DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

Wednesday 28I tended Post Office. Aunt Ruth & Arville went to Ithaca. Father plowed inforenoon. Francis Surdam, Eliza Hults & Seth Surdam & wife visited at our house.Went at Uncle Nathan's in evening. Ruth L. went back to Mr. Tryon's. Jennie Smithstaid all night here.Thursday, August 29, 1878E. Perry & co thrashed for us. We had 250 bushels of oats & 75 of wheat in all.Did not get quite done. Jennie Smith went home this evening. Seth Surdam & wife, F.Surdam & Eliza Hults went back to Harford in this P.M.Friday 30We finished threshing this forenoon. Afternoon Sallie Rounsevell & myselfvisited Fanny Smith's school at Rosin Hollow Hill, drove his team.Saturday 31We got a grist ready for mill in the A.M. And Father went to Mott's Corners tomill. P.M. I helped Mr. Rounsevell draw in some hay & cut some brush. I went toSlaterville to lodge with J. Rounsevell in eve. We had a degree meeting.Sunday, September 1, 1878Theron & I went on other place to see to the sheep & cattle. I drove Jim. Pleasant& warm.Monday 2Father finished plowing for wheat & we drawed a load of wood. I chored about &cut some bushes, the boys helped. Rained just night.Tuesday 3Father & I went to Slaterville. We took the irons to the wagon that was burned toget them new wooded but it would cost so much that we brought them back. RainedP.M. The boys went a berrying.Wednesday, September 4, 1878We drawed some stones off of the wheat ground in the forenoon. Afternoon itrained quite hard & we put soap into a barrel we got at Slaterville yesterday.Thursday 5We moved part of the stack of straw into the barn & cleaned up the barn floor &around the stack. Mrs. Dewey from Ill & R. L. Northrop & Mary came here. Rainedsome.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com