roscoe & I handed it on 12 cord & we got it all sawed about ½ of it we sawed into 3 times and was most night when we got done & I was about sick & Roscoe went down to West Hebron and it is a nice pleasant day only a cool wind.”

Thur. Mar. 25: “Pleasant & warmer In the morning Roscoe took the load of potatoes out to Glens Falls 60½ bu to Metzner at 40¢ & he put the old team on ahead down to Shannons corners & Marion & Harold drove Maud down that far & brought the team back and I done the chores and I was sick so went to bed & stayed there all day Roscoe was about sick he got home before night a little & Flora Temple had a calf and it is a warm day some cloudy & warmer thawed a lot. My bowels were the trouble.”

Fri. Mar. 26: “Windy & cold In the forenoon Roscoe drove down to Argyle & done some business at the Bank and I sorted some potatoes we have sold two more load to be delivered at Fort Edward Sat or Mon they are Giants at 30¢ and in the afternoon Roscoe was about sick & I sorted some more potatoes and at night we all went down to West Hebron to a dance at West Hebron at Everetts and it was rough & cold too & Windy a bad night but we got home safe at a late hour and it is a cold & raw & windy day.”

Sat. Mar. 27: “cold & raw We did’nt get up very early Roscoe is better some drawed over a jag of hay and put the big sleighs & rack over in one of the Linters on the barn Floor & drawed the other sleighs over there & took the Hay rack of the Wagon & put the sleigh box on it & side boards & got it ready to put a load of potatoes on Georgia & Ruby helped us & then Roscoe took the old or Mollie & Nell down & got them shawd & I sorted another load of Giants it took me after night to do it and it is a cold raw & windy day the roads are drying up fast.”

Sun. Mar. 28: “Pleasant but cool & windy Roscoe, Ruby & Marion went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for sunday school and Georgia & I stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a pleasant day but cool & windy the roads are getting pretty good now. I was sick before night and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron & he brought up Leon Barkley.”

Mon. Mar. 29: “cold & windy In the morning Roscoe & Leon loaded up 2 loads of potatoes and they took both loads out to Fort Edward they had on 112½ bu at 30¢ Giants Glines loaded a car out to Fort Edward and I am on my back & not able to go out I have the Grip I guess. Marion & Harold helped to do the chores the boys got home before night and at night Roscoe took Leon down home at W. H. & got me some medicine & it is a cloudy & cool & raw day some of the children have bad colds.”

Tues. Mar. 30: “Pleasant but cool I am on my back most of the time am some better but not able to get out and in the forenoon Roscoe chored around & put up a grist and in the afternoon he took the grist down to West Hebron and got it back home and it is a pleasant day but a cool raw day a back ward time The childrens colds are not much better Hazel & Harold stayed at home.”

Wed. Mar. 31: “Pleasant but cool In the morning Roscoe took Ruby down to school she is going to stay down to-night and he got back about noon & another calf came and Roscoe chored around in the afternoon and I am in the house. I am some better to day I wrote quite a lot and was nearly all day & at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron & he got or spoke to a man to help split wood”

Thur. Apr. 1: “Pleasant but cloudy & warm In the morning Leon Barkley came up & he split wood nearly all day & Roscoe helped some and in the afternoon he went down after Ruby from school and I am about the same I was up all day but was not out I wrote some and it is a nice day only cool”

Fri. Apr. 2: “cloudy & cool Roscoe drawed Horse manure from under the horse barn to over on the other place on the old orchard Leon helped him to load & he spread it from the wagon and I am some better I got out for the first to-day & I helped to split some wood Leon split most of the day and it is a nice day only cool air and at night Roscoe went away to a Social at West Hebron.”

Sat. Apr. 3: “Cloudy & cold & windy I felt pretty well to-day I helped to split wood & Harold & James helped me to carry in chunks into the wagon house and Roscoe drawed manure nearly all day over on the other place on the other place on the old orchard & he got it covered & Leon helped him to load & then split wood and at night Roscoe took Leon down home at West Hebron and it is a cloudy cold raw & windy day it looked like snow all day it began snowing at night.”

Sun. Apr. 4: “Pleasant but cold Roscoe, Ruby & Mary E. & Georgia, Marion, Hazel & John C. went to church and they heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and they stayed for Sunday school and I stayed at home and kept the youngsters and after dinner Roscoe & Ruby went up & seen their Grand-Father & Mother they are not feeling very well and at night Roscoe went down to prayer meeting at West Hebron and it is a nice day but cool.”

Mon. Apr. 5: “cloudy & cool I split wood nearly all day & Roscoe helped some and put chunks into the wagon House and we got all done and it is a nice day only cloudy & cool we drawed over a small load of hay & put it up in the horse barn and it is cool & backward weather lots of snow banks but some are plowing Ruby did’nt go to school she did’nt feel very well.”

Tues. Apr. 6: “rain & cloudy I sorted potatoes part of the day or most of it and it rained in the forenoon but cleared off in the afternoon & Roscoe went down to West Hebron & got his horse shawd and I sorted potatoes & Ruby did’nt feel very well so she did’nt go to school.”

Wed. Apr. 7: “Pleasant & warmer Muley cows time up In the forenoon Roscoe went out to Fort Edward and got a new Horse clipper machine & his Aunt Jen came home with him and I sorted potatoes & in the afternoon we clipped Roscoes horse and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron Jen stayed all night.”

Thur. Apr. 8: “Cloudy but warmer In the morning we went at clipping the big team & we got done about 2 o’clock & then we put up a grist & Roscoe took it down to West Hebron & got it ground & got the horses shawd and it was after dark when he got home & in the morning the girls when they went to school took Jen up to Johnnies and it is a nice day I sorted potatoes in the afternoon.”

Fri. Apr. 9: “Pleasant & warmer In the morning we burned the apple tree brush up in the old orchard & then we clipped Mollie & Nell and it was about 4 o’clock and I sorted potatoes till night & at night Lydia came home with the girls from school and they went over to the church to a social & Roscoe went too and I is a nice warm day drying up fast.”

Sat. Apr. 10: “rain cloudy & warm Roscoe & I began plowing down on the big hill by the school house for the first and we plowed all day it is wet in places and in the afternoon Georgia & 2 of the youngsters went up to her folks they are not very well. and at night Roscoe took Lydia down to West Hebron to her home and we had a Thunder shower at night and it is a warm day cloudy and we had a shower about 10 o’clock & again when I was milking.”

Sun. Apr. 11: “Ruby & Marions cows time up We did’nt go to church any of us so all stayed at home and kept house it rained some Thunder shower before night a little we had a nice rain at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron it is a nice warm day the rain starts the grass it look nice.”

Mon. Apr. 12: “cloudy & some cooler & windy We both plowed nearly all day with both teams at noon we drawed over a load of Hay & put it in the Horse barn & Roscoe quit before night & drove down to Argyle and got a castine for the side Hill plow and took some bags down to Thomas Macks to get some oats later and it is a nice day to plow windy & cooler it was a little wet in the morning.”

Tues. Apr. 13: “Pleasant but windy & cool In the forenoon I plowed on the big hill back of the school House & Roscoe dragged the piece over below the house over on the other place with the springtooth Harrow and in the afternoon we both plowed with both teams on the big hill with side hill plows & we finished it and it is a cool windy day but pleasant cold at night.”

Wed. Apr. 14: “Pleasant but cold Frooze In the morning Roscoe took a small grist out to Fort Edward & got it ground & got the grass seed & a new ice Cream Freezer. & when he came back he stopped at Thomas Macks & got our seed oats 60 bu @ 72½¢ per bu. and I dragged on the big hill with the smoothing Harrow & after Roscoe got home we went over to the other place & I sowed the piece below the house to oats & Roscoe dragged them in with the smoothing harrow and it is a nice pleasant day but cool it frooze quite hard last night. At night Roscoe went down to W. H. Ruby stayed down all night to Lydias”

Thur. Apr. 15: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe took the Oats up to the top of the big hill and brought part of them down the hill & then took his team up to the house & then came back & helped me to draw stone of the hill on the boat & we got the most of them and in the afternoon I sowed oats on the hill & I did’nt finish & Roscoe dragged with the smoothing Harrow & it is a nice pleasant day cold north wind.”

Fri. Apr. 16: “Pleasant In the forenoon I finished sowing the oats on the big hill & then went down & sowed the grass seed on the oat ground below the house & Roscoe finished dragging the oats on the hill & began rolling the oats below the house & in the afternoon I sowed the grass seed on the rye below the house Roscoe rolled on the hill & then I rolled the rest of the oat ground below the house & rolled the oats on the hill till night & Roscoe dragged the hill back of the house part of it with the Spring tooth Harrow & it is a nice day at night Roscoe took his wagon down to Argyle to get varnished.”

Sat. Apr. 17: “cloudy & cool & windy In the forenoon I sowed the Oats on the hill back of the house on the hill & Roscoe dragged them in with the Spring tooth Harrow & I went over & rolled oats on the hill & in the afternoon I sowed the grass Seed on the oats on the hill & then sowed the seed on the rye up back in the rear end of the big side hill and Roscoe rolled the oats in on the hill back of the house & it is a nice day only cool at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron and a man with an Autobile came here to show or sell us one & gave part of us a short ride.”

Sun. Apr. 18: “Pleasant Roscoe & Ruby, Harold, Hazel James & I went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron & his text was in Philippines the 4 chapter & the 9 verse and Mother & Marion stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a nice pleasant day cool air. At night Roscoe went down to West Hebron to church.”

Mon. Apr. 19: “Pleasant In the forenoon we drawed over a load of hay & put it up in the horse barn & then Roscoe drawed manure up on top of the hill in the meadow & I loaded it & cleaned out the back house & chored around & in the afternoon we took both teams over on the other place & began plowing sod in the field cross from the creek and it is a nice warm & pleasant day quite warm. Roscoe went away at night.”

Tues. Apr. 20: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe drawed Manure up on top of the hill in the meadow & on the big side hill & I loaded it and in the afternoon We both plowed over on the other place in the field cross the creek and it is a nice pleasant day only cool wind it is getting dry again.”

Wed. Apr. 21: “clear cool & Windy In the forenoon Roscoe took a grist down to West Hebron & got it back & the girls rode down to school with him & came back at night a foot. & I spread manure up on top of the hill in the meadow and in the afternoon we both plowed over on the other place in the field cross the creek and it is a cool but pleasant day Wind in the north. At night Roscoe went away.”

Thur. Apr. 22: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe plowed over on the other place in the field cross the creek & I plowed over there up in the small orchard above the road and in the afternoon I began plowing in the orchard back of the house. & Roscoe finished plowing over in the orchard on the other place & then helped me here and it is getting dry plowing and it is a nice day warm & pleasant.”

Fri. Apr. 23: “Pleasant & warm In the forenoon Roscoe took a grist down to West Hebron & the girls rode down with him to school and he got the grist back home & I spread manure up on top of the hill in the meadow and in the afternoon Mr. Sabarine a Overland Automobile man came out here & gave us all a ride down to Salem & down to Cambridge & back home again and we had a fine ride & when we got home 2 other men were or came here to sell us machines & it is a nice pleasant day warm & dry.”

Sat. Apr. 24: “Pleasant & dry In the forenoon Roscoe drawed manure up on the big side hill & I loaded it and in the afternoon a Buick Moter man brought his machine here & gave us all a ride down below Salem & back home and a nother man was here to sell us a machine I fixed some fence & spread some manure & Roscoe burned some brush over on the other place in the old orchard & it is a nice day arm & some cloudy”

Sun. Apr. 25: “Hot & dry 92º We all went to church & we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and his text as Job the 11 chapter and we all stayed for sunday school. and it is a hot day and clear & very dry & dusty. at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron to church and it is a Hot day”

Mon. Apr. 26: “Hot & dry In the forenoon Roscoe drawed manure up in the big side hill & I loaded it and after dinner Roscoe & I took both teams up & plowed awhile in the orchard & 2 fellows brought a Hudson car & give us all a ride in the car we went down to West Hebron & got Ruby & Marion & went down to Salem & on up the state road nearly to Pawlet & back home and it is a nice warm day dry & dusty.”

Tues. Apr. 27: “Hot & dry 90º In the forenoon We both plowed the rest of the orchard & then went down & plowed the rest of the day in the lower fallow and it is a very warm day Hot as mid summer and it is dry & hard plowing”

Wed. Apr. 28: “Pleasant In the forenoon we finished plowing down in the lower fallow & then Roscoe went down to Argyle & got his wagon & I went up on top of the hill in the meadow & finished spreading the manure and Marion did’nt go to school she took an awful chill Mother sent for the Doctor & she was so bad we had the Doctor come up before night again she can’t keep any thing on her stomach & in the afternoon we took both teams & went over to the other place & began plowing sod in the old orchard & before night a shower drove us to the house”

Thur. Apr. 29: “cloudy Marion is no better we was up with her all night she was offle sick the Doctor came up in the morning & I called Dr. Madison in the afternoon & Stillman was up too they think she has the ’Grip’ in a bad form she has a high fever & can’t keep any thing on her stomach she is a very sick girl. at night we got track of a Nurse she is coming out in the morning to take care of Marion. Roscoe plowed nearly all day over on the other place in the old orchard & in the forenoon I went over & plowed a small land in the old orchard & came over & started to plow up on top of the hill in the meadow. In the afternoon I did’nt do much.”

Fri. Apr. 30: “cloudy Marion is about the same & in the morning I went down to Thomas Cuthberts & got the Nurse. she was brought out that far in a Motor Car. & Roscoe plowed awhile over in the old orchard & it came on rain & he quit and in the afternoon I plowed up on top of the hill in the meadow & Roscoe plowed over in the old orchard on the other place and we quit early and at night Roscoe & Ruby went down to the Exhibition & then to the dance and I sold a load of potatoes to the Red Line & Marion is getting pretty well with the Nurse. the Doctor was up & Dr. Will was along & stopped.”

Sat. May 1: “rain & cloudy Marion is getting along nicely she has some fever yet and in the forenoon Roscoe took a grist down to West Hebron & got it back & I plowed up on top of the hill in the meadow and in the afternoon it rained awhile & I sorted some potatoes & about 4 o’clock it quit raining and I went up on the hill & plowed and Roscoe went over on the other place & finished plowing in the old orchard & it is a cloudy day & cooler The Doctor came up to see Marion.”

Sun. May 2: “cloudy & rain James was sick all night he had a high fever all night and in the morning when I got up I telephoned for the Doctor & he came right up but he got some better before night & Marion is getting along nicely now she has a little fever yet the Nurse says. We did’nt go to church any of us so all stayed at home & kept house. and it is a nice day only cloudy & cooler it rained a little.”

Mon. May 3: “Cloudy James & Marion are no better the Doctor was up & Roscoe took a load of potatoes out to Glens Falls Red Line Fruit Co. 55 bu @ 40¢ and in the forenoon I plowed up in the meadow on top of the hill & in the afternoon I dragged the lower fallow over with the smoothing harrow and Roscoe got home early & I dragged over the orchard and it is a nice day some cloudy.”
Tues. May 4: “Pleasant In the forenoon Roscoe dragged the field over on the other place cross the creek with the spring tooth Harrow and I marked out the lower fallow both ways for corn and in the afternoon We both planted corn down in the lower fallow and got most done and Marion & James are about the same not much better the Doctor was up to-day and it is a nice day.”

Wed. May 5: “Pleasant In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes & Roscoe took the load out to Glens Falls to Eddy 57 bu @ 40¢ per bu and in the forenoon I dragged over the corn down in the lower fallow & finished planting the corn & then came up & marked out the orchard one way and in the afternoon I marked the orchard the other way & then planted corn till night or about a shower came about 5 o’clock & I had to quit and it is a cloudy day some wind. Marion & James are about the same the Doctor was up.”

Thur. May 6: “Cloudy Roscoe plowed all day up on top of the hill in the meadow and in the forenoon I plowed up there and in the afternoon I finished planting the corn in the orchard and then I dragged over it with the smoothing Harrow and it is a nice day Marion is sitting up & James is better the Doctor was up to day again The man was to be out with the machine to day but he did’nt come as the roads were muddy.”

Fri. May 7: “Cloudy & rain In the forenoon I went over to the other place and dragged the orchard above the road & the field down a cross the creek with the smoothing Harrow & then I marked out the orchard both ways for corn and Roscoe took a grist down to West Hebron to get ground & got the team shawd and in the afternoon the man brought out our Automobile to teach Roscoe to run it & they went down to Salem & around brought home Ruby, Florence & Lydia and it rained most of the time a little & the Nurse went home Marion & James are about well & I sorted potatoes & chored around.”

Sat. May 8: “Rain & fair weather In the morning & last night we had a nice rain but it cleared off & Roscoe took a load of his potatoes out to Glens Falls at 40¢ to Geo. Eddy and in the forenoon I plowed awhile up on top of the hill & then came down & went down to Argyle on business and then I went up & finished plowing in the meadow & then came down & went up on top of the hill in the upper fallow & began plowing there Roscoe did’nt get home till late he stopped awhile at Hudson Falls & drove the car awhile.”

Sun. May 9: “cloudy & cooler We did’nt go to church so all stayed at home and kept house the man brought our Machine out to take us to church but is was to late so he went back to Hudson Falls with it and it is a nice day only cloudy & cool at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron & Ruby went for a ride and Marion went down & got Winnie.”

Mon. May 10: “Pleasant but cool In the forenoon I went over on the other place & marked out the field cross the creek one way for corn & potatoes & then planted corn in the orchard above the road till noon & Roscoe dragged the old orchard with the spring tooth harrow once & part of it 2 times & in the afternoon I marked out the corn ground the other way cross the creed and then marked out the orchard for potatoes & Roscoe dragged it over with the smoothing harrow & finished planting the corn in the orchard above the road & went dragged it over & Mr. Sabarine delivered our Automobile & part of us took a ride down to West Hebron & it is a nice day cool & windy.”

Tues. May 11: “Pleasant Roscoes cows time up In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school in the Automobile and when he came back he helped me to plant the corn over on the other place cross the creek & we put up the twine and in the afternoon we plowed with both teams up on top of the hill in the first fallow & after we done the chores Roscoe took his mother & the children in the Car & went down after Ruby & Marion & they took a ride up to Johnnies & back home I stayed at home & got some seed potatoes picked over and it is a nice pleasant day.”

Wed. May 12: “Pleasant & warmer In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school in the car & I sorted over some seed potatoes & when he came back we both plowed up on top of the hill in the fallow & in the afternoon we both plowed up there and when we quit Roscoe went down after the girls and Lydia & Florence came up too and at night Roscoe & Florence went down to West Hebron and it is a nice day some cloudy & looks like a storm.”

Thur. May 13: “rain In the morning we loaded up a load of potatoes and then it came on rain and in the forenoon I sorted potatoes and chored around and in the afternoon I finished plowing up in the fallow & then dragged it over with a smoothing Harrow & Roscoe dragged with the Spring tooth in the meadow up on top of the hill . It did’nt rain much & cleared off cooler and at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Fri. May 14: “cooler & Windy In the morning Roscoe took a load of potatoes out to Fort Edward to Kinne 58 ½ bu at 45¢ and in the forenoon I marked out the potato ground the other way over on the other place cross the creek & then I marked out for corn up in the fallow on top of the hill and in the afternoon I finished marking out the other way for corn & then Roscoe got back & we both planted corn till night and after we done the chores we all took a ride in the car down to West Hebron part of us went to a show and it is a cool & windy day cleared off colder.”

Sat. May 15: “Cold & Windy White Frost In the forenoon Roscoe & I planted corn up on top of the hill in the fallow & we got done all done planting corn and in the afternoon Roscoe & Ruby went out to Hudson Falls with the Car & got some permits on it and I dragged over the corn up on top of the hill in the fallow and then I sorted over some seed potatoes and it is a nice day only windy & cool at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron We had a heavy White frost apple trees are in full blow now & a lot of them too.”

Sun. May 16: “Pleasant Frost We all went to church in our new Automobile and we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and we stayed for Sunday school and after dinner we all took a ride in the Car down to Greenwich by the way of Cossayuna and back by East Greenwich & Salem & it is a nice day some cloudy and looked like rain at night we started about 3 & got back 5-20 and had a fine ride & at night Ruby had company & Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Mon. May 17: “rain & cloudy It rained a little or drizzled part of the day but did’nt rain much only to keep one in I sorted potatoes & cut seed & Roscoe helped some and it is a cold rain & nasty day at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Tues. May 18: “Pleasant In the forenoon we took the seed potatoes to plant the piece over on the other place cross the creek & then we drawed over a load of hay & I went up back & fixed fence around the cow pasture and Roscoe took 3 horses & went up & dragged on top of the hill in the meadow & in the afternoon Cliften Day came down to help up & he & I planted potatoes over on the other place and Roscoe dragged with 3 horses up in the meadow on top of the hill with the Spring tooth Harrow and it is some cloudy but cleared off cooler.”

Wed. May 19: “Pleasant but cool In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school in the Auto and Cliften & I planted over on the other place & when Roscoe came back he planted potatoes & I marked out the orchard below the road on the other place and in the afternoon Cliften & I planted over there in the orchard and Roscoe dragged the meadow on top of the hill with the smoothing Harrow & then cut potatoes & then Roscoe & Cliften went down after the girls in the car and it is a nice day warm some cloudy.”

Thur. May 20: “ Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & Cliften took seed potatoes over to plant on the other place and then Roscoe took the girls down to school in the Car and then helped Cliften to plant & I marked out the meadow on top of the hill for potatoes one way & part to it the other and in the afternoon Roscoe sorted seed potatoes & then went down after the girls in the Car & Beth came up & Clifton & I finished planting the orchard & then sorted seed potatoes till night & at night part of us took a ride in the Auto out to Fort Edward and it is a cloudy & cool & windy & raw day.”

Fri. May 21: “cloudy & rain We all planted potatoes up on top of the hill in the meadow & I marked out some & it rained some & we cut seed & sorted over seed and at night Roscoe & Cliften went down to West Hebron to a Social and it is a cloudy day it rained a little but not much.”

Sat. May 22: “cloudy & cool We all planted potatoes up on top of the hill in the meadow and I marked out the rest of it the other way and we got done planting up there and at night we all went for a ride in the Car and we went down to Salem & on North aways and it is a cloudy day but cleared off & is cool it rained some in the night but not much.”

Sun. May 23: “cloudy & cool We all went to church and we heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and his text was Job the 22 chapter and the 21 verse and we stayed for Sunday school and we went in the Auto and it is a pretty cloudy day & cool too for the time of year. after dinner we all went for a ride in the car we went up to Jonnies & then down to West Hebron and back home and then Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Mon. May 24: “Pleasant Roscoe drawed manure all day up on top on the big side hill & I loaded it and it is a nice pleasant day some cloudy the girls drove Mollie to school”

Tues. May 25: “Pleasant & warmer Roscoe drawed manure in the forenoon the big side hill & I loaded it and it is a nice day some cloudy and looks some like rain and in the afternoon Roscoe took a grist down to West Hebron for the horses & got it home and I spread manure up on the big side hill and at night we all took a ride in the Auto out to Hudson Falls and stopped at Jen’s awhile pretty cool & dusty”

Wed. May 26: “rain & cool In the forenoon Roscoe drawed manure till it came on rain up on the big side hill & I loaded it & it stopped us about 10 o’clock and I sorted over seed potatoes the rest of the day and we had a nice little rain at night Roscoe went down to West Hebron.”

Thur. May 27: “Pleasant but cool In the forenoon we drawed manure up on the big side hill I loaded it & Roscoe drawed it and in the afternoon we began plowing up on the big side hill with both teams & finished the manure and it is hard plowing cooler.”

Fri. May 28: “Cool & windy Roscoe plowed nearly all day up on the big side hill and it is rather hard plowing we spread some manure & at night Roscoe drove out to Hudson Falls to get a new Key for the Car he lost his bunch of keys in the field and it is a cold cloudy & windy raw day good time to plow for the horses.”

Sat. May 29: “Cool & windy In the forenoon we both plowed up on the big side hill and we spread some manure and in the afternoon We all went down to Argyle in the Car and spent Decoration & seen a ball game afterwards and when we got home we drawed over a load of hay to the Horse barn and at night Roscoe took the Car & took the Car & gave some of his friends to ride. and it is a cold & windy day.”

Sun. May 30: “Pleasant Frost Roscoe, Ruby, Marion, Hazel, Harold, James, Marjory & I went to church and we went in the Car & stayed for Sunday school & heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron and Georgia stayed with the youngsters & after dinner Roscoe took Georgia, Mary E. & I down to Pearly McDougalls little child’s funeral and we done the chores early and then Roscoe took Harry Smith, Ruby, Marion, Hazel, James, John C. & I down to church at West Hebron and Roscoe went up after Florence & she came home with us and it is a nice pleasant day some warmer & very dry.”

Mon. May 31: “Pleasant & warmer In the forenoon Roscoe & I plowed with both teams up in the big side hill & spread some manure and in the afternoon Roscoe, Ruby, Florence, Hazel, Marion, Marjory, James, John C. & I went up to Hartford to Decorations in the Car and we seen a ball game & got home chore time and Georgia stayed at home & kept the youngsters and it is a nice pleasant day some warmer and at night Roscoe took Florence home.”

Tues. Jun. 1: “Pleasant & Hot Marions calf 150 Rubys calf 180 In the morning we got the wagon rack ready & loaded the calves & Roscoe took them 6 out to Fort Edward to Ingalsbee @ 8½¢ & I plowed all day about up on the big side hill & cut some seed potatoes at noon and when Roscoe got home he cut seed potatoes for awhile & then went up & dragged with the Spring tooth Harrow on the big side hill & it is a nice day & warm”

Wed. Jun. 2: “Hot & dry In the forenoon I finished plowing up on the big side hill and then I dragged up there till noon with the Smoothing Harrow and Roscoe dragged with the Spring tooth Harrow & in the afternoon he finished dragging with a smoothing Harrow & I began marking out up & down the hill and it is another hot & Dry day. at night Roscoe took some of his company in the Car from West Hebron to Hudson Falls and had a good time.”

Thur. Jun. 3: “Hot & dry In the forenoon I marked out up on the big side hill up & down the hill & cross also and Roscoe cut some seed potatoes and in the afternoon Clifton Day came down and we all began planting potatoes up on the big side hill and we got quite a lot of them poked in and it is a nice day clear warm & dry also. it is terrible dusty.”

Fri. Jun. 4: “Hot & dry Roscoe, Clifton & I planted potatoes nearly all day up on the big side hill and we got a big start on it and we got some seed ready & in the morning before breakfast I marked out the rest of the field and at night Roscoe & some of the rest took Mrs. Bussing down home & when they came back Clifton & part of the folks went up to his house in the Car & got his good clothes and it is a nice pleasant day Hot dry & dusty.”

Sat. Jun. 5: “Hot & dry 88º In the forenoon we all planted potatoes up on the big side hill & we got done so in the afternoon we all & Clifton went down to Greenwich to the Track Meet & had a good ride & a good time & we got home chore time and at night Clifton went home and Roscoe went down to W. H. or some place and we finished planting potatoes and it is a dry & hot & dusty day.”

Sun. Jun. 6: “Pleasant & Hot 90º We all went to church and we heard a Sermon by Mr. McEachron and his text was Mark the 10 chapter and the 52 verse and we went in the Car and we stayed for Sunday school and after we had dinner we went up to Johnnies & seen them they are not very well & then we went from there out to Fort Edward & got the childrens shoes & then went up to Hudson Falls and back home and at night Roscoe took the Car & went to see his friend and it is a nice pleasant day warm & Hot & dry & dusty.”

Mon. Jun. 7: “Hot & dry 90º In the forenoon Roscoe took the girls down to school at W. H. & got the team shawd and I helped Mother to Wash and in the afternoon I fixed fence down along the fallow & old cow pasture & Roscoe went over to the other place & plowed the garden and then he took the children in the car and went down to W. H . after the girls and when he came back we took the cutters & old wagon over to the to her place & put them in the Hog house and it is a very hot & dry day some cloudy.”

Tues. Jun. 8: “cloudy In the forenoon Roscoe took the girls down to West Hebron to school & got his Horse shawd and I began cultivating corn in the orchard and in the afternoon Roscoe took his Granfather & GranMother & Oscar & Sarah & Lydia for an Auto ride down to Salem & on down to Cambridge & back home & brought the girls home and I fixed the rest of the fence around the cow pasture and it is a nice day dry rained a little in the morning I wound the twine of the corn & at night we all took a short ride in the car down & got Mrs. Bussing.”

Wed. Jun. 9: “Pleasant & dry In the forenoon I began cultivating corn over on the other place down across the creek and Roscoe took the or Ruby down to school and when he got back he came down & helped me to cultivate corn and in the afternoon I cultivated the corn over on the other place up in the orchard above the road and Roscoe dragged the piece of potatoes across the creek & his in the orchard below the road with the smoothing Harrow & then went down & got Ruby in the Car and it is a nice day.”

Thur. Jun. 10: “cloudy In the morning Roscoe took Ruby down to school in the Auto & the children went for a ride and when they came back Roscoe, Mother & I went down to Shushan in the Car & took James & Mary & Louise Mahaffy & Sister Erma (and we went down to Cambridge & had a long ride) to the Womens Missionary Society and got home chore time Ruby rode home with us & Marion & Mrs. Bussing kept the youngsters and it is a cloudy & cool day very dusty & dry.”

Fri. Jun. 11: “warm & cloudy In the morning Roscoe took the girls down to school in the Car and the Lant girls & I began cultivating corn down in the lower fallow and when Roscoe got back he helped to cultivate corn and in the afternoon Roscoe dragged the potatoes up on top of the hill in the meadow with the smoothing Harrow and I cultivated corn and Roscoe went down after the school children & Lydia came up and it rained some but a nice day.”

Sat. Jun. 12: “Pleasant & cooler We had some nice showers last night In the forenoon we all went out to Fort Edward in the Car & Lydia went too and Roscoe went up to Hudson Falls on business. and we got home about noon & then Roscoe, Rob Sloan & I went in the car down to West Hebron & got Prof. Baldwin, Everett W. & Westley & Gant Beattie & we all went up to Comstalks to the great Prison to a ball game an got home about chore time & at night we went down to West Hebron & back home we rode over 100 miles to day in the Car and it is a nice day after the rain windy & some cooler. The baby is about sick.”

Sun. Jun. 13: “ Pleasant but windy We all went to church (and Harry Smith came over & went with us) and we went in the Car and after dinner Clarence & the girls came over & James Moore came down & Roscoe took them & Smith & Ruby for an Auto ride. We had no Sermon to day but childrens day was observed and we got the baby baptized and we stayed for Sabbath school. At night Roscoe & Ruby went down to West Hebron to the M. E. Church it was childrens day at night.”

Mon. Jun. 14: “Pleasant In the forenoon I cultivated corn down in the lower fallow & Roscoe took the girls down to West Hebron to school in the Car and then he helped me to cultivate corn down in the lower fallow & we finished it & in the afternoon We cultivated the rest of the corn in the orchard & he went down after Marion & Ruby stayed and it is a nice day warm.”

Tues. Jun. 15: “Warm & rain In the morning Roscoe took the Car out to Hudson Falls (& Georgia, the babe & Mary E. went out to Jens) & took it to the Adirondack Motor Co. Garage & they stayed all day and I stayed around the house & chored around put up some potatoes & piled some wood and it is a warm day but we had a Thunder shower before night a little & we had a nice little rain”

Wed. Jun. 16: “Hot In the forenoon Roscoe took the Car out to the Garage at Hudson Falls & brought home Jen & they went down to West Hebron to the Promo Grange & I cultivated corn nearly all day up on top of the hill in the upper fallow and it is a hot day and at night Roscoe & Marion went to a dance at Everetts & Marion stayed down it is a nice pleasant day”

Thur. Jun. 17: “washed Rain & warm & showers It was raining in the morning & we had a nice rain & in the afternoon we had a heavy shower it washed some of our corn fields and Roscoe went down in the car after Marion at Everetts and we washed up the car & piled some wood in the wood shed and put up the rest of the potatoes in bags and it is a nice growing time we had a fine rain only it came to fast.”

Fri. Jun 18: “Hot 92º In the morning Roscoe took a load of potatoes out to South Glens Falls 55 bu @ 35¢ for the children & I cultivated corn all day up on top of the hill in the fallow & I finished it and it is a very hot day pleasant & clear & sultry. Marion & Harold went down to W. H. & got Ruby She finished her Examinations & passed in all she has 77 points 5 more than is required.”

Sat. Jun. 19: “Hot & shower In the morning we all went in the car down to West Hebron & left the babe , Mary E. & John C. at Everetts & took Lydia & we went to Troy & Ruby got her Graduation Dress at Frears & another and done some trading and got back home about chore time & we had a long trip about 111 miles we had a shower in Troy & it rained up here.”

Sun. Jun. 20: “Pleasant We all went to church in the car and it was Sacrament Sabbath and we heard a sermon by Mr. Anderson of New York and we took Ruby from church down to Everetts at West Hebron and after dinner Roscoe, Marion, Hazel, Harold & I went out to Hudson Falls in the car & got Jen & Merritt and after we done the chores we all went down to West Hebron & heard a sermon by Mr. McEachron given to the Graduation Class of 1915. and it is a nice pleasant day some cool.”

Mon. Jun. 21: “Pleasant In the morning Roscoe & I loaded up the last load of potatoes 48 bu @ 35¢ taken out to Glens Falls by Roscoe & he got home early & in the morning Marion took Jen & Merritt up to Johnnies & I cultivated potatoes down across the bridge on the other place and Roscoe got home early & he washed off the Car I washed part of it in the morning & at night Roscoe took us down to West Hebron in the car to the Class meeting at the M. E. church given by the graduation class & then went up & got Johnnie & Mary. & Jen & Merritt & Oscar & Sarah and took them home & then came back after us and it is a nice pleasant day some cool.”

Tues. Jun. 22: “Pleasant In the forenoon I cultivated corn & potatoes on the other place across the bridge & finished it & then I cultivated corn in the orchard above the road and Roscoe cultivated his potatoes in the orchard below the road and in the afternoon he cultivated the rest of his potatoes one way and mowed the clover down at the lower House & I finished the corn in the orchard. & sowed the grass seed and then I came over & cultivated corn in the orchard and at night we all went down to West Hebron to the commencement & their was a large turn out we did’nt get home very early.”

Wed. Jun. 23: “Pleasant Roscoe Cultivated his potatoes over in the old orchard below the road the other way & I cultivated potatoes all day up on top of the hill in the meadow and at night Roscoe went down to W. H. after Ruby & then he took Jen & Merritt out home to Hudson Falls & took Ruby & went up & got Edd Pollock & John McKernons folks for a ride and we had rain at night enough to Wet hay”

Thur. Jun. 24: “Pleasant I cultivated potatoes all day up on top of the hill in the meadow and Roscoe mowed the field cross from the barn & began mowing in the orchard back of the barn and it is a nice day only windy & cool”

Fri. Jun. 25: “Warm & showers In the forenoon Roscoe finished mowing back of the barn in the orchard and began mowing up on top of the hill back of the barn & I cultivated potatoes up on top of the meadow & in the afternoon Roscoe finished mowing up on top of the hill back of the barn & then he raked the hay down to the other house. & then we had a light shower to wet hay & then Roscoe dragged at the potatoes up on the big side hill & I cultivated potatoes up on top of the hill in the meadow and it is a nice day only for hay to Wet.”

Sat. Jun. 26: “Warm & showers In the forenoon I finished cultivating the potatoes up on top of the hill in the meadow & sowed the grass seed in the orchard & Roscoe finished dragging the potatoes up on the big side hill with the smoothing Harrow and then raked the hay in the barn cross from the barn & Harold & I bunched up the hay and a Thunder shower went north & one South it rained just enough to Wet the hay & in the afternoon We cleaned out the Cistern & Roscoe raked the hay back of the barn in the orchard & up on top of the hill back of the barn & Harold & I bunched up the hay very light & it is a nice day only for the rain at night Roscoe went away to Salem I guess”

Sun. Jun. 27: “Pleasant but a shower We all went to church in the car and we heard a sermon by a man from Cambridge and when we got home we had a nice little shower and after we done the chores we took a ride up to Johnnies in the car they are about the same and it is a nice day cool at night a heavy shower went South.”

Mon. Jun. 28: “Hot & good hay day In the forenoon Roscoe mowed the meadow orchard below the road and I mowed around the trees & fence and in the afternoon we drawed in the hay from up on top of the hill 3 loads and what was down at the other house 2 load & 1 load form the field cross from the barn and Marion helped to draw in 2 loads and Roscoe raked part of what he mowed in the forenoon below the road & it is a nice Hay day & Hot too. at night Roscoe & Ruby went in the car down to West Hebron & brought home Lydia & the 2 McMillen girls.”

Tues. Jun. 29: “Hot & pleasant In the forenoon I cultivated corn down in the lower fallow and Roscoe mowed over in the back meadow & in the afternoon he raked the rest of the hay down in the meadow orchard below the road & then mowed the rest over in the back meadow & Ruby, Marion & Harold helped us to draw in the rest of the hay in the field cross from the barn 2 Loads & what was in the little orchard by the barn 2 loads & then I bunched up the hay in the meadow below the road and at night Roscoe & the girls went down to West Hebron to a show and it is a nice day good hay day.”