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DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

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Friday 6We chored about & visited in forenoon. Afternoon we picked the rem. Of thestones <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong> wheat ground & drawed what manure there was onto it. Ruth L. & Marywent back to Mr. Tryon's.Saturday, September 7, 1878In the forenoon Father went & took Mrs. Dewey to Mr. Smith's on the hill nearRichford & went to Richford. I cut bushes & chored, the boys boiled hog feed.Afternoon I dragged wheat ground. Theron went hunting.Sunday 8Father & Mother went up to Charles Earsley's. I staid at home. Pleasant & warm.Our young cattle came home from other place.Monday 9I dragged wheat ground. Theron, Frank & Willie cut some corn. Father went onother place to see if the colt & sheep were there, he took gun & killed 6 squirrels, 2woodchucks, etc. Frank Yaple bought 4 yearl's [yearling's] <strong>of</strong>f us.Tuesday, September 10, 1878I went up to Silas Patch's & got drill in forenoon. Afternoon I drilled in 5 acres <strong>of</strong>wheat. Father & the boys cleaned up the wheat and cut come corn. Very pleasant.Wednesday 11A little lowery part <strong>of</strong> day. We cut a little corn & sowed corn, meat ale, wheatground and chored about. Drawed up a few pumpkins & apples & boiled some hogfeed.Thursday 12Stormy in morning. Father went to Slaterville & got his horses shod. Uncle Wm.& Frank Yaple came & got yearlings. The boys & I cut corn in the afternoon. TheressaEarsley was here.Friday, September 13, 1878Mrs. Church & Sue visited here last evening. Stormed all day. We chored aboutthe barn. I was at the Post Office part <strong>of</strong> day.Saturday 14Pleasant again. Father went & took the drill home in the morning. The boys & Icut corn. We finished cutting. Father took Mary Crandall, Aunt Ruth & Mother toUncle Richard's. I went to <strong>Caroline</strong> Ctr. to lodge.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com

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