DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

Thursday 24I went to Mott's Corners to mill. Julia Winston came over here this morning &staid all night. Aunt Ruth & Orville was here in the evening. Schutt & Henry was herepulling stumps . Father & the boys helped, I went to the lower mill & got home at 4o'clock.Friday, October 25, 1878A very pleasant day. Julia Winston staid here until after dinner then Uncle Nathantook her & Aunt Ann to depot at Richford. We pulled Stumps all day & finished the lot.Henry did not help today.Saturday 26The boys & I drawed a load of husked corn from the barn to corn-house & a loadof pumpkins in morning then finished drawing the corn from field into the barn & somestalks for J. Haynes. We had Hayne's horse. Father went to Richford to see J. Leonard& see about lumber for hog-house.Sunday 27Rained & snowed today. I staid at home. Father went on other place. Ruth L. &Mary was home today. Quite cool weather.Monday, October 28, 1878Pleasant but quite cool. The boys & I husked corn & boiled hog feed. Fatherwent to Cleveland's saw mill & got a load of 24 ft timber for the hog-house. J. A.Haynes & myself went to a Republican meeting at Nerhoood [sic] church this evening.Rev. E. R. Wilde & Mr. Howe speakers.Tuesday 29Father drawed another load of lumber 24 & 30 ft sticks of timber. The boys &myself husked corn & done chores. Quite cool weather, frost most every night.Wednesday 30Rained nearly all day. We drawed a load of wood & husked some corn. Father &Frank went & fixed a bridge district No 39 near the other place. Theron & I killed asheep. Mr. Johnson came to begin work on the hog-house, P.M.Thursday, October 31, 1878Pleasant again today. Mr. John Johnson commenced work on the hog-house. Ihelped beat out mortise's & Father axed the logs, got load of shingle timber from downthe creek finished gathering the pumpkins & 1 tree of apples.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com