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Date | Day | Entry |
Jan. 7 | Fri | Cloudy, snowing lightly. At school all day. Paid taxes $34.74. At Humphrey's all night. |
Jan. 8 | Sat | 14 below zero - coldest day. At schoolhouse repairing till 3 p.m. Walked home. |
Jan. 9 | Sun | Terrible day. Brought in load of wood and hay in a.m. Started for school at 3 p.m., rode with Sifer part way. Sifer at Payne's at night. |
Jan. 10 | Mon | Singing school in evening. A splendid time. (Apparently teaching at Red school - F.S.) |
Jan. 15 | Sat | Cloudy, gray and cool. Martin Gallagher died at 7 1/2 o'clock p.m. |
Jan. 17 | Mon | Oh God, how cold. Gallagher buried 11 a.m. |
Jan. 19 | Wed | Dance at Humphrey's in the night. Invited, didn't go. |
Jan. 20 | Thur | Went up to Mugan's in evening. |
Jan. 27 | Thur | Clark Payne went to Sheboygan with pork (?) Sold $10.00 |
Jan. 30 | Sun | Clear, warm, beautiful. Sarah Lindsay and Mike Murray were married. |
Feb. 6 | Sun | Clear, bright, beautiful. Some walked to church in their shirtsleeves. Mass at Mitchell, went there with team. Went to Payne's after mass. |
Feb. 8 | Tue | McWilliams spoke at schoolhouse in the evening. |
Feb. 9 | Wed | Gray, cool, windy in the morning. Clear, warm and pleasant in p.m. School all day. M. McGraw and Kate Reed rebelled. |
Feb. 12 | Sat | Sisters of Charity at our house at dinner. Gave them a bag of wheat. |
Feb. 16 | Wed | At school all day. Raffle at Humphrey's. |
Feb. 17 | Thur | At school all day. Dance at Cascade at night. |
Feb. 18 | Fri | At school all day. Thawed a little. Went to McGraw's in evening. Payne's went to "cloud." Mary Bowser died. (McDonnell...Mary Bowser married Michael McDonnell on January 30, 1869. - F.S.) |
Feb. 21 | Mon | Mary McDonnell alias Bowser was buried. |
Feb. 22 | Tue | Gray, pleasant. At school all day. Mag McKindley was married. |
Feb. 24 | Thur | Clear, beautiful. At school all day. County Supt. visited school. Dance at Reed's in the p.m. Attended. |
Feb. 27 | Sun | Sleeting and snowing all day. Heiress born to Bill Manley. February goes out like a lamb. |
March 1 | Tue | Warm, springlike. Tim Hardgrove was married. (Married James Heraty's daughter - F.S.) |
March 9 | Wed | Concert at Greenbush in the evening. Proved a fizzle. |
March 14 | Mon | At school all day and the last day of the present term. Rec'd from Mr. Lynch $112.50 in full of all demand. Paid Payne 36 dollars in full. |
March 15 | Tue | Terrible day. Snowed nearly all day. Everything nearly drifted full. Started from Paynes and had horrible time getting home. Waded thru snow knee-deep all the way. |
March 19 | Sat | Tim Scanlan and S. Skelton came here this evening. Here over night. |
March 20 | Sun | Drizzling all day. Snow going fast. Tim Scanlan and Henry Skelton here all day and night. Old Reynolds at Cascade buried today. |
March 22 | Tue | Clear, thawing some. Went to Cascade with eave troughs. Stopped at Skelton's over night with team. Got a favorable impression of the family. |
March 26 | Sat | Rained all day. School exhibition at Dundee in the evening. |
March 30 | Wed | Gray and thawing fast. Not doing anything all day. Laid up with sore foot. Sowing machine came to John's. Sowed two hours in the p.m. |
April 3 | Sun | Went to Jim Connell's in the evening. Staid there all night. Dr. O'Brien there at night. |
April 6 | Wed | Moving rails, setting stakes and getting ready for building fence. |
April 18 | Mon | Cloudy, cool and gray. Clear in the evening. Insured Brogan's barn in the evening. $5.00 and grain therein $4.00 |
April 24 | Sun | Mr. Mangan, alias Herbert, was married. |
May 1 | Sun | Clear. Hot. Went to Gallagher's in the p.m. Mass at Mitchell...fuss at church. (Rev. John Tiernan- F.S.) Hired J. Howard for 1 month at $14.00. Wild plums in bloom and poplar trees leafed out. |
May 12 | Thur | Clear and hot. Ground hard. Plowing potato ground all day. Mailed Kane's application. Dance at priest's house in Osceola at night. |
May 15 | Sun | Clear, hot. At home all day till 3 p.m. Strolled to Connell's and Killcoin's in the p.m. No mass at Mitchell. Pa and Ma went to Osceola. Trees all leafed out and in full bloom. |
May 19 | Thur | Clear, dry hot. Jack planting corn already. |
May 22 | Sun | Went to Butler's in the p.m. to see about wood, etc. |
May 24 | Tue | Repairing fence all around the farm in the a.m. Moving rails and drew in load and cleaned grist in p.m. Jack dragging oats in a.m. Mrs. Dan O'Rourke died. Finished all kinds of spring work at 2 p.m. (This is probably Mrs. Dennis O'Rourke. Children shown without either parent in 1870 census - F.S.) |
May 26 | Thur | Mrs. Dennis O'Rourke buried. |
May 27 | Fri | Clear and hot all day. Commenced digging out stone in west lot, at it all day. Folks went to Plymouth to trade at store. Mrs. Durkee died. |
May 28 | Sat | Jane Angus was married. |
June 5 | Sun | Gray and pleasant in the a.m. St. Patrick's mass. Started for home at 2 p.m. Came home via town line... Lindsay's etc. |
June 19 | Fri | Clear and cool. Shearing sheep nearly all day. Digging up stone after supper. |
June 22 | Wed | John Howard came to work at $16.00 per month during pleasure. |
June 25 | Sat | 102. Hot, Oh Lord how hot. |
July 10 | Sun | Clear, warm pleasant. Mass at Mitchell, went with team. Elected as church treasurer. Rec'd $3.55 from Hughes. Went gallivanting in the p.m. |
July 24 | Sun | Gray and muggy, hot. Looked some like rain...Two heavy showers in the morning. Mass at Mitchell, went there on horseback. Pews sold today. Bought No. 7 south side at $6.00. Reds cattle in our oats in the morning. |
July 27 | Wed | Hired Mike Kearns. |
July 28 | Thur | Mike Kearns came to work at $1.00 per day. |
Aug. 3 | Wed | Clear, cool, pleasant. Finished cutting spring wheat at noon. Cutting hay in the p.m. in south lot. |
Aug. 8 | Mon | Mother Powers came here. |
Aug. 21 | Sun | Mike O'Brien came in from R.R. to track. |
Aug. 24 | Wed | Clear and quite hot. Worked all day for Slattery making bin. Naughton had machine. Slattery helped Anthony for me. Pa went to _______ with grist. Everight had his fingers cut off with machine. |
Sept. 1 | Thur | Clear, warm and pleasant. Helped Slattery thresh. |
Sept. 24 | Sat | Heard old Hagarty and Noble O'Keefe were buried. |
Sept. 26 | Mon | School meeting in evening. Duggan chosen director for 3 years. Mr. Riley for one year as clerk. |
Oct. 20 | Thur | Priest here. I gave him two bushels of corn. |
Nov. 3 | Thur | Went to Dundee. Fair in the p.m. "Bridgy skedaddled." |
Nov. 24 | Thur | Brogan's barn burned on the Miller place. |
Nov. 27 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Collected dues for priest in church. Ben Collins abused the priest. (Fr. John Tiernan - F.S.) |
Dec. 17 | Sat | Scott vs. Murray. Murray gained the suit. |
Dec. 25 | Sun | Present at 3 masses. Pat Dwyre and Kate Gilboy were married. P. Scanlan 271 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. B. Loftus c/o P.B. Santes, Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio |
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