DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

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