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1865 Thomas Heraty's Diary
January (Notation says: First part in book of 1864. I have no idea what that means. - K.R.)
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 29 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. |
| Feb. 1 | Wed | Drawing firewood with team for Jas. Connell all day. |
| Feb. 11 | Sat | Rec'd letter from John from Iowa. |
| Feb. 12 | Sun | Went to get subscriber for The World in the p.m. |
| Feb. 13 | Mon | Father McGowan around collecting oats. |
| Feb. 19 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell, didn't go. |
| Feb. 21 | Tue | Bar.(ometer) indicates rain. |
| Feb. 26 | Sun | Left for Abbot at 2 o'clock. Came to a Mark Angle in my existence. Accepted. |
| Feb. 27 | Mon | Went to dance at Hingham. |
| March 5 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went with team. |
| March 19 | Sun | Warmest day so far in 1865. 70. Went to Long Lake with horse to see about lumber. At home reading in p.m. Mrs. Loyde at hour house at night. First thunder storm in 1865. |
| March 20 | Mon | Went to P. Murrays for load of lumber. Quite warm, 65 p.m. |
| March 21 | Tue | Old Mouthy Rodden here. |
| March 25 | Sat | Went to P.O. in the p.m. to mail letter to World then to Abbot. Stopped at the Oldmans all night. |
| March 26 | Sun | At Mass at Abbott. Left about 5 o'clock. |
| March 28 | Tue | James Connell had barn raising. Helped him all day. |
| March 29 | Wed | Making sap troughs and burning all day. Man collecting draft money. |
| March 30 | Thur | Cosgriff had barn raising. Helped him all day. |
| April | Tapped sugar bush in the a.m. | |
| April 2 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went with team. |
| April 3 | Mon | Helped J. Bowen all day raising. |
| April 4 | Tue | Fishing at Long Lake all day. Got 90. Town mtg. day. |
| April 7 | Fri | Fixing buttery. |
| April 8 | Sat | Sold Gannon 30 bushel at $1.25 bushel (wheat) |
| April 9 | Sun | Went to Gannons to party with team. Brought him 110 bushels wheat. |
| April 11 | Tue | Went to Fond du Lac with load of potatoes. Sold 30 bushels at 40 cents per bushel. |
| April 12 | Wed | Left Fond du Lac for home at 11 o'clock. Got home at 4 1/2 p.m. |
| April 16 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went with team. To Abbott in afternoon. |
| April 30 | Sun | Abbott a.m. Went from there to Mass at Cascade. Dined Lynches. |
| May 1 | Mon | Mrs. McHale had plowing bee. Helped her all day. Mrs. Mac at our house over night. |
| May 4 | Thur | Warmest day in '65, 84. Went with wheat to McHales in morn. |
| May 5 | Fri | P. Barrett got married. |
| May 7 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went there on foot to confession. Home p.m. |
| May 16 | Tue | 94 |
| May 25 | Thur | At Abbott in the a.m. Went to Sheboygan in p.m. Was married at 2 o'clock. Stopped at Arnolds over night. |
| May 26 | Fri | At Sheboygan all day riding about, etc. |
| May 27 | Sat | Home at Abbott. |
| May 28 | Sun | At Abbott a.m. Left for home at noon. Conners and Slatterys, etc. at our house in the p.m. |
| June 2 | Fri | Burning stumps in the a.m. |
| June 13 | Tue | Cutting hand spikes and getting ready for logging bee. Pat McHale came to live on his farm. |
| June 14 | Wed | Had logging bee. |
| June 17 | Sat | Miles Gallagher had logging bee. Pa helped. |
| June 19 | Mon | Anthony Naughton had stone bee. Helped him all day with team. |
| June 22 | Thur | Dan Murphy had stone bee. Pa helped him. |
| June 24 | Sat | Brogan had stone bee. Helped him with team. |
| June 25 | Sun | Mass in Osceola. Went with team. Fishing in Long Lake p.m. |
| June 26 | Mon | John Franey had a stone bee. Helped him all day. Frost in the night. |
| June 27 | Tue | Helped Butler at logging bee. |
| July 8 | Sat | Started for Abbott in p.m. with team with Mary. |
| July 9 | Sun | At Abbott at Mass. Went to Silver Creek in p.m. with Mary on horseback. Came home evening. |
| July 15 | Sat | Tom Jordan had plowing bee. Helped him all day with John's oxen. |
| July 23 | Sun | Went to Sellars in p.m. Mass at Osceola. Went there with team. |
| July 24 | Mon | Splitting rails all day. Mary and Kate went to Silver Creek. |
| July 27 | Thur | Mowing all day. Wm. Riley helped us. |
| July 31 | Mon | Pa went to Kilcoins in a.m. |
| Aug. 4 | Fri | Cousin John came to visit us. |
| Aug. 5 | Sat | Went home with Mary to Abbott in the p.m. |
| Aug. 6 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Left Abbott 9 o'clock. Got home 12 1/2. At home in the p.m. |
| Aug. 8 | Tue | Cousin John at our house at night. |
| Aug. 9 | Wed | Started for Abbott at 4 o'clock for Mary. |
| Aug. 15 | Tue | Mass at Mitchell. Went there with team. Dance at our barn in the eve. James left for Illinois. |
| Aug. 20 | Sun | Mass at Osceola. Went there with team. |
| Aug. 25 | Fri | Mary's father came. |
| Sept. 7 | Thur | Picnic at Mitchell Church all day. Not much of a time. |
| Sept. 9 | Sat | Rec'd. 2 letters from Kate. Mary went home with her mother. |
| Sept. 17 | Sun | Father McMahon gave his first mass at Mitchell. |
| Sept. 27 | Wed | Went to Cascade for priest for Mary in the evening. |
| Sept. 30 | Sat | Went to Dundee to skid logs. Rec'd. letter from Kit. |
| Oct. 1 | Sun | Mass at Osceola with team. Michael Rooney died at 12 o'clock at night. 1st frost of the season. |
| Oct. 4 | Wed | Went with team to Michael Rooneys funeral. |
| Oct. 6 | Fri | Started for Fond du Lac at 1 1/2 o'clock. There at fair met Ned and Kate. Started for home 4 1/2 o'clock. |
| Oct. 10 | Tue | Had threshing machine. Thrashed all day. Wheat 350, oats, 250. |
| Oct. 13 | Fri | Started for Sheboygan 5 a.m. with load of wheat. Got to Sheb. at 10 o'clock. Wheat smutty. Could not sell. At Sheboygan over night. A number of folks from Mitchell around. $140 offered for wheat. |
| Oct. 15 | Sun | Went to early mass at Sheboygan. Started for home 9 1/2 a.m. Got home at 4 p.m. Rec'd. road tax from P. Hughes. |
| Oct. 16 | Mon | Went to Long Lake with grist, gone all day. Gristed 3 bags wheat. |
| Oct. 17 | Tue | Paid Jas. McKindley $6.00 in full. |
| Oct. 23 | Mon | Went to Fond du Lac with load of wheat, butter, etc. Sold 34 10/10 @ $1.20 per bu. |
| Oct. 27 | Fri | Snowed 6 inched in the night. |
| Oct. 30 | Mon | Pa helped Quinn thrash. |
| Nov. 1 | Wed | Holy day mass in Mitchell. Went with team. |
| Nov. 4 | Sat | Mike at plowing bee. Helped him all day with team. Rec'd. letter from Tom (?) Heraty. |
| Nov. 6 | Mon | Slattery had plowing bee. |
| Nov. 9 | Thur | Peter Murray came from Chicago to our home. |
| Nov. 10 | Fri | Went to Dundee with Nelly to shoe. |
| Nov. 11 | Sat | Went to Sherman in the evening. |
| Nov. 12 | Sun | At Mass at St. Patrick's. Had quite a time coming home. |
| Nov. 18 | Sat | Went to Dooleys dance in the evening. |
| Nov. 21 | Tue | Went to Heratys and Connells in the a.m. Paid draft men $48.00 on account. |
| Nov. 23 | Thur | Summerlike weather. Sold 8 sheep and steer for $58-1/2. |
| Nov. 26 | Sun | Magnificent weather. Went to mass at Osceola with team. |
| Nov. 27 | Mon | Plowed for Slattery all day. |
| Dec. 3 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went there with team. James Murray was buried. |
| Dec. 5 | Tue | Thrashing beans, cleaning grist in a.m. Making whippletrees in p.m. |
| Dec. 8 | Fri | Helped John to butcher. |
| Dec. 9 | Sat | Piling up lumber at Dundee all day. Paid 24 cents an hour. |
| Dec. 10 | Sun | Mass at Osceola. Went with team. |
| Dec. 17 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went with team. |
| Dec. 19 | Tue | Making barrel hoops. John Mangan's child buried. |
| Dec. 20 | Wed | Geo. Thompson died through the effects of freezing. |
| Dec. 23 | Sat | Clear and pleasant. Went to Plymouth with team to shoe. Get Christmas notions etc., got caps. |
| Dec. 25 | Mon | Christmas. Mass at Mitchell. Went with team at noon in p.m. Dance at Sellars in the night. |
| Dec. 28 | Sun | Heir born to the Naughton estate. |
| Dec. 30 | Sat | Drawing rails in a.m. Went to auction in p.m. to Weekes. Mrs. G at our home in the night. |
| Dec. 31 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Gannon at our house. At home all day. Memoranda: Wesley Riley Co. G. 37th eg. 1st Brigade 1st Division 9th Army Corps., Washington, D.C. D.S. Adams, Box 4480, Buffalo, N.Y. The World, 35 Park Row, New York. |
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