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1869 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 2 | Sat | Mary Sellars married. |
| Jan. 8 | Fri | Croghan died - - Franey born. |
| Jan. 14 | Thur | Bat Conner's crazy. |
| Jan. 19 | Tue | Heard of Ellen Duggan's man's death. |
| Jan. 22 | Fri | McWilliams the Fenian spoke at the red schoolhouse in the evening. |
| Jan. 26 | Tue | Fenian McWilliams at Dundee in the evening. Pa and Mona went there. Martin Brogan cut his foot. |
| Jan. 27 | Wed | Milwaukee News came. |
| Jan. 30 | Sat | Mike McDonnell married _________ Bowser. |
| Feb. 1 | Mon | Brian Connell died. |
| Feb. 12 | Fri | Mrs. Nelson buried. Snow about "plaid out". |
| Feb. 14 | Sun | Mrs. Manley died. |
| Feb. 17 | Wed | Dominic Manley died at 10:00 p.m. very suddenly. |
| Feb. 18 | Thur | Margaret Gallagher born. Dominic Manley buried - - 101 teams at the funeral. |
| Feb. 28 | Sun | Clear, cool, went to mass at Osceola with team and sleigh. Dave Brown killed his horse. |
| March 1 | Mon | Clear, warm and springlike. At school all day - - a sensation about old Manley being poisoned, the body exhumed. |
| March 4 | Thur | Sharp and cold - - At school all day. Received letters from Ireland and Barton, Inauguration day of Grant. |
| March 30 | Tue | Clear and warm. Fixing sugar camp in a.m. Chopped fence poles in p.m. J. Connell sold his horse to Green. |
| April 18 | Sun | Foggy - - looked like rain. Detling and Laack here overnight. No mass at Mitchell. |
| April 21 | Wed | Ground covered with snow - - springlike. Attended examination at Cascade. |
| April 30 | Fri | Clear, cool, springlike. Donahue girls here for dinner. |
| May 1 | Sat | Clear, cool splendid day. Ground drying fast. Sowed 4 acres of oats. Hitched up rig for first time. |
| May 6 | Thur | Clear and pleasant - - went to Fond du Lac with John to seek legal advice. |
| May 7 | Fri | Clear, warm, pleasant. Dragging all day. Signed B. C. Laughlin's contract. |
| May 8 | Sat | An heir born on (Anthony) Naughton estate. (Baptized May 30. - F.S.) |
| May 23 | Sun | Clear and quite warm. Folks went to Mike Riley's. Sold John Henry six bushel of wheat. An heiress born on the Reddington estate. (Mary baptized June 13, 1869. - F.S.) |
| May 27 | Thur | Rainy and misty all day. Went to Mulhearn's in the p.m. with road petition. Sent letter to Augusta. |
| May 30 | Sun | Warm. Rained some at noon. Mass at Mitchell, went there with buck. Priest (Father John Tiernan) and Fenian had fuss in the church. |
| May 31 | Mon | Plowed garden - - few showers. |
| June 19 | Sat | Rain! Rain! Everlasting rain. All things earthly drowned out. A terrible hail storm in the p.m. |
| June 26 | Sat | Rain! Rain! Horrible rain all day. All things soaked. Dance at barn at night proved a fizzle. |
| July 5 | Mon | Gray, warm, pleasant - - grand picnic at Osceola, attended in full force. |
| July 14 | Wed | Rained smart shower in the morning - - clear and hot thru day. Brogan had barn raising, helped all day. Jordan, Naughton and Reddington have sheep trial. |
| July 17 | Sat | Started for Plymouth at 5 a.m. Came back via Carlan's. Gray and warm. Rained a little. Franey had logging "Bee." |
| July 21 | Wed | Clear, warm, pleasant. Jordan vs. Reddington & Naughton sheep trial, Jordan beaten. |
| Aug. 8 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Attended pews auction and got pew #7 southside. Cost of pew $6.50. Bridget Franey was married to _________ Forrester. (Marriage not recorded in our parish. - F.S.) |
| Aug. 14 | Sat | Rained severe shower in morn. Clear in p.m. Not doing much in a.m. Started for Sherman in p.m. There at night - - broke - - went via Skelton's. |
| Aug. 15 | Sun | Clear, cool and pleasant. At Sherman nearly all day at mass there. J. Sheridan gave a note to F. Scanlan security on ______ and rent. |
| Aug. 16 | Mon | Rained nearly all a.m., overcast. At St. Pat's in a.m. Setting up reaper. Started for home after dinner. Got home at six. |
| Aug. 17 | Tue | Clear, warm and pleasant all day. My work today didn't amount to "shucks." Tried to blast logs in a.m. Pa went home with Kate in evening. Pete Henry here over night. |
| Aug. 18 | Wed | Warm pleasant. Had John and his oxen help hand fallow all day. |
| Aug. 19 | Thur | Scorching, high SW wind all day - - hottest day so far in 1869. |
| Aug. 24 | Tue | 95 degrees. Cutting and binding all day. |
| Sept. 2 | Thur | Green and J. Connell called at 12 1/2 o'clock a.m. and exchanged notes on horse affair. |
| Sept. 17 | Fri | We were blessed with boy baby at 9:00 a.m. Clear, warm, pleasant. |
| Sept. 19 | Sun | Went to mass at Mitchell with baby. Gallagher's over - - Sarah here over night. |
| Oct. 3 | Sun | Gray and pleasant - - Mass at Mitchell. Had John baptized. Miles and Kate sponsors, went home via Butler's. |
| Oct. 9 | Sat | Quite cool and cloudy. Helped Bowen thrash till 1:30 p.m. Splitting rails rest of day. Miss Louisa Flanigan here overnight. |
| Oct. 10 | Sun | Cool and clear in morning. Pleasant through day. Went to Cosgrove's in p.m. Resigned Clerkship |
| Oct. 17 | Sun | Up an around all day at home. Mass at Mitchell. Old folks went to Reddington and Jordan expose in the church. |
| Oct. 25 | Mon | Cold, gray and clear - - snowed in the night - - first of season. Drawing in corn most of the day - - laid some fences in the evening. |
| Oct. 29 | Fri | Cloudy and cold - - digging potatoes all day. Badly frozen even on road. |
| Oct. 30 | Sat | All hands digging potatoes all day - - potatoes half frozen. |
| Nov. 12 | Fri | Cloudy with snow showers all day. Long Lake store burned in night. |
| Nov. 21 | Sun | Clear, beautiful, pleasant. Snow deep - - at home all day, read, etc. Devine, Killcoin, O'Brien and Murray started for Pinery. |
| Nov. 30 | Tue | Gray and pleasant, turned cold in the night. Butchering all day. John and T. Jordan helped dress 3 hogs. |
| Dec. 27 | Mon | John Flynn and Ann Murphy were married. (Not married by Father John Tiernan - F.S.) |
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