Cass worked for Porter.

Chet mowed for Barstow, and raked his hay and Hi and I got in two loads on lumber wagon box, Chet went to L.H., 6:20.  Big thunder shower about the time he must have got there.  Hope he will get back tonight but still I don’t really expect him.

Had to make pancakes for breakfast this morning. Tom Dunn came home with Cap and Cass tonight to board here. The last thing I ever expected.

I haven’t felt at all well today after the pow-wow I had yesterday.

 

Wednesday July 12, 1899

Cloudy and looking like rain all day, but got none. Chet cultivated the garden, and I hoed in it till noon, and squirted green on the potatoes. Cass worked for Porter, Cap took his load of R.R. lumber from here this morning and drew it to R.R. and worked there all day.

Chet and I worked 2 hours for Barstow drawing three loads of hay, and I then hoed popcorn until suppertime. After supper Cass went up street. Chet went to city on wheel. Cap piled my wood row and hoed 2 rows of my Delaware potatoes.

 Thursday July 13, 1899   B. Camp

8 P.M.  A fine day, Clouds and sunshine, and a fine hay day. Cap worked all day with team for the R.R. Cass worked nearly all day for Barstow mowing and raking, but hoed one row of popcorn and went early (6 P.M.) to L.H. and hasn’t got back yet. I hoed one  long row of string beans; all the cabbage tomatoes and 3 rows of popcorn. Paris greened my potatoes with a sprinkler and sawed 3 logs of wood and did several other things, went out spooning for pickerel this evening, but had bad luck. Cass went to escort Geneva home.

I am tired as a dog, even if I haven’t done much. Oh! I helped Barstow an hour this P.M. I loaded a load of hay, the first in thirty years I guess, but I nearly had a collapse when I tried to pitch it off. I don’t think I ever could have finished it, and I was glad when Mr. Barstow insisted on finishing it for me.

I expected a letter from Wheeler of Brattleboro by today sure, but Bertha went to the P.O. and it was not there. She brought home two pictures however, that Brownell took some weeks ago of Chet and I dressing fish in front of the house.

I must send one to my sister.

 

Friday July 14, 1899

A fair day. Cap worked for R.R.

Cass for Porter, Chet for Barstow all day. I fizzed potato bugs, picked 4 quarts of raspberries and worked haying for Barstow the rest of the day for 6 hours.

Tom Dunn is back again tonight.

Cass went to city this evening with Ned to get Chet’s wheel fixed.

Chet went to W.Pt. with milk and to get Cap's dinner pail holder etc. Mr. Stone and friend caught 14 pike on big reef this morning. Before Chet got home a big squall struck him off Sugar Bush, but he pulled through all right. He came home with a head-ache.

 

Saturday July 15, 1899

A good hay day, Chet raked scatterings for M. B. and I helped him unload and load another load of hay; about an hour.

Chet mowed all Mr. Seymour’s grass, and got butter at Uncle Reubis’, and rowed to the point with the girls, and Cap worked for R.R. an extra hour and went to L.H. Grandpa came here at 6:48 P.M. and went to the point and to L.H. also. Cass went to city and got Chet’s wheel fixed. Girls drove out and visited, and I had all their work to do before I could have supper.

Had a great talk with Tom Dunn in the evening. I mowed in the [?] pasture.

 

Sunday July 16, 1899

Rainy day. Got up at 4:20 and got breakfast and put up dinner for Dunn. Chet and I cleaned his bike. Cass slept and went up street in evening. Chet took milk to Island. Grandpa and Cap came over at 5 P.M. and Cap went up street after team for R.R. Chet saw the two men he rowed to G.I. the other day. Guess Tom has a new hiding place as he has not come home yet 8 P.M.

   

Monday July 17, 1899 B-Camp

Cloudy and lowering. Half sun at times and showers toward evening. Cap worked on R.R. Chet took his team over to him and came back with the girls. We had a general cleaning up all round. I slicked up the dooryard and cut a lot of wood, and cleaned up around the barn. Chet went to city after grub and grain and mowed a while for Barstow and broke the machine. Cass hoed his potatoes and went up street with Chet’s boat, not home yet 8:20.

 

Tuesday July 18, 1899

A very comfortable day to work. Cap on R.R. Tom Dunn had a falling out with Gilfoy and quit but is going to work for Stewart. He rode up with Chet this eve and gave him a cigar. Cass went to Plattsburg with the scoop. Chet mowed for Barstow in morning and then he and I cleaned buckwheat and Hi went up and sowed 2 pieces and raked hay for Mr. B.

I helped Cap and Chet put seeder together and hoed potatoes till noon. After that hoed pop-corn went over to Porter for sprinkler, but it was away. Chet went to L. H., W. wind, broke an oar.

 

Wednesday July 19, 1899

A cool day and cloudy. Not a first class hay-day. Cap worked for R.R. and I went down after the team at 5 P.M. as he could go to L. H. He had a good N. breeze to row in but I guess he got there all right. He carried over 2 qts. of red raspberries that I picked at Porter’s. Chet went to city after P. green and hen food and them went to Coags and plowed and sowed buckwheat for his days work and went away on his wheel this evening.

Cass has not returned from Plattsburg. I started in this morning by setting out cabbage plants and weeding carrots; then I collected 2 qts. of bugs from Cap’s potatoes. After that Myrtle and I went over to Porter’s and picked two full lard pails full of berries; 8 qts certain. Then I sprayed potatoes and helped Mr. Barstow mow away a load of hay. Went after the team in S. beach came home at my supper, berries and bread and milk and they drown the chickens out of the dogs box and into the coops and Bertha hitched up Johashapht and she and Myrtle and I rode out for our health as far as Mr. _____.

It is now 9 o’clock cold as blazes and as I am awful sleepy I am going to bed.

 

Thursday July 20, 1899

A good day.

Cap on R.R. Chet took team over to him, mowed for Barstow and raked his hay; mowed the little orchard near pig pen.

Cass came in this evening from Plattsburg.

Chet worked for Barstow 4 hours.

I worked for Barstow 1 hour 20 minutes.

I weed carrots, hoed potatoes, worked for Barstow and paris greened potatoes.

Had a warm breakfast yesterday morning and warm supper tonight + cracker + milk between times. 

The picnic was late and got here this eve. 

                                       

Friday July 21, 1899   B’s Camp

 Showery and rainy by spells all day, though the rain only came in P.M.

Cap on R.R. drew 16 ft sticks from Hines; Cass all round, worked part of P.M., at Warners’ hoeing,

Chet harrowed in with B. Which A.M. & helped Cop draw lumber, P.M.

I set out cabbage and turnip plant, hoed cabbage first sling beans and pole-corn.

Cass bought sausage for dinner and we had codfish too. A good old dinner and a good supper, about the same with nice warm Johnnycake, something quite unusual of late.

My letter written Wed. night to R. T. Wheeler 2^nd letter has not gone yet, I see.

 

Saturday, July 22

Cap on R.R.

Chet cultivated Willard’s Potatoes and harrowed the Captain's knotgrass.

Cass worked at Warner’s.

I hoed in the garden, sawed wood and did various things,  Made an evener for one thing.

Expected Cap to go to L. H. with girls but he sent, Chet over from the point with them and he came home himself with Chet.

That of course spoiled Chet’s trip to the city on his wheel with Bert, and my going up to Uncle Reubis this evening.

 

Sunday Jul 23, 1899 

A pleasant day, Cap and Chet both on R.R. nearly all day with both teams drawing rails from boat to shore. Cass and I drove up to Hines, and then I ate breakfast again we went to P.O. got two papers, called at Smalleys, and then went to uncle Reubis for butter.

Cass came home on foot: and I followed with Possum later,

Walked from home to Point to bring Caps team home but he and Chet had to work this P.M as I walked back here got feed for men and horses and drove back in a hurry. When the boat was unloaded Cap went to L. H. and Cap and Tom Liberty and I drove the team home

Chet had to carry milk to L. H. this evening and Cass went up street.  I went fishing and got nothing as usual, the devils ate up all my string beans and I got only a spoonful. Never mind, they liked them and I didn’t care much for them.

 Mailed letter to R.H. Wheeler.

 

Monday July 24, 1899,

A hot day,

Cap on R.R.

Chet and I ground scythe and a fellow came for Chets Team, He took it about 10 A.M., and at noon he sent for Chet to drive, he worked till 6, Half a day.    I paris greened part of Willard’s potato with the fizzer. Had to mend 3 holes though first. Hoed some at ends of rows. Mowed some grass round orchard, turned hay and raked it and cocked it and went after berries at Hines’.

Had quite a sick spell while eating supper and had to leave the table but was all right in two or three minutes after getting out into the open air.

Chet has gone to the L.H this evening with 30 qts of red raspberries, milk etc. drove up to the P.O.      No mail,

 

Tuesday July 25^th, 1899

A fine day (But hot) showers toward evening Cap drawing rails on R.R.

Chet drawing Blacksmith coal from city and lies for R.R.

Cass left for Plattsburg, to fight the Hottentots.

I finished hoeing and spraying Willard’s Potato hoed squashes and tomato job in hay sowed wood +c +c.

Porter put 3 loads of hay in the barn this P.M. Mrs. Smalley, Geneva and Chet and Ruth here this evening.

 

Wednesday July 26

Looked like rain in mng and so wheeled in 8 loads of hay and cleaned up scatterings all around,

Cap and Chet on R.R. all day.

Chet came home at 520 with a 2 horse load of niggers for the brick house.  He got 22 bundles straw at Barstow for them and Chet took it down on Barstows hay-rack. 5 cents per bundle. Cap and Chet went to L.H. this eve. Flour, new potatoes and a pail of cherries x

Cass came home from Plattsburg with an acquaintance by name of Button, who like Cass was debarred from enlisting in the army in account of his eyes.    They took supper here and went up street this eve and have not yet ret'd 9:20 pm.

I got up at 4:20 A.M helped do chores as usual wheeled in hay hoed beets, went up to Uncle Reubis after 10 lb tub of butter, but he had sold it so I got 2 lbs in a pail, and told him to sour 10 lbs for us right off. Stopped at-P.O. and got mail for campers on Law’s Island and A paper for Barstow and our paper, stopped at Hines’ a few minutes and got home about 1 P.M.  Ate dinner, hoed in garden, went fishing an hour and tinkered around till chore time.

After supper I took another drive up to Hines to have him come down in mng with tool to work on R.R.

Girls helped me feed horses, and see everything safer.

 

Thursday, July 27, 1899

Quite warm,     Showers(light) in mng, but a good hay day on the whole,

Cap and Chet all day on R.R.

Cass and Button picking berries and hoeing,

I mowed west patch of barley of Uncle Willard and sawed wood.  Blistered my hand.

Myrtle mad because I whaled the dog for barking.  Don’t care a darn,

 

Friday July 28, 1899

Another hot day and dry.

Cap and Chet on R.R. all day.

I went to city with Possum and got 5-00 lbs feed at Madigans on North St, . Chet’s wheel at Bendhi Stable on Cherry St, and $1.00 worth of sugar at Van Nye’s on Church St.

Got home about 1 P.M.            Mowed barley from 3 to 6 P.M.      One of the darkeys rode with me from 4 corners.

Bought a “Cosmopolitan” and a “Republican and “Globe”.

 

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