DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

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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
Friday, November 1Very cool & frosty this morning warm P.M. Father got another load of timberfrom Cleveland's. Mr. J. Johnson & I finished framing the sills & most of the beams.The boys bored some & husked corn. Aunt Urana Smith, Fanny S. & Leroy Smith'swife & children visited here.Saturday 2Mr. J. & I finished framing the beams & plates. Father drawed another load oflumber from Cleveland's today & took a load to C. Allen's to be plained. Began to rainjust night.Sunday, November 3, 1878Some stormy & cool. I staid at home all day. Ruth L. Northrup finished work atOrin Rich's & came home today. Henry staid & H. Crum was here. Our carpentersname is Mr. Janson instead of Johnson.Monday 4Cold & snowing some. Mr. Janson & I carried some scantling into barn & madebraces. Father got another load of lumber from Cleveland's today. The boys boiled hogfeed.Tuesday 5I went to Caroline Cen [Center] to election with Uncle Nathan. Jr. J. worked heremost all day he went to Slaterville to vote. We finished long posts. Father, H. Crum, H.Speed, Luther Welch & Theron went fox hunting & did not go to vote. Quite cold &frosty air.Wednesday, November 6, 1878About 2 inches of snow this morning. Father went hunting & shot a fox. Mr.Janson & I worked framing short posts & girts. The boys done chores & bored some.Very cook today.Thursday 7I helped Mr. J. frame the rafters, joice etc. We got all through framing thebuilding. Father & the boys went on the hill & got a log for finish timber. It began tosnow again tonight.Friday 8Snowed most all day. Snow is about 14 inches deep tonight. Mr. J. made the pinsthis forenoon & went home on account of the snow could not raise the building. Fatherwent on the other place to let the sheep into the meadow & brought the colt home.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 and 20: Sunday 2I staid about home. Father,
Page 21 and 22: Friday, June 21, 1878I cultivated c
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: Thursday 17Father & I fixed hog rac
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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