February Saturday 1, 1902 At Camp (Button)
Snow all day. Worked on checkered bed blanket till 10:30 and then went up to Uncle Reubes. Took dinner sawed wood + rode back to Rodger’s corner with Tom Morrison + walked home.
Chet came soon after I left here. I did not expect him, or
I would not have gone. Charlie +
Edson went to city. Edson, Bill and baby, came here this evening.
Sunday 2
Snow all last night and to-day + to-night. A row in the camp this evening and Charlie went away as mad as the devil and I don’t blame him.
Geo Gilmore
and Shat Bean called for cider but didn’t get any. The two Richards, Cross + Feeny were here at supper.
Feeny here all night. Charlie
brought home a lot of perch + the yellow cat is now eating them I guess by the
noise downstairs. don’t care a d-n and glad of it. Must have a foot of
snow I guess.
Monday 3
Hard wind and drifting snow. Charlie went breaking roads in mng ,but had to give it up. Mail due here at 10:00 to 11 A.M, arrived at 12:45 P.M.
Coal fire in kitchen, baked beans + biscuit.
Cleaned up all round. Dried
out suet 6 or 7 lbs. Charlie had first chowder supper.
Edson, Bill + Thera visited and partook.
Tuesday 4
Very cold with some wind and rain. My coal fire kept until nearly morning, but 9 had to make another.
Chet came and we had a nice dinner. Boiled potatoes. fried smoked pork. Fish chowder. Tripe. Baked beans. Biscuit. Cranberry + applesauce. Coffee + grains. Expect we shall go to city tomorrow. I dread it. Edson and Charlie fitted a sleigh shoe this P.M. very amusing. Tess went away + I got in the wood. + kindling, cut carrots + got swill for Charlie.
Wednesday 5
Fine day. Chet + I went to city for groceries and got two lard tubs + slat for our new hog. Carrie’s horse afraid of Electric, Took me through snow bank. I didn’t use Edson’s sleigh
Vivian Newton’s child took poison. Edson + Bill went up there.
Carey’s cat caught and killed Jackie the squirrel we had at the
lighthouse last fall.
Thursday 6 X X X
Fine day. 0º average 10o below this morning + 10o above at noon. Chet came without the hog. We put two iron hoops on our lard tub. Cleaned out two of them. Had nice coal fire. Good dinner and a very pleasant day with Chet. Tessie gave us a can of citrus preserves. The best, we both agreed that we had ever seen or ate. Fixed latch of stable door. Charlie at Douglas’ baling hay. Goodspeed drew 2700 coal. No mail. Went up to Edson’s this evening.
Friday 7th
Another zero day. Chet came with half pig + we carved it up. I picked the ham shoulder and a little other meat. Rubbed the side pork with salt + sugar and packed it in rack. Went over to Rattee’s to sell spare rib and chin. Says he can buy all fresh+ salt pork he want for 10c so I concluded to wait till Chet came before deciding to let him have it.
Took supper at Rattes, had a pleasant visit, paid half dollar I owed him. Borrowed his old violin and came home about 8. Pete Vancelet + wife here. Didn’t do chores to-night for Charlie. Mrs. Barstow gave me a cup of sour cream.
X_________________________ Weather Indications _________________________X
Moon New. 8.37 A.M.
Changeable. Rain W. Wind. Snowy & Wind
For the following 7 days.
Saturday 8
Wind + snow by spells all day. Charlie went to Douglas’s got home just now, nearly 9, P.M. Made brine for this new pork and it leaked out of the tub or some of it did but I guess it will be all right when the tub soaks up. Put water in the ham pickle. Made head cheese, good to. Brought in all the pop corn from the barn and shelled some of it. Froze the spare rib and spine piece outside but put some in kitchen to-night. Tess gave me half a dozen doughnuts and a plate of nice pear sauce this noon for dinner. Awful dark and stormy to-night. Went up to Barstow’s with hog + chopping knife.
February 9, Sunday
More snow.
Charles and Tess went away about noon. And came home about 7. I guess. I did chores.
February 10, Monday
Fair day. Charlie broke roads with Ned and Blackhawk and Goodspeed. Chet reached school house at 10 am and came no further. Charlie and Tess went to city to a party.
Got letter and 16 cents in stamps from J. G. Harry.
Tuesday, 11
Fair day. Charlie and Tess came home at 6 am. He went to Douglas and she went to bed and waked up at noon. Chet came down and wrote a letter to Captain, took dinner in our kitchen. Violet is out at a party, I guess, the first time in her life on shore.
Thursday, 13
Fair day. Chet went to L. H. I went with him to Benlaw We rode to R.R. with Edson who took coal to Halls Point. Chet came over from Cails at Porters. I stopped at Hardys. Late evening.
Friday, 14
Chet didn’t come, though a good day.
Helped Tessie get ready for the dance tonight. 16 or 18 here. Good party, good time and I enjoyed it first rate.
Saturday, 15
Went up to Uncle Ruebes and sawed wood 3 or 4 hours. Took dinner and came home and did chores. Up and made fire just as C and T got home. They brought home a yellow puppy.
Sunday, 16
Fair day. Almost thawed at noon. Charlie and Tess when away, dog and all. I made apple sauce , baked beans, + c + had dinner all alone, except Violet. Went over to Hardy's this evening. Edie was away at city. Coming home tomorrow night. Adrian’s mother was quite sick last night. Circle around moon, and air feels damp. I think we are soon to have another storm. Carrie Cross came home with C. + T.
Monday, 17
Blizzard from N. commenced about noon. Chet came down. We tied sleigh cushions together and engaged postman to take them to Winooski tomorrow. Found our old sheep skin, and put the old buffalos up in the sky parlor. Carrie Cross went away with Chet.
Tuesday, 18
Snow all last night. It’s blowing hard this mrng. Charlie broke roads P.M. but did no good as wind continued. Horses came home tired. Dick Cross came too so as to go with Charlie tomorrow. Mended one pair of stockings. One woolen outside shirt, one side of back of a vest.
The little dog was hurt and cried when Tess came in from hen house.
Rode along to town this evening while Charlie and Dick were at blacksmith. Charlie made a buttress this A.M. neither Chet nor mail to-day. Awfully drifted.
February Wednesday, 19
Another cold day, Chet didn’t come. Charlie broke out roads. Mail around 2 P.M. At Hardy’s this evening, Mrs. H just got home.
Thursday, 20
Still Another cold day. Chet came and we had dinner. Sawed through sled loads of wood for Barstow after Chet went away. Tess gave us some P. soup.
Friday, 21, 11 PM
Warmer. Fair day.
Chet came. Vaccinated arm, quite sore and lame. Left here at 11:45. School closed today.
Circle around sun in Morning.
Charlie and Goodspeed went to city. Blackhawk and Edson’s horse, they brought me 2 dollars and 2 pounds of coal and 4 gals. K. oil.
Charlie – all in the bag tonight.
All the Cross’s came this evening. Baby raised hell and had to stay all night.
Saturday, 22
Washington’s Birthday. Fair and pleasant but cold though thawing on south side of building. White frost covered everything this morning.
Finished shelling my beans, had four or five quarts, shoveled snow away from woodshed. Charles stopped and drew 2 loads of wood, snow very deep.
Man came for cabbage and onions, who had taken Park pills for paralysis and sick headache, with good results.
Tess and I went up to her home. I went to Uncle Reubes’s and back and took supper at Tess’s mothers, and then came home and stopping at Frank Gilmore to get a colony of cider bees. To make them work put about a tablespoonful of bees into a two quart glass can, one tablespoon of sugar, one tablespoon of molasses, and fill with water, add a teaspoon of sugar every morning for a week, then strain off and start again as at first. After the strained liquid has stood two or three days, it is ready to drink. Have a headache tonight and have had it since noon.
Sunday, 23
Another fair day, but not thawing much. Charles and Tess went over to Jim Harrington’s. Home at 2 pm. Bee’s working well. Violet had a fit on piazza at 9 am, good one. Made fire in kitchen and finished shelling, Pop-corn.
Monday, 24
Windy and looked and felt like rain all day. Chet neither came nor wrote. I wrote to him. Charley and Eden worked at W. point icing for stone. I sawed wood nearly all day for Charlie. Tess gave me some supper, I cooked vegetables and rice. Lena Clark called for apples. I went to Hardy’s this evening. Beer cider kills people that drink it. A revolution relating to Bruno. Noticed that mowing machine has been moved to somewhere.
Tuesday, 25
Washing day, five shirts, overalls, pillowslips, and handkerchiefs, nice day. Card from Chet. Nearly sick, vaccination. Big pitcher fell and broke last night. Charlie and Eden on ice again.
Wednesday, 26
Rain this morn, but cleared about noon. Charlie and Eden finished putting ice in Stones icehouse and got load of sawdust at mill. I sawed and cut some wood. Wrote to Thornber Label Co. for labels and formula to make White Rose Cream etc. Wrote to Isham about manure, and letter to send tomorrow. Hardy’s this evening. Gave them a few apples and hard cheese. They gave me a piece of nice berry pie. Mrs. H to get receipt for making some kind of a nice toilet article. Adrian has bought a horse, but hasn’t got job or home yet. Almost fell- the old pain in my chest again tonight. First time since leaving the L. H. I hope it may be the last. Thawing.
Thursday, 27
Warmer and fine. Charles and Eden icing it. I went fishing.
As usual, no luck. Lincoln Marshalls came out with his new fish shanty, I came
home with his horse and put it in barn until 5:30, then took it out to him. He
brought me to Brick House Point, gave me a quarter and I came home. Got letter
from Cap'n.
Friday, 28 Thawing
Commenced to rain about noon. Card from Chet, arm improving. Charles and Chet icing.
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