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Thursday, May 31, 1866 Skimmed milk, churned and made a cheese at night. Em and Bell came home to go to funeral tomorrow. Men around on road. Milo worked for Father. 
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Wednesday, May 30, 1866 Got grandma’s room washed and carpet down.  Tuesday, May 29, 1866 Made a cheese. Whitewashed and papered Grandma’s room. Father went to Otis and back at noon. Curtis died today. Had a letter from Sule.  Monday, May 28, 1866 Father went again and brought them home with the help of a sailor. Em and Bell had to walk. Liss and I washed then I went up street and got paper for grandma’s room. Rode home with Win.  Sunday, May 26, 1866 Rainy again. Father gone all day again after the cows but did not get them home. Two of them down to Westfield.  Saturday, May 26, 1866 Father went away in morning. Gone all day. I made a cheese. Em fixed my bonnet. Mr. And Mrs. Martin, Mr. Bates come. Our hired man went home.  Friday, May 25, 1866 Took up concertinas carpet/casket. Billy brought home Emma and John B. It come on and rained all the evening.  Thursday, May 24, 1866 Mr. P. Bought some cows and Thomas drove them to Granville.  Wednesday, May 23, 1866 Made my first cheese. Mr. Pratt, wife and Angie come, brought some fresh fish and pie. Aunt U and I went down to Mrs. O’s.  From the 1866 Diary of Mary Knox Herrick Tuesday, May 22, 1866 Bess worse. I had to get up in night. This morn after breakfast I fomented her breast where the pain was. She raises bloody matter. Jim Clark come and staid all night. *If you had sore muscles in the 1600s, your doctor might have advised you to foment the injury, perhaps with heated lotions or warm wax. Does this sound like an odd prescription? It's less so if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means "to heat or warm" or "to soothe." The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat. In time, the idea of applying heat became a metaphor for stimulating or rousing to action. Foment then started being used in political contexts to mean "to stir up" or "to call to action." from Merriam Webster  |
AuthorMary (Knox) Herrick was born May 7, 1813 in Blandford, MA to Harry and Charlotte (Blair) Knox. She married Thomas Herrick June 11, 1836. They had ten children: Charlotte, Henry, Ursula, Emma, Mary, Isabella, Melissa, Bessie, Abbie and Hattie. Archives
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