Breakfast this morn at 7. Very cold frozen water Barrels last night. Ed & Joe comes to breakfast. husk corn all day. Pat & Berty goes to the church & brings the Organ home. they wont Buy it for the church. there is too much Jealousy & strife here.
it will be 3 weeks next Sunday since Pa. Berty & Bronson took the Organ to the church to have it proved* there &yet they don't choose to buy it. To day I get ready to go to Mc. Gr. Pa says that if I wait until tomorrow Eve he will go with me if he can get away. We Bake Pumpkin pies to take to Mitty. Dicky not well. We expect Minister & Wife. they don't come to day yet. now 5 Ocl. I go over to see Mrs. G. Othout find her better. Meet her Mother the first time. I send Miss Wholey over home for new milk. when She brings it in Lo & behold it is to make Egg Nog. Brandy, Sugar, Milk & Eggs. All for Mrs. Othout.
*proved - not sure if this is what is written.
I usually only read one day's entry each time I open the journal. I felt compelled to read two days this time partially because the entry for 10/26/1871 was rather short but when my glance wandered over to the other page I keep seeing glimpses of something a little more interesting. Jealousy? Strife? Pumpkin pies and eggnog. Interesting. And why does the new Minister keep not coming over for Tea?
I also took out one of the letters that was sent to me along with the journal remembering that there were some names and just as I had hoped, it also provided nicknames.
Gertie - Minerva Caroline, Anna Christina's daughter(married to Alex Henderson)
Kitty - Hannah Melissa, Anna Christina's daughter (married to DeWitt Hunt)
Berty - Jacob Clarke, Anna Christina's son and my 4x Great Grandfather
Minnie - Minerva Wiltse, Jacob Clarke's wife
Dickie - Richard Jacob, my 3x Great Grandfather who was 3 years old at the time of the entry above.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Diary for Thursday October 26th, 1871
Rains this morn. cant husk corn . Boys go home. H. Clark cant go home. Keeps his horse here all day & all last night. We put up Sitting room Stove to day - quit raining & very cold. We expect the minister & Wife. But they do not come at 4 6 i.* 4 Ocl. H. C. comes takes his horse from here & starts home. Pa gone to prayer meeting. I wait for him, he comes at 10 all in bed.
* 4 6 i? obviously this is not what Anna Christina has written. I am sure it is referencing a time of day - possibly 4 o'clock which she usually abbreviates as "Ocl" But she does tend to write well into the margins and her writing gets smaller and harder to read at the edge of the page. She also has a tendency to add words above a sentence with a little arrow pointing up at them. For example in one of the sentences she originally wrote "all day & night" and felt compelled to add in "> all last night". I wonder what difference she thought it would make. Anyhow, I find this practice rather endearing.
* 4 6 i? obviously this is not what Anna Christina has written. I am sure it is referencing a time of day - possibly 4 o'clock which she usually abbreviates as "Ocl" But she does tend to write well into the margins and her writing gets smaller and harder to read at the edge of the page. She also has a tendency to add words above a sentence with a little arrow pointing up at them. For example in one of the sentences she originally wrote "all day & night" and felt compelled to add in "> all last night". I wonder what difference she thought it would make. Anyhow, I find this practice rather endearing.
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