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Sunday, January 16, 1870

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Very pleasant and warm. Went to meeting in Ashland. Staid at home in P.M. & went this eve. Meeting downstairs. Alvah went for first time. Monday 17 Cloudy and damp and rained hard part of P.M. Warm and muddy. Finished fixing my ox slead and chored about. J. Cross came to work for me but went home about 3:00 PM on account of the rain. I helped him an hour or 2 in PM. Cut on hill back old barn. Father and mother went to see Mrs. Felker today. Rev Clark down stairs tonight. Tuesday 18 Cloudy part and very pleasant most of the day and warm and muddy. Chored about some & Jos. & I went up into the pine lot and staid 4 1/2 hrs than came and worked on the back of old barn trimming. J Cross worked there all day. Very pleasant and warm. See to the mail. Let cut work to back of old barn. J. Cross worked after 9 at the chopping. Jos. went to the Providence. Mrs. Shiff's died last night about 10:00 o'clock. Thursday 20 Very pleasant and warm. See to the mail & c. and went to work in the woods about 9 1/2 cutting and sawing the maple on pine lot J. Cross helped. Father came and got me to come down & _?_ boats at noon Jos. been to Boston. Friday 21 Cloudy but very pleasant part the day warm and chilly air. See to the mail and cut & got in a little wood. Went to the funeral of Mrs. Shiffs at 11 A.M. Carried Mrs. Scot to the grave or tomb at Sheldonville about 2 P.M. Went into the woods till night. J. Cross worked there, chopping. Jos. went to measure wood & c.

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Saturday, January 22, 1870 Very pleasant and warm. Frost some last night. Worked in the woods cutting and trimming and sawing on home lot - the maple & c. J. Cross helped and Dea. Pond helped 4 hours in P.M. Jos. went to Boston. Sunday 23

Tuesday, January 25, 1870 Very rainy cold N. E. rain storm all day. I carried Jos. W. and Geo. Crooks to Blackstone to take the 8 train for Worcester. Came home through Woonsocket found it very muddy in store some. Fixed a shelf up for Dea Pond and went got school children.. Wednesday 26

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Warm and spring like out. Cloudy part of day. Went to meeting in A.M. at ____? in P.M. Rev. J. Merrell preached. Monday 24 Pleasant, part cloudy, part the day, warm. Cut and split some of fathers wood & c. went into the woods a while helped drive up heifers & c & c.

Very pleasant and warm. See to the store and mail. Helped some about the washing. Carried some oak lumber 200 ft to A. J. Newell helped Dea Pond saw on the piece back of old barn an hour or 2. He worked 3 hrs. Jos. came home at night. E. gone to sewing circle tonight. Thursday 27 Very pleasant and warm. Chored about home. Sent letter with $20 to J. C.Metcalf. See to store switch & C. Jos. off measuring wood. Father and mother went to the Mr. Woods in Wrentham. Dea Pond & I sawed & c in back of old barn, 4 hs this PM. This eve I have been to Asa Sargents to meeting.

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32 Very pleasant and warm. See to store, mail & c. Went to Franklin to see E. S. Metcalf & Geo. about the lumber. Called and see A. Stockbridge. Cleared up some in lumber yard & c. this P.M. Saturday , 29 Cloudy and began to snow before noon - rain this eve. Cut & got in some of father's wood and cleaned up in AM, at store some. Jos. at Franklin. This PM, helped put up some of his potatoes. Sunday, 30

Monday, January 31, 1870

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Snowed a little most of day. Cool. Shod & fixed the horse slead & c. in A.M. & this PM. throwed over the manure under the old barn & throwed some dirt over it and chored about. Cut meat & apples this eve. for pies.
Tuesday, February 1 23 Snowed some part of A.M. but cleared off. Very pleasant and warm before noon. Father & I drawed some wood from the pine lot and two load of logs. Jos. went to Boston to see to ______?. Jos. and I went to Franklin to see E. S. Metcalf about the lumber. He gave a bank note. Went in cars and back Father Metcalf came to stop here.

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Pleasant and cool but thawed some. Went to meeting all day with the Sleigh Rev. J. Merrell preached. After meeting went to see Marianna & Jos. Gould, Emeline, GFW & Isabel went with me.

Wednesday, 2 Cloudy most the day and cold. Drawed 1 load of logs and 3 of the wood with oxen and they drawed 4 of wood with horse. Father Metcalf and W. & Jos. worked in the woods part the day Limed out some and sawed some after 11 am till 8 1/2 PM.

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Cloudy & cool chill air. Drawed 1 ox load of wood & 3 of pine 6 1/2 logs to circular mill and Father Metcalf & W drawed 4 from load of wood 6 hs . Jos sawed up some Geo. & Isabel here this eve. 6 above Pleasant and cold. Snowed a little when the sun shined This P.M. drawed 3 load of pine logs to mill 1 of long and 2 of short 7 1/2 hs. Jos helped. Sawed up and trimmed off limbs some. Father Metcalf drawed 2 loads of old wood down. This eve I carried Dr. Nolan home Saturday 5 12 Cloudy and snowed over little. Cold. Went to Boston and out to Milton at 1 PM on the O.C.R.R. to the funeral of Mr. Geo Longs Went back to Boston on the B & H R.R. 3 1/2 and home at 8. Friday 4

Cloudy and cool. Went to meeting in the AM & staid at home in P.M.. Rev. J. Merrill preached. I went to Corymans after milk but got none. Monday, 7 8 Very pleasant. Cold morning but warm and thawy most of the day. See to mail store & c and drawed out some poles & a load of sleepers down and 2 loads of logs to mill from the lot back of old barn. Father Metcalf helped in P.M. with the horse load and father carried passenger to diamond hill. Jos. been measuring wood at Allen Newell horse barn. 25 Cloudy and began to snow about 9 A.M. and increased to a very driving storm but I carried load of 5 logs to mill and drawed out 2 load of sleepers & c took up over barn & c & c.. Father Metcalf gone to Mr. Phersons this P.M. The 8 train cars got off the track and staid till 8 1/2 this eve. Cooked Oysters & c. Tuesday, 8

Wednesday, February 9, 1870 Very windy most the day & cloudy part the time. I run & put out part the clothes, then with the oxen went on to the road breaking it out. Went from here by O. _?_ place came home by Hawes. Thursday 10 Pleasant & cold. Worked for Dennis Sullivan drawing out logs from his swamp & 3 load to mill for him with oxen. (Came home to dinner 3/4 hour) & got home at 5 P.M. Friday 11 Very pleasant & cold. See to the store mail & c & chored about some. Went to Woonsocket. Carried to bus. potatoes & got corn meal. Jos went to Boston.

Saturday, February 12, 1870 Cloudy & sprinkled some in AM. Pleasant most of the day. Very warm. Chored about some went into the pine lot and cut a pine & drawed home log from it in A.M. & in P.M. sawed up the rest & carried to mill 3 long logs. Father helped in A.M. and Father Metcalf in P.M. Emeline & Alvah been to Mr. Phersons. Sunday 13 17 above Very pleasant. Cold. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Meeting downstairs this eve. A traveler stoped here this P.M. tonight. 10 Cloudy most the day & cool rains this eve. Helped about the morning some. Chopped in the wood back of barn 5 hrs. Went to J. P. Watkins & got passengers. Jos been to Milford. Monday 14

Tuesday, February 15, 1870 Cloudy & warm thawy. Began to rain about 4 PM. Helped about shoeing the horse & c. Chopped in the

Friday, February 18, 1870 4 Very driving rain storm Warm and snow most gone. Haven't done much except the chores to day have felt

wood back of old barn about 6 hs. Wednesday 16 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about home. Cut & sawed some old wood & c in old shop & c. School finished this PM. Carried E. & others to examination E.D. Cook sawed wood (or logs) at door for Father. Jos been to Franklin to measure wood. Sewing circle this eve. Asa Sergeant & I went. Thursday 17 Very pleasant & warm. At store some & see to mail. Jos been to Franklin. I choped some back of old barn & Father helped me saw some logs & drawed down 2 loads. Emeline & Abbie have been in to examination of this high school at Franklin this PM.

sick & was last night. Saturday 19 39 Cloudy AM. Pleasant PM & growing cold. Helped about the washing some & c. in PM. Chored most of PM back of old barn. Sunday 20 18 Very pleasant. Cool in morn but thawy most the day. Carried Emeline to Franklin & Dr. King pulled a tooth for her. Went to meeting in PM. Rev -----preached

Monday, February 21, 1870 33 Stormy morn but cleared off before noon, growing cold. Chored about some choped in woods back of old barn. Mr. Pherson choped 2 hrs. Elvira had the toothache. 4 above Very pleasant & very cold. I sawed a load of 5 ft wood to J. Cavanaugh & drawed out 4 load from back of old barn & choped there some & done the chores. 12 Very pleasant & cold. Worked in the woods back of old barn, chopping . Mr. Pherson choped there 6 hs E. D. Cook finished sawing the loss at the door.. Sold 6 hens to Owen Shield for 4.50.. Wednesday 23 Tuesday 22

Thursday, February 24, 1870 20 Cloudy morn, but very pleasant most the day. Worked in the woods chopping back of old barn. Sawed some. Father helped a while. Jos been to Boston. Friday 25 4 above Very pleasant, cold & windy. Went up to the Rockwood lot and sold E. S. Moses a cord of Chestnut wood for 3.89. Split some of it. Came & choped some on the pierce back of old barn this PM. Drawed J. M. Pherson 4/12 ft from there of hard wood. Then drawed down a load of Frosts & c from the Rockwood lot & for E. S. Moses. Jos been to poor farm. Saturday 26 15 Very pleasant & cool & windy. See to the mail store & c & chored about home in at the A.M. & in PM. choped in mine hill lot. Jos went to Dedham. I went to Dea Whitneys for Dea Pond.

Sunday, February 27, 1870 18 Cloudy & snowed a very little & is this eve. at 8 . Have been to meeting all day & this eve. at P. B. Clarks. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 28 28 Snowed most all day. Fixed the ox slead. Chored about washing & c.. We fixed the ice house or moved saw dust. Drawed a load of 2 logs to mill (sws) from door yard 1 pine to move from the hill. Drawed down 2 loads of poles from the hill. Wednesday, March 1 32 Cloudy part & pleasant part the day, warm or thawed some. Got ice. Mr. Canney, Charlie Harris E. S. Moses & horses. B. F. Cook, B. Foster, Dennis Sullivan helped & moved my oxen & Jos in AM. He went to Franklin in PM and father drove horses. .

Wednesday, March 2, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Mr. Canney, Chs. Harris & B. F. Cook sawed ice. Helped load in AM & Jos and I packed & father drawed it with oxen & I drawed 1 load in PM. Finished packing about 5 PM than ( went to see Allen Newell at Clarks ice house. He was getting in this eve. Have been to H. B. Millers to a sewing circle. Thursday 3 Very pleasant & cool. Drawed a load of 3 logs to mill from mine hill & sawed up some more & drawed down a load & this P.M. went to Woonsocket & got a load of grain. Carried 2 bus. potatoes. Thelma & Elmer went with me . He had a tooth pulled and I had 2 pulled 6 above Cloudy most the day. Cold morn. Began to snow a little about 6 PM. Drawed a load of 5 logs to mill & drawed down some log poles, sleepers & c. Father helped sawed up some. Friday 4

Saturday, March 5, 1870 Cloudy & snowed a little most of the day. Went to the mill and rolled in some logs. Went to H. C. Pecks to get some milk. See to the Mall Store & c. Jos went to Boston. Went up in the wood & sawed some logs and drawed home 2 loads & carried a load of 8 logs to mill & drawed away the lumber that is sawed. 2 above Very pleasant. Cold day. 2 above. Very frosty morn but warm day. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. at J. W. Clarks Rev. J. Merrill preached. 26 Very stormy driving snow storm. Chored about in morn then went to town meeting. Went & came in the cars. Went to Dr. Stedsons & had a tooth pulled & took an impression to make me same. Monday 7 Sunday 6

17 Very pleasant & warm. Wrung & hung out the clothes & c . Sawed & split wood in old shop. See to mail & store. Jos been to Boston. Father went to Mr. Grants & got the wheel barrow Emeline went to the F. Hancocks this PM. 17 Very pleasant and cold. Cut some wood in old shop. Put lard on the cattle to kill lice. Drawed 2 loads of wood to Asa Sargeant from mine hill lot. Got set with first load & throwed off part and got in this eve. Drawed 2 load of lumber away from mill. 17 Very pleasant AM but cloudy most of PM. Little snow squall most of the PM. Tried the ice in morn found it about 8 inches thick. Dennis Sullivan came & choped for me on mine hill lot, 8 3/4 hs. Choped with him most the day. Emeline & Alvah? went to Hermans visiting Thursday 10 Wednesday 9

Tuesday, March 8, 1870

today & this eve she went to meeting at F. Hancocks.

Friday, March 11, 1870 Very pleasant morn but cloudy most the day & cool. Worked sawing. Getting in & packing ice most - all day (8 inches thick) Jos helped & chs Harris 5 1/2 hs drawed with my oxen about 85 cakes, 7 load from the Lillie Pond. Saturday 12 Cloudy & cold. Very little snow. See to the mail & store some. Jos at Boston. Dennis Sullivan choped & c. for me on mine hill lot, 8 3/4 hs. We split & sawed off the logs or most of them. Have got it most cut. Sunday 13 A very driving N. E. snow storm. The hardest this year. It snowed & blowed hard all day. Drove into the atic all day. No meeting. I cleared up snow & c. Most. the day in house.

Monday, March 14, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Worked on the road shoveling snow 8 1/2 hs & had the oxen 5 - hs. The road were very badly drifted by the pond above 10 ft. deep. Tuesday 15 Very pleasant & warm. Cold morn. Worked on the road in A. M. with oxen 3 1/2 hs (went out to O. Adams corner) This PM, have been to Franklin. Got me some fals teeth & hair cut & called at Marianna Sent my watch to No. Wrentham or Norfolk to be cleaned. Wednesday 16 Cloudy & began to storm before noon. Very driving snow & rain storm. Have been in the house most of the day setting up with father.

Thursday, March 17, 1870 Cloudy & stormy part the day. Snow & rain. Cold & windy. Sawed a little wood & looked over accts. with Joseph, & c. Friday 18 Stormy most the day a driving snow storm. Chored about, fixed the sofa cushion chair & c. Cut meet & apples for pies this eve. Saturday 19 Very pleasant & warm. Went to Boston in the 6 AM train & came home at 7 PM. Went to see R. Clark about house rent & c. Went to auction & about.

Sunday, March 20, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Went to meeting all day & this eve down stairs was the meeting. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 21 36 Foggy & warm. Rained some. Cleared up the old atic some in A.M. & helped about the washing this PM. Drawed down 3 load of Sleepers logs & c. butted some from mine hill lot. 37 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about some rung the clothes & c. Drawed a load of wood to Asa Sargeant. this PM, drawed down 2 load of logs & c from mine hill lot & went to Franklin in cars tonight & had a tooth or root pulled. Emeline been to Boston. Father & mother been to Nathans. Tuesday 22

Wednesday, March 23, 1870 30 Very pleasant most the day but windy. Drawed down 1 load logs, 1 of large, 1 of small wood from mine hill lot, 1 pine log & 1 load of maple from pine lot. Mr. W. Hass choped them this p.m. I cut some this eve. Have been to the sewing circle at J. P. Watkins. Thursday 24 26 Clear but very windy & cold. Trimed out & drawed. Peter Riley a load of wood from pine lot - maple. Some dry oak with it. Father got it, than I drawed down a load & this PM drawed from mine hill lot 2 load. Some large top the hill & the small down to burn with oxen slead. 15 Very pleasant & cold. On loaded a load of small wood. Got the paint things together & chored about some. Went to Woonsocket. Carried bus potatoes & got meal & feed & c. Friday 25

Saturday, March 26, 1870 17 Very pleasant & warm but cold morn. Fixed or put together some ingredients for paint & white wash and white washed the kitchen upstairs at my house. This eve I drawed out 2 load of wood with slead from mine hill lot & carried a load to Mr. Owen Shield with oxen & wagon 3 ft hardwood & 3 chestnut wood. Been to F. Hancocks this eve. Sunday 27 32 Cloudy & began to storm about AM. Snow than turned to rain. Went to meeting all day. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 27 Stormed most of the day. Rain thawy. Mixed some paint & fixed a brush & c, than carted 2 ox wagon load of saw dust out & put in the ice house, than moved out some of Mr. Ponds thingsand painted & c. at the other house till 10 this eve. Jos helped a little.

Tuesday, March 29, 1870 Cloudy & thawy & stormed some. Cut a place in the ceiling & chimney at the other house for a pipe. Cleared up some there & white washed & c & c. there. Jos been to Boston. Wednesday 30 Cloudy & stormy and misty most the day. Worked papering and fixing my house most of the day. At store some. Joseph been to Boston. Emeline helped me paper some. Thursday 31 32 Very pleasant & warm. Went to mill & drawed in the short pine logs with oxen 2 hs. Jos helped, than worked on the papering & c. in my house till 12 o'clock at night. H. B. Miller & Mary helped some & Emeline helped.

Friday, April 1, 1870 32 Very pleasant. Warm AM. Washed some at my house & washed floors & fixed them some. J. P. Gould came in there today moved the goods yesterday. I carried a load of 7 1/2 hs small wood to F. Stockbridge. Drawed the boards from the mill, 2035. Father Metcalf helped went to see J. W. Clark to fix pipe, didn't get him. Saturday 2 Very pleasant misty all day. Warm & muddy. Chored about some. Went & got a man from Franklin to solder the water pipe for my house. Helped him some & carried him back again. Came home by E. Rockwoods & and got some of J. Goulds wood & c He went with me in eve. Carried Rev. Rounds to Franklin.. Sunday 3 Storm all day N. E. snow to rain storm. Mostly, snow. Very damp. No meeting today.

Monday, April 4, 1870 Very driving N. E. Storm. Snow, rain & hail all day. Sawed some wood in my wood house & shop. Cleared

Thursday, April 7, 1870 Frost 36 Very pleasant most the day & warm. Got in some wood from shop. Put up 4 bus potatoes. Chored about some.

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Went to Woonsocket sold the potatoes. Got some corn & meal & paper. Suit for Elmer & c &c.. Emeline & Elmer went with me. Friday 8 34 Very pleasant & warm. See to store mail & c. Cleaned up horse barn & fixed it for F. Hancocks weeding teams or horses. Jos went to Boston. Father came home from Milton tonight. This eve, we were to F. Hancocks ___? Hannah Beals came out tonight. Saturday 9 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about house some. Set out some grape cuttings. Went into the Rockwood lot & sawed off 2 or 3 trees. Father helped 1 hour. Helped Dea Pond move down his things & c. This eve went to the ___? carried Hannah Beal & James _?_ to the _?_.

Stormy morn than clear a while & stormy again & is this eve. Got ready &. carried a load of 1190 of hay to H.B.M. with oxen & chored about some this PM. Went to Franklin to get some money of G.F. Metcalf, got 1/3 of it. Got harness fixed Wednesday 6 Stormy all day. Snow & rain. In store some see to mail & store. Jos & Father went to the funeral of ___? Wadsworth of Milton. cut up some old stuff in old shop & c. Went to Parish meeting.

Sunday, April 10, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Went to meeting all day. Rev. J. Merrill preached. This eve carried ____? & Hannah Beals to Uncle Richardsons. They were here to tea at Mancy Daniels from meeting. Brought home _?_ from meeting. Monday 11 Cloudy & began to storm. Rain about PM & raining quite fast this eve. Rolled in my logs at mill. Jos helped 1/2 hour & I fixed the sink spout at other house. & this PM sawed & trimed some pine in back wood lot that blew down. 2 hs & 1/2 Dea Pond helped. We got wet. Tuesday 12 Cloudy & stormed some. Cleared off. Very pleasant about 3 PM. Carted 3 load of logs to mill, 9 logs 1 pine, 1 birch & 7 oak, 2 load from woods by Rileys & 1 from old barn. Dea helped 4 hrs. Went to Franklin Eva went with me. Carried bus potatoes this eve to M. Weldons. Went to Mr. Phersons.

Wednesday, April 13, 1870 Very pleasant & warm but windy. Drawed a load of 6 logs to mill (5 oak, 1 birch) & carried away & stacked up planks in AM. Dea Pond helped 4 hs - drawed a load pine home this PM. Helped Mr. E. S. Moses load his posts or pole; 3 hs. Thursday 14 Very pleasant & warm. Drawed away 14 a 15 foot lumber from the mill. Father helped. Loaded my posts or poles on the car with Mr. ___? He helped me 1 hs & Jos helped. Brought father's seedling potatoes out of the cellar this PM. Went to the funeral of Abby Daniels, at Dea Whiting, than worked on the Rockwood lot 3 hrs, sawing & triming. Dea Pond helped 2 hs. Father, Metcalf went to Walpole Friday 15 Very pleasant but windy & cool. Worked on the road with the scraper & picking stones. O Barton & Dea Pond worked for me with the oxen 10 or 11 hs. This eve went to Mr. Murray Cooks to see his steers. Wm. Johnson went with me.

Saturday, April 16, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Stacked up the remainder of our lumber & drawed stones with the oxen from the meadow to stack the garden wall from 11 till 3 PM. Then Mr. Murray Cooks came I traded them to him for _____? of steers, 139 lbs & 125 & went home with him & got _____? & then took the oxen home. O. Barton worked for me.

Tuesday, April 19, 1870

Cloudy & damp AM & pleasant & warm PM. Drawed the short logs to mill from the Rockwood lot with the horse & Steers A. Barton helped & he beetled the manure for orchard & race meadow & we went to get 1 log from the pine lot.

Wednesday 20 Cloudy most of the day. Rained a little about 4 or 5 PM & eve. Carted pine log to mill with the horse & 5 maple of Fathers with the Steers.. Got 2 from pine lot & 3 by wood pile. I split some wood. See to it. . O. Barton throwed over manure under old bard. Jos & mother went to conference at Medway. Thursday 21 Cloudy & stormed some in PM. Rain rains hard this eve. Carted 5 maple of fathers & 1 maple, 3 chestnut, 2 birch, 2 oak of mine. A. Barton helped some this PM. I with horse, drawed 2 load short pine from pine lot 4 hs & Jos & O.A. Barton sawed up 3 1/2 hs.

Sunday 17 Calf Cold storm or mist most of the day & in the eve. Went to meeting in A.M. Staid at home in P.M. & see to the red cow & calf & c. Father Metcalf came back here tonight. Monday 18 Cold N. E. storm, rains very hard this eve. but little before eve. Helped some about the washing. Went & got some milk at H. B. Millers. Help iron the wheel barrow.. See to the yellow cow & calf. Went to saw mill. Went to Franklin got school children, carried off passengers to M. Tingleys & c & c.

Friday, April 22, 1870 Cloudy most of the day & warm. Carted 2 Bbl flour to Riley & 1 to E. Coryman & 4 load of pine logs to mill with the horse (8 1/2 hs) & sawed up some. E. S. Moses carted 3 load with his horses 4 1/2 hs to Jos & Oriel Irvin Barton . I sawed up & helped load. We helped load & c a lot of cars. Saturday 23 Pleasant most the day & warm. See to store mail & c Jos went to Boston. I cut some wood. Helped shoe the horse & c., carted the lumber. Stocked it up from logs, maple & c. A Barton helped & he helped move Mr. Whitier. Went to Franklin in eve. Sunday 24 Very pleasant & warm most of the day. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM & went to meeting down stairs in eve. Rev. J. Merrill preached.

Monday, April 25, 1870 Stormy most of the AM. Pleasant PM. Worked on the ox plow putting in new handles & c. Carried a load of small wood to Mrs. W. Fisher with the horse. A. Barton cut it & throwed over some manure & c. Called & got $100 . of E. Metcalf this eve. Tuesday 26 Very pleasant & cool. Carted manure & spread on the garden by old shop & plowed it in with the horse. Carted, with steers, manure onto the garden by the house. A. S. Barton helped father carry off some passengers. Cars very late tonight. Wednesday 27 Very pleasant & warm. Dea Pond worked 9 hrs. 6 1/2 for me & 2 1/4 for Mr. Pherson. We spread the manure on garden & plowed it with the horse in AM & in PM he drawed a load of Jos hay to Mr. Pherson with the steers 2 1/2 hs & set out 2 pear trees & he drawed 4 load manure & spread front old barn.
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Thursday, April 28, 1870

Sunday, May 1, 1870

Very pleasant & warm but had a thunder shower about 6 1/2 or 7 PM & is raining now at 9 PM. Plowed Dea Ponds & J. Goulds garden and furrowed it. Dea Pond helped 2 or 3 hs. Carted the stones off the mine hill lot. Dea Pond helped 6 hs. Friday 29 Very pleasant & cool. Planted some peas, beans, cucumbers & early rose potatoes by old shop. Set out some currant bushes got in some wood. Carted a load to Mrs. W. Fisher & c & c. Father got some pea brush. Saturday 30 Very pleasant & cool. Went to Boston in 6 AM train. Came home at 7 PM. Emeline & Elmer went with me. Dea Pond worked 8 1/2 hs. Carted out & spread manure on the grass. Mr. J.Picket was married.

Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Mr. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 2 Very pleasant & cool. See to store mail & c.. Jos at Dedham. Helped about washing & c. E. S. Moses plowed for me this PM., back of horse barn, 1/2 an hour from strawberry bed, than on mine hill. I helped some & carted a load of 5 1/2 ft of wood to Dea Pond. Broke wagon wheel & c. Tuesday 3 Very pleasant & warm. Got in some wood of fathers. See to store mail & c. Worked on the farm wagon. Made a new rocker & cross piece & c. Went in the woods & got a bush. Mr.Gaskill here to night.

Wednesday, May 4, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. See to the store mail & c. In store most the time & at R.R. E. S. Moses finished plowing mine hill lot in AM. I put up 9 bus of father's potatoes for him. Dea Pond worked carting manure picking stones & c. Thursday 5 Very pleasant & warm. Staid at store, see to the mail & c. Fixed the horse wagon in AM. Drawed away & stuck up the short pine boards at mill. Dea Pond & Father Metcalf helped 2 1/4 hs. Planted the last of garden by old shop. Dea P. carted & laid out manure & c & c. Friday 6 Very pleasant & warm. Planted some potatoes (early red) in garden by house. See to store, mail & c. White washed siting room. Chored about. Put up some potatoes & carried to Mr. Cross this eve. Mr. Picket grafted this PM. Father M set hoops.

Saturday, May 7, 1870 Cloudy most the day & rained a little in PM. Dea Pond worked for me 6 hs. Harrowed the pine lot on mine hill. I got off some stones & fixed the fence. He drawed 3 load of manure to brook meadow lot. I planted some sweet corn. I used the seed & beans in garden. Set out _____? Grafted 3 stocks of pears. Put up some potatoes. Sunday 8 Cloudy & warm. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Rev J. Merrill preached. S. S. Concert at 6 PM at the meeting house. F. Hancock had the horse to go to Bellingham tonight. Monday 9 Cloudy & stormy. Some mist. N. E. storm with but little rain. Helped about the washing some. White washed the kitchen, bedroom, & stairway. Put up some potatoes. 8 bushel carried to Woonsocket this PM. Get a carpet c. Gave Father _______?

Tuesday, May 10, 1870 Rain hard now at 10 P.M.

Friday, May 13, 1870

Cloudy & cool & began to rain about 6 PM. Rained again at 10 PM. Chored about home. Helping Father Metcalf off. Father carried him to Ashland today. Abbie went. White washed Dea Ponds kitchen & clossett. Went & got Mrs. Gaskill to make a carpet. Carried Alvah to Dr. ____? He took some sulphuric acid. Is better tonight. Wednesday 11 Rained most of AM & some this PM. Cool N. E. storm. Set out some strawberries. Put up some potatoes & c. Drawed a load of 3 9/12 ft of wood to J. McPherson with steers. Bought some trees & strawberry plants. Thursday 12 Pleasant most of the day but had a shower about 7 1/2 PM & eve. Set out some trees. Rung the clothes. Carted a load of hay from horse barn to old barn at store some. Jos at Woonsocket & Franklin. Dea Pond drawed manure 5 1/2 hs this PM.

Very pleasant & warm. Sowed the piece on mine hill to oats & pea seed 1 bus R. 4. 1 of red ___? 2 ____? & 5 lbs clover. Dea Pond sowed the hay seed & I the oats. We harrowed & bushed it in & got off some stones (with horse & steers). Dea Pond worked 1 hs. At home some. Set out a tree & c. This eve. put up 10 bus potatoes for Chs Nason. Saturday 14 Very & pleasant & warm. Rolled the mine hill piece. Harrowed & raked in the hay & oats by my house. Set some currant bushes out there/ Cut up some pea brush. Dug up some trees in garden. Set out side of R. R. Plowed the little piece by race meadow & c. Dea Pond carted manure 10 hs with steers by the brook meadow. Some by race meadow. Sunday 15 Very pleasant & very warm. Went to meeting all day & this eve. to Mrs. Wheldons. Rev. Hazelwood preached.

Monday, May 16, 1870 Very pleasant & very warm. Set out a few strawberry plants, trimed the currant brush. Helped about the road. Was at store some & c. E. S. Moses plowed for me this PM by brook meadows. I spread the manure on plowed ground. E. D. Cook sawed wood. ____? to saw. Tuesday 17 Cloudy AM. Cold & pleasant PM. Went & got some milk for the pigs at Mr. Pherson & trimed a cherry tree. See to mail & store some. Jos at Franklin. Drawed 2 load of manure onto garden. N. Hawes plowed the brush piece by brook meadow this PM, I helped. Wednesday 18 Very pleasant & warm. See to mail & c. Planted the pole beans, peas, & some potatoes in garden. Plowed some in garden. Harrowed & furrowed by race meadows. Sowed part to hay seed. Got been poles. Dea Pond worked 10 3/4 hs. Drawed manure with steers part of ____? to brook meadows & c. Sunday, May 22, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Went to a meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Alvah cut his left forefinger most off in the hay cutter.

Thursday, May 19, 1870 Very pleasant & warm but very windy & dusty. Dea Pond worked in AM 5 hs. We picked off some stone from brook meadow lot & he harrowed part of it with the steers. I planted some cucumbers, mellons, beans & peas in garden & c put up some potatoes & carried to Woonsocket in PM. Emeline & Dea Pond went with me. Friday 20 Cloudy & most pleasant PM, very warm. Chored about some. Dug up around the gooseberry bushes. Set out some currants by old shop. Planted some turnip seeds. ___? carrot & beets. Set out some 30 cabbage plants & some strawberry plants, onions & c. peas. Saturday 21 Very warm & pleasant most the day. Rained a little after PM. See to store mail & c. Dea Pond worked 10 hs. He harrowed the piece by brook meadow & we sowed part to grass & oats. He sowed grass seed & I the oats. Elmer bushed it & helped me get off stones & rolled it & carted off some roots & furrowed 6 furrows. Jos been to Boston. Wednesday, May 25, 1870 Cloudy part & pleasant part the day. Warm. Finished planting the piece by brook meadow. Dea Pond helped 6 1/2 hs. I see to store mail & c. Jos at Franklin. Father

Monday 23 Very pleasant AM. Cloudy PM. Helped about the washing some & worked in the garden in AM. Dug around the currant bushes & c this PM. Carted 1 load manure on the garden & 2 on the meadow piece & planted 11/2 bushel Chilia, potatoes & harrowed & carted off load of brush. Dea Pond helped 5 hs. Tuesday 24 Cloudy & cool - began to storm about 5 PM. See to mail store RR. & c. Jos at Franklin. Dea Pond worked for me 10 hs. We planted 3 bushes Chilia Carted on manure furrowed part & c.

went to Franklin. Emeline, Abbie & Malinda went to Franklin. Thursday 26 Very pleasant & cool. Worked in the garden some. See to the mail store & RR. Jos at Franklin, went & see N. Hawes to get him to plow. Put on some mortar & fix the plastering. Mr. Johnson stays here tonight is selling. ___? going to make me one. Friday 27 Pleasant but very windy. Helped make a patent gate. See to store mail RR. Jos at Franklin. Cleared off the brush & c. from side the pond piece. Helped fix beach wagon & c. Mr. Johnson here tonight.

Saturday, May 28, 1870 Cloudy stormed a little most all day Cold. N. Hawes came & plowed the piece by the pond 2 1/2 hs. I helped some cleared out the privey, carted 1 load of it to race meadow & planted it to potatoes, squash, corn,

Tuesday, May 31, 1870 Cloudy part & pleasant part the day & warm. 3 painters came to work. Painted father's & my room to grain & papered Marianas bedroom & c. Got some tomatoes & set out. Bushed the peas by old shop. Set out some

mellons. Picked a hen. Sunday 29 Cloudy part the day & pleasant, part warm. Went to meeting all day & this eve. at J. W. M. Pherson. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 30 Cloudy AM & pleasant PM & warm. Horse hoed the garden by old shop & hoed part of it & Elmer rode horse to harrow & furrow the piece by pond & I dug up the __land & drawed 1 load manure on to the garden & planted some potatoes . See to store mail RR & c. Father went to Woonsocket.

dahlia. Emeline went to Boston. Wednesday, June 1 Pleasant & warm. Chored about in morn & loaded a load of chips & carried to Mrs. N. Fisher. Got 4 boards plained at Metcalf's. Got some paper & c. Carted & laid out 2 load of manure by the pond, Dea Pond helped load chips 1/2 morn.. Thursday 2 Bees swarmed Very pleasant & warm. Sold G. Wales a load of 1390 lbs hay, pitched it. See to store - RR mail & c. Set out a few dahlias, planted some chilia potatoes, about 1 bushel. Cleaned a bee hive & hived the bees. They swarmed.

Friday, June 3, 1870 Very pleasant & warm but foggy in the morn. Fixed the fence side the potatoes by pond. Manured out & planted the remainder of it to chilia potatoes. Put in some squash & mellon seeds. Helped Joseph 1 hour. Horse hoed & furrow his garden. Saturday 4 Very pleasant & very foggy. Warm. Cleared & swept the horse barn. Hoed the garden by old shop. Horse hoed the garden by house & part of it got out some piece. Fixed a cupboard, planted a few more potatoes. Set out some dahlias. At store some. Sunday 5 Very pleasant & warm. Foggy morn. Went to meeting all day. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Carried our washing up to Mrs. Cavanaugh.

Monday, June 6, 1870 Showery & warm. Pleasant part the day. Helped some about house, paint white wash & c. Father went & got Seth Blake this morn & he grained down stairs this PM. J. went to Woonsocket. Tuesday 7 Cloudy & stormed some most the day only showers. Warm. 4 painters here today. 2 papered at my house. Dea Pond & J. Goulds took till 3 PM. S. Blake grained upstairs for us this PM & I painted & varnished some. Wednesday 8 Cloudy & stormed some. Warm. See to store mail & c. Jos at Boston. Churned. Carried boards to Clarks shop for Cupboard & Chs Dean cut them out & this PM. F. Hancock & I put it up. S. Blake finished graining our kitchen & papered our sitting room & down stairs. Jos varnished upstairs 3 1/2 hs ___?

Thursday, June 9, 1870 Cloudy & damp most of the day. J. Huchinson varnished our kitchen. Set some glass & painted the cupboard at J. F. Goulds & worked downstairs some. S. Blake papered

Sunday, June 12, 1870 Pleasant & warm. Went to B. F. Cook's with the red corn. Bees swarmed & I hived them. Went to meeting in PM. Rev. J. Merrill preached.

father's kitchen & c downstairs all day. I helped some & chored about - put - the carpet down this eve. Father came home from Ashland.

Monday 13 Pleasant AM & stormy PM. Rained very hard. Horse hoed the garden by house again & began to hoe a little. S. Blake & Woodman came & finished papering & c. I helped pull off paper & c some for father 1 hour varnishing & c. Mr.. Greene here to dinner & S. Norton & Mary Sayles here to tea. I helped ring cloths & c. Tuesday 14 Cloudy most the day. Hard showers about 11 AM. Warm. Hoed a little, looked over accts with father. Cleared and throwed the manure down under shed. Dug the white___? on hill. Carted 2 load of rails. Top mine hill with steers & fixed the fence some.

Friday 10 Cloudy & stormed some. Cold. Chored about in morn & went to Woonsocket. Carried Ester Briggs &Anna Metcalf. Got some varnish & c. This PM been at store some & chored about. Jos went off with the horse. Seth Blake came at 9 1/2 & papered & c. downstairs in AM & this PM grained the stairway doors & grained & painted Dea Ponds cupboard 2 hs. Saturday 11 Stormy & cold. See to store mail & c. Jos at Boston. Cleared up in the house some. Put up the shelves & c at Dea Ponds. J. Goulds & fixed there some. Wednesday, June 15, 1870 Pleasant windy PM. Warm. Cultivated the garden by house & hoed part of it - See to the switch & c. Jos at Boston. Thursday 16 Pleasant & warm. Looked like showers, but had none. Helped clear up the bedroom. Took up the carpet & bed down & c. Churned hoed the garden by house. Horse hoed the strawberry bed & hand some, bushed some of the peas. Swarm of bees went off. Jos & I went after them. Couldn't find them. Emeline went to Woonsocket. Friday 17 Very warm Cloudy & showery. I bee hived in PM. Horse hoed Peter Riley potatoes & Joseph & I hoed the strawberry bed. Whitewashed a closet.

Saturday, June 18, 1870 Very pleasant & very warm. See to store mail & c. I Helped clean some beehives; hived a swarm of our bees. Hoed around the horse barn, bushed part the peas & Jos went to Boston. Father & mother went to Uncle Nathans. Sunday 19 Very pleasant & very warm. Went to meeting all day & this eve. at Dea Ponds. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 20 Pleasant & very warm AM, but clouded up & had hard thunder showers. About 5 PM this eve. - hail in Boston. I have been sick to day. Better this PM so I cultivated or horse hoed part the piece by brook meadow & Dea Pond hoed 4 hs. I bushed the peas & raked up the hay & c. Father went to see J. Hoag this eve. I carried Annie Whiting home.

Tuesday, June 21, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Mowed door yard. Side rode some & c. Got some brush up in grass. J. Hoag came & fixed the old barn some this PM. I helped some. Went & got some stuff & got N. Hawes ladder. Wednesday 22 Very pleasant & cool AM. At store some. Got the team ready & went to ___? hoeing for Mr. J.

Friday, June 24, 1870 Very pleasant & very warm. Mowed front of the bees, 1 stung me. Made me sick for a while. Churned & hoed the piece by race meadows. Spread & got in a little hay. Horse hoed Mr. Cavanaughs potatoes & some for Peter Riley. He & his ____? left the RR. Saturday 25 Very pleasant & very warm. Horse hoed the garden by

Cavenaugh 4 1/2 hs. Elmer rode horse. We horse hoed by race meadow & this PM put up 5 bushels potatoes & carried to Woonsocket. Emeline & Alvah went with me. Thursday 23 Cloudy most the day & rained a little. Warm. Bushed the peas or part of them, hoed some. Dea Pond hoed for me 7 1/2 hs. Horse hoed the piece by brook meadow. Emeline & Mother, Mariana & Abbie went to Uncle Nathans this PM. Geo Frost & wife here this eve.

old shop & part by the house & hoed the one by shop & among the trees, currant bushes & c. by house. Picked a few cherries. Sold & put up 4 bushels potatoes to Mrs. Goss. Sunday 26 Rained a little in morn & cloudy most the day. Warm morn, but cold most the day. Went to meeting all day. Rev. Sanford preached.

Monday, June 27, 1870 Cloudy morn, but warm and pleasant most the day. Helped about washing some & chored about. Fixed the wagon & carried a load of chips to Franklin. Got some lumber for Joseph & c. Horse hoed some by brook meadow & Dea Pond hoed there 5 hs. Father & mother went to Uncle Nathans. Tuesday 28 Very pleasant AM. Very warm, but had a shower about PM. I mowed the piece by garden. with the machine & horse hoed the garden. Worked on the mowing machine, taking to pieces & cleaning & helping father fix for part new sections & c. Settled with J. Cannery. Wednesday 29 Pleasant & warm. Worked on the machine & carried part to J. Clarks to repair. Went & got it again. I carried E. to sewing circle. Hoed some. Raked & got in 1 load of hay. Went to Barton Cooks with the ___? horse __? this eve. Father went to Woonsocket.

Thursday, June 30, 1870 Cloudy part & pleasant part the day. Had a sprinkle from a shower about 7 1/2 PM. I see to store mail RR. & c. Worked on the machine. Pitched of a load of hay & c. Father, Elmer, & I got in a load of Jos hay for him with the horse. Settled with the gate man 2 & c. Friday, July 1 Cool most the day. Stormed some. Chored about. Cleared out the __? I helped J. Clark load his steer boiler. Worked on mowing machine. Went to B. F. Cooks with the red car again. John & Sarah & Frankie came about 3 PM. Saturday 2 Pleasant & warm. Ground the fingers & knife to machine & mowed the piece back of old shop 2 1/2 hs & trimed out & raked it up. Went & picked some cherries on Jos trees. John & Sarah went home. Will Johnson came tonight.

Sunday, July 3, 1870 Cloudy most the day & cool. Sprinkled a little a few times. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. downstairs Rev. J. Merrill preached. Will Johnson here tonight. Monday 4 Foggy morn, but very pleasant most the day & warm. Fixed a section & went & mowed for N. Hawes with the machine 4 1/hs + 1 , than we carted a load of stuff into hog pen & got in a load of hay & I mowed the piece front of old barn. Wm. Johnson commenced work for me, hoed & c. Tuesday 5 Foggy morn & misty but pleasant most of PM. Finished mowing the piece front of old barn & part the orchard by barn, than went and mowed in N. Hawes pasture piece 3 hs & his middle piece 2 hs. Horse hoed the piece by brook meadow. Dea Pond & Will mowed in AM & hoed in PM.

Wednesday, July 6 1870 Very pleasant & very warm AM but cloudy & looked like showers in PM. Dea Pond & Will Johnson finished mowing the swale front of old barn & trimed to the orchard front of old barn. I finished mowing it with the horse. We raked & tumbled up the hay & pitched off the load of hay this eve. I mowed part the piece back of horse barn. Emeline went to Boston & ___? in P.M. Father carried off a passenger. Thursday 7 Cloudy most all day, some mist, & warm. Finished mowing the piece back of horse barn & went & mowed a piece for N. Hawes 2 1/4 hs & 3/4 hs _____? piece. Dea Pond & Will Johnson trimed out some & weed the beets & c. Opened part the hay & we got in small load & salted & raked up the hay. Horse hoed the piece by the pond & hoed part of it. Friday 8 Very stormy most all day, powerful rain. Pleasant this eve. Helped churn. Sprouted some potatoes. Mended a knife section, made Ice tongs & looked over accounts with Dea Pond & c. Will Johnson fixed his __? c.

Saturday, July 9, 1870 Very pleasant & cool, but veryghood hay weather. Dea Pond & Will Johnson mowed the swale by ____? tree & I mowed the piece by the beyond with the horse & we opened, turned & got in the hay. 6 load (2 in horse & 4 in old barn) late tonight. Sunday 10 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Rev. Joseph Merrill preached. Monday 11 Very pleasant & warm. Mowed the upland & some swale on the further side of race meadow, hs 4. N. Hawes horse hoed, than went & mowed for N. Hawes 2 hs. Will Johnson worked for me. We got in 2 load hay & raked up this eve. I mowed for N. Hawes 2 1/4 hs. ____? broke a section ____?

Tuesday, July 12, 1870 Cloudy & began to rain about 5 AM, but not much after 9 AM. Helped shoe the horse & made 2 machine sections & took away a load of hay. Mowed the further side of piece back of old shop with the horse & finished all the swale & raked it into beds. Will Johnson commenced work about 10 AM & Dea Pond worked in PM. Owen Wales & wife called here tonight. Wednesday 13 Very pleasant & very warm. Mowed most the piece front of old barn beyond the swale. Had N. Hawes horse 1 1/4 hs & Will Johnson mowed some in the swale. There we opened & turned the hay, got in 3 large load. Father Richardson, 2 load & Jos helped rake 3/4 hs. He went to Boston. Thursday 14 Very pleasant & very warm most the day. Had a little shower about 5 AM. Finished mowing front of old barn & went & mowed 2 pieces for N. Hawes 3 1/2 hs. Will Johnson mowed some & we got in 4 load of hay. Jos helped some & I mowed some; this eve. Broke a casing on machine in morn.

Friday, July 15, 1870 Very pleasant most the day & warm. Good hay weather. I mowed the piece back of horse barn by trees & by Dea Whitings land Mowed a piece for John Chase & with N. Hawes horse 2 hrs.& __? & ours 1 hr. Churned & trimed out & mowed some in race meadow. We got in 2 load. Saturday 16 Very pleasant & warm. Mowed the last of N. Hawes grass 2 /2 hs. Had to fix the machine. First mowed the last of race meadow. Dea Pond & Will Johnson worked for me. Got in 1 load & put in horse barn. Sunday 17 Had a shower last night & before morn, but very pleasant & very warm. Today went to meeting all day. Rev. Richardson preached. Will here tonight.

Monday, July 18, 1870 Cloudy morn, but very pleasant & very warm. Dea Pond & Will Johnson worked for me. Finished the mowing the pasture & brook meadow. Put in 3 small load hay from race meadow. Jos helped 1 hour. Tuesday 19 Very pleasant & warm. Mowed the ____? at Dea Ponds. Took care of the hay & put it in the last of it at brook meadow & pasture piece, 4 load horse & trimed. Will Johnson helped. Jos been to Boston. Wednesday 20 Cloudy morn, but pleasant most of the day & warm. Chored about some, carried a load of chips to Dr. Bascom & c this PM. Went to Woonsocket. Will Johnson & Emeline, Alvah, & Elmer went with me.

Thursday, July 21, 1870 Cloudy morn, but pleasant most the day & very warm. Chored about & at store, see to the mail & c. Jos went to the funeral of J. B. Whiting at Pawtucket. R. Rowan made a new fence back old shop. Friday 22 Very pleasant & very warm. Churned. Got in a lot of father's wood. Hoed some in the garden. Saturday 23 Very pleasant & very warm. See to store mail & Jos at Boston. I hoed some & chored about. Will Johnson helped me part the PM.

Sunday, July 24, 1870 Very pleasant & very warm. Went to meeting in the AM. Rev. Wm Thayer preached. I staid at home this PM. Will Johnson went to Uncle Richardson this PM. S. Beals & wife are at Josephs. Monday 25 Very pleasant & very warm. Helped about the washing & watered cucumber & c in garden. See to store mail & c. Jos at Uxbridge. Finished hoeing & pulling the weed on piece by the pond & pulled part the weeds in the strawberry bed. ___? the cows in front of old barn. Tuesday 26 Very pleasant & very warm. Pulled the weeds in strawberry bed & some in garden. Mowed the oats on mine hill, part by hand & part with the horse & machine. This eve. raked them into _____?

Wednesday, July 27, 1870 Cloudy morn, but pleasant & warm most of the day. Cleared up the barn floor, turned the oats & this PM raked & got them in from mine hill 3 load with horse. Will Johnson helped. This morn got some lilies for S. Beals. Thursday 28 Very pleasant & warm. See to the mail store & c. Jos gone to Lawrence. Peter Riley commenced clearing out the ditch in race meadow. I helped a little & chored about. Cleaned the cider mill & made a pale of cider. William Johnson helped some. Friday 29 Very pleasant & very warm. Went to Woonsocket & to Blackstone to see S. Pond, but got no money. Will Johnson went to Woonsocket with me & back & Elmer went with me. Father churned.

Saturday, July 30, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Got father's wood into the wood house in AM & worked in the ditch in PM. Will Johnson helped & Peter Riley in the ditch in race meadow. Father went off with a passenger. Sunday 31 Very pleasant & warm & staid at home in AM & went to meeting in PM. Rev. ---- preached. Walked up to ledge & c with Will Johnson. Monday, August 1 Very pleasant & warm. Mowed the oats by brook meadow with the horse. Peter Riley & Owen Shield worked in the race meadow ditch. I helped there part the day. Helped some about the washing & c. Father & Will Johnson went to see some hoop pales & c.

Tuesday, August 2, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about some. Spread & turned the oats by brook meadow & cut them this PM. Father helped & load. This eve, Will, Emeline & I went to Franklin to Uncle Richardsons. Wednesday 3 Very pleasant & warm. See to store mail & c. Jos & Father been to Boston & Will Johnson started for home. Peter Riley pitched off a load of oats than worked in the ditch & carted down a load of wood & carted a load of chips to Dr. Boscom. Thursday 4 Very pleasant most the day & warm. Had very little rain showers after 4 PM. Drawed a load of wood down with steers Put up & carried E. Coryman 19 bus. old potatoes. Cut & got in a little wood & chips & chored about. Father went after Mrs. Scot & he carried passengers to Wrentham.

Friday, August 5, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Churn & chored about. Went & got some turnip plants & set out some this eve. Went & got a few black berries. Drawed down 1/2 a cord of wood. Mr. Pherson cut & c. Saturday 6 Very pleasant & warm. Set out & watered a bed of webster turnips. Pulled the peas & some beans & chored about. I went into the water this eve. Sunday 7 Very pleasant & very warm. Went to meeting in AM. Staid at home in PM. Old Mr. J. Merrell preached (Rev. Js. Father)

Monday, August 8, 1870

Thursday, August 11, 1870

Very pleasant & very warm. Helped about the washing & c took down the bed in the atic. Took out the old watering tank at old barn & helped & put in a new one. Cleared out the spring in the meadow. Pulled a few beans. Tuesday 9 Very pleasant & very warm. E. D. Cook here sawing wood. I sold to Mr. Fisher 1 6/8 cds. E. Coryman worked 9 1/4 hs sawing & cutting old wood at door. I chored about some went & got a load of 5 1/12 ft. small wood split & got in some of my wood. Wednesday 10 Very warm & pleasant AM. Thunder showers in PM. E. Coryman 8 3/2 hs split & sawed wood. Jos went to Boston. I see to store mail & c & father & I set 2 tires on beech wagon & 4 on farm wagon & c.

Stormy most the day or cloudy. Finished nailing & triming the tires. Went to get some turnip plants & set out & c. Friday 12 Cloudy part the day & pleasant part. Very warm. Thunder showers about 5 PM. Churned & split & got in some wood & chored about. E. Coryman sawed old wood, 9 hs. Saturday 13 Very pleasant part & cloudy part the day. Had a hard shower about 7 1/2 & later this eve. See to store mail & c. Split some wood. Fixed fence side of J. Goulds garden. Carried Mr. Whitiers organ over & c. Jos went to Boston. E. Coryman split wood.

Sunday, August 14, 1870 Rained some in morn, but pleasant most the day & cool. Been to meeting all day & this eve. downstairs at PM to meeting. Monday 15 Very pleasant & cool. Fixed the fence back of old shop & turned the cattle in there. See to store mail & c. Jos at Mr. Phersons. Aunt Patty broke her leg this morn. I carried this eve. some chairs to Ms. Whitney. Emeline & Hannah went with me. Tuesday 16 Very pleasant & cool. Went to see Aunt Patty. Is quite comfortable this morn. Fixed fence some. Fixed the wagon some. Loaded a load of wood & this eve. carried it to Mrs. Fisher.

Wednesday, August 17, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. See to mail store & c. Jos been to Boston. Picked up a few apples; thrashed the beans & peas & c. Dea Pond thrashed oats for me. This PM Mrs. Gaskill at work here.

Thursday 18 Very pleasant & very warm. Picked up apples 4 or 5 bushels. Dea Pond thrashed oats. I helped a little. Got in some of my wood & c. Friday 19 Very pleasant & very warm. Chored about home. Picked up a few apples. Dea Pond thrashed. I took away straw. Got down oats & c. Got in some wood this eve. Went to see Owen Baton & A P Woodward. Got $28. of Amos. Emeline, Hannah Beals & J. Hancock went with me. Cars got off the track at Franklin. This morn.

Saturday, August 20, 1870

Tuesday, August 23, 1870

Very pleasant most of the day & very warm. Had a shower in PM. Carried a load of wood to Mrs. Fisher in AM. Chored about some this PM. Got in some wood & c. Father sick today. Sunday 21 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting all day. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 22 Very pleasant & cool morn, but warm day. Helped about the washing. Dea Pond thrashed 4 hs. Chored about, picked the apples up in a little orchard. Dug a bushel potatoes. Loaded a load of wood & c. Emeline went to Franklin at 5 PM.

Very pleasant & warm, but this eve. is cloudy & some drops of rain. Went to Mr. Phersons & helped move Aunt Patty & again this eve. Picked & put up a few apples. Carried a load of wood to Mrs. Fisher & in store, see to mail & c. Jos at Boston. Dea Pond thrashed 3 hs. I took up straw & c. Wednesday 24 Very pleasant & warm, but cloudy before night. Fixed or made some stuff for whitewash & whitewashed the atic chamber and fixed some springs on the bed. Went to Mr. Phersons. Dea Pond thrashed. I helped some at store some & c. Thursday 25 Very pleasant & very warm most the day cloudy & lightning this eve at 9 1/2. Rains this eve. at 9 3/4. Emeline & I prepared the attic chamber. Chored about some. Took away oat straw. Dea Pond finished thrashing them today, 6 hs. Been to Mr. Phersons this eve.

Friday, August 26, 1870 Very pleasant & cooler. Churned. Picked up a few apples. Went as a bearer to the funeral of Lowel Adams. Helped fix the cider mill for J ___? to make some cider, hoops broke, commenced hoeing the strawberries. Fixed my pulpit book cushon This eve moved Aunt Patty & c & c.. Saturday 27 Very pleasant & cool. Cleared up fast & winnowed part of the oats. Made a little cider for J. Tower.

Monday, August 29, 1870 Cloudy most of the day & very warm. Helped some about the washing. Picked up the apples in race meadow. See to the mail store. Helped about a picker & C. Loaded a load of wood & carried to Mrs. Fisher. Went & got Joseph's sofa. Helped move Aunt Patty this eve. Tuesday 30 Cloudy morn, but pleasant most the day & warm. Picked some apples in race meadow & let the cows

Picked a few apples. See to store mail & Joseph at Boston. Went & got Frank. Went & moved Aunt Patty. Sunday 28 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting in AM & staid at home in PM. Rev. J. Merrill preached.

in there. Went & helped move Aunt Patty in morn & eve. Chored about some. Drawed off some vinegar & c & c. Father & mother went to Levi Blakes. Wednesday 31 Very pleasant & warm. Sold & carted a load of my maple lumber to J. Clark. Drawed off some vinegar & c & c. Helped move Aunt Patty. Emeline went to Walpole.

Thursday, September 1, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. See to store mail & c. Finished winnowing the oats, 45 or 50 bushels. Chored about some. Picked up some apples. Peared 3 pks this eve to dry. Moved Aunt Patty. Friday 2 Foggy morn, but pleasant & warm most the day. Set the tire 2 on beach wagon & 1 on farm wagon. Made a little cider. Pulled a few weeds. Picked a few apples & pears. Father & mother went to the funeral of Jim Jay. This eve. went to M. Phersons. Saturday 3 Very damp mist most of the day & warm. Not much rain. Set the tires on the Xpress wagon. See to store mail & C. Jos at Boston. Went to mill yard & sold some lumber. Went after Dr. for Aunt Patty.

Sunday, September 4, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Windy PM. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. at 5 oclock. Staid at home in PM. Rev. J. Merrill preached. The sacrament was administered to Aunt Susan this eve. Monday 5 Very pleasant & warm. Helped about the washing. Picked a Bbl of apples for J. Merrill. Dug a few potatoes, weeds & c in garden. Tuesday 6 Pleasant & cool. Carted a load of oak plank to H. Bemises (3s 94 + 64 Ft). Stoped & had 2 teeth filled & to town meeting. Went to Mr. Phersons this eve.

Wednesday, September 7, 1870 Very pleasant & cool morn & eve. Went with H. Grant to see some (my oak) lumber. Pick a few peaches, the tomatoes. Dug some potatoes. Weed & c in garden. Weed the strawberries & c & peared the pears. This eve. went to Mr. Phersons. Thursday 8

Saturday, September 10, 1870 Cloudy most the day & cool. Rained a little about 2 or 3 PM & cleared off, very pleasant. Drawed off some cider & c. Helped move Aunt Patty. Went & got H. B. Millers horse & George F. Isabel & Emeline & I started for Ashland about 2. Sunday 11

Very pleasant & cool. Little frost. See to mail & c., in AM., made a bridge in race meadow & carted the sods into a pile from side the ditch. Jos mowed in his meadow. I helped put up 11 cans of our pears. Friday 9 Very pleasant & cool. Churned & chored about. Got in to the old shop alot of chips. Father helped some. Went at noon & moved Aunt Patty from a chair to bed. Helped drive Jos cattle from our apples &c & c. This eve. drawed off a lot of vinegar.

Very pleasant & cold. Staid at Johns last night. Went to meeting at the Methodist in AM & in PM at the Othodox. Took tea at Alvahs. Started for home at 5 PM. Monday 12 35 Very pleasant & cool frost this morn. Picked some pears & squashes, mellons & apples & c. Helped about the washing. I went to Mr. Pherson's twice. Took the beech wagon to Mr. J. Bemises to varnish. Father & mother went to Uncle Nathans.

Tuesday, September 13, 1870

35 Very pleasant & warm, but cool morn frost. Peared & quartered some pears & dug bus. potatoes. Picked & shelled beans. Picked some apples. Drove Jos. cattle up from our apples & c & c. Wednesday 14 42 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about. See to store mail & c. Dug a few potatoes. Got in some chips to old shop & c & c. Jos. cow got out - 3 or 4 times into ours & got choked Worked on her for 3 hrs, she got up. Thursday 15 Very pleasant & warm. Went & got wagon of Jos apples & unloaded my maple lumber to Jos. Clark. Went with horse & oxen. Elmer drove the horse, 4 load. This PM went to Woonsocket to the fair, mill & C. Emeline came home.

Friday, September 16, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Churned. See to mail store & c. Went to Mr. Phersons & got Aunt into a chair & back. Drove Jos cows out of apples 3 at a time. Went to Boston. Cleared up the horse barn & & c. Saturday 17 N. E. storm, but little rain fell, but misty & some rain. Picked 2 bus. apples. Sawed & split the old wood in old shop & chored about - Fixed horse barn floor some. Sunday 18 Cloudy most of the day & very windy, damp morn, but not much of any rain. Staid at home. Have a very bad cold. No meeting here today.

Monday, September 19, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Helped some about the washing. Picked a few apples, tomatoes, mellons & C. Helped fix the xpress wagon & & c. Carried 285 ft. pine lumber to H. Bemis. This eve fixed some mellons, & apples for Norfolk fair. Tuesday 20 Very pleasant & warm. See to mail store & c. Picked a lot of the apples in little orchard & & c. Jos carried the things down for the fair & went to Boston. Wednesday 21 Very pleasant & warm. See to store mail & C. Jos gone to Norfolk fair. Staid & put up some peaches 5 or 6 qts. Picked a load of apples in orchard. Went to Franklin & got the beach wagon & c & c. E. Coryman worked 3 hs. Went to Mr. Phersons this eve.

Thursday, September 22, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. See to store mail & c some. Helped store & put up some peaches. Dug a few potatoes & after 3 1/2 PM helped put out fire side or top the ledge in the pines. Went to the Silver wedding of H. B. Miller this eve. Alvah & wife & John & wife came. Friday 23 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about. Alvah & wife left here for home in AM. I dug a few potatoes. Cut & got in the sweet corn. E. Coryman helped dig, 2 hs. Saturday 24 Very pleasant most the day & warm. See to store mail & c. Jos on town business. Carried a load of chips to F. Boscom. Dug a few potatoes. Picked a few apples & c & c. John Metcalf came this eve. Water stopped coming..

Sunday, September 25, 1870 Very pleasant most the day, but had a hard shower for 1/2 an hour or about 4 PM. Very warm. Went to meeting in AM. Old Mr. or Rev. Merrill preached. Staid at home this PM. Monday 26 Very pleasant & warm. Worked on the water pipe & force pump to get the water to run & got it about 2 PM. Helped about the washing. Picked a few apples & c & c. Tuesday 27 Very pleasant & warm. Sold some 3 trees of apples. A Goss for $8. Picked the apples, beyond swale back old shop, 3 bushel. Strained some grapes for jelly. Put up 1 1/2 bushels potatoes & went to Woonsocket this PM & to Blackstone & see Dea Pond, Emeline, & Alvah went with me.

Wednesday, September 28, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Picked a few apples & chored about. See to store some. Emeline papered the attic stairway. I helped a little. Put up the grape jelly. A. Goss picked his apples 1 1bls. Father carried them down there this eve. I made a little cider this eve. Father carried off some flour, passengers & C. Thursday 29 Foggy morn & cloudy most the day & warm. Picked the green side the road & read apples front old barn. Made a little cider. Went 1 1/2 hs & got a few chestnuts. Stored some peaches this eve.

Friday 30 Cloudy & began to rain about noon & storms hard now at 10 PM. See to store mail & C. Picked up a few apples & picked some for Joseph. He gone to Boston this PM. Cleared up the wagon house & c. This eve worked in the cellar. Put up some peaches.

Saturday, October 1, 1870 Cloudy morn, but warm & pleasant most the day. Repaired & cleaned the potatoe bins Picked some apples this PM. Dea Pond & I dug potatoes 4 hrs, early rose. Sunday 2 Very pleasant morn, but cloudy before night & cooler. Went to meeting in AM. & in PM staid at home. Rev. J. Merrell preached meeting downstairs this eve. Monday 3 N. E. rain storm all day. I helped about the house some. Sorted & carried 12 bushels early rose potatoes down cellar. Fixed the water bbl. at horse barn. Cleared out the stable & tied the cattle up. Cleared up some in the old shop to fix for J. Gould

Tuesday, October 4, 1870 Cloudy most of the day, warm. Helped some about the washing. Sorted & put 12 bushels (Early rose) potatoes in the cellar. Brought up the remainder of the squashes. Picked a few apples, &c & c. Wednesday 5 Cloudy most the day & stormy this eve & part of PM. See to store mail & c. Made a little cider. Picked a tree of Russetts & c & c. Jos been to Boston & Milton. Thursday 6 Stormy part the day. Cool or cold. Picked a few apples & chored about. Emily Stockbridge died this AM. I helped them there some. Picked some tomatoes, & c.

Friday, October 7, 1870 Pleasant most the day & cool. Churned & picked apples most the day. The last of the Baldwins, pressed cider & some vinegar this eve. & c. Thos. Copland came tonight - Emeline been to meeting house this eve. to sing. Saturday 8 31 above Very pleasant & cool. Very frost morn, ice 1/8 inch thick. Chored about. Picked & sorted some apples. Went as bearer to the funeral of Mrs. Frank Stockbridge. Rev. J. Merrell atended it at the church. She was buried at West Wrentham. Sunday 9 Very pleasant - frosty morn, cool. Been to meeting all day & this eve. at P. B. Clarkes. Rev. Josiah Merrill preached.

Monday, October 10, 1870 37 Very pleasant & warm . Cool morn. Helped some about the washing & C. Picked a few greenings & sorted a few Baldwins, & c. See to sore some. Duck? up some cattle?, 3 steers tonight & tied up in the barn. Thos Capland took tea here with us tonight & started off at 5 1/2 PM. Tuesday 11 Very pleasant & warm. Helped some about butchering the wild steers of J. Chilsons. 3 of them we got into the barn last night. Sorted & picked a few apples. Moved the oats to horse barn & & c. Wednesday 12 Stormy part the day & warm. Picked a few apples & sorted a few. Put up & sold 2 bushels. Helped set 10 hoops on cider bbls. & c. Mother been to Uncle Nathans.

Thursday, October 13, 1870

Sunday, October 16, 1870

Very pleasant & warm. Picked the last of the greenery & some others on the ground. Got out a few chestnuts & chored about house some. Dea Pond worked for me 4 hs this PM digging potatoes. This eve. I carried a pick of apples to Geo F. W. Friday 14 Very pleasant & warm. Chored about. Picked some apples. Sorted a few potatoes. See to store mail. Switch & c. Jos at his meadow. Dea Pond dug potatoes 8 1/2 or 9 hs. Father went & changed ox yokes Saturday 15 Very pleasant & warm. Picked a few apples. Sorted & put up & sent off 7 bushels potatoes & 1 Bbl of apples. Dea Pond dug potatoes for me 8 or 9 hs. Emeline & Marianna went to Franklin. I helped Jos get in apples this eve. &c & c.

Very pleasant & warm. Went to meeting in AM. & staid at home in PM. Rev. Mandell preached. Jos & Abbie went to Ashland. Monday 17 Very pleasant & warm AM. Cloudy part of PM. Helped some about the washing. Sorted & carried down cellar 7 & 2___? potatoes. Sorted & loaded 25 bushels cider apples. Emeline & Abbie & J. Gould went to Franklin this eve. Jos went to Woonsocket. Tuesday 18 Very windy. Cloudy & pleasant PM. Sorted & got some potatoes down cellar. Than picked the russetts over the shed. Dea Pond worked 8 or 9 hs this PM. He dug potatoes & I carried some apples, potatoes & c. to G. F. W & Asa Sargent house & Some bbls & c & c. Cold this eve.

Wednesday, October 19, 1870 Very pleasant. Cold morn. Loaded a load of 26 bushels apples carried to mill. See to mail store RR & c. Jos at Boston. Sorted some potatoes. Dea Pond worked digging 8 hs. - E. Coryman 2 1/2. Thursday 20 Began to storm about 9 AM & rained hard most the day & this eve. loaded a load of 28 bushels, apples & carried to mill & Dea Pond carted a load with the steers, 4 hs. Cleared up some in the shop to fix for J. Gould. He helped some. Friday 21 Pleasant & warm. Went to get some lumber at mill for shop & worked on it. Churned this eve. Went to John Hoags. He was gone. Father went to get 3 casks of cider.

Saturday, October 22, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Moved a cupboard down cellar & fixed for the cider & got it down cellar. Moved or put some boards out to dry. Picked the apples in orchard. At store & RR some. Jos at Boston. Dea Pond dug potatoes. Father went to get 2 casks cider & I with F. W. went out got 3 casks this eve. Emeline went to Woonsocket with Mrs. Gould this PM. Sunday 23 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. at Mancy Daniels. Rev. J. Merrell preached. Monday 24 Very pleasant & cool morn, but warm day. Helped some about the washing. Picked apples most the day. Dea Pond helped 3 hs.

Tuesday, October 25, 1870

Friday, October 28, 1870

Very pleasant & warm, but windy. Finished picking the apples & digging potatoes. Dea Pond dug 7 hs. I put up & sold 1 bbl. apples. This eve. Dea Pond & I went to Woonsocket. Insurance man here tonight. I took my policy Wednesday 26 Rained this morn before light, but cleared off. Very pleasant, but windy. Cold this eve. Chored about in morn. Got the potatoes down cellar. Have about 115 bushels. Worked fixing the shop some. Dea Pond & Emeline went to the conference at Medway. Thursday 27 28 Very cold & pleasant AM, but cloudy PM & a little rain. Looked over the oak lumber I sold to F. Follett.. Carted home our old pine boards & got some ready & carried to Franklin & got plained & matched for. Carried passengers to Mr. Cooks this eve.

Very pleasant & warm. Churned & chored about. Worked most the day fixing shop this eve. Saturday 29 Very pleasant & cool. Worked on the shop most the day. This eve. carried Eddie Rogers & wife home to Mrs. Scotts. John Hoag came here this eve. J. P. Gould moved part into the shop this eve. & worked there for the first time. Sunday 30 28 Pleasant & cool . Went to meeting all day. Rev. J. Merrell preached.

Monday, October 31, 1870 Rained hard in the night & this morn, but cleared off. Warm. Is growing cold this eve. Helped about the washing some & c. Worked on the shop some. Bought 2 pigs (109 lbs) of John Cavanaugh & went & got them this eve. Tuesday, November 1 Very pleasant & warm. Windy. Fixed our bedstead legs. Took up the outside cellar way & layed up part of the wall. Jos helped most of PM. This eve worked on the shop some. Wednesday 2 Very pleasant & warm. Drawed some stones for the cellar wall & dug out & have them up. See to store mail RR. & C. Got in the pile of ____? apples. Fixed shop door this eve. Jos been to Boston. Sewing circle here this PM.

Thursday, November 3, 1870 Cloudy most the day & warm. Began to rain about 1 1/2 PM & had a thundershower. Very pleasant this eve. I see to store mail & c & worked on the shop some. Pulled the carrots & c & c. Jos went to Andover. Father & mother & Mrs. T. Wallsworth went to Woonsocket. Friday 4 Very pleasant & cool. See to store mail & c. Made a little cider. Churned. Cleaned out my ___? bbl. & chored about. Saturday 5 Rained some, but cleared off. Very pleasant before night. Made some cider. Went into the woods & got a stick of timber. Sorted a few apples. Put up G. F. W. Baldwins.

Sunday, November 6, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting in AM & this eve to F. Hancocks. Rev. Mandell preached. Monday 7 Very pleasant & cool. Helped some about the washing at store some. Helped J. P. Gould put up his stove & pipe in the shop & c & c. Tuesday 8 Very pleasant AM & cloudy PM & chilly. Chored about some. Loaded & carried to Metcalf's mill & got plained & straightened some plank & went to the town meeting.

Wednesday, November 9, 1870 Cloudy & stormed a little & rained hard. This eve warm. Drawed a load of stone to the cellar way & & a stick of timber & wheeled off a lot of dirt to hay pen Made some cider &c & c. Thursday 10 Very pleasant & windy & cool. John Hoag came & put part of a sil under the house & worked on cellar door some. & on the stone work some. At store & R. R. some. Jos gone to Medway. Friday 11 Very pleasant & cold. Windy. Made some cider to boil down for sauce. Put up 2 bbl. & sent to C. H. Goodwin. Got some sand & made morter & shoveled out part the cellar way &c & c.

Saturday, November 12, 1870 Rained this eve at 11 oclock some Cloudy most the day & warm. See to mail, store & c. Jos at Boston. Churned, dug out & laid the stones steps to the out side cellar way. This eve pulled the webster turnips & picked a chicking. Sunday 13 Very pleasant & warm but windy. Went to meeting in Am & this PM eve, staid at home. Rev. J. Merrell preached. Monday 14 Cloudy part the day & warm. Helped some about the washing. worked on the cellar stairway & picked over some apples & got into the cellar.

Tuesday, November 15, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Sorted & got some apples down cellar & ___? water & fixed to kill the hog. Albert Newell killed it. Worked on the cellar wall some. Carried a load of wood to Mrs. Fishers. Wednesday 16 Very pleasant & warm. Divided & weighed the hog, 305 lbs. Went to Franklin in the cars & walked back. Bought a Buffalo of J. Wright. Worked on the cellar stair stair way & c. This eve, went to the sewing circle at F. Hancocks. Thursday 17 18 Very pleasant & cold morn. Cut out the hog. & cleaned the Bbl & c & c. Mortered up part of the cellar wall. At store some. Joseph been to Boston. Emeline is at Boston. Melina here today.

Friday, November 18, 1870 Very pleasant AM. Cool morn, but was clouded up & began to rain about 2 PM. I went to Boston & out to S. Beales. Then Emeline & H ____? & I went into Boston shopping. Went to Smith Sayles tonight to sleep.. Saturday 19 Pleasant & cold & growing cold. This morn after ______? went to the auction room & about the city some. Came home at 7 this eve. Sunday 20 Very pleasant & cool. Went to meeting all day & this eve, Rev. J. Merrell preached in AM & eve. & Rev. Keene in PM. Meeting this eve. at J. W. Clarks.

Monday, November 21, 1870 Cloudy most the day & cool. Helped about the washing some. Sawed, split, & got in some old wood. Drawed away some stones &c & c. Tuesday 22 (Mild extra J & S 5 extra and 1 a day) Cloudy & stormed some. Raining hard this eve. Sorted the apples at old barn & made a little cider. This PM Emeline & I went to Woonsocket. Wednesday 23 Cleared off. Very pleasant & warm & clouded up again & windy. Chored about some. Sorted apples & this eve. got alot down cellar. John Hoag helped. He came this eve. & is here tonight.

Thursday, November 24, 1870 Thanksgiving. Pleasant part & cloudy part the day, cool. John Hoag worked on the cellar doors & c. I helped him some. Went to Chs. Wales & got some of his tools. O. Shields with our horse, carried Mrs. Scott back to N. Wrentham. Father carried off passenger. Uncle Nathan, Hermon & his folks here or downstairs. Friday 25 Very pleasant & warm. I helped make a hinge for cellar door & mortared up some & chored about. Carried a trunk to A. J. Newells. Saturday 26 Stormy AM & pleasant. Part of PM warm. Chored about. Sorted some apples. Mortared up in the cellar some. Cleared up old barn some at store some. Jos at auction, L. Adamses

Sunday, November 27, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Went to meeting all day & this eve. at Asa Sargeants, Rev. J. Merrell preached. Monday 28 Very pleasant & warm. See to the store mail RR & c. Jos at Providence. Helped about the washing some. Sorted some apples & & c. This eve. went to J. Towers to see about loading cars. Tuesday 29 Cloudy & rained a little. Warm. Helped J. Tower load lumber 2 cars in AM. J. Hoag worked here. Fixed the hay scales & on the house a little. I helped him some in PM & see to store mail, & c.

Wednesday, November 30, 1870 Very pleasant & warm. Heet water & got ready & Albert Newell killed the hog. I helped some. Sorted a few apples. J. Hoag worked til 10 AM on house. Bought a heifer. This eve at sewing circle at J. Cannerys. Thursday, December 1 Very pleasant & warm. Cut out the hog (379 lbs) & salted my half. Picked over a few apples. Went up & looked over the pine lot with father. Friday 2 Very pleasant & warm. Helped about the lard. Cut it up & strained it & c. Sorted & carried some apples down cellar.

Saturday, December 3, 1870 Cloudy part & very pleasant PM. Cool. Churned an hour & father churned a long time, but didn't come yet. I made J. Goulds a pig pen & see to the mail & c. Jos at Boston & went to Woonsocket this PM. Emeline & Mrs. Gaskell went with me. John & Sarah here tonight. Father carried off passengers. Sunday 4 Very pleasant most of the day & warm. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. downstairs, Rev. J. Merrell preached. John went home this morn. Monday 5 Very pleasant part & cloudy toward night & warm. Helped some about the washing. Carried N. Hawse's sausage cutter home. Fixed a pig pen for J. S. Gould Sold my steer to to Chs W. Tingley

for $119. Weighed 1965 lbs. Carted 4 load of gravel into meadow. Made cider this eve.

Tuesday, December 6, 1870 Cloudy most the day & stormed some. Warm. Made a little cider. Cleared up some by the house & c & c. Carried Mrs. Whitier home this eve. Wednesday 7 Pleasant & warm. Made some cider. Helped fix ox wagon. Went to Franklin in PM with Emeline, Sarah & Melana. Loaded a load of chips tonight. Thursday 8 Cloudy & stormed most of the day. Rain, warm. Snowed this eve a little. See to mail store RR. & c. Jos at Boston. Fixed a rack for J. P. Gould & a bench in his shop.

Friday, December 9, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Worked in the shop some. Fixed a log cutter, a table leef, bench & c. Made some cider. Carried a load of chips to Mrs. Whittier. Pulled the flat. Turnips & dug the dahlies. Mixed the sausage meet. Went to F. Boscoms & got some sage. Mary Biscom here to tea. Saturday 10 Very pleasant & cool. Fixed my wood saw. Wheeled a lot of dirt from chip yard to fix fence. Made cider c & c. Sunday 11 Cloudy & some mist part the day. Cool storms. this eve. Went to meeting in AM. Staid at home this PM. Rev. J. Merrell preached. J. P. Gould had the horse to go after Dr. Nolan for Irvine.

Monday, December 12, 1870 Stormy most of the day. Rain, warm. Drawed off some cider. Helped about washing some, at store some. See to the mail. Jos at Franklin. Made some cider & c & c. Went to Dea Whittiers & bought 2 heifers. Tuesday 13 Stormy most the day & warm & cleared off warm in PM about 4. Made some cider. Carted gravel away from back the house. Went & got 2 heifers of Dea Whittiers for $40. Wednesday 14 Cloudy part the day. Stormed some. Cleared off in PM. Warm. Cooler ____? Made some cider. Went to Franklin with Alvah.

Thursday, December 15, 1870 Pleasant, but cold & very windy. I helped Jos Gould fix his shop pipe. Went after the heifer a long time before found it. Made a little cider & & c. Alvah & wife & _____? went to Uncle N. & Richardsons. Back this PM. Friday 16 Very pleasant, but very cold & windy. Chored about. Carted 4 in 5 load of dirt from door yard under old barn. Alvah here in morn & this eve. Saturday 17 14 above Very pleasant & cold. Carried Mrs. Hancock to Mrs. Geo Deans. Finished sawing & splitting the cord of wood for Mrs. Fisher & carried down there. Peter rode home with me. Alvah & his folks went home this AM.

Sunday, December 18, 1870 Pleasant & cold & very windy. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. at Dea. Whitings. Rev. J. Merrill preached. Monday 19 Very pleasant & cold. Helped about the washing some & chored about. Fixed pen & gave the pigs a mess & got up a load of old wood & c. Got the wagon & roll of corn. Put up & carried to G. Hancock 8 lbs potatoes. Tuesday 20 The ground white with snow this morn. Rained & snowed in the night & damp AM. Warm & pleasant PM & muddy. See to store mail & c. Carted a load lumber to J. Newell. Made little cider. Boiled down 5 gallons. Sold bbl apples & c & c. Cars.

Wednesday, December 21, 1870 Very pleasant & cool. Thawed some. Chored about some. Put up some apples & c. & went to Woonsocket in PM. Father carried passengers to Wrentham. Thursday 22 12 Very pleasant & very cold . Got ready for & Chs Heaton came & killed our heifer, 48 lbs. I went to Franklin. Got harness mended. Got some cloth & c. Carried Emeline & Marianna to Uncle Richardsons & went after them & c & c. This eve. went to meeting. Friday 23 Very cold & stormy. Snow most all day, but little snow fell. I see to the mail store & c. Jos at Boston. Carried beef to Nathan Hawes & Asa Sargeant. Cut alot of squash & c & c.

Saturday, December 24, 1870

8 Very cold & pleasant. Been most sick with a cold. Chored about. Cut out the beef & salted it & looked over accts. some. Sunday 25 At 8 AM 1 above 0 Very cold & pleasant Staid at home all day. Have a bad cold & a bite on my wrist. Rev. J. Merrell preached. Monday 26 16 above 0 Cloudy most the day & cold. Cleared off before night. Helped about the washing & shoeing the horse & c. Drawed down load of wood from back of old barn & 1 load of father's from woods.

Tuesday, December 27, 1870

14 Very pleasant & cold Split some wood. Cleared up the lot back of old barn (or mine hill lot) 2 load & got 1 load from Rockwood lot of old chestnut poles. Carried 1 load of 5 3/12 ft to Mrs. Whitier. Wednesday 28 Cloudy & began to snow before noon. Warmer. Split & cut some wood. Carried a load of 4 9/12 ft wood to Mrs. Whitiers. Helped father fix a bill hook & fix the wedges & make a beetle & c. Thursday 29 Snowed & blowed or a driving snowstorm (most) all day. Got the sleigh out & father carried the children to school. I staid at store some. See to mail & Jos went to Franklin. Fixed the shop some. Cleared up barn some & c & c. Helped grind a

new billhook & the axes. This eve cut meet & apples for pies.

Friday, December 30, 1870 2 below zero Very pleasant & very cold morn. 2 below at 7 1/2 AM. Is snowing now at 9 3/4 PM. Chored about. Carried the children to school. Shoveled paths at store some. Looked over accts. with father. Sawed some wood & c & c. Saturday 31 34 above Very pleasant . Warm Went to Boston in the 6 18/ AM train & came home at 7 PM. Has thawed very much today. I bought a large dictionary. Oil cloth for carpet, spring bed bottom & c & c. Sunday, January 1, 1871 Very pleasant most of the day. Hazy awhile about noon & cold. Went to meeting in AM. Rev. J. Merrell preached. Meeting at Mancy Daniels this eve. Emeline has gone.

Memoranda Sweet Apple Pickle 7 lbs fruit 1/4 not peared 1 gal vinegar, 3 lbs sugar boiled down 1/2 spiced with whole cloves, scold the fruit - 1st in water + 2d in syrup.

1871
MEMORANDA Monday, Jan. 2d, 23 above Cloudy & thawed some. Helped about the washing some. Put down oil cloth carpet in the kitchen. Cut & got in a little wood & c & c. This eve. went to meeting at Asa Seargeants. Tuesday 3d 19 above Very pleasant & cold. See to the mail store & c RR. switching. Cut & got in some wood. Fixed the old shop some & old barn stables some & c & c. MEMORANDA Thursday 5th Cloudy cold morn, but thawed afternoon & eve. Chored about. Got the cider down cellar & fixed for a lock on J. P. Goulds shop. Cleared up by wood pile some & c. Mrs. E. Wadsworth came today. Friday 6th 42 Cloudy & warm, began to rain PM. Chored about in morn, than went into the woods by E. Corymans & choped & trimed out till about 2 1/2 PM. Than

Wednesday 4th Very pleasant & cold. Cut & got in some wood. Fixed barn door. Went to Franklin got the harness, saddle, shoes & c & c. Father & mother went to Uncle Nathans.

came home & ground my axe & Dea Ponds that was up ___? This eve, meeting downstairs. Saturday 7th 20 Very pleasant. Cold & windy. See to the store mail & c. Cut & split some wood side the road & & c. in PM. Worked in the woods by E. Corymans chopping & c. Jos went to Boston. S. B. Beals here tonight.

MEMORANDA Sunday 8th 6 above Very cold. Cloudy & snowed a very little. Went to meeting in AM & this eve. to Asa Sargeants. Rev. Richardson preached. Went to J. Cannerys with S. Beals. Monday 9th 2 above Very pleasant & very cold . Went & got Mrs. E. Wadsworth & Mrs. Asa Sargeant & Hattie. They are here a visiting. Chored about. Sawed & split wood side of the road & & c.

Franklin Sept. 15, 1871 Joseph Wadsworth to H. Bemie New Sofa 5.00 Rec. hay H. Bemie