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1887 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 6 | Thur | Frank Sherman consented to work for 2 months at $17.00 for 2 months. Went to Fond du Lac, sold oak at $17.00 and ash at $14.00. |
| Jan. 11 | Tue | Bill Riley called. Pat Quinn hauled first log of the winter to mill today. |
| Jan. 12 | Wed | Pat Dwire at hauling logs to mill today. Told us of old man Phalen's death at 5 a.m. Frank at wake. |
| Jan. 14 | Fri | Left at 8 � a.m. with team and sled for Phalen's to attend funeral of old man Richard Phalen. |
| Jan. 15 | Sat | Johnny and Frank helped Jim McGrath get rafters from swamp. Young people had a dance. |
| Jan. 20 | Thur | Thomas Daley called and stayed overnight. |
| Jan. 30 | Sun | Mrs. Ed Fitzpatrick buried. |
| Feb. 7 | Mon | Little Mary Lindsay quite sick. |
| Feb. 9 | Wed | Mike Cosgrove sick. Little Mary Lindsay very sick. |
| Feb. 26 | Thur | Little Mary Lindsay died at 7 a.m. Didn't attend wake. |
| Feb. 27 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell today. Mrs. Brogan and Jim Reddington quite sick. Mary Lindsay buried. |
| Feb. 28 | Mon | Johnny Rodden came to work at $6.00 for 1 month. |
| March 1 | Tue | Old Mrs. Brogan died at 1 p.m. Attended wake in the night. |
| March 3 | Thur | Anderson and the "Jew" peddlar called. |
| March 4 | Fri | Mrs. Brogan buried. Anderson and McCrory here with organ(?) Left it in trial. |
| March 5 | Sat | Wrote letter to George Bowers Clintonville. |
| March 6 | Sun | Mrs. Crosby quite sick. Dr. Fitz went there. |
| March 12 | Sat | Eddy Dwyer died at 9 � p.m. We were blessed with a boy baby at 9 � o'clock p.m. Dr. Fitz, Mrs. Naughton and Mrs. Connell present. (Probably midwives - F.S.) |
| March 13 | Sun | Eddy Dwyer was buried. Late mass at Mitchell. Died of Lung Fever. |
| March 26 | Sat | Last day of Daleys school. |
| March 27 | Sun | James Vincent Heraty baptized. Alice Scanlan and Johnny Connell sponsors. |
| March 28 | Mon | Mary Daley of Osceola died. |
| March 31 | Thur | Mary Daley of Osceola buried. |
| May 2 | Mon | Blew a terrible hurricane. |
| May 6 | Fri | Drove up to McKinly for Justice books. Didn't get them. He qualified. |
| May 8 | Sun | None of the family attended late mass at Mitchell. Regular "bustle" in the church today. Casey Jubilanta got an anonymous note. He read it to the congregation. |
| May 25 | Wed | Frank McGarvy hurt with team. |
| May 27 | Fri | Jas. McGrath helped me haul the engine to Fitz's. Left here at 10 _.m. and got in without any accident. |
| May 28 | Sat | Mona and I with the buggy, attended the funeral of Frank McGarvey, who was killed on the 25th by his team running away and throwing him out of his wagon near Tom Lang's in Sherman. |
| June 10 | Fri | Heard of Jimmy Kearnan's death and burial. |
| June 13 | Mon | Old man Skelton got hurt at Cascade this morning. The Nugent - Hand wedding. |
| June 15 | Wed | Soldier's Parade at Cascade. There was a grand celebration. Father Casey spoke. Old Mr. Skelton died at 7 a.m. from falling from his buggy at Cascade on last Monday, being helpless before. |
| June 16 | Thur | Went to Skelton wake. |
| June 17 | Fri | Old Skelton was buried. |
| June 19 | Sun | Father Mugan said mass at Mitchell. |
| June 21 | Tue | Keenan wedding in Russell. George McGrane attended. |
| June 22 | Wed | George Peterson of Cascade buried. |
| June 26 | Sun | Young Father Mugan said mass. Gave him $1.00 |
| July 4 | Mon | Went to Waldo picnic. Stayed overnight at ball. The Hand - Hagarty wedding. |
| July 6 | Wed | Terrible hot day. Up to 94 degrees. Circus at Plymouth. |
| July 8 | Fri | At 1 � p.m. I went to Dick Phalen's to see binder. I told Brown to bring one down in the morning. |
| July 9 | Sat | Adon Brown came along this morning with binder. He and his man at setting it up till 3 � p.m. |
| July 11 | Mon | Adon Brown and his man came along in the a.m. Started binding in winter wheat. Binder worked finely. Cut 5 acres before night. |
| July 17 | Sun | Mona had company today. The 2 Lindsay families, the Gallagher's and Connell's and Jas. McGrath's dined and supped. A number of young people called in the evening and whiled away a couple of hours with song, dance and repartee. All left at 11 p.m. |
| July 19 | Tue | Adon Brown and _____ _____ came in the a.m. Settled with them for binder. |
| Aug. 2 | Tue | At 2 a.m. I was taken sick with an attack of Cholera Morbus?, fainted dead away and came near retiring and with cramps. Anointed by Father Casey and was attended by Dr. Fitzgibbons. |
| Aug. 12 | Fri | The Lindsay machine arrived at Connell's this a.m. At threshing all day. |
| Aug. 16 | Tue | Johnny helped Slattery in p.m. threshing. |
| Aug. 20 | Sat | Mr. Kilcoin and McGrane's here in the p.m. about lease and agreement. |
| Aug. 21 | Sun | Old man Scanlan here. |
| Aug. 27 | Sat | Scanlan sold his farm to Doyle at $5000.00. |
| Aug. 28 | Sun | Mona and self to mass in Osceola. Dined at Flanigan's. Ella suffered with a felon on her finger all night. |
| Sept. 2 | Fri | I was called up to Gahagan's to make out will. |
| Sept. 4 | Sun | Keuper, Schram, Bade and Fudler here all day shooting squirrels. They shot 40. |
| Sept. 7 | Wed | The Lindsay threshing machine came here in the p.m. Commenced to thresh at 3 p.m. Things worked finely. At it till night. Hands: 2 McGrane's ?, 1 Connors, 1 Bowen, 1 Slattery, 1 Naughton, 2 Connell's, 1 Devine, 1 McGrath, 2 selves. |
| Sept. 10 | Sat | Old Johnny Gahagan died at 4 p.m. |
| Sept. 11 | Sun | Mona and I went to wake at Gahagan's and stayed till 10 p.m. Early mass at Mitchell. |
| Sept. 12 | Mon | Old John Gahagan buried. |
| Sept. 18 | Sun | Old Mrs. Gilboy died. |
| Sept. 19 | Mon | The Graham's of Osceola had a barn raising. |
| Sept. 20 | Tue | Old Mrs. Gilboy buried. |
| Sept. 24 | Sat | Old Patt Gannon rode home with me from Plymouth. |
| Oct. 6 | Thur | President Cleveland at Milwaukee. Old Abe Lacox of Scott died. |
| Oct. 8 | Sat | Young Harrington died at St. Cloud, nephew of Moriarty. |
| Oct. 20 | Thur | I went to Plymouth today with team and wagon after Ed's stove and fixtures. Bought lumber for schoolhouse. |
| Oct. 22 | Sat | Jerry Clifford called on business. |
| Nov. 1 | Tue | Auction at Anthony Kilcoin's. Attended as clerk. Dwight McLaughlin auctioneer. Sale went off fine. The Murray boys in from Chicago. |
| Nov. 2 | Wed | Frank and Peter Murray here all day hunting and shooting squirrels. Late mass at Mitchell. |
| Nov. 3 | Thur | The Volk - Franey wedding. |
| Nov. 20 | Sun | Chicken raffle at Connell's in the night. Adon Brown called in the p.m. and disputed about terms of binder sale. |
| Dec. 26 | Mon | Went with team to Osceola and located mill at Con Donahue's. Drove to Cahill's and bought axe. (Married yesterday - Daley and Mary Connors.) |
| Dec. 28 | Wed | George Ubbelode ? and Joslin were married. |
| Dec. 30 | Fri | Roads blockaded. No travel this week since Tuesday. |
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