DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

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Wednesday 3I was at Mrs. Goodenow's in forenoon. After dinner I took the stage & rodeacross the lower ferry there crossed back to the other side & went to Mr. J. Nichols &staid over night. Very pleasant & warm.Thursday, April 4, 1878I was at Mr. Justus Nichols'. Mr. Nichol's cut his foot 2 weeks ago today quite bathe goes on crutches. Gertrude home All well, left Owego 6:30 P.M. Arrived at Richford7:21. Walked home. Got here at 9 o'clock P.M.Friday 5Father, the boys & I drawed manure. I went to the mill & got 1 load of lumberafternoon. Theressa E was here in A.M. Afternoon she & Mother went to H. Crandalls.Saturday 6I helped Father get ready to go to mill in the morning & he went to mill to Matt'sCorners. I chored about home. In the evening I went with Judson Rounsevill toSlaterville to open Good Templer's Lodge. Rained.Sunday, April 7, 1878I staid at home wrote some, it rained.Monday 8I helped shell corn & get a grist ready for mill. C. Vandemark here afternoon.Father drawed some lumber home from mill. Cloudy weather.Tuesday 9Father went to Mott's Corners to mill. The boys & I fixed fence & chored abouthome. It rained some. Carrie & Etta Earsley here P.M.Wednesday, April 10, 1878We drawed manure. Father tagged some sheep. I chored about. Windy & cloudyweather. Rained a little. Father signed for history of this 4 counties.Thursday 11Father finished tagging sheep. Rained all the forenoon. Henry Yaple was here.Father & the boys & I moved the fence from the side of the orchard across the creek &built it up to the road.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com
Friday 12In the forenoon Father plowed corn ground and the boys & I staked the fence thatwe laid up yesterday. Afternoon we moved some more fence & fixed some bars in thefence we staked. Showery. Hailed some.Saturday, April 13, 1878Quite cool. The boys & I drawed the piles of rails where we had moved the fencefrom to the house for wood and manured the garden. I plowed it. Father trimmed appletrees & went to M. Robinsons' last night after wheat.Sunday 14Very pleasant. Theron went with Orville Surdam down to Uncle Richard's. I staidat home. Ruth S. finished her work at Mr. Wheaton's yesterday.Monday 15Pleasant & warm. I dragged out ground in morning and Father sowed oats.Afternoon I dragged the oats once over. Father & the boys cut up one apple treeafternoon Silas Watson worked here.Tuesday, April 16, 1878Sprinkled a little in morning. Cleared off early and I finished dragging in the oatsbefore noon. Afternoon I went to Uncle Nathans and drawed some fence posts &pannels [sic], then drawed manure. Father, the boys split wood.Wednesday 17Very pleasant. Father & Willie went to Ithaca & got some oil & lead for paint &engaged Mr. Boice to paint our house. Theron, Frank & I fixed some fence & drawedsome potatoes in the garden. Aunt Ann Patch was here.Thursday 18Another pleasant day. In forenoon, Theron, Frank & I drawed manure & Fathergrafted. P.M. I plowed Uncle Nathan's garden. Ruth L. N., took Mary & went to workfor Judson Rounsevelle. Silas Matson split wood here.Friday, April 19, 1878First guiney [sic] egg today. P rolled our wheat and oats. Father trimmed someapple trees. Wm Rounsevell was here & helped put some new plank into the rollerabout noon. Pleasant.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com
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Page 3 and 4: Saturday 12I helped Uncle Nathan mo
Page 5 and 6: Friday, February 1I was at the Post
Page 7 and 8: Tuesday 19Father and Willie went to
Page 9 and 10: Saturday 9Father and I drawed 2 loa
Page 11: Tuesday, March 26, 1878Cool weather
Page 15 and 16: Sunday, April 28, 1878A little show
Page 17 and 18: Thursday, May 16, 1878Cool but plea
Page 19 and 20: Sunday 2I staid about home. Father,
Page 21 and 22: Friday, June 21, 1878I cultivated c
Page 23 and 24: Monday 8Father & I cultivated corn
Page 25 and 26: Wednesday, July 24, 1878Father, The
Page 27 and 28: Saturday 10Father, Theron & I worke
Page 29 and 30: Wednesday 28I tended Post Office. A
Page 31 and 32: Sunday 15Pleasant today. I staid at
Page 33 and 34: Thursday 3Pleasant today. The boys
Page 35 and 36: Thursday 17Father & I fixed hog rac
Page 37 and 38: Friday, November 1Very cool & frost
Page 39 and 40: Monday, November 18, 1878Boys to sc
Page 41 and 42: Thursday 5Father, Henry Crum & Luth
Page 43 and 44: Friday 20Cold & stormed some. Fathe
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