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Source: SDHS newsletter pg. 328-331 Transcript of Smalley Diary Laketown Township,1873, Day by Day January ------------------------------ 1. Cold again today but not snowing. Sammy and I went to town and changed his coat for a smaller one. Got a fare 1/4 of beef of H. D. Moore weight 170# at 5 3/4 cents per pound. James Judkins brought it up as far as John Zwemers. I drew it on a hand sleigh from there home. 2. Raining and freezing this morning but snowing before noon. Cut some wood in the morning, then went and worked on Schoolhouse 1/2 day. raining agin this evening, snow settling quite fast. 3. Froze this morning and snowing most of the day and wind blowing hard from S.W. Filed cross cut saw in the morning then went and worked on the schoolhouse 1/4 of a day. McClair came here in the morning. McClair [the McClairs were neighbors] and George came to dinner, cold and blowing hard this evening. 4. Snowed some in the forenoon and blowed from NW Cut some wood in the morning then went and worked on school house privy 1/z day. Still snowing a little this evening. 5. Still snowing this morning and a little most of the day. McClair came here in the forenoon and we went and cleared out the school house. Sammy went to town to Sunday school and got my Sun and Tribune. 6. Rather cold in the morning but more moderate through the day. 'Vent to the schoolhouse in the morning and built fire and made some doors for privy. Filed McCluirs saw. Cut some wood, then shoveled some snow out of the road. 7. Pleasant and not very cold, shoveled road some in the morning. Daniel brought me a Trefoil hog weighing 264 1/8 # at 5¼ cents per LB McCluir came and got his saw and brought it back just before noon for me to shorten the teeth. Then he went to town. Came back in the evening and brought me some salt & meat. 8. Cold, snowing and blowing hard all day. Did not do much today, cut some wood, split it and git in the house. McCluir took his team and brought the teacher and children home from school at night. 9. Still snowing and blowing. Went over to the schoolhouse in the morning and built a fire. Came home and cut up my hog and salted it. Cut a little wood, still cold and stormy this evening. 10. Still cold and snowing but not quite so windy. Rubbed our hams and shoulders with salt and settled the brine and put it on the pork. Then went to Wallins and git my axe and some window sash. Came home and cut some wood. A little warmer this evening. the teacher gone home this evening. 11. Not quite as cold today and not snowing. finished a window frame and put it in in the forenoon. git out a hole of potatoes and cut some wood in afternoon. found 1/2 bushel of potatoes froze. Spent 4 days in all fixing house for Wallin. 12. More warm today and a little misty towards night. children all gone to town to Sunday school. got back just at night. Mr. Titus sent his team to bring them home. George McCluir came over and brought us some milk. 13. Rained most of the night and misty all day. washed some frozen potatoes and boiled them to save them and worked about an hour on hair press modelle went out in the woods to see if I could find a turkey. saw two fly over the field. did not get any. cut some wood at night. freezing this evening. 14 Froze a little last night, not very cold today. fixed some more meat to day cut some wood and done the chores. took one halve out of my axe and put on another one. cold and windy this evening, played authors in the evening. 15. Still thawing, rained and snowed in the night and lowry all day. sprinkled by spells all day. worked on hair press modelle one hour. fixed a handle on shanty door. went over to McCluirs and got some milk. Jenny gone to town, raining this evening. 16. Froze some last night and rained, snowed and wind blowed. growing colder all day. made some mortar and plastered upstairs some. done the chores and worked on hair press modelle about one hour. 17. cold and pleasant all day but cold N wind. went over to W Pratts and carried some flour home and got some sugar and eggs of Mrs. McClair. come home and cut and split some wood. Fred Taylor come after the teacher just as night. 18. Cold and pleasant all day. went to town in forenoon and got my mail, an axe and some groceries and came home towards night. cold and pleasant out this evening. 19. Snowing a little today and blowing quite cold. staid at home all day and made an axe helm and fitted it in my new axe. Sammy and Hattie gone to Saugatuck to Sunday school, came home in afternoon. Jenny not back yet. 20 Snowed a little last night, misty this morning and freezing. went down to Dunns shop and ground my new axe and git a book for the school district to keep the records in, got some soap to Mr. Griners. 21 Snowing some today but not very cold. fixed the cross cut saw, sawed some wood, split it and got it in. 22 A few flurries of snow today. not very cold. fixed the cross cut saw and sawed some wood for Harry Holt. 23 Cold and wind blowed hard all day and snowing most of the day. filed saw in forenoon, done nothing but chores in afternoon and read some. still snowing and blowing this evening. 24 Wind gone down, not so cold. snowing a little this afternoon. cut some wood at the house. 25 Not quite as cold today but snowing a little. got some wood at the house in forenoon and cut wood for Harry Holt in afternoon. Sammy went to town today and got my Tribune and Sun. 26 Snowing a little but not very cold. staid at home all day. McClair and family here this afternoon and took supper with us. 27 The weather about the same as yesterday with a little snow, put some meat to smoking and cut some wood at the house. snowing some this evening. 28 More cold today and snowing a little and blowing some from the N. went out and cut some wood for Harry Holt in forenoon. and draw in some wood to the house in the afternoon, cold and pleasant this evening. played authors in the evening. 29 Very cold and pleasant all day, wind partly S. cut some wood in forenoon and went to town in afternoon. got my Tribune and some things at Moores and some at the drug store. git a ride down and back part of the way. 30 Not quite so cold today but cloudy all day. snowed a little in the afternoon, cut some wood at the house. played authors in the evening. 31 Did not feel very well all day on account of bad cold. all I done was the chores. February ------------------------------ 1 Feeling a little better today. pared and cut some apples for mince pies in the forenoon. cut some wood in the afternoon. came very near to falling out of my chair about 11 at night with dizziness. 2 Lay in my bed all day with giddiness and sickness at the stomach. John McClair here just a night and got an order on town treasurer for our school money. 3 A little warmer and raining some in the afternoon. feel a little better tonight but not able to do anything my head is not right yet. 4 Colder again today and a few flurries of snow, did not get out of the house much. Mouth feeling a little better. Mrs. McClair here in afternoon. 5 Pleasant and rather cold day. feeling some better. went out and cut some wood in forenoon, my head was so giddy I had to stop. went towards night and cut some more. went to school house in evening and got my paper that Hattie left there. clear pleasant and still this even. 6 warm and pleasant all day with heavy frost this morning. read some in the morning, then cut some wood. John and James McClair here this evening. 7 Warm and pleasant `tit toward night, then it snowed a little. cut some wood and drawed it up to the house. then went out in the woods to see if l could find a stick for an axe handle. did not find a good one. 8. Snowing by spells most of the day. did not do anything. Miss Clara Welcher and Miss Caroline Kennedy here in afternoon and stayed to tea. Fuzzy in afternoon. 9 Froze quite hard last night and heavy frost this morning. pleasant all day. Sammy went to town, the rest of us went to McClairs and staid to dinner. Sammy went there when he came home. Mr, and Mrs. Dole were at Mc and took dinner and we rode home with him. 10 Froze hard last night but thawing today. did not feel well today. put some more meat to smoking in the forenoon and cut some wood in the afternoon. raining a little this evening. 11 Cold but pleasant most of the day. cut some wood in the forenoon and went to town in the afternoon. Mrs. McClairs, his little girl and James McClair here to dinner and staid most of the afternoon. Susie Bruechman here to supper and stay all night. 12 Susie went away after she got her breakfast, did not feel very well and did not do much only cut a little wood. 13 Cold and pleasant all day. put some more meat to smoking and cut and split some wood and drawed it to the house. 14 Cold and cloudy all day and a few flurries of snow. McClair came over here and I went and helped him cut some timber for his barn, cut a little wood just at night. worked 1/4 of day for McClair. 15 Cold this morning, cloudy but pleasant in the middle of the day. went with Mr. McClair and cut timber and logs for his barn. worked 3/4 of day, yesterday 1/4 making 1 day. 16 More warm and thawing today, not very well today, my tonsils inflamed and swollen so they almost choke me by spells. Robert Moore came after my wife to go and take care of Hanna Moore. Sammy went to town and got my Sun, then to Grinners and git some soup. 17 Clear and pleasant all day. froze hard last night. stayed in the house most of the day and shelled corn. Mrs. W. Pratt here in the afternoon. I cut a little wood just at night. 18 Did not get freeze last night and thawing all day and pleasant, went down to Dunns shop in forenoon and ground my axe, then went to town got my Tribune, sent a letter to the publishers of Smiths Pattern Bazaar, got a diary for 1873 at Ensigns. Stopped to see H. Moore. M is little better. 19 Froze again but pleasant but cold wind all day. cut a little wood in the morning. then mad a horse to file cross cut saws on. McClair come over here at noon and brought his saw for me to fix and took mine and I filed his saw. pleasant this evening. 20 Froze last night, cold in the morning but thawing in the middle of the day and snowed towards night. Cut a little wood in the middle of the day and fixed McClairs saw in afternoon. gave Mr. Tidd an order of six dollar for getting school wood. 21 Cold blowing and snowing most of the forenoon. cold and windy all day. staid in the house most of the day, went up to Suttons and got a 2 x 4 whitewood for making stair railing for Ensign. my wife come home just at night from H. D. Moores. 22 Cold and blustering all day with some snow. stayed at home all day and worked on stair rail for Mr. Ensign. cold and windy this evening. killed the old Shanghai rooster this evening. 23 Very cold night, cold all day and snowing some and blowing. staid at home a1 day. McClair and wife here in afternoon and helped us eat some chicken. he took his saw home. 24 Not quite as cold today but snowing a little in the afternoon filed on my cross cut saw most of the day. sawed a little wood just at night. 25 Not as cold last night or today, cloudy most of the day. covered a ball for Hattie in the morning, then cut and split wood the rest of the day. 26 Rather moderate in forenoon getting some colder in afternoon and snowing quite hard towards night. went at town in forenoon and git my N. Gibson curried. some work to Ensign and some clothes to the H. D. Moore, git some things at drug store and at Moores. 27 Snowing all day steady but not very cold but windy. staid in the house most all day and read Americans Abroad John McClair here just a night and left $20 for the teacher. I gave him an order for the same. 28 A little warmer to day and not snowing much. fixed some brine on my meat in forenoon, cut some wood in afternoon, snowing a little just at night. pared and quartered and cored some apples for pies in the evening. March ------------------------------ 1 Pleasant all day and thawing in the sun. cut some wood in the forenoon and Sammy and I went to town in the afternoon. got some syrup and kerosene. went to see Mr. Ensign, went to the post office and came home. 2 Cold again today and snowing a little in forenoon but pleasant most of the afternoon. staid at home all day. McClairs and wife here and took dinner. the children went to town to Sunday school. Mrs. Thus and Fred came and brought them home with their team. cold and windy this evening.

Source: SDHS newsletter inserts pg. 344-346, 355-358, 367-370, 383-P386, P391-394. Transcript of Smalley Diary, part 2 Laketown Township,1873, Day by Day From the 1873 diary of William B. Smalley who lived in Laketown Township, just north of Saugatuck. Continued from Page 331.   [March] 3 Very cold and windy N with a little snow in the afternoon. Cut some wood in the forenoon. Went to McClairs in the afternoon and got some straw for my pigs. Then went to the schoolhouse to settle a little trouble with Sammy and the teacher.   4 Cold and pleasant most of the day, done the chores and split some wood in the forenoon. McClair & wife come over and my wife and I went to Mr. Grimes to the funeral of their little boy. Clara Gidel and her little brother here in the evening. Cold and pleasant this evening.   5 Cold in the morning but pleasant through the day. McClair came along and we went to town. I picked out a pile of cull lumber that Mr. Moore offered me and McClair brought part of a load home. I got my Tribune Sun and Smith's Pattern Bazaar.   6 Got quite as cold last night and pleasant and thawing all day very fast. Went over to McClair's and worked 3/4 day cutting logs. Sammy sick today with cold on his lungs.   7 Thawed all night and rained by spells all day. All I done today was the chores and set up a bench this evening. We think, Sammy [a 12-year-old son] is a little better today.   8 Froze a little last night but thawing through the day. Went over to the school house and fixed a bench and come home. McClair came here at noon, went to the schoolhouse and banked up the house and I come home. Freezing a little this evening.   9 Snowing in the morning and most all day but not very cold. Staid at home all day and no one here. We think Sammy is some better, quite warm this evening.   10 Froze some last night but the last snow is mostly gone. tonight, went to town today, got some medicines at the drug store, a pair of shoes for Hattie at H. D. Moores. took dinner with my brother George at the Saugatuck house. Raining some this evening.   11 Froze some last night, thawing some today and snowing a little. Went out and tried to find something to make a troth [trough?] but did not fine anything. Filed saw and sawed some wood, freezing tonight and cloud. Sammy a little better.   12 Froze quite hard last night and cold wind all day but thawing some in the sun. Cut, split and thawed some wood to the house. Went out to McClairs towards night and got some soap and brought his saw home to fix. Cold and pleasant this evening.   13 Froze again last night but pleasant and thawing fast today. Filed McClair's cross cut saw, then carried it home and got some cabbages at McClairs. Pleasant and freezing this evening, Jennie gone over to McClairs.   14 Froze again last night but thawing all day with south wind. Cut and thawed up some wood in the morning when it was froze. Drawed a plan of a house in afternoon. Thunder showers in the evening. Jennie not back yet from McClairs. Sammy seems a little better today and evening.   15 Rained most of the night with thunder, cloudy all day and rained and snowed towards night. Went to town in the afternoon, got two Smiths Pattern Bazaar and two books, Young America Abroad. More cold this evening.   16 Froze again last night, warm and pleasant all day. Staid at home all day and read Young America. Pleasant this evening.   17 Froze quite hard last night but warm and thawing today. Cut and drawed some wood to the house this morning, then helped hull some corn. Sammy better so he went to school today. Mrs. Doane here just at night to get Hattie [daughter, 10] to go and stay with her, Mr. Doane is gone to Allegan. 18 Rained some in the night, warm and pleasant through the day after sprinkling a little in the morning. Staid at home all day, my wife and Jennie [18-year-old daughter] gone to McClairs, they are most all sick. Jennie staid to help them.   19 Warm and pleasant most of the day. Got up in the morning, built a fire, sick and went to bed. Laid abed all the forenoon. Sick all day, head feeling dizzy. Sammy getting better he goes to school.   20 Froze again last night and snowed a little and snowed a little by spells all day. Feeling a little better today, did not do anything only my chores. My wife and I went over to McClair's in afternoon to see how the sick were, some of them better and some about the same. Still snowing in the evening.   21 Froze some last night and snowed some, snowed moderately by spells all day and wind from N.W. Staid in the house the most of the day. Troubled with a giddiness most of the day. Clear and Pleasant this evening.   22 Warmer again today and pleasant. cut a little wood in the morning, went to town in afternoon. did not get any mail. Got some thread, saw the boss vessel builder, found 1 could get work on the barges in 0. R. J [ohnson] & co. yard and came home. Rode part of the way with W. Titus.   23 Froze last night and all day in the shade. Pleasant but cold, N. W. wind al day. Went over to McClairs to see if he is going to town tomorrow, went out in the woods and came home. L. 0. Tanner here in afternoon to get my wife to go and take care of Mrs. Wallin awhile. She had egoni (angina?).   24 Froze hard last and cold all day. Went to Suttons in the morning, then went to town with McClair. He took a grist of corn for me, got my papers came back just at night. Stopped at Wallins. My wife is at Wallins yet, snowing a little just at night and cold. 25 Cold and snowy most all day, went to the school house in the morning, put in a light of glass, then went to Mr. N. Suttons and got a '/z sack of flour, $2.63. Came home cut some wood. James McClair here in forenoon. He starts for Glenn Haven today where one of his brothers is doing business. Cold, windy.   26 Snowed most of the night and all the forenoon. Did not snow in afternoon but wind blowed quite hard. Worked on plane wood in forenoon, cut some daughts of wood in the afternoon. Pleasant and still this evening. My wife at Wallins yet.   27 Froze last night pleasant all day but rather cool. Went to Mr. Doanes to get two school orders signed. then went to McClairs. Came home took out a hole of potatoes, then sawed some wood. McClaar came and thawed me some wood. Susie Breuckman here tonight, clear this evening.   28 Froze last night but thawing today and pleasant in the forenoon. Rained in the afternoon, then just at evening, went to McClairs in morning and helped him unload some hay, then came home and went to school in afternoon. it was the last day of school. Tanner brought my wife home this evening and took her back again.   29 Thawing all night but getting colder today. went to the school house and moved the stove, came home cut some wood. Went to town in the afternoon, stopped at Wallins and James Caseys, went and saw Burdett [a grown son] and George Smalley. got a letter from Otto Fricker, got some kerosene and soda and came home. Saw my wife at Caseys.   30 Froze a little last night, thawing today. cloudy most of the day and rained just at night. Staid at home all day and read in Young America Abroad. My wife down yet to Mr. Caseys.   31 Froze and snowed a little last night, quite pleasant today, went to town today Sammy went with me. Stopped at Mr. Caseys and saw my wife, Mrs. Casey a little better. Got my NY Sun, no Tribune, wrote a letter to State Superintendent of Public Instruction.   April ------------------------------ 1 Did not freeze much last night, rained and snowed most of the day. sawed and split a little wood, staid in the house the rest of the day and read most of the rest of the time. George McClair went to town. Called when he came back and left my N.Y. Tribune, misty this evening.   2 Snowed a little again last night, thawing again today, last night's snow all gone. sawed wood he rest of the day after it quit snowing. Sammy went to town to carry my wife some clean clothes. shot two red squirrels this P.M. at the barn.   3 Froze a little last night but thawing today and quite pleasant. went to town with McClairs team and got a load of lumber and brought home. McClair went down with his horse. I went to McClairs in the afternoon and helped him saw a little wood. Looks like snow this evening.   4 Warm and pleasant most of the day, went to McClairs and helped him saw 3/4 of day, some appearance of rain this evening, wind blowing quite strong from S. E.   5 Warm and pleasant most of the day, went to town with McClair in the morning. he got some feed then he brought up a load of lumber for me from Moores mill. we took dinner at Mr. Caseys with my wife. Mrs., Casey improving slowly, raining this evening,   6 Thunder shower last night, cloudy all day and foggy this morning. Raining this evening. staid at home all day no one here but George McClair. wrote a letter to Otto Fritsche, my wife not back yet.   7 Foggy in the forenoon but cleared away in the afternoon and getting colder, went to Graafschapp in the morning to town election. got home about four O'clock. H. Bird came up and got my chest and part of my tools, put a letter in the office at Graafschaap for Otto Fritsche.   8 Snowy this morning and a little snow last night. Came to Saugatuck in the morning, went to work for Bird and Ensign in the afternoon. rained all the afternoon and evening. Stopped with old Mr. Bird and had dinner and supper.   9 Colder this morning and wind blowing quite hard from S. W. Mr. Moreland did not work so I came home after I got my breakfast, went to Stantons and got some horsereddish and brought home. My wife came home yesterday from Mr. Caseys, snowing this afternoon.   10 Snowed a little last night and froze a little, more warm today, came down town after breakfast and worked in the afternoon, had dinner and supper at old Mr. Birds, went uptown in the evening, raining this evening.   11 Moderate in the forenoon but gets cold and foggy in the afternoon. worked all day on the Bird mill, went to the post office and drugstore in the evening.   12 Cold again and snowed a little last night. Pleasant today but cold wind all day, worked all day for Bird and Ensign repairing their mill. Stopped at Moores when I came home. worked for Bird and Ensign 3 days, had 10 meals at H. Birds.   13 Froze a little last night but pleasant today, our family all went over to McCIairs, came home just at night. cool and pleasant this evening.   14 Did not freeze last night, warm and pleasant all day. came down to Saugatuck and worked all day repairing on the Bird mill, went and saw Burdette in the evening, got my Tribune but not any letter or Sun, warn and pleasant this evening.   15 Rather windy in the morning, but not very cold. rained some in the afternoon, worked all day in the Bird mill repairing. went up to Mr. Newnhams in the evening and hired his daughter to teach our school.   16 More cold again today and cloudy all day and raining a little. worked all day on the Bird mill repairing for Bird and Ensign. raining a little this evening got my N.Y. Sun and let Mr Pond take it home to read.   17 Misty and rainy most of the day and a few flurries of snow in the afternoon. . Worked all day for Bird and Ensign on mill repair, still cold and misty this evening.   18 Cold and cloudy all day, worked all day for Bird and Ensign at repairing the Bird mill. went to the drug store in the evening and saw Burdett. still cold this evening and clear.   19 Frost this morning, pleasant all day but cold wind. worked all day for Bird and Ensign on mill repairs. got a blank deed of Ensign and some Butter of H. D. Moore. Jennie in town tonight. Worked 9 days in all for Bird and Ensign on mill repairs. Had 26 meals $5.57.   20 Pleasant and more warm today, staid at home all day. McClairs folks all over here to dinner. Joseph Ainsley came up and Lizzie Newnham our teacher up. Mrs. Titus and son came up and brought Jennie home from Saugatuck.   21 Heavy frost this morning, pleasant but cold, wind the most of the day. cut wood in the forenoon, chores around some in the afternoon, then came to Saugatuck got my tools and brought them to Moores to go to work in the morning, took supper with Mr. Casey.   22 Staid all night with Casey, ground covered with snow this morning and staid on all day in places. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on piaz[z]a [aportico supported by columns] to his boarding house [now the Park House B & B]. pleasant in afternoon but cold this evening, had 3 meals. 23 Froze quite hard last night, clear but cold wind most of the day. worked all day on piaza for H. D. Moore went up town in the evening. wind blowing cold this evening. Had 3 meals.   24 Not quite as cold this morning, pleasant all day with cold wind. worked all day for H. D. Moore on boarding house, read the Hoosier Schoolmaster till 12 o'clock at night and finished it. Had 3 meals.   25 Froze and frost this morning and snowed in the forepart of the day, cold and pleasant in the afternoon. worked all day on H. D. Moore's piaza. went to Mr. Newnhams in the evening and got some rose slips, got a letter for Jennie. Had 3 meals.   26 Frost this morning, rather warm and pleasant all day. worked all day for H. D. Moore got an order of Moore on John Burn of five dollars. got some things. Warren Pratt brought them home for me. had 3 meals. Through the week, 16 meals.   27 Warm and Pleasant all day. staid at home all day and read in the Hoosier School­master. Joseph Ainsley and his sister came up and brought the teacher just at night.   28 Warm and pleasant tiI just at night then it got colder. came to Saugatuck and worked 3/4 of day for H. D. Moore on boarding house. went up town in the evening and saw Burdett and got my Tribune. Had 2 meals.   29 Warm and pleasant in forenoon but grows cold in the afternoon and quite cold this evening but pleasant. worked all day for H. D. Moore on boarding house. went up town in the evening. got a letter from H. L. Olcott. Had 3 meals.   30 Warm and pleasant all day, looks a little like rain this evening. worked all day for H. D. Moore on boarding house. went up town in the evening and got some charcoal and came home. Had 3 meals.   May ------------------------------ 1 Cold, hard wind in the morning and rained most of the afternoon. staid at home all night. Came to Saugatuck this morning and worked all day for H. D. Moore on his boarding house [now the Park House B & B]. Went up town in the evening, did not get any paper, misty this evening. Had 3 meals.   2 Heavy thunderstorms in the night. raining some in the morning. cold wind toward night, worked all day for H. D. Moore on boarding house. went up town in the evening, got some camphor spirits, turpentine and swat [?] oil. Had 3 meals.   3 Rather cool last night, misty this morning but cleared off toward noon, pleasant but cold wind. worked all day for H. D, Moore on boarding house. Got an order of Moore on Burns for 1/2 Barl flour. Got some meat and some things and came home. Had 2 meals. Had through the week 16 meals. Worked for H. D. M. 6+5=11   4 Froze some last night, warm and pleasant all day. had to cut a little wood in the forenoon. Staid at home all day. John McClair came over here and got Burdett's gun. The teacher came up just at night. Pleasant this evening. Heard the first whippoorwill this evening.   5 No frost this morning, warm and pleasant all day. Came to Saugatuck and worked all day for H. D, Moore on boarding house. went up town in the evening and got my Tribune. Had 3 meals.   6 Warm and pleasant all day. some appearance of rain this evening, wind blowed hard all day. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on fitting blinds on house, did not go up town this evening. Had 3 meals.   7 Warm and windy in the forenoon with a few sprinkles of rain. rained most of the afternoon but not very hard. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on fitting blinds and on walk. Still misty this evening. Had 3 meals.   8 Warm and rainy in the forenoon, did not rain in the afternoon worked all day for H. D. Moore on walk for the boarding house Went up town in the evening. went and saw George Smalley. Had 3 meals.   9 Warm in forenoon. commenced raining about 11 o'clock rained iii nearly 3 , then began to rain hard about 4, rained the rest of afternoon & evening. worked all day for H. D. Moore on walk. went up town in evening and engaged 2 bush. potatoes of Burns. had 3 meals.   10 Rained some in the night and cloudy most of the day. worked all day far H. D. Moore on blinds putting on the hangings. Sammy went to Saugatuck with a can. I got some kerosene and he came home. Had 3 meals, worked 5 3/4 days +6+5=16 ¾  18 Meals +32=50   11 Warm and pleasant all day. Staid at home all day. thawed the syrup out of a barrel I bought H. D. Moore had about 8 gallons for $3.50. McClair and wife here today. Joseph Ainsley came up and brought the teacher up just at night.   12 Cut some wood in the morning, then went to Moores and worked 3/4 of day putting the hinges on blinds. Got a pair of boots for myself and pair of shoes for my wife and 2 perforated plasters, two dollars worth of sugar. Frost this morning.   13 Pleasant but cold north wind. Went over to McClairs in the morning and help McClair log a place for potatoes and sweet corn. Came home and stuck up some lumber and cut some wood. cloudy this evening.   14 Sprinkled a little this morning cloudy most of the day. went to McClairs and logged all day. came home and sawed and split some wood. cloudy this evening. 15 A little cooler and raining a little in the forenoon but cleared off in the afternoon. went over to McClairs and logged 3/4 of day. rode home with Mr. House at night. Hawk caught another chicken this morning.   16 Heavy frost this morning but pleasant and warm all day. went to McClairs and helped him log. strained the sinews of my right leg and makes it very painful. Clear and pleasant this evening. Jennies gone to town with the teacher.   17 Warm and pleasant all day. Felt quite lame and staid at home all day and cut some wood. Sammy went to town to see the Barge No. 1 launched [O.R. Johnson's Marinette]. Sammy came home this evening. Jennie not home yet.   18 Warm and pleasant. staid at home all day and read Nicholas Nickleby most of the day. My wife, Sammy and Hattie went over to McClairs. Jennie came back this evening.   19 Some cloudy in the night, sat up til 3 1/4 o'clock A.M. and read Nicholas Nickleby. came to Moores and worked for him putting in blind stops in the boarding house. went up town in the evening and got my Tribune, nothing else. Worked all day for Moore. Had 2 meals at Caseys.   20 Drizzly this morning and part of the forenoon, worked all day and 30 minutes for H. D. Moore putting in window stops in the boarding house. Went up town and engaged a bag of meal of Heath, got Sammy and Hattie a pair of shoes at Burns. Misty this evening, had 3 meals.   21 Warm and pleasant al day. worked all day for Moore on blind stops and walk. Got Moores horse and buckboard and took some meal home and came back to Moores. had a smart shower this evening. Had 3 meals.   22 Pleasant and nice this morning. clouded up towards noon with a few sprinkles of rain. worked all day at putting in blind stops in the brown house of Moores. went up town in the evening and paid Burns $2.25 and death $1.25. Had 3 meals.   23 Warm and pleasant today. worked all day putting in blind stops in Moores brown house. Went up town in the evening, got a pair of cotton socks at Burns & Co. Mr. Moore got home this evening. had 3 meals.   24 Warm and pleasant all day, worked all day on walk at the boarding house for H. D. Moore. Sammy came down for some things. I got them at Burns and we came home. found my wife gone to McClairs taking care of his wife. 3 meals. Worked b days & 3 hours for Moore 16 3/4 + 3/4 + 6 =231/2   25 Warm and pleasant all day. My wife came home in forenoon and went back just night. Ed Tedmon came here this morning. Joseph Ainsley brought the teacher up in afternoon and took tea with us. I took Ainsley's team and took my wife to McClairs. Wallin here to get my wife to go to his house.   26 Lowry in morning and sprinkled a little, cleared off hot before noon and very warm. Came to Moores and worked all day on walk at the boarding house and fitting and hanging blinds in the brown house. Had a thundershower in the evening. Ed Tedmon staid all night, came to town and got horse, went back to our house. had 2 meals at Caseys.   27 Warm in forenoon but got more cold towards night with a few sprinkles of rain at noon, worked all day fitting and hanging blinds on Moores brown house. went up town in the evening. Saw Burdett and George Smalley. quite cool this evening and pleasant. had 3 meals.   28 Quite cool in the morning but hot in the afternoon. Worked all day at hanging blinds and on porch for H. D., Moore. went up town in the evening. a little cooler this evening. Had 3 meals. up town in the evening and saw Burdett Smalley. Had 3 meals at Caseys. [text missing here, see photo of diary pages] June ------------------------   13 Cool in the morning, but warm through the day. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on plaza for the boarding house, went up town in the evening, looks some like rain this evening. Had 3 meals at Caseys. Rained in the night.   14 Warm and pleasant all day, Worked 1/2 day for Moore and extra time through the week to make up the other 1/2 day, went to see the launch of Barge No. 2 [O. R. Johnson's Menekaunee] in afternoon. Jenny, Sammy and Hattie came down to the launch. Got a ride most of the way home with Moore's chore boy.   15 Warm and pleasant today. My wife came home last night and staid all night and all day. Sammy and I went over to McClairs in afternoon. Jennie and Hattie not home yet from the launch. Still quite warm this evening.   16 Warm and pleasant all day. Calve down to Moores in the morning and worked all day for Moore on his boarding house plaza. Went up town in the evening and saw Burdett and paid a bill to 0. R. J[ohnson]. & Co and one to Burns. Had 2 meals at Caseys.   17 Still hot and pleasant all day. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on plaza to the boarding house. Moore sent his team and took me, and some flour and meal home for me.. Found no one at home, came back in the evening. Had 3 meals at Caseys.   18 Hot dry and pleasant all day. Worked all day for H. D. Moore on plaza to the boarding house. went up town in the evening and took one of my cloth boots to Samuel Goshorns to be mended, then went over to see Burdett. Had 3 meals.   19 Very hot and windy. worked all day on H. D. Moore's plaza to the boarding house. Went up town in the evening saw the new church and got my boot at Goshorns shop. Went to A. H. Brink & Co. and paid him $3.   20 Not quite so hot today, but dry and pleasant. worked all day for H. D. Moore on plaza to his boarding house. Quite cool this evening, went up town in the evening. had 3 meals at Caseys.   21 Very warm today, worked 1/2 day for H. D. Moore on boarding house. Went up town afternoon and then got some syrup at Moores and came home.   22 Very very warm all day, warmest day, I think, we have had. Staid at home all day and hardly got out of the house. No one here but George McClair in the morning and the teaching came with Lucy Tidd in the evening.   23 Very warm all night and all day. Some cloudy and a few sprinkles of rain. Thunder showers pressed around us in the evening. Cut some wood in A. M., thought it was going to rain, so I did not go to Moores to work today, warn this evening.   24 Very warm except about an hour just before noon when a thick fog came over us. Came to Moores and worked all day on boarding house and fence, went up town in the evening and got my Tribune Had 2 meals at Caseys.   2 5 Another very warm day with a few sprinkles of rain. worked all day on pickets for fence in front of the boarding house for H. D. Moore. Went over to M. B. Williams in the evening to see if l could get some strawberries. Had 3 meals at Caseys.   26 Warm today, went over to M. B. Williams in the morning with Moores horse and buckboard and got a crate of strawberries. Got some sugar and washboard at Burns and came home, then took his horse and wagon home.   27 Warm night and warm today, had a heavy shower in the forenoon. Went over to McClairs in the afternoon and went through my potatoes and put some pans green on them. Went and saw Mr. Doan and came home. Quite warm this evening.   28 Warm and pleasant all day, went over to McClairs and hoed potatoes and corn all day. Sammy went over and staid with me all day. Jennie came home with Burdett this evening.   29 Warm and showers today. McClairs folk over here at supper today. Cloudy this evening.   30 Warm and lowry in forenoon. went to Mr. Griners in the morning and got some soap, then went to McClairs and finished hoeing my corn in forenoon, helped John McClair how his corn and grind his scythes then we went to mowing. til night, a little cooler this evening.   July ------------------------------ 1 Warm and pleasant in the forenoon. clouded up and rained about 4 P.M. and rained all the evening. Worked 3/4 day in helping the teacher here this evening. a little cooler this evening.   2. Warm and rainy part of the day. Did not do anything in the forenoon. went to town in afternoon with McClair. Got five dollars of Moore, and V2 bushel of potatoes, tea and coffee. Paid my postage. got a new knife at Nies.' [later hardware store owner John Koning, was an apprentice to John Nies]   3 Warm and cloudy in forenoon and raining afternoon, went to McClairs and got his team and plow & dray, plowed and sowed some buckwheat and dragged it in. took his team home and got dinner at his house. came home, cut a little grass. Chloe went to town with Mrs. McClair and back this A.M. 4 A little cooler and some rain through the day. McClair came over with horse and wagon and we went to his house and to dinner and spent the most of the day. A little cool this evening and somewhat hazy.   5 Cool north wind and pleasant all day. went to McClairs and worked all day at haying and fence. came home and got a little hay. I had cut in the barn. quite cool this evening. worked 21/4 days for McClair at haying, hoeing and on fence this week.   6 Cool and pleasant all day. McClair came over here with his horse and wagon and we went down to Capt. Larsons and staid a while then we came home. Mr. and Mrs. Zwemer here just at night to make a call. Quite cool this evening.   7 Cool and cloudy in the morning, cool wind most of the day. sunshine most of the forenoon. went to McClairs and worked at mowing al day, clouded up in afternoon and rained some in the evening. 8 Pleasant with cold wind all day. went to McClairs and worked at haying all day. worked until 9 o'clock at night.   9 More warm today and cloudy most of the day. went to McClairs and fixed his wagon tongue, then we stacked hay the rest of the day, got up one stack. sprinkled a little this evening.   10 Cloudy in the morning and rained a little about daylight. went to McClairs and worked all day haying. then we ground a cradle scythe and I came home. John Zwemer here this evening, quite cool this evening,   11 Pleasant with cool wind all day, went to McClairs and worked all day in haying. rode home with him at night.   12 Pleasant with strong S. E. wind. went to McClairs and stacked hay 314 of day, rode home with him at night and when he went to town Sammy went down with him, did not get my paper. Worked $ 3/4 days at haying for McClair and 13/4 days last spring.   13 Very hot all day with some signs of rain in the afternoon, with some thunder. staid in the house the most of the day. went out and picked a few berries for supper. Miss Lizzie Newnham and Joseph Ainsley up here just at night.   14 Rained some in the night and hot today. went over to Mcclairs and hoed some in the forenoon. cut wheat in the afternoon. some thunder in the evening and some rain towards midnight.   15 Rained some in the night. very hot all day, clouded up towards night and looks like rain, went to McClairs and worked in wheat the most of the day.   16 Very hot all day. some thunder showers passed around us at noon, a very few sprinkles of rain here. Worked iii about 3 P. M. in wheat then went to town with McClair. Got some meat at Heath's and some sugar, meat and peas at Brinks. Still hot this evening.   17 The sun shines very hot part of the day, but we had a strong S.W. wind all day. went to McClairs and worked most of the day in his wheat. Cut a little of our company wheat after supper, a little cooler this evening.   18 Pleasant all day with strong S. W. wind went to McClairs and worked in his and my wheat in forenoon, and in his in afternoon until about 4 o'clock Getting quite cool this evening. finished cutting his wheat and our company wheat this afternoon.   19 Quite warm today and pleasant most of the day. cut a little wood and picked a few berries. had a little shower towards night.   20 Quite cool but pleasant all day, staid at home all day. McClairs folks over here to supper. Jennie and Sammy went to Saugatuck at Sunday School.   21 Quite cold this morning, most cold enough for frost. went over to McClairs. We set out the wheat. then stacked the most if it. My thumb quite sore tonight. I don't know what gets it. quite cool this evening. Mr. Crouse called here this evening enquiring for Mr. Tidds.   22 Warm and pleasant all day. staid at home all day, did not do anything. my thumb is so bad. I am afraid I am going to have [??] on it.   23 Hot and pleasant all day. stayed at home all day, Hattie and I went out and picked a few berries in the morning, Jennie and Sammy went over towards the bayou to get some berries, did not get many. very warm this evening   24 Hot and pleasant all day, went to town in the morning. Settled with H. D. Moore and got my money paid. J. Burns & Co. and A. H. Brink & co got some dried beef and came home. stopped where Geo. P... [truncated due to length]