Diary of unknown person, 1872

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Diary of unknown person. Daily entries, mostly agriculture accountings, and cash account ledgers. Additional items include dentist card, masonic card for Garrettsville Lodge, and a piece of memorabilia from the 13th International Convention, Cleveland O. July-11-15, 1894. Items are in their own folder. "January 10 Saturday 1885 Erin G. Mits work for about three weeks January 12, Monday 1885 Frank Whuly commissioned work for a month at $13.00 January 13, Tuesday 1885 Emie Bishop Starts for new _____ January 16, Friday 1885 Snows and turns to sun in afternoon and freezes - covers trees and breaks down telegraph wires January 17, Saturday 1885 Turned cold in the night - and grows cold all day - wind blows - train 8 - 5 hours late. Train 12 no P.D. cars. Dead Head to 13 and take 8:05 Cars January 18 Sunday 1885 Cold & Blustery - very bad west. No trains east from Cleveland till 5 P.M. Train 7 1 hour x 20 mi. late Miss train to get home January 19 Monday 1885 Cold - Down to zero got home January 20, Tuesday 1885 Zero below Help Frank cut wood January 21, Wednesday 1885 Still Cold Work at ward Ed Pierce & Family visit afternoon time January 22 Thursday 1885 Zero Give to Sayur makes contributions in freezing afternoon & eve visit at Sisters January 23 Friday 1885 Frank Whuly & I cut old Appletrees Getting Warmer January 24, Saturday 1885 Snow during the night warmer. Haul a load coal for mother Frank hauls wood in afternoon January 25 Sunday 1885 Colder again (Communion) January 26, Monday 1885 Still growing cold Two hours late getting back to Cleveland January 27 Tuesday 1885 Leave Cleveland 4 hours late and lose time all the way - Cold blowing and snowing January 28 Wednesday 1885 only get to Batava which make it an easy run for me January 29 Thursday 1885 Cold dry yet Mercury at Garrettsville Marked 27℉ below zero (Sin C) 1.40 late January 30, Friday 1885 Get tu (Sy ins) just in time for breakfast got home 6 oclock January 31, Saturday 1885 Eimi gets back from South Trip warmer February 6 Friday 1885 Go up to _____ February 9 Monday 1885 Colder February 10 Tuesday 1885 Blizard - worse yet No trains from Chicago Make up trains in Toledo _____ an old car and freeze all night February 11 Wednesday 1885 Only get to Rochester Snowing, cold all the time most - the worst R.R. drifting. I can some Trains 2 hours late and lose 4 more to Buffalo, get into Cleveland after 7. go home on late train February 15 Sunday 1885 Funeral of T. B. Hopkins conducted by the Youngs- town Commandery a pleasant day and a long funeral February 16, Monday 1885 take grist to Nelson mill and leave it February , 24 Tuesday 1885 Get home found Clara sick and _____ is taken in after- noon. We found out after a while this is Scarlet fever and that the family have all had it February 28, Saturday 1885 Make a extra run by orders for McCracken with _____ crew March 1, Sunday 1885 _____ for McCrackin and came home _____ is very sick yet March 2 Monday 1885 Run again March 3 Tuesday 1885 and come home on six o'clk train to see how _____ is March 4 Wednesday 1885 Run again March 5 Thursday 1885 and came home on six o'clock train to see Sorie we think she is better March 6 Friday, 1885 Run again My _____ sister and mother is sick March 7, Saturday 1885 Get home on 4 oclk train about delayed out. Sorie is better but Mother is worse March 8, Sunday 1885 Stay in house March 9, Monday 9 1885 Ditto March 12 Thursday 1885 Called out for McCracken again March 14, Saturday 1885 Heavy Rain east bad mail - _____ 4 sacks March 16, Monday 1885 Bad mail again Tabacco advertisements March 18 Wednesday 1885 the same bad mail to day - hope t will be through before I come again March 19 Thursday 1885 get - home very tired March 20 Friday 1885 very cold way down below zero 22℉ in the mill March 21, Saturday 1885 Still very cold Go over to Mrs Taylor's and get - Jersy calf to which pay $25 March 22 Sunday 1885 boys Momma & I go to Meeting March 23 Monday 1885 Go to Cleveland to night to run for Scotland March 24 Tuesday 1885 Run for Scot March 25 Wednesday 1885 Ditto Go to the Falls this afternoon by the ice rand glorious sublime ice ice ice everywhere March 26 Thursday 1885 My _____ _____ March 27 Friday 1885 Boys have toped the bush today March 28, Saturday 1885 March 29 Sunday 1885 Go on to Katie's March 30, Monday 1885 March 31, Tuesday 1885 Home on 6 P.M. train April 1 Wednesday 1885 quite warm - _____ Since Taylor des apoplexy April 2 Thursday 1885 Ditto April 3 Friday 1885 rain finally - snow Taylor 'funeral' April 4 Saturday 1885 April 5 Sunday 1885 Go to meeting _____ _____ runs well April 6 Monday 1885 - May 8 Friday 1885 No Entries May 9 Saturday 1885 Snows & is cold so I get-up sheep May 10 Sunday 1885 to May 20 Wednesday 1885 - No Entries May 21, Thursday 1885 Plant Corn May 22 Friday 1885 - June 13 Saturday 1885 No Entries June 14 Sunday 1885 Came home (Entry erased - cannot read) June 15, Monday 1885 June 16, Tuesday 1885 June 17, Wednesday 1885 Commenced cutting orchard grass. June 18, Thursday 1885 June 19, Friday 1885 (Mrs Bishop Shears ship - written on side) June 20, Saturday 1885 June 21, Sunday 1885 Came home on 4 o'clock train. The worst & heaviest storms sofar is this P.M. and eve. A _____ tears Ravenna all up. June 22 Monday 1885 - June 26 Friday 1885 No Entries June 27 Saturday 1885 Udall & I commence to drill a well in basement get casing stuck June 28 Sunday 1885 Showers & Turned Cold June 29, Monday 1885 to July 4 1885 Saturday - No Entries July 5 Sunday 1885 Get home from run John Halloway comes with me July 6 Monday 1885 Udall & Co get-down 5 ft and get what we think plenty of water The whole business costs me $81.10. beside boarding July 7 Tuesday 1885 - July 21 Tuesday - No Entries July 22 Wednesday 1885 Mark Manly cuts wheat very ripe July 23 Thursday 1885 - August 27 Thursday 1885 - No Entries August 28 Friday 1885 Udall & Co Thrashes 187 bu. oats 284 wheat August 29 Saturday 1885 - December 31 Thursday - No Entries

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