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February 14, 1872 Snowed last night and blowed. James went to W place and drawed up the hemlock bark. Mr. O brought C down to make sausages. I (or G) ? rags and colored ? and washed out orange and black. They cut the sausage meat. *Please help with this one. I'm not sure what is going on with 'orange' and 'black.' 
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February 13, 1872 Girls ironed. J carried home the ? and J rode up to E. M. S. But he was not at home.  February 12, 1872 I helped wash some, got pretty tired. I went up and borrowed the force (pump?) and worked at getting the water. Got it at the corner but not in the cellar.  February 11, 1872 Wm (William) drove the horses and Emma and Lillie and Abbie went. Baby staid with me in forenoon. Em come home at noon. They went home at night. I feel awful sad.  February 10, 1872 Went down to Mr. Os a little while. Come home and found George and Lissa here. They spent the afternoon, went home. Wm and Em come, staid all night. *Lissa and George were daughter Melissa and her husband, George Nye *Em is daughter Emma dn her husband, William Nye It does appear that George and William Nye were brothers  February 9, 1872 Frank Cannon helped J kill the pigs. I cleaned the innards and got cold.  February 7, 1872 Pleasant. Henry and I came up on the cars. I rode up in the mail team. H come up on foot. Stopped at Mr. Parks and took tea. H brought me home.  February 6, 1872 Cloudy. Henry and Mr. Shepard went to the Court house and then Henry come for me. I went out in the afternoon and got some flannel for Louis, some pants, some cotton yarn for C and Sule. Got the two hats. I paid paid for them. $12.00  February 5, 1872 James carried Mr. H, Sule and myself to depot and we went to Springfield. Sule went out and ordered 2 more hats. Henry and Mr. E. W. Shepard come and staid to Sules all night.  |
AuthorWe have now transcribed the diaries of Mary (Knox) Herrick from 1865 and 1866, the two earliest of hers that we have. The next diary of Mary that we have is from 1872 and we will be transcribing and posting from that diary every day this year. ArchivesCategories |
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