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1881 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 1 | Sat | With team and Mona to Henry Skelton's to attend a social party. Splendid time. |
| Jan. 2 | Sun | Got home from Skelton's at 4 a.m. |
| Jan. 3 | Mon | John Bowser's boy was buried. He died of sore throat yesterday. |
| Jan. 4 | Tue | Joe Bowser was married. |
| Jan. 6 | Thur | Holy Day. |
| Jan. 9 | Sun | Patrick Scott, Sr. died at 6 a.m. Attended wake. |
| Jan. 11 | Tue | Attended Scott's funeral. |
| Jan. 19 | Wed | Thomas J. Kelley called this evening. |
| Jan. 20 | Tue | Dan all right from the measles. |
| Jan. 26 | Wed | John Bowser's 2nd child died from sore throat. |
| Jan. 29 | Sat | Mother quite sick in the night. Mailed letter to Burke in Cleveland. |
| Jan. 30 | Sun | Went to Cascade this morning after priest for Ma. Got home at 3 a.m. Priest came at 4 a.m. anointed her. She felt some better in the evening. Children covered with measles and all doing as well as could be expected. |
| Feb. 3 | Thur | Ma quite poorly in the night. |
| Feb. 10 | Thur | Ma no better. Dr. Ward died. (at Dundee) |
| Feb. 11 | Fri | Mrs. Reddington, Connell and John here all night. |
| Feb. 14 | Mon | First heiress born to the Sellars. |
| Feb. 19 | Sat | Old Tom ? Collins was buried. |
| Feb. 21 | Mon | Old Mangan ? Bill Malloy was buried. (sic) |
| Feb. 22 | Tue | John Rood was married. |
| Feb. 26 | Sat | Cheese meeting in the evening. No bargain. 1 5/8 asked. 1 � offered. |
| March 1 | Tue | Leonard's little girl died with a sore throat. |
| March 3 | Thur | Oh Lord! Oh Lord! What a morning. The worst day in the memory of man. Snowing all night and pouring down this morning fearfully and snowed in torrents all day. Snow about 5 feet on level this morning. |
| March 5 | Sat | Heard of Patsy Reddington's death. Rigged up snowshoes in the a.m. Went and told Devine's and Heraty's of his death. Patsy Reddington died at 4 a.m. yesterday morning. |
| March 6 | Sun | Went to Reddington's for the first time. Anthony down with measles and a serious case. Patsy lying dead, a sorry spectacle. There all night at wake. A terrible state of affairs exists in this neighborhood with 5 corpses lying unburied on account of the snow blockade and communication from house to house carried on by snowshoes. Snow being 4 and 5 feet in the level. Leonard having 2 children dead with sore throat. Nelson - one. Lib Scott - one, and Patsy Reddington died with the measles. What makes it worse is that neither priest, doctor or medicine can be got for those sick or dying. The snow makes it impossible to go anywhere in any direction. |
| March 7 | Mon | Went to Reddington's in the evening. Anthony quite low. |
| March 10 | Thur | At the wake in the evening. Heard of the terrible accident in the N.C. R.R. 17 killed. |
| March 11 | Fri | At the wake awhile in the evening. |
| March 12 | Sat | Patrick Reddington was buried. Had a terrible time getting to church. Mass by Reverend Casey |
| March 18 | Fri | Lib Scott's child was buried. Dead 2 weeks. |
| March 14 | Sat | Oh horror of horrors! What a day. Thick blue clouds in the a.m. Wind a gale from the N.E. Started to snow one of severest and spiteful snowstorms of the winter. Everything full of snow and the air so full of snow you could not see a rod. |
| March 21 | Mon | Anthony Kelly died. |
| April 11 | Mon | Dan Clifford agreed to work for 7 months at $15.00 per month |
| April 14 | Thur | Died at 1:45 a.m. My mother, after an illness of 4 months. Lord have mercy on her soul! Went to Plymouth for coffin and funeral necessities with team. Got home at sunset. Large wake in the night. |
| April 15 | Fri | Good Friday. My mother was buried today. Funeral at 10 a.m. Got home at 2 p.m. |
| April 16 | Sat | House seems lonesome today after Ma. Lord have mercy on her soul! |
| April 20 | Wed | Perly Cummings came along in the a.m. Hired him at $15.00 per month for 6 months and $13.00 per month if he leaves before harvest. |
| April 21 | Thur | Heard of Martin Brogan's childs death. |
| April 23 | Sat | John Bowen came home. Heard of Mrs. George Phalen's death. |
| April 27 | Wed | Jim Rooney's children buried. Died with Diphtheria. |
| April 30 | Sat | Went to Plymouth today. Received letter from Mary Flannery. |
| June 6 | Mon | Went to Reilley's shop today and had team shod, all the way around. |
| June 15 | Wed | Miss Ryder called. |
| July 4 | Mon | Picnic at Dundee. Had kind of a tame time. |
| July 12 | Tue | Went to Plymouth today with a load of cheese. Sold 136 boxes, 8,201 lbs. at 8 5/8. $707.33. Stayed until afternoon. Got home at 12 �. On the board today cheese brought 10 cents per lb. |
| July 20 | Wed | Bishop at the church giving Confirmation. |
| July ? | Thur | Went South as far as Murray's factory. |
| Aug. 14 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Attended. Took pew 32 south side. |
| Aug. 23 | Tue | Pedlar Kinsley ? called. |
| Aug. 29 | Mon | Attended school meeting in the evening. Slattery Sr. elected Treasurer. B.B. Brogan and Miss Stack married. |
| Aug. 30 | Tue | Delahunt and McGrath called after school and hired McGrath at $40.00 per month. |
| Sept. 11 | Sun | John Webb came this evening. Hired him for 1 month for $13.00 dollars. |
| Sept. 24 | Sat | Aunt Ellen Skelton died at 2:10, Sunday the 25th. |
| Sept. 27 | Tue | Mona with Jim Connell went to Aunt Ellen's funeral who was buried today. |
| Oct. 10 | Mon | Mina ? Gallagher was buried. |
| Nov. 1 | Tue | I went to Glen today. Dined at Mullens. |
| Nov. 6 | Sun | Went to early mass with Mona. Both received communion and stayed at church till 2 p.m. P.H. Smith and Warden at the church on election. Paid Gillen $4.25 in full for oats. Paid 75 cents for church dues. |
| Nov. 7 | Mon | Sent 37 sheep to Dundee with boys. Daley drove 60 sheep. All sold at $3.50. |
| Nov. 12 | Sat | Daley had auction. I attended as clerk. Tom Franey as auctioneer. Sold 14 cows and 7 calves, all at a good price. |
| Nov. 14 | Mon | School commenced today by H. McGrath. |
| Nov. 16 | Wed | Clark and Renell ? came in the p.m. Sold them the sawmill for $350.00. Not doing much in the p.m. Ed Connell started for the northern pines. |
| Nov. 20 | Sun | Jim Butler and Maggie Meyer were married. |
| Nov. 24 | Thur | Ella O'Brien to be married to Mangan. |
| Nov. 26 | Sat | Alfred Skelton buried. |
| Nov. 27 | Sun | Heard of death of Johnny Burke's two children. |
| Dec. 6 | Tue | Old Pat O'Maley died at 11 p.m. Miss Lindsay arrived. 2nd born 6 p.m. |
| Dec. 8 | Thur | Paddy O'Maley was buried. |
| Dec. 10 | Sat | Old Mrs. Holmes died. |
| Dec. 11 | Sun | John Skelton was buried. |
| Dec. 25 | Sun | Mary Connors and Mary Kilcoin called to be married. Kate Lindsay baptized. |
| Dec. 28 | Wed | Mary Kilcoin married. |
| Dec. 29 | Thur | Mary Connors married P. Calvey. |
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