1863 Thomas Heraty's Diary

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1863 Thomas Heraty's Diary

Date	Day	Entry
Jan. 1	Thur	Weather pleasant. We went shooting at Dundee. Skated up lake.
Jan. 2	Fri	Weather rainier. Kept school.
Jan. 3	Sat	Weather pleasant. Kept school. Went to spelling school at Long Lake in the evening. Slept at Murrays in the night.
Jan. 4	Sun	Weather pleasant. At home in the morning. Received letter from Ellsworth. Went to Bowens ? Bowsers? in the evening.
Jan. 5	Mon	Weather pleasant in the morning. Kept school. Snowed a little in the night previous. Snowed the first snow in January. Went to Flynns in the evening.
Jan. 6	Tue	Weather clear and cold. Kept school. Mr. McDonnell visited us. Kept school paper.
Jan. 7	Wed	Weather warm and pleasant. Kept school. Snowed in the night.
Jan. 8	Thur	Kept school.
Jan. 9	Fri	Weather clear and warm. Kept school. Went to McDougals in the evening and then came home.
Jan. 10	Sat	At home in the morning. Went to Waucousta after school. Money received $8.00 in full. Stopped at John Doyles. Weather cloudy and cold.
Jan. 11	Sun	Weather warm and pleasant. Went to Mass to Osceola with team.
Jan. 12	Mon	Weather warm and pleasant. Kept school. Went. to Wm. Manleys in the evening from spelling school. Snowed a little in the night. Slept at Manleys in the night.
Jan. 13	Tue	Rained all day. Kept school. Caufield children buried.
Jan. 14	Wed	Weather clear and cold. Kept school.
Jan. 15	Thur	Weather clear and cold. Kept school.
Jan. 16	Fri	Weather clear and cold. Kept school. Anthony Naughtons child buried. Martin and John Franey slept at Bowsers over night.
Jan. 17	Sat	Kept school 1/2 day. Went home in the afternoon. Went to Greenbush in the afternoon with team and to Tom Franeys party. Weather clear and warm.
Jan. 18	Sun	Warm and pleasant. At home all day. Went to Bowsers in the evening.
Jan. 19	Mon	Weather warm and cloudy in the morning. Kept school. Snowed in the night.
Jan. 20	Tue	Snowing softly in the morning. Kept school. Snowed all day.
Jan. 21	Wed	Weather cloudy and thawing. Kept school. J. J. Repostier very sick.
Jan. 22	Thur	Weather cloudy and thawing. Rained in the night. Kept school. Went to Scott to a spelling bee. Stayed awhile with M.R. (M.N.) at Cliffords. Slept at O'Malleys. M. Murray has his leg broken.
Jan. 23	Fri	Rained and disagreeable. Kept school. Stopped at Bowsers at night. Felt disagreeable coming.
Jan. 24	Sat	Sloppy and disagreeable. Rainy. Sick all day with pain in the side. Mr. Bowser went for father, John for the doctor. Mary and Kate came to Mr. Bowsers. Kate stayed with me and Dan at McDonalds.
Jan. 25	Sun	Sunny, warm and pleasant. At Bowsers in the morning. Father came down with team. Went home in the afternoon. Went to see Murry and Matt McNair. Very sick.
Jan. 26	Mon	Warm and pleasant. Roads dry. At home all day. Cleaned clock. Fixed chair. Father went to pay taxes. Got disappointed. Treasurer not at home.
Jan. 27	Tue	Clear and warm. At home in the morning. Fixed sleigh. Father went to pay taxes. Went to Bowsers in the afternoon. Stopped at Flannigans awhile.
Jan. 28	Wed	Clear, warm and pleasant. Kept school.
Jan. 29	Thur	Clear in the morning. Snowed a little about 10 o'clock. Looked like rain in the afternoon. Kept school. Felt sick at noon. Mary Bowser complains of a sore throat. Went awhile to J. Mc in the evening.
Jan. 30	Fri	Clear, warm and pleasant.
Jan. 31	Sat	Clear, warm and pleasant. Kept school. Had spelling school in the evening. House full. Came down after school. Received letter from Cathy McHale.
Feb. 1	Sun	Snowed a little in the morning. Cloudy and cold. At home in the morning. Turned bitter cold in the afternoon. Went to Bowsers in the evening.
Feb. 2	Mon	Bitter cold and clear all day. Kept school. Went to Peters in the evening to top boots. Was disappointed. Went to Scott to spelling school. Slept at Manleys. B. J. went home. Coldest day up to this time in 1863. Mailed letter to C. McHale. Mary Twohig married.
Feb. 3	Tue	Very clear in the morning. Kept school. Cold all day and clear.
Feb. 4	Wed	Cold and snowed all day. First decent snow. Kept school. Went to Long Lake in the evening to top boots. Stopped at school. Went home with L. S. Dreamt about her all night.
Feb. 5	Thur	Snowing lightly in the morning. Kept school. Came home. Father butchered last two hogs.
Feb. 6	Fri	Clear and warm. Kept school 1/2 day. Went in the afternoon to have order signed at Barretts. Came from there home. Father went to Long Lake to have horses shod. At home in the evening.
Feb. 7	Sat	Cold and clear in the morning. Went to Fond du Lac with two hogs. Received $4.75 cwt. Bought buffalo robe. Kate bought hers. Got home at 11:30 at night. Kit sick.
Feb. 8	Sun	Cold and clear in the morning. Snowed some in the afternoon. At home all day. Went to Bowsers in the evening. Stopped at Manleys awhile. Kate Manleys first child baptized.
Feb. 9	Mon	Snowing freely in the morning. Kept school. Rained some in the afternoon.
Feb. 10	Tue	Cloudy, pleasant and warm. Kept school. Went to Heflingers in the evening. Saw John Manley, played dominoes. Sleigh good.
Feb. 11	Wed	Pleasant - good sleighing. Kept school. Went to Long Lake in the evening to top boots. Subscribed for county map. Price $4.00
Feb. 12	Thur	Pleasant, cloudy and warm. Good sleighing. Kept school. Reynolds had raising.
Feb. 13	Fri	Weather cloudy and pleasant. Turned cold in the evening with S.E. wind. Kept school. Bowsers drawing logs to mill.
Feb. 14	Sat	Raining a perfect torrent in the morning. Kept school. Dry and windy in the afternoon. Father came after me with the bare horses. At home in the evening.
Feb. 17	Tue	Thomas Gill got married.
Feb. 23	Mon	Michael O'Brien had chopping bee.
Feb. 24	Tue	M. O'Malley and W. Gill stopped at school house and talked of going east.
Feb. 26	Thur	Martin Franey had chopping bee.
March 1	Sun	J. Manley paid a visit. Went to Bowsers in the evening.
March 3	Tue	Kept school. Went to Dundee in the evening. Had talk with D. Murphy about his sister. Stopped awhile at p.m.
March 5	Thur	Mike Riley had chopping bee.
March 6	Fri	Went to Beechwood. In evening called on L. Kennedy. Sent for N.Y. Tablet.
March 12	Thur	Went to P. Murrays in the evening. They asked Kate and me to stand for child.
March 14	Sat	Ned Calvey had chopping bee.
March 15	Sun	Went to Mass at Mitchell to stand for child and stayed at Murrays all night.
March 17	Tue	Michael Murray had chopping bee.
March 19	Thur	Gibbons had a barn raising.
March 21	Sat	Brogan had raising.
March 25	Wed	Went to Mass at Osceola. No Mass. Dined at M. Franeys.
May 9	Sat	Old Mrs. Hughes died.
May 31	Sun	Went to Charley Morans in the p.m.
June 9	Tue	Inviting men to stoning bee. Heard of Dan McLeans death.
June 10	Wed	Borrowing stone boats around spring farms of Lynch, Caufield, Mugan, Doherty and Adams.
June 13	Sat	We had stoning bee and dance in the evening.
June 18	Tue	Anthony Naughton had stone bee.
June 17	Wed	Pat Barrett had logging bee.
June 18	Thur	Anthony Reddington had logging bee.
June 20	Sat	Drawing rails and building fences.
June 21	Sun	Mrs. Connell and Burke dined at our house.
July 1	Wed	Plowed all day for Jimmy Kilcoin.
July 3	Mon	Had Michael O'Brien logging.
July 20	Mon	Anthony Reddington had a plowing bee. Helped all day.
July 30	Thur	Mass at Mitchell. Lindsay died at 11-1/2 o'clock.
Aug. 3	Mon	Worked for Franey cradling and binding.
Aug. 9	Sun	George Bowles buried.
Aug. 13	Thur	John McHugh drowned.
Aug. 14	Fri	Johnny McHugh buried.
Aug. 16	Sun	Mrs. Calvey had cradling bee. Dance in the night. Helped her all day.
Aug. 18	Tue	Emma Phalin died.
Aug. 19	Wed	Emma Phalin buried.
Aug. 23	Sun	Mass at Mitchell. Maggy very sick.
Aug. 26	Wed	Visited Maggy in the evening.
Sept. 4	Fri	Helped John put shakes on his barn.
Sept. 6	Sun	Stopped at Nelson's funeral.
Sept. 7	Mon	Went to see Winny Scott in the evening.
Sept. 9	Wed	John Thackeray had his arm shot.
Sept. 10	Thur	Robert Harvey died.
Sept. 13	Sun	Mass at Mitchell.
Sept. 14	Mon	Had Michael O'Brien and Riley stacking hay in the marsch.
Sept. 19	Sat	Went to Long Lake to have horses shod in p.m.
Sept. 27	Sun	Mass at Osceola. Saw Tom Keys at Scott.
Oct. 2	Sun	No mass at Mitchell. Priest sick.
Oct. 5	Mon	Peter Murray called is coming from Sheboygan.
Oct. 6	Tue	Mike O'Brien went to Milwaukee with cattle.
Oct. 8	Thur	Agreed with Kelley to teach school.
Oct. 12	Mon	Went to Mrs. Brown's in the a.m. to hire Aden.
Oct. 29	Thur	David Flynn got mad.(?)
Nov. 1	Sun	Went to Butler's, dined there.
Nov. 15	Sun	Went to Scott about school and board. Jim O'Brien got married.
Nov. 18	Wed	Draft commenced at Fond du Lac.
Nov. 22	Sun	Went to Scott in the p.m. Mass at Mitchell. Chivari at O'Brien's.
Nov. 24	Tue	I was drafted at Fond du Lac.
Dec. 2	Wed	Dance at O'Hearn's.
Dec. 6	Sun	Went to Scott in the p.m.
Dec. 7	Mon	At school.
Dec. 29	Tue	John Maloy's child died. Went to the wake. First saw our new priest, Father McGowan.
Dec. 30	Wed	Funeral at Maloy's. New priest had first mass at Mitchell.
Dec. 31	Thur	Stormy day of this year. Snowed all day. At school. Snowbound at Cliff's.

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