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1874 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 3 | Sat | Quilting bee at Bowen's. Dance at Murphy's. |
| Jan. 6 | Tue | Peter Heraty was called to be married. |
| Jan. 7 | Wed | Peter Heraty married. |
| Jan. 10 | Sat | Had school dance at Duggan's in the night. |
| Jan. 17 | Sat | Dance at Brogan's in the night. Attended as music. |
| Jan. 18 | Sun | Priest sick. No mass at Mitchell. |
| Jan. 24 | Sat | Dance at Kearnan's in the night. |
| Jan. 26 | Mon | Connell had 4 teams to Fond (du Lac) after lumber. |
| Jan. 28 | Wed | Dance at Glen (Glenbeulah) |
| Jan. 29 | Thur | Started out of bed at 6 a.m. In a hurry by a warrant of the sheriff sworn out by T. Reddington for alleged damages for cutting lumber. Was taken to Falls before Justice Thanford (?) Had case adjourned till next Saturday. Employed Phalin as council. |
| Jan. 30 | Fri | Started on Doll in the morning. South to subpoena witnesses Crosby, Butler, Humphrey and to Cascade after Heutze. |
| Jan. 31 | Sat | Started for Falls at 5 a.m. Verdict to be given next Wednesday. |
| Feb. 1 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Daniel Heraty Jr. was baptized. Dan Riordan and Kate O'Rourke married. Wedding party at Wm. Mulloys. |
| Feb. 3 | Tue | Started for Falls at 7 a.m. to learn the result of suit. "Red" scooped in both cases. His costs amounted to $58.85. Went by car from Plymouth and return. Got home at 8 p.m. The neighbors were in sympathy with me. |
| Feb. 7 | Sat | Dance at Jim Connell's. Attended as music. Had a pleasant time of it. |
| Feb. 8 | Sat | Carpenter, Reddington and John Flynn agreed to build Connell's house $127.00. |
| Feb. 11 | Wed | Went to Connell's in the evening. Heard of "Holmes tumble." |
| Feb. 14 | Sat | Devine's dance a fizzle. Michael O'Rourke died at 9 p.m. |
| Feb. 17 | Tue | Went to O'Rourke's funeral. Largest in the record of Mitchell. 170 teams. |
| Feb. 25 | Wed | Our school burnt. |
| March 1 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Priest called names. |
| March 4 | Wed | First heard of Miss F. Doyle's skedaddle with Green. |
| March 7 | Sat | Met Michael O'Brien with children and buggy coming to Kilcoin's. |
| March 8 | Sun | Went to Riley's in p.m. to get Vindicator's address. (First Catholic paper - F.S.) |
| March 9 | Mon | At school all day. |
| March 10 | Tue | At school all day. Mailed letters to Vindicator, Loftus. Rec'd letter from Phalin in regard to suit. |
| March 15 | Sun | Old Rodden from Glen (Glenbeulah) was buried. |
| March 23 | Mon | At school all day and the last of the term had full attendance. Mike O'Brien at our house in the p.m. |
| March 26 | Tue | Mike Connors had log barn raising. |
| March 27 | Fri | Little Dan Gallagher quite sick. |
| March 29 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went on horseback. Philip McBride got hurt by team running away. Paid priest $3.00 on dues. |
| March 30 | Mon | Daniel Gallagher died at 1 1/2 a.m. John Bowen and I moved Reddington's fence. Went with team. To Gal's (Gallaghers) after dark to wake. Philip McBride died. |
| March 31 | Tue | Little Daniel Gallagher was buried. Attended funeral with team. Went to Butler's in the evening. Received $7.00 from town in "Red" (Reddington) lawsuit. Hugh McGrath was brought home dead. |
| April 1 | Wed | Went with team to Philip McBride's funeral with Mary Connell. Hugh McGrath was buried. John Bowen and Pa went. |
| April 6 | Mon | Jim Connell had granary raising. Helped all day. |
| April 7 | Tue | Hired John Phaliz (?) at $15.00 per month. |
| April 9 | Thur | Received from O'Brien $114.00 school money in full. |
| April 17 | Fri | John Rodden came to work. |
| April 22 | Wed | Helped Connell build fence on O'Briens place. |
| April 25 | Sat | Lent Mike Kilcoin $10.00. |
| April 26 | Sun | Mona and I went to mass in Osceola. Pa went to Mitchell. Pews auctioned. Got 22 S.S. (southside). received road warrant from John Bowen and $1.95 road tax from Fitzpatrick. |
| May 2 | Sat | Henry Skelton's girl baby was buried. |
| May 3 | Sun | Mr. and Mrs. Skelton, Mrs. Slattery and Connell called. |
| May 7 | Thur | Pulling out stones and stumps in the p.m. |
| May 11 | Mon | Goss and Anne Murray married. Tom (?) Weeks buried. |
| May 13 | Wed | Pa brought home pig from Gilboy's. Paid him $12.00 |
| May 17 | Sun | Mike Nolan was buried. So reported. |
| May 19 | Tue | Mike Nolan was buried. James Kelley was married. |
| May 21 | Thur | Nellie Grant was married to __________? |
| May 22 | Fri | Old John Mangan was buried. Attended funeral with team. |
| May 23 | Sat | George Hardgrove died at 2 a.m. Lord have mercy on his soul! |
| May 25 | Mon | George Hardgrove was buried. Attended funeral with team and folks. 164 teams. |
| May 27 | Wed | Sellars heard of Manley being shot. |
| May 31 | Sun | An heiress born in the Mike Reiley family. Martha Verdon was married. |
| June 4 | Thur | Mass and Corpus Christe precession at Mitchell church attended with folks. |
| June 28 | Sun | John Brogan called to be married. |
| July 1 | Wed | John Brogan married. |
| July 4 | Sat | Picnic at Dundee, attended with family. Had a good and pleasant afternoon. Got home before sundown. |
| July 5 | Sun | Set up mowing machine in the evening. |
| July 15 | Wed | Setting up reaper in a.m. Cutting winter wheat in p.m. |
| July 25 | Sat | Jim Connell's house was struck by lightning last night. |
| Aug. 2 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Saw Matt Reilly. |
| Aug. 7 | Fri | Commenced cutting spring wheat this morning. At it till it rained. William Skelton and the 4 Connell's helped bind. |
| Aug. 23 | Sun | At home in the a.m. Went south in the p.m. Insured Slattery and Devine, etc. |
| Aug. 25 | Tue | Splitting rails in p.m. |
| Aug. 30 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went there on Doll. Went to O'Brien's in the evening on school report, etc. |
| Sept. 9 | Wed | Started for Milwaukee 5 1/2 a.m. Arrived 12:10. Called at Walsh's. Stopped all night at Mrs. Sullivan's. |
| Sept. 10 | Thur | At fairgrounds all day. Met Goss. Stopped at Gosses at night. Went to opera in the evening with Miss Murray. |
| Sept. 27 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Went there with team and folks. Priest lectured at the church. |
| Oct. 3 | Sat | O'Brien's girl in Osceola; buried with the mumps. |
| Oct. 13 | Tue | County convention held at Plymouth. Acted as teller. Was delegate from Mitchell. |
| Oct. 19 | Mon | Sellars team ran away last night. |
| Oct. 22 | Thur | James Sellars died at 4 a.m. |
| Oct. 23 | Fri | J. Sellars was buried. |
| Oct. 31 | Sat | Went to the schoolhouse in the evening to hear Burchard (?) speak and Krez. |
| Nov. 5 | Thur | Cattle fair at Dundee. Attended. Sold pair steers for $65.00 |
| Nov. 8 | Sun | Pat O'Brien called to be married. |
| Nov. 9 | Mon | Christ (Christopher) Kearnan came to work this morning. |
| Nov. 10 | Tue | Pat O'Brien married. Bowser schoolhouse burned 11 p.m. |
| Nov. 15 | Sun | Heard of old Phalin's death. Richwell finished Connell's house. |
| Nov. 16 | Mon | Started for Phalin's in the morning with team. Found it a lie. |
| Nov. 17 | Tue | Mrs. William Thackeray died at 10 a.m. |
| Nov. 20 | Fri | Mrs. Thackeray buried. |
| Nov. 21 | Sat | Banking house. |
| Nov. 22 | Sun | John Bowser and Nick Michaels called to be married. |
| Nov. 24 | Tue | John Bowser and Nick Michaels married. (Bowser married Mary Doherty; Michaels married Gahagan - F.S.) |
| Nov. 27 | Fri | John Connell's moved into their new house. |
| Nov. 30 | Mon | John Dannisey had auction. |
| Dec. 2 | Wed | Went to Slattery's and Murphy's in the evening after insurance. Rec'd $3.00 from Slattery. |
| Dec. 3 | Thur | Butchering. Dressed 2 hogs. Green and Slattery, Connors and Connell's helped. |
| Dec. 20 | Sun | Tena (?) Riley's baby died at Mikes this morning. At the wake while in the evening. |
| Dec. 25 | Fri | Christmas. Mass at Mitchell. Father Goss told of his leaving. |
| Dec. 28 | Mon | Tom Gal's (Gallaghers) child buried. |
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