Lonnie Zimmer Diaries
1908 - 1909
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1908
January 1 - Wednesday - Cut 10 foot posts all day.
January 2 - Thursday - Cut pole wood all day. I went up after the mail.
January 3 - Friday - Cut pole wood all day.
January 4 - Saturday - Cut pole wood all day. FC.C.C. and I went down to Bath. Stayed all night.
January 5 - Sunday - Clara had her sick headache all day. I.C.? and I went got Dr. while Lottie got dinner.
Note: Remainder of 1908 Diary is missing.
Misc. Information With 1908 Diary
Received of Fred Robinson $17.00.
For cold - Rhinitis tablets.
1909
Note: Diary is incomplete.
On a November 14, 1909 page are the following names:
On another blank page is the following:
On another blank page is the following:
On another page for letters is the following:
Received Name Answered
January 9 - Saturday - M., D., K. and I went to Bath. Came to Avoca and went to party in hall.
January 16 - Saturday - Bert and I went up to Fred Zimmer’s. Had a dandy time. Came to Avoca on Sunday.
January 17 - Sunday - Came to Avoca and Lottie and I went to M.E. Church.
January 18 - Monday - Sorted potatoes in am. Went up to Uncle Lewis’s in pm. Came near freezing to death.
January 19 - Tuesday - Went to Mt. Morris. Had a dandy time. Came home on No. 8. Got up to Uncle Lewis’s at 8:45 pm.
January 20 - Wednesday - Went to Wayland after a load of coal. Then came to Avoca and up to Wheeler’s to class meeting
January 21 - Thursday - Felt like the devil and took a load of wood downtown. Sawed logs in pm. Went up to Crawford’s in eve.
January 22 - Friday - Cut logs and ground feed. Went to A.J. Beal’s to a social. Had a dandy time. Got home 3:30 am.
January 23 - Saturday - Cut logs in am. It rained in pm. Went to bed early.
January 24 - Sunday - Went to Sunday school. Came home. Miller came over. Went to M.E. Church with S.M.C. in eve.
January 25 - Monday - Drawed manure in am. Ground feed in pm. Stayed at home in evening. Went to bed early.
January 26 - Tuesday - Skidded logs off the side hill. Went down town in evening. Had a large time.
January 27 - Wednesday - Drawed limb wood out of the woods all day. Art and I went down town in eve. Got home at 11 pm.
January 28 - Thursday - Went to the Farmer’s Institute. Stayed all evening.
January 29 - Friday - Went to Mrs. Bealfelts funeral. Maurice Kausch came home with me.
January 30 - Saturday - Went down to Bath. Pa and I stayed at home in eve.
January 31 - Sunday - Went down to Sunday school. Then down with L. Mc to dinner. Maurice and I went up to Uncle Lewis’s in pm.
February 1 - Monday - Went down to Wayland after a load of coal.
February 2 - Tuesday - It stormed like hell all day. Didn’t get out of doors.
February 3 - Wednesday - Went down to Wayland after another load of coal.
February 4 - Thursday - Had a BIG time all day. Had chicken soup.
February 5 - Friday - Went skunk hunting. Was up to Frank B. to dinner. Went calling in evening.
February 6 - Saturday - The wind blowed a fright. I went down to Wayland.
February 7 - Sunday - Walked to Fred Zimmer’s. Stayed to dinner. Then went to Cohocton. Took the train home.
February 8 - Monday - Thomas Rupert came up in am. Was here to dinner in pm. Buzzed wood until 5 pm. 7 cords.
February 9 - Tuesday - Put straw in barn and drawed wood home from the woods. Went down town in the evening. Had a dandy time.
February 10 - Wednesday - It rained in am. Had early dinner. Then went down to Avoca to the exhibition.
February 11 - Thursday - It stormed like hell all day. We split wood all day. Stayed at home in the evening.
February 12 - Friday - Went up to Cohocton after the saw. Went to Sonerbeers in Horning. Had a large time.
February 13 - Saturday - Came home with saw. Then went down in evening.
February 14 - Sunday - Stayed at home all day. Then went down town to see the Kid. Had a dandy time.
February 15 - Monday - It stormed all day. Pa drew loads of wood. Fixed the saw and went down town to the show.
February 16 - Tuesday - Cut logs all day... Found a bee tree. I went down town to see Lottie. Had a dandy time.
February 17 - Wednesday - Pa and Ma went to House’s sale. Art and I got the honey out of the tree. Went down town in evening. Had a dandy7 time.
February 18 - Thursday - Pa and I went to Bath. I had my teeth filled. Stopped off in Avoca. Had a dandy time.
February 19 - Friday - Skidded logs out of the woods. Maurice came over. Went over to Mill’s in the evening.
February 20 - Saturday - Ma went down to Bath to the law suite. I went down in eve. Had a dandy time.
February 21 - Sunday - Went down to Sunday school. Stayed down with Lottie. Went to church in eve. Had a dandy time.
February 22 - Monday - Skidded logs and went skunk hunting. Stayed at home and wrote to Lottie.
February 23 - Tuesday - Missing.
February 24 - Wednesday - Started the drag saw in pm. Took my wheel apart in am. Went down town in evening.
February 25 - Thursday - Fixed my wheel in am. Took my saw wood in pm. Henry Louch came up and fixed the sewing machine.
February 26 - Friday - Fixed the saw and sawed some wood in pm and went to skunk hunting.
February 27 - Saturday - Went skunk hunting. Got two. Put the engine in the engine room. Stayed at home in evening.
February 28 - Sunday - Went down to Sunday school. Drive to Robinson’s. Down to Bath in eve. Had a dandy time.
March 1 - Monday - Went skunk hunting. Got one. Went up to Crawford’s in eve.
March 2 - Tuesday - Went skunking. Got 3. Art went down town. Taped my boots and wrote Charlotte.
March 3 - Wednesday - Pa helped me move Dentlinger. Art and I sorted potatoes and drawed. I went down town to Bath in eve.
March 4 - Thursday - Art and I sorted potatoes. George Schwingel and Ida came down. Art and I pumped water in am.
March 5 - Friday - Ground feed. Went down town in evening. Got returns from the skunks.
March 6 - Saturday - Mr. Fox and I went over to Doake’s. Bought 4 skins. Went down and sold them to Ackley.
March 7 - Sunday - Came home. Cleaned up. Went up to Uncle Jake’s with Lottie. Had a dandy time.
March 8 - Monday - Sawed wood with the drag saw. Went to bed early.
March 9 - Tuesday - Rained nearly all day. Went down town after a belt..
March 10 - Wednesday - Art and I went down to Kanona to the shop. Maurice K. and J. C.K.. came over.
March 11 - Thursday - Sawed wood all day. Uncle J. came over.
March 12 - Friday - Sawed wood all day. Uncle Jake came over in pm.
March 13 - Saturday - Sawed wood in am. Slabbed wood in pm.
March 14 - Sunday - Stayed at home and took a bath and slept.
March 15 - Monday - Drawed out. Buzzed wood all day. J.C. Kausch came over and drawed wood.
March 16 - Tuesday - Drawed out wood in pm. It stormed in am.
March 17 - Wednesday - It stormed all day. I went to Emery’s in pm and to class social in evening.
March 18 - Thursday - Maurice came over and we buzzed wood and drag, sawed wood all day.
March 19 - Friday - Drag, sawed wood all day. Finished the wood. Art and I went down town in eve.
March 20 - Saturday - Went to D.C. Barden’s auction. Then stayed down with Lottie.
March 21 - Sunday - Went to Sunday school and to church at M.E. in eve. Had a dandy time.
March 22 - Monday - Drawed out wood in am. Pa and Bert drawed wood down town in pm.
March 23 - Tuesday - Filled the boxes on the line shaft in the am. Pressed hay in pm.
March 24 - Wednesday - Drawed hay in am. Pitched hay in pm
March 25 - Thursday - Split wood all day. Went down to the shop. Had a dandy time. Uncle Adam came. It stormed like the deuce.
March 26 - Friday - Stormed all day. We went over to Uncle Jake’s. Stayed to dinner. Went down town. Came home and went to bed early.
March 27 - Saturday - Got the engine out in am and sawed wood with drag saw. Had a dandy time..
March 28 - Sunday - Went down to Bath on D.L. (Reader’s note: Delaware Lackawanna Railroad.) Came back on the 11:11. Had a dandy time.
March 29 - Monday - Helped Ma wash in am. Went to Kanona in pm. Got home at 11:00.
March 30 - Tuesday - Went down to Loon Lake to commence work. Got there at 8 pm. Road were muddy.
March 31 - Wednesday - Went to Atlanta in am and to Wayland in pm.
April 1 - Thursday - Sorted potatoes in pm.
April 2 - Friday - Put up a grist and sorted potatoes the rest of the day.
April 3 - Saturday - Sorted potatoes in cellar all day. Went home and stayed all night.
April 4 - Sunday - With Lottie. Had a dandy time. Came up on the 11:11 and walked up from Cohocton.
April 5 - Monday - Sorted potatoes in am. Went to find a hired girl and buy some hay with Lottie.
April 6 - Tuesday - Drove cows over to Perkinsville. Came home and went and got the hired girl. Wrote to Lottie.
April 7 - Wednesday - Drawed manure all day like a cus. The wind blowed like the ole'; Harry.
April 8 - Thursday - Sorted potatoes in am. Took the women to the society meeting in pm. I wrote to Lottie in the evening.
April 9 - Friday - Went to Wayland after some feed in am. Sorted potatoes in pm.
April 10 - Saturday - Sorted potatoes in am. Aunt Julia and I went to Wayland in pm.
April 11 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. Wrote to Lottie in pm. In evening Maurice and I went to church.
April 12 - Monday - Maurice and I drawed manure all day. The wind blowed like the deuce.
April 13 Tuesday - Maurice and I drawed manure all day. Aunt Julia went to Wayland. I got a letter from Lottie.
April 14 - Wednesday - Maurice and I drawed manure all day. I wrote to Lottie. Went down to Hoffman’s
April 15 - Thursday - Maurice and I drawed manure all day. Maurice got mad and went home.
April 16 - Friday - I drawed manure in am. The sheep sheerer came in pm..
April 17 - Saturday - I drawed 2 loads of potatoes down to Wayland. Then went home. Got to Avoca at 8:15.
April 18 - Sunday - Washed my buggy. Went down town. Lottie and I went for a ride. Had a dandy time. Started home at 7:45.
April 19 - Monday - Uncle Lewis and I drawed potatoes all day. It rained a little at noon.
April 20 - Tuesday - Uncle Lewis and I drawed potatoes all day. Miiller’s folks were up. I wrote to Lottie.
April 21 - Wednesday - Uncle Lewis and I drawed potatoes in am. I and Spruce sorted and Uncle Lewis went after his cow.
April 22 - Thursday - I plowed all day. Uncle Lewis and A.J. went to Wayland I wrote to Lottie in evening. Had company.
April 23 - Friday - I plowed all day. Was tired as the deuce.
April 24 - Saturday - Plowed in am. Took Uncle Lewis’s folks to Wayland in pm. Went down after Art to Cohocton.
April 25 - Sunday - Art and I stayed at home all day. I wrote a letter to Lottie in the evening.
April 26 - Monday - Plowed all day. Uncle Lewis’s folks came home. I went down to Wayland in evening after them.
April 27 - Tuesday - Plowed all day. The wind blowed like the deuce. I wrote to Lottie in the evening.
April 28 - Wednesday - Took the hired girl home. Drawed manure and hay. Uncle Lewis went to Wayland with a grist.
April 29 - Thursday - Plowed all day. It rained in pm. Snow at night.
April 30 - Friday - Had a bee to draw potatoes. Took down 5 loads. Went down to Shaver’s.
May 1 - Saturday - Sorted potatoes in am. I went down to Wayland and Atlanta in pm and home in evening.
May 2 - Sunday - Went down to Avoca to Sunday school. Stayed to Lottie’s to supper. Had a dandy time.. Came home. Started 10 pm got here 12:45 am.
May 3 - Monday - Drawed potatoes all day. George Miller went down with me both loads.
May 4 - Tuesday - Plowed in am. Tired ole’ Bill out. Put my horses in pm and turned her to Fred Hoffman’s horse.
May 5 - Wednesday - Plowed in am with my horse and dragged in pm. Uncle Lewis went to Waring’s funeral.
May 6 - Thursday - Dragged all day with my horse.
May 7 - Friday - Went to Wayland after the plumber and drilled in am. Took him home in pm. Went down S.’s old house
May 8 - Saturday - Rolled all day and dragged. Went down town in eve.
May 9 - Sunday - Drove down to Avoca in am. It rained in pm so I stayed with Lottie and came home Monday in am.
May 10 - Monday - Got home 8 am. Clipped old Bill. Went up to Shoemaker’s and fixed the windmill.
May11 - Tuesday - Fixed fence in am. Plowed and butchered in pm. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
May 12 - Wednesday - Plowed all day and fixed my shoes in the evening.
May 13 - Thursday - Dragged and finished sowing oats. I wrote to Lottie in the evening.
May 14 - Friday - Plowed all day. Went down to see George Miller in the evening.
May 15 - Saturday - Loaded some sheep and plowed all day. Went up to Griss’ after hog. Walked to Cohocton. Took train home.
May 16 - Sunday - Got home 1:30 am Saturday. Up 7:30 am . Had my hair cut. Went down town to see Lottie. Had a dandy time. Drove up to Loon Lade 11:30 pm.
May 17 - Monday - Dragged potato ground all day. Uncle Lewis went to the raise?.
May 18 - Tuesday - Dragged in am. Drawed manure in pm. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
May 19 - Wednesday - Planted potatoes in pm.
May 20 - Thursday - Plowed in pm. Drawed manure in am. Went to Wayland in eve.
May 21 - Friday - Plowed all day and wrote to Lottie in evening.
May 22 - Saturday - Plowed all day. Uncle Lewis and I went to stay at Wayland. Got home at 1:45 pm.
May 23 - Sunday - Went to church in am. Then down to Hoffman’s. Came home. Got my dinner and went down to Uncle W.M. Newfang’s.
May 24 - Monday - Got up at 5 am. I went to work. Plowed in am. Dragged in pm. ? the sheep. Got done work at 8:30.
May 25 - Tuesday - Dragged all day. Went after some tobacco for Uncle Lewis.
May 26 - Wednesday - Dragged in am. Plowed in pm. Got a load of hay and wrote a letter to Lottie.
May 27 - Thursday - Rained in am. Planted potatoes in 9 acres. Commenced raining at 2 pm. Went to Wayland in eve.
May 28 - Friday - Planted potatoes all day. Went down to Cohocton after Lottie. Rained all the way home.
May 29 - Saturday - Finished planting the 9 acres and Lottie and I came home. Got here at 9 pm.
May 30 - Sunday - Was done to see Lottie at 11 am. Had a dandy time. Clair R. was up at our house.
May 31 - Monday - Got home 1:30 am and plowed all day. Went to bed early.
June 1 - Tuesday - Finished plowing the 5-acres. Sold the rest of the potatoes. I wrote to Lottie in the eve.
June 2 - Wednesday - Went to Hornell to the circus with Uncle Lewis. Had a nice time. It was 7:30 pm when we got home.
June 3 - Thursday - Dragged all day. Went fishing in eve. Got 3. Got home at 10 pm and wrote to L.M.
June 4 - Friday - Dragged in am and went to Bert’s in pm after hay. Planted potatoes in front of house.
June 5 - Saturday - It rained in am and took buggy apart in pm. Plowed corn.
June 6 - Sunday - Varnished my buggy. Our folks came up and Cliff stayed up with me. Went to church in evening and wrote to L.M.
June 7 - Monday - Marked in am and George S. took hog to S.J.. We planted potatoes in pm. Went boat riding in evening.
June 8 - Tuesday - Claude N. and I finished planting the potatoes. Will H.’s folks were all over here. Uncle Lewis was sick.
June 9 - Wednesday - Chased cows, sheep and hogs in am. I drawed manure in pm. Went to Wayland in evening.
June 10 - Thursday - Cleaned cellar. Set out cabbage plants in pm. George Miller’s folks were up in eve.
June11 - Friday - Went down to Cohocton in am after some feed. Drawed manure, ashes and wood in pm.
June 12 - Saturday - Helped Coon plant potatoes. Went home in pm.
June 13 - Sunday - L.M. and I were up at our house. Had a dandy time. Went down to Avoca at 2 pm. It rained so I stayed at Uncle Jake’s all night.
June 14 - Monday - Got home at 8:45 am. Helped wash and fix screens in pm.
June 15 - Tuesday - Work in garden. Churned in pm. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
June 16 - Wednesday - Drawed 2 loads of ties from Douris’s? and went to Cohocton at night.
June 17 - Thursday - Drawed ties in am and put screen doors on. Worked in garden and wrote to Lottie.
June 18 - Friday - Cultivated our first potatoes.
June 19 - Saturday - Cultivated all day. Art came up. We went down to Cohocton in evening.
June 20 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. Art and I went to lake in pm and in evening helped H. Newfang fix auto.
June 21 - Monday - Cultivated potatoes.
June 22 - Tuesday - Drawed ties in am and cultivated garden in pm.
June 23 - Wednesday - Drawed ties in am.
June 24 - Thursday - Drawed ties in am. Patched roof in pm. Mowed lawn in pm.
June 25 - Friday - Worked on road in am and in pm cultivated in 8-acre lot. Rode in auto and took a bath.
June 26 - Saturday - Cultivated potatoes in 9-acre lots all day. Went home at night. Uncle F., Miller’s folks and Luella was there. Had a good time.
June 27 - Sunday - Went down to see Lottie. Had a dandy time. Got home 2 am Monday morning.
June 28 - Monday - Drawed stone and drove cow in am. Cultivated in 5-acre lot in pm. Went to bed early.
June 28 - Tuesday - Finished 5-acre lot and worked in 9-acre lot until night. Washed my buggy at night.
June 30 - Wednesday - Cultivated all day. Went to Wayland at night and had a tooth pulled.
July 1 - Thursday - Cultivated all day. Lewis’s folks went to Mt. Morris. Will Ebersold’s folks came over
July 2 - Friday - Shovel-plowed all day. Uncle Lewis and Will Ebersold went down to Cohocton. Stayed all day. I took a bath at night.
July 3 - Saturday - Cultivated all day. The B.F. girls came up. Lottie and I went down to Wallace with them.
July 4 - Sunday - L.M. and I went to church in pm. Went to lake and for a ride in eve to children’s day exercises.
July 5 - Monday - Went to lake in pm. Had a dandy time in eve. L.Mc. and I went to Wayland.
July 6 - Tuesday - Mowed hay all day. L.Mc. and I, A..J. and L. E.. went to F. Drum’s. Lottie keep house for us..
July 7 - Wednesday - Mowed hay in am. Raked hay in pm and Libby and Lottie went to Hornell. I was sick. Went to bed early.
July 8 - Thursday - Drawed hay in am and raked in pm.
July 9 - Friday- Drawed in hay and mowed. Went down to Wayland in evening after Lottie.
July 10 - Saturday - Drawed in hay and helped F. Miller. Then went down home. Had a dandy time.
July 11 - Sunday - Lewis K. and H. Baxter over to our house. I went down to see L.Mc. Started home 12 am.
July 12 - Monday - Cultivated hay in am and mowed. Was sleepier than the devil.
July 13 - Tuesday - Cultivated, raked hay and drawed in hay. N.L. went to town. Washed my buggy.
July 14 - Wednesday - Poisoned bugs all day in the 9-acre lot. Wrote Lottie in evening.
July 15 - Thursday - Killed bugs all day. Went down to Cohocton in evening.
July 16 - Friday - Killed bugs all day.
July 17 - Saturday - Killed bugs all day. Went to Wayland in the evening.
July 18 - Sunday - Got up at 6 am. I drove home and back at night. Lottie was sick with sore throat. Got home 1:30 am.
July 19 - Monday - Shovel-plowed all day. Uncle Lewis went to Cohocton.
July 20 - Tuesday - Shovel-plowed in am and cultivated corn and cradled rye in pm. Went to bed at 9 pm.
July 21 - Wednesday - Started binder in rye in am. It rained in pm. Cleaned cistern and wrote Lottie in evening.
July 22 - Thursday - Bound rye in am. It rained in pm. H. Newfang was ere. I went to bed early.
July 23 - Friday - I went to Wayland in am after salt and wine in pm. Built fence and set up rye. Went down to Cohocton at night.
July 24 - Saturday - Cleaned out hen house in am. Cut rye and set it up in pm. Went home in eve.
July 25 - Sunday - Got up at 7 o’clock. Pa cut my hair and then went down town. L.Mc. and I went walking. Had a dandy time. Got home at 2 am.
July 26 - Monday - Shovel-plowed potatoes all day. J. Chambers went home. Went to bed early.
July 27 - Tuesday - Killed bugs all day. Got some tobacco at night.
July 28 - Wednesday - Uncle Lewis and A.J went to Dansville and I shovel-plowed potatoes all day.
July 29 - Thursday - Shovel-plowed in am. Shelled peas in pm. Went to Wayland in evening.
July 30 - Friday - Cut wheat in am. Plowed mash in pm.
July 31 - Saturday - Scraped in the mash and drawed in the wheat. Shovel-plowed in the pm. Went to Cohocton in the eve.
August 1 - Sunday - Drive down to Avoca in am. Had a dandy time. L.M. went for a walk in pm. Got home at 2:20 am.
August 2 - Monday - Drawed in rye in am. Uncle Lewis and I went to funeral and I cut brush in pm.
August 3 - Tuesday - Drawed in rye in am. Uncle Lewis took J.C. to the station in pm. I picked stone and went to an S. meeting.
August 4 - Wednesday - Picked stone all day. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
August 5 - Thursday - Drawed in rye for Miller in am. Cut barley and oats in pm. Went to Wayland .
August 6 - Friday - Cut oats all . Took a bath in evening.
August 7 - Saturday - Mowed oats and raked them up. Went home in evening. Had a dandy time.
August 8 - Sunday - Bert was to Naples. Went down to F. Clark’s for dinner. Stayed at F. all the pm. Had a dandy time. Got home at 2:15.
August 9 - Monday - Drawed in oats all day. P. Slaver helped too.
August 10 - Tuesday - Raked stubble and cut brush in am. In pm drawed in oats. Wrote to L.M.
August 11 - Wednesday - Went berrying in am. Bound oats in pm. The Schwingel girls and L.B. came up.
August 12 - Thursday - Finished binding oats and went to Wayland. Had my horse shod and got some coal.
August 13 - Friday - Drawed in oats all day. Was sick nearly all day.
August 14 - Saturday - I fixed the watering trough and Uncle Lewis went to Wayland.
August 15 - Sunday - Stayed at home. Went to church in am. Wrote to L.M. in pm..
August 16 - Monday - Went berrying in am. Drawed manure in pm. Went to Avoca in eve. Had a dandy time.
August 17 - Tuesday - Went to Soldier’s and Sailor’s Home to the picnic with L.M. Had a dandy time. I came home. Got up here at 11 am. Got up at 8 am.
August 18 - Wednesday - Drawed manure in am and in pm. Went to bed early.
August 19 - Thursday - Drawed manure from Wayland.
August 20 - Friday - Plowed all day for wheat.
August 21 - Saturday - Plowed in am. Went to picnic and went home in pm.
August 22 - Sunday - L.Mc. was up to our house. Had a dandy time. Got home at 2:30.
August 23 - Monday - Felt like a fool. Shovel-plowed all day.
August 24 - Tuesday - Shovel-plowed and thrashed the rest of the day.
August 25 - Wednesday - Drawed straw to Wayland. The thrashers came.
August 26 - Thursday - It rained in am. Thrashed nearly all day.
August 27 - Friday - Drawed straw in am. My horse was hurt. I was to Sick’s.
August 28 - Saturday - Chored around all the am. Went to Wayland. Home with J.K.
August 29 - Sunday - Went down town with Pa to see L.Mc. Had a dandy time. Came home on 5.
August 30 - Monday - Picked stone all day. Got home at 12:35.
August 31 - Tuesday - Went to Wayland in am. Tinkered in pm. Uncle Lewis’s folks were at Ed Sick’s.
September 1 - Wednesday - Burned brush in am. Cleaned up wheat in pm. Wrote Ma at night.
September 2 - Thursday - Dragged in am. Sowed wheat in pm. Bert came at night. Went to fair.
September 3 - Friday - Picked stone in am. Bert and I went to Uncle Fred Miller’s in Dansville. Had a dandy time.
September 4 - Saturday - Went down to Dansville in eve. Had a dandy time.
September 5 - Sunday - Came to Uncle Lewis Strick. Done the chores and rode to Avoca with Bert. Came back on 5. Had a good time.
September 6 - Monday - I picked stone all day. Went to bed 8:30.
September 7 - Tuesday - Picked stone all day. Went to bed 8:30.
September 8 - Wednesday - Picked stone all day. Wrote to L.Mc.
September 9 - Thursday - Picked stones in am. Shingled back house in pm.
September 10 - Friday - It rained in am. Cleaned oats and went to mill.
September 11 - Saturday - Cleaned well. Picked stones and went to lake and home in pm.
September 12 - Sunday - Went down to see L.M. Had a dandy time. Came home at 1 o’clock.
September 13 - Monday - Picked stone all day. In am alone.
September 14 - Tuesday - Finished picking stone in am and in pm drove the sheep home. William Harvey was here.
September 15 - Wednesday - Cut buckwheat all day for P. Schwingel with the cradle. Was tired some.
September 16 - Thursday - Drawed hay from Bert P. and cut the colt.
September 17 - Friday - Cut brush and thinned out trees in 3-acre lot.
September 18 - Saturday - Built fence around orchard. Went home in evening. Got home 10 pm. Had a fine time.
September 19 - Sunday - Went down to Avoca in am. went home to dinner. Then down to see L.Mc. Had a dandy time. Had a dandy time. Got home at 1 am.
September 20 - Monday - Cut brush and burned in am. Made some eaveners in pm.
September 21 - Tuesday - Helped Ed Hoffman put on some roofing all day.
September 22 - Wednesday - Helped Ed Hoffman put on roofing all day.
September 23 - Thursday - Dipped the sheep in am. Cut corn in pm. Wrote to L.Mc. in eve.
September 24 - Friday - Fixed fence and cut corn in pm while Uncle Lewis went to Wayland.
September 25 - Saturday - Finished corn. I fixed the dug road. Started home. I met Bert.
September 26 - Sunday - Bert and Art were up here. It rained like the devil. Went to church. Had a dandy time.
September 27 - Monday - Drawed manure in pm. I went to Patchinsville to school meeting.
September 28 - Tuesday - I helped wash in am and picked pears in pm.
September 29 - Wednesday - Picked pears all day. Went home to go to fair. Went home on 1:40. Had a dandy time.
September 30 - Thursday - Went to Bath Fair with Pa Ma and L.Mc. Had a dandy time. It rained at night so I stayed all night and came home next day.
October 1 - Friday - Got home at 10 am. Drove up in 2 hours. Picked apples all the rest of the day.
October 2 - Saturday - Helped C. Newfang cut kilo all day. Harry and I went to Wayland in evening.
October 3 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. Drove up to Guasse’s? and down to Aunt Julia’s in pm.
October 4 - Monday - Dug potatoes all day. Took apples down to D.L. station in pm.
October 5 - Tuesday - Dug potatoes all day. Went down to Wayland. Got a shirt and a carbide and some postcards.
October 6 - Wednesday - Dragged the 3-acre lot and got 30 bus. in am. In pm dug headland round 9 acres.
October 7 - Thursday - Helped Ed Hoffman thrash all day. Was tired as the D-----.
October 8 - Friday - Dug potatoes all day. Was tired as the D. Took a bath.
October 9 Saturday - Dug all day. Went home in evening.
October 10 - Sunday - I went down town after the girls R., L., Mc. Had a dandy time. Our folks were up to Uncle Lewis’s. Came home at 12.
October 11 - Monday - Dragged potatoes ground. It rained so W.S. and I went down to Wallace after the cow.
October 12 - Tuesday - Went down to Cohocton after cow in am. Dug potatoes in pm. Talked with Bert at night.
October 13 - Wednesday - Was frozen so I could not dig so I went to Mills in eve and I went to Coon’s in auto and helped A.J. in pm.
October 14 - Thursday - Cut up hog in am and A.J. in pm. Dug potatoes. Went to Wayland in evening.
October 15 - Friday - Dug potatoes all day. Dug 258 bus. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
October 16 - Saturday - Snowed and rained all day. We dug 88 in the rain. I stayed at home at night.
October 17 - Sunday - Took the hired girl home and stopped at A.J.’s. The boys rode home with me.
October 18 - Monday - Dug potatoes in am. It snowed nearly all day. Went down to H. Hoag after a load of potatoes.
October 19 - Tuesday - Uncle Lewis and A.J. went down town in am. Roy Owen’s and I picked in am. Schwingel kids helped in pm. Dug 201 bus. in pm.
October 20 - Wednesday - Dug potatoes in am and in pm helped Shaver fill silo. Wrote to Lottie in eve.
October 21 - Thursday - Help Shaver fill silo nearly all day. Drawed in some potatoes. It rained and thundered and lightning.
October 22 - Friday - Dug all day. Took a bath and went to bed early.
October 23 - Saturday - Dug potatoes all day. Went home at night. All the way in the rain.
October 24 - Sunday - L.Mc. went up home with me on Saturday night. Had a dandy time all day. Started home at 10:45.
October 25 - Monday _ Went down to Bert Patchen’s after some hay for George Miller. Picked apples in pm.
October 26 - Tuesday - Uncle Lewis and A.J. went down to Fred S. funeral. I dug potatoes all day
October 27 - Wednesday - Dug potatoes in am. We finished. Picked apples in pm. Wrote to L.Mc.
October 28 - Thursday - Drawed manure all day. Uncle Lewis and I went to Wayland at night. I got me a sweater and a jacket.
October 29 - Friday - It was frozen so I couldn’t do much. Chored around in am. I went to Wayland after coal.
October 30 - Saturday - Set up stove and picked apples in pm. L.Mc. came up.
October 31 - Sunday - Lottie and I went up to H. Ebersold’s and had a good time. Took her to the train at night.
November 1 - Monday - Took down a load of potatoes in am and drawed a load of apples in pm.
November 2 - Tuesday - Picked apples in am and drawed them to Wayland in pm and voted.
November 3 - Wednesday - Went to Meaklerbacher’s after a load of wood. Went down to Hoffman’s in eve.
November 4 - Thursday - Had a bee. Huffman and Miller helped us draw wood. It snowed like hell all day. Got wet.
November 5 - Friday - Uncle Lewis and C. Newfang drawed wood. I split wood and went down to Wayland in evening.
November 6 - Saturday - Uncle Lewis and I drawed wood in am. I went home in pm. Had a dandy time.
November 7 - Sunday - Killed the dog. Jessie R. was up to our house. I went down to Lottie’s dinner and had a dandy time. Got home at 10:40.
November 8 - Monday - Uncle Lewis went to Mt. Morris. I drawed wood and piled some. The preacher was here.
November 9 - Tuesday - Finished drawing wood. Uncle Lewis came home. I wrote to Mother.
November 10 - Wednesday - I sorted potatoes and drawed a load in pm. Wrote to Lottie in evening
November 11 - Thursday - Drawed potatoes all day. Went to Wayland at night.
November 12 - Friday - Drawed potatoes all day. Went to church.
November 13 - Saturday - Drawed a load of potatoes in am. Took a hog over in pm. Art came up. We went to Wayland.
November 14 - Sunday - I went home with Art. Came up on #5. Had a dandy time. Got home4 at 1 am.
November 15 - Monday - Started the sheep for Mt. Morris in am. In pm I went over to P. Stuffle’s after a load of sawdust.
November 16 - Tuesday - Thrashed corn in am and helped Frank Miller thrash the rest of the day. Went to bed early.
November 17 - Wednesday - Mixed corn and oats in am. In pm Uncle Lewis sorted potatoes and I split wood. They went to church.
November 18 - Thursday - Sorted potatoes all day. Went to church in evening.
November 19 - Friday - Drawed potatoes in pm. Started in am. Went down to Huffman’s at night.
November 20 - Saturday - Drawed potatoes down and away. Home all day. Went home at night.
November 21 - Sunday - Lottie was up to our house. Went home with her. Stayed all night. Had a dandy time.
November 22 - Monday - Bought a horse for a dollar and Maurice and I killed it and skinned it. Then I came home. Got up here at 7.
November 23 - Tuesday - Drawed rye to Wayland all day. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
November 24 - Wednesday - Chored around all day.
November 25 - Thursday - Thanksgiving Day. Had a dandy time. Newfang and family were here and all the boys.
November 26 - Friday - Took potatoes out of cellar and drawed manure the rest of the day. Went skunking with Harry.
November 27 - Saturday - Took up the pipe in the deep well.in am. Split wood in pm.
November 28 - Sunday - Took a bath. Washed my hair. Took a nap. Wrote to Lottie.
November 29 - Monday - Drawed dirt in under porch in am and split wood in pm. Wrote to Lottie in evening.
November 30 - Tuesday - Cut logs all day. Went to Horning bee at night. Got home at 10 pm.
December 1 - Wednesday - C.P. Newfang came over. We killed old Bill. Uncle Lewis went to P. Sick’s funeral. I went to Wayland in pm.
December 2 - Thursday - Cut logs all day.
December 3 - Friday - Cut logs in am. Went to lake after water. Went to Wayland at night.
December 4 - Saturday - Drawed out limb wood. Went after water in pm. Went down to Wayland after Art in evening.
December 5 - Sunday - Went to church in am. Then we started for home and went down to see Lottie. Had a dandy time At home 2 am.
December 6 - Monday - Fixed the pump in am. Uncle Lewis took a load of potatoes to Wayland. Started in pm.
December 7 - Tuesday - I sorted potatoes all day. Uncle Lewis drawed 2 loads of lumber. Ward was here to dinner.
December 8 - Wednesday - Sorted potatoes awhile in am. Then split wood until I cut my finger.
December 9 - Thursday - The women all went to Coon’s to a society meet. Uncle Lewis and I went to Wayland in pm. Went to bed early. Was cold.
December 10 - Friday - Took a load of potatoes down to Wayland and brought back a load of ties. Took a sleep.
December 11 - Saturday - Cut roots. Cut Paul’s hair. Went to mill in pm. Then Schwingel people came up.
December 12 - Sunday - Went to church and Sunday school. Then to Frank B.’s for dinner. Came over to O.P.N. Then home.
December 13 - Monday - Got up 7:40 am. Did the chores. Went over to Miller’s. Then came home.
December 14 - Tuesday - Came home. stopped at Avoca in evening. Had a dandy time.
December 15 - Wednesday - Went down town to mail our order to Sears Roebuck and Co. and have our picture taken.
December 16 - Thursday - Art and I went to Bath. Stopped in Avoca. Had a dandy time.
December 17 - Friday - Chopped wood all day. Went over to V. Hoyt’s for party in eve.
December 18 - Saturday - Chopped wood in am. Stormed in pm. We did not work. Went down town.
December 19 - Sunday - Stayed at home in am. In pm Bert and I went to Miller’s. Then went to church with the girls .
December 20 - Monday - Pa and I went to Bath. Got back at 6:30 pm. Had a good time.
December 21 - Tuesday - Cut logs all day. Went down town at night after tank.
December 22 - Wednesday - Cut logs all day. Went down to church with Lottie. Pa went to Lodge.
December 23 - Thursday - Cut logs in am. Did not do anything in pm. Went down town in evening.
December 24 - Friday - Bert, Art and I went down to Bath in pm. Went to Christmas tree.
December 25 - Saturday - Went down tow in am. Jessie came. I went down to Avoca to get Lottie.
December 26 - Sunday - She stayed up. We had a dandy time. Snowed like fun. Took the girls home at night with the sleigh.
December 27 - Monday - Took Bert down to Corbett’s in am. Came home and got ready to saw wood.
December 28 - Tuesday - Pa and I took engine apart. Art went down after the Schwingel girls in the pm. We put the engine together.
December 29 - Wednesday - Fixed the engine in am. Went over and visited the school. Then went down town.
December 30 - Thursday - Went down town to have the dash fixed on the Dixy (Reader’s note: his bicycle).
December 31 - Friday - Took the girls down town. Got my Dixy. I stayed down. Had a dandy time. Bert, Lottie and I went up to Cohocton to look at some cutters. Had a dandy time.
Found in 1909 Diary:
Recipe for Shaving Soap:
Excellent for chapped hands
Recipe for Condition Powder
1 Teaspoon in Feed 2 a day
Pricing Data Found in 1909 Diary
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