DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian
DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian
Tuesday 11Rained again today. I went up to Henry Crum's and got some lasts and Father & Ifixed our boots. Cleared off just before night. Adelbert Patch came down.Wednesday, June 12, 1878Worked on other place. Rich Perry plowed in A.M. Father & Adelbert Patchplowed and Theron & I picked & burned brush until it began to rain which was about 3o'clock. Then we loaded a load of hay & came home.Thursday 13Wm. Ruscher, Adelbert and Father plowed on the brush lot for buckwheat.Theron and I picked up and burned brush. We brought 2 loads of hay home.Friday 14Wm. Ruscher, Adelbert Patch plowed for buckwheat again. Father, Theron & Ilogged up & burned brush until most night then Father went to plowing. Brought 2more loads of hay home.Saturday, June 15, 1878Very warm & pleasant. Wm. Ruscher plowed on the brush lot and Father plowednorth of it. I finished picking up and burning. We brought a load of hay home with us.Theron planted the beans. Frank & Willie picked potato bugs.Sunday 16I staid at home. Charles & Harriet Earsley came down for Wightman's after ahired girl & called here a few minutes. Rained part of day.Monday 17Rained nearly all day, I fixed some paint & painted the skeleton put up a leack[sic] and chored about. Father fixed my boots some.Tuesday, June 18, 1878Pleasant all day. Father & I cultivated corn & potatoes. Orville Surdam & Theronhoed potatoes afternoon.Wednesday 19Father & I cultivated corn all day. Theron finished hoeing the potatoes and Fatherwent to get James Webb to sheer our sheep. Very pleasant.Thursday 20Father, Theron, Orville Surdam and I went on the other place and cut & peeled 5hemlock trees. Theron drove the sheep down with him at night. Warm and pleasant.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com
Friday, June 21, 1878I cultivated corn in the forenoon. Afternoon it rained. James Webb & LeafayetteRobinson sheared our sheep. They sheared 5 lbs & 5 oz, a head, 25 sheep. Theron & Itook them on other place & got a load of hay just night.Saturday 22Rained most all day. Father went to Richford afternoon. I was at H. Crums & atthe grocery fixed my fine boots some, & went to the Lodge at night.Sunday 23Staid at home. Ruth L and Mary was home today. Father & Mother went up onother place & to Wm. Ruscher's. Quite pleasant.Monday, June 24, 1878Father and I worked on the road up in Robinson Hollow District No. 89. Quiteshowery, rain & then sunshine. Turnpiked quite a long string of road.Tuesday 25Pleasant and warm. Miss Tyler staid here last night. Father went to Slaterville toget a horse shod & a scraper fixed. Afternoon Theron, I hoed in the garden. Frank is 16years old today.Wednesday 26Pleasant & quite warm. Father & I worked on road in the hollow dist—89 inforenoon. Afternoon we sowed & dragged in our buckwheat back of barn.Thursday, June 27, 1878Very warm day. Father & I worked on other place sowing & dragging buckwheatnorth of the brush patch, & I dragged some of that. We had a swarm of bees & Theronhived them.Friday 28Theron & I worked on the other place. I dragged buckwheat ground & he dugroots loose. Father staid at home & made beehives & watched bees. Very warm again.Saturday 29I finished dragging buckwheat ground over & Theron & I drawed off some roots.Father staid at home & went to Richford with William Rounsevell. It has been thewarmest day this summer.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 and 12: Tuesday, March 26, 1878Cool weather
- Page 13 and 14: Friday 12In the forenoon Father plo
- Page 15 and 16: Sunday, April 28, 1878A little show
- Page 17 and 18: Thursday, May 16, 1878Cool but plea
- Page 19: Sunday 2I staid about home. Father,
- 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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Tuesday 11Rained again today. I went up to Henry Crum's and got some lasts and Father & Ifixed our boots. Cleared <strong>of</strong>f just before night. Adelbert Patch came down.Wednesday, June 12, 1878Worked on other place. Rich Perry plowed in A.M. Father & Adelbert Patchplowed and Theron & I picked & burned brush until it began to rain which was about 3o'clock. Then we loaded a load <strong>of</strong> hay & came home.Thursday 13Wm. Ruscher, Adelbert and Father plowed on the brush lot for buckwheat.Theron and I picked up and burned brush. We brought 2 loads <strong>of</strong> hay home.Friday 14Wm. Ruscher, Adelbert Patch plowed for buckwheat again. Father, Theron & Ilogged up & burned brush until most night then Father went to plowing. Brought 2more loads <strong>of</strong> hay home.Saturday, June 15, 1878Very warm & pleasant. Wm. Ruscher plowed on the brush lot and Father plowednorth <strong>of</strong> it. I finished picking up and burning. We brought a load <strong>of</strong> hay home with us.Theron planted the beans. Frank & Willie picked potato bugs.Sunday 16I staid at home. Charles & Harriet Earsley came down for Wightman's after ahired girl & called here a few minutes. Rained part <strong>of</strong> day.Monday 17Rained nearly all day, I fixed some paint & painted the skeleton put up a leack[sic] and chored about. Father fixed my boots some.Tuesday, June 18, 1878Pleasant all day. Father & I cultivated corn & potatoes. Orville Surdam & Theronhoed potatoes afternoon.Wednesday 19Father & I cultivated corn all day. Theron finished hoeing the potatoes and Fatherwent to get James Webb to sheer our sheep. Very pleasant.Thursday 20Father, Theron, Orville Surdam and I went on the other place and cut & peeled 5hemlock trees. Theron drove the sheep down with him at night. Warm and pleasant.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com
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