DIARY OF OMAR EARSLEY - Town of Caroline Historian

Tuesday 26Father got a grist ready & went to Mott's Corner's to mill. Mr. Jansen & I finishedputting battens on the hog house and began to lay the floor. No rain today.Wednesday, November 27, 1878Father went Uncle Richard's & got a load of plank for hot pen floor. Mr. J. & Ifinished the lower front floor & commenced to get ready to lay hog pen floor.Thursday, 28Thanksgiving Day. No school the remainder of week. Rained all day. We laidthe hog pen floor & fixed partitions on east half, so that we put the fatting hogs in firstnight.Friday 29Father plowed & drawed some manure away from basement door and put stonedoor sill in . I fixed the west hog pen. Mr. Janson made the trough and put it in, and hemade the large rolling door & I hung it. Pleasant. Orville & I went to Temperancemeeting over north.Saturday, November 30, 1878Mr. Janson finished working & hanging the outside doors. Theron helped him.Father plowed all day long. I made a slide door & an inside swing door. I went toSlaterville in evening there was no lodge. Mrs. Gallagher is sick.Sunday, December 1Pleasant today. Theron & I went on other place to salt the sheep. Father &Mother went up to Grandfather's.Monday 2Rained hard all day. I was about the house all of the A.M. Afternoon I fitted andhung the inside hog pen door. It slacked up raining & Father and Henry Crum wentrabbit hunting just night.Tuesday, December 3. 1878Father plowed all day. Mr. Jansen came with his team after his tools and fitted thesash & made window stops. I helped, & chored about. I was at Uncle Nathan's inevening until he & Aunt Lovica came home from Ithaca.Wednesday 4Snowed last night & is snowing today. Quite warm & snow melting. Father & H.Crum went fox hunting. I chored about home. Elbert BN. Was here3 in the forenoon. Iwas at H. Crum's in evening.PDF Creator - PDF4Free v2.0http://www.pdf4free.com