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Diaries of Catherines A. Yeaton in pdf format
The Diaries of Catherine A. Yeaton (1820-1900)
Catherine A. Yeaton was the daughter of William Yeaton and Elizabeth Ham, in 1841, she married Warren Yeaton, son of John Yeaton and Betsey Towle. They resided on North Road at the Yeaton Tavern, and there raised their children: Ellen A., who married Daniel C. Ayer; William Henry (1842-1870); Caroline Annette who married Hiram A. Holmes; Thomas M. Yeaton (1846-1846); Charles A., John Warren, and Alvah L. Yeaton. Warren Yeaton died in 1890. The diaries are for the years 1882, 1885, 1886 and 1895. They give an account of the comings and goings of people at the tavern, including much of the day to day activities in running the farm, as well as the weather.
1882.......... 1885 (below) 1886..........1895
CATHERINE A. YEATON
1885 Diary
Thurs Jan 1
Cooler, little snow squall
Alvah sawed and split wood part of the day
Friday 2
Fearful cold, windy
Warren and Alvah went to Aunt Sally's funeral
She was buried over to Pittsfield
Alvah, Fred Page away all night somewhere
Ellen called
Saturday 3
Cold morning, fair day
Alvah came home in the evening
Sun Jan 4
Mostly cloudy, not quite so cold
Alvah away most of the day
Did not have any callers
Monday 5
Cold fair
Washed
Alvah away to mill and store, sawed some wood
Warren down to Bens a little while
Ellen called
Tuesday 6
Very rainy day and part of the night
Alvah up to Slab city and down the road
Wed Jan 7
Cloudy, fair some
Alvah, Kelley and Eddie Kelley cut wood
Spun three skeins
Ellen and Aunt Marsy called afternoon
Thursday 8
Mostly fair, not very cold
Alvah, Eddie Kelley cut wood, True cut half day with them
Warren in the wood part of the time
Spun three skeins
Friday 9
Fair cool windy
Churned
Alvah away somewhere
Warren down the road
Sat Jan 10
Cold windy
Alvah did not do much, got bad cold
Apun three skeins
Sunday 11
Mostly cloudy, rain in the evening
Blake called and Frank Brown, Charley Eastman
Rain in the night
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 12
Very rainy and windy forenoon
A hail wind and thundershower afternoon
Alvah away to mill, gone all day somewhere
Went to Suncook
Tues Jan 13
Cold
Alvah up to Slab City
Jim Bickford came back with him
Finished spinning, had twenty six skeins
Letter from Naity (?)
Wednesday 14
Cold
Alvah away to Manchester
Ellen called
Thursday 15
Cloudy snowy afternoon
Alvah up to his place, somewhere forenoon
Saul to dinner
Alvah carried him away
Friday Jan 16
Snowy all day, hail at night
Alvah away to Northwood all day
Saturday 17
Thawy in morning, afternoon very cold and awful wind
Alvah up to Roberts farm and up to the city and mill with Ben afternoon
Cleared away leaving a crust
Sunday 18
Fair cool some wind
Alvah away with Frank Brown down to Deerfield
Daniel Ellen called
Very crusty
Mon Jan 19
Cold
Alvah away somewhere
Cut a little wood to the door
Tuesday 20
Cold fair
Washed
Alvah here and there
Sent Naity letter
Warren down the road all day, back cidery
Mrs. George Bickford spent the evening with me
Daniel Ellen called
Wednesday 21
Fair cold
Alvah away on stage, gone over night
Bill (?) called
Daniel Ellen called evening
Thurs Jan 22
Fair, awful cold, fearful cold night
Alvah came home
Warren away to store
Friday 23
Not quite so cold
Alvah went to mill afternoon
Warren away up turnpike _ day, Ellen brought him home
Snow in the night
Saturday 24
Snowy forenoon, lot of snow
Alvay away to blacksmith, gone into the night
Warren down the road, Bill Durgin came back with him
Sun Jan 25
Cold fair
Alvah carried Durgin home
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 26
Fair cold
Alvah got up some wood, he and Warren fit up a load
Lent Will Bartlett (?) 15 dollars paid
Tuesday 27
Very cold windy
Churned
Alvah, Warren get wood part of the day
Mr. Kelley called
Daniel Ellen called evening
Wed Jan 28
Cold snowy day
Alvah down to Bens afternoon, up to Knowles evening
Thursday 29
Fair cold lot of snow
Alvah break north road forenoon
Afternoon up to Silvers store with Bartlett, away in evening somewhere
Warren down to Bens evening
Mrs. Gen Locke buried 77 years 4 months old
[Hannah Parker Moses (1804-1885) married Gen. Benjamin Lovering Locke]
Friday 30
Cold
Alvah cut little wood, hauled up a load, break out road forenoon
Warren up to Knowles store, got tobacco
Daniel Ellen to tea
Sat Jan 31
Fair not quite so cold
Alvah away all day on stage and cars
Ellen called
Sunday Feb 1
Snowy day, some cold
Alvah away somewhere afternoon and evening
Not any callers today
Monday 2
Fair cold blustering day
Nothing done today
Alvah went up to Knowles, up to Kelley's down to Bens
Tues Feb 3
Fair cold windy
Alvah, Joe Meserve break roads and a little wood with oxen
Daniel Ellen called evening
Wednesday 4
Fair cold
Alvah, Joe Meserve break road with oxen half day
Alvah, Joe fit wood afternoon
Siah Langley called
Thursday 5
Cool
Finished washing
Alvah went to Concord
Joe Meserve went to Concord
Daniel Ellen to tea
Fri Feb 6
Fair cool pleasant
Alvah went to Tennant's store, down to Ambroses
Eggs 23 cts butter 23 cts
Warren up turnpike somewhere
Ira called
Saturday 7
Fair cold
Alvah away to Concord
Piper and Fred Page called
Piper stayed over one night
Sunday 8
Fair cold
Alvah carried Piper away
Daniel Ellen called
Mon Feb 9
Fair pleasant cool
Alvah down to Bens up to the city, settled with Hosea
Rain in the night, wind
Tuesday 10
Rainy, bad traveling
Alvah away to city with Fred Page, gone all day
Cleared away cold
Cad )?) and Lena called
Wednesday 11
Fair cold
Alvah hauled wood for Chase afternoon
Daniel Ellen called evening
Thurs Feb 12
Fair cool
Alvah went to Buck Street with boards for Ben
Friday 13
Fair not quite so cold
Alvah away all day and night
Daniel Ellen called
Saturday 14
Fair cold
Alvah came home, hauled wood for Chase afternoon
Mr. Leighton called.
Sun Feb 15
Fair quite pleasant
Eddie Yeaton, Jim Bickford called
Cad (?) Lena and Etta called
Monday 16
Very windy, cold, driving snow storm
Rain in the night, very crusty
Alvah went up to Slab City with Fred Page afternoon
John Page called
Tuesday 17
Awful cold
Alvah breaking roads all day with oxen
Wed Feb 18
Hazy cold
Alvah breaking road with oxen part of the forenoon, afternoon break down
turnpike with oxen
Alvah went to mill and store
Eggs 25 cts
Letter from Naity (Waity?)
Thursday 19
Fair pleasant cold
Nothing done today
Very crusty
Ellen called
Friday 20
Fair cold
Alvah sawed some wood
Sat Feb 21
Fair cold
Alvah sawed some wood
Warren split some
Alvah, Fred Page went away, gone all night somewhere
Sunday 22
Fair cool pleasant
Alvah, Fred came home in evening, Fred stayed over night
Daniel Ellen called, been to Deerfield
Monday 23
Churned
Fair cold pleasant
Washed
Nothing done today
Alvah sawed a little wood
Tues Feb 24
Fair cool pleasant
Alvah sawed wood
Ellen called
Wednesday 25
Fair quite pleasant, warmer
Alvah sawed wood
Warren up and down the road
Mrs. Griffin moved home from Mrs. Parkers
Thursday 26
Fair pleasant thawy some
Alvah finished sawing wood that is to the door
Fine sleighing
Finished my mat
Friday Feb 27
Fair pleasant
Alvah split wood &c
Tripp called
Daniel Ellen called evening
Saturday 28
Fair very pleasant thawing
Alvah hauled up two loads wood
Awful cold all through Feb.
Sunday March 1
Mostly cloudy rainy towards night
Little snow this morning
Daniel Ellen called
Mon March 2
Fair
Washed
Alvah cut sawed some wood
Warren helped some, then away to Bens
Tuesday 3
Fair
Alvah sawed and hauled some wood
Wednesday 4
Snow part of the day
Alvah and Warren fit a load of wood
Daniel Ellen called
Thurs March 5
Cloudy
Alvah away to Northwood with oxen hauling wood for Bartlett
Friday 6
Fair pleasant
Alvah away to Northwood to work with oxen
Ira called
George Griffin called
Saturday 7
Fair pleasant squally
Alvah away to Northwood with oxen
Sunday March 8
Squally cold
Daniel Ellen called
George Ham called
George Griffin here, stayed over night
Monday 9
Fair cold
Alvah, Warren hauled and fit up wood
Tuesday 10
Washed
Some squally, cold windy
Alvah away somewhere
Warren went to town meeting
Piper and Benalds (?) called
Jim Bickford stayed over night
Wed March 11
Fair cold windy
Fred, Alvah away with Hill and Jim Bickford
Warren away most of the day, back drunk
Nice sleighing a lot of days
Thursday 12
Fair cold
Alvah sawed and split up a load of wood and hauled up a load
Warren helped a little
Friday 13
Fair cold
Alvah cut split and got up some wood
Warren down and up the road all day
Joe Marden came around
Sat March 14
Fair
Alvah, Joe fit and got up wood
Warren down the road all day
Naity came up from Manchester
Charles and Harry came from Concord, stayed one night
Sunday 15
Snowy day
Charles and Harry back to Concord
Daniel Ellen called
Tues mar 17
Fair cold
Alvah, Joe away to Suncook
Joe came back to Bens
Piper came around
Warren up and down the road after cider
Ellen called
Wednesday 18
Cold some squally
Alvah, Piper up to steam mill forenoon, after dinner down to Bens
Warren up and down the road full of cider
Thursday 19
Fair some cold
Alvah, Piper fit up load of wood
Warren over the road full of cider
Fri March 20
Fair very cold
Alvah, Piper puttering around the dam (?) &c
I went to Haines store, took time to Ellens
Saturday 21
Fair very cold, windy
Boys not doing much
Alvah got something in one eye
Warren traveling the road
Griffin stayed one night
Sunday 22
Fair not quite so cold
Warren down and up the road
Daniel Ellen called
Griffin stayed all day and night
Mon March 23
Fair cold
Churned
Alvah, Gene cut logs for plank
Red cow got a calf
{Eugene Piper, abt 1855-1914]
Tuesday 24
Fair pleasant sharp air
Washed
Alvah, Gene cutting logs and hauled to mill
Warren down and up the road
Ellen called, been to Deerfield to carry dad Ayers
Wednesday 25
Fair windy cold, squally this morning
Alvah, Gen cut and hauled logs and wood
Warren down and up the road
Thurs Mar 26
Fair, little warmer than some
Alvah, Gene went to Suncook, carried potatoes
Warren down and up the road
Jake Griffin called
Friday 27
Fair pleasant, thawy some
Alvah, Gene in the woods afternoon
Warren down the road, started at eight o'clock morning, came back at six,
went up turnpike, came back at eleven at night
Ellen called
Saturday 28
Fair thawy
Alvah, Gene finished hauling up wood
Saul to dinner
Warren down road forenoon - afternoon up turnpike
Ira called
Snow towards morning
Sun March 29
Snowy forenoon
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 30
Fair moderate
Washed
Alvah, Gene fit up wood
Warren up turnpike morning, back to dinner, then down the road, came back,
went up the road again, back at 8 o'clock evening
Tuesday 31
Fair thawy
Alvah, Gene fit up wood this side of the house
Letter from Naity (Waity?)
Very cold month
Wed April 1
Fair windy thawy
Boys not doing much
Gene away to Northwood afternoon
Thursday 2
Fair
Alvah work around barn, Gene up to Cyrus Browns ___ down to Northwood
evening
Daniel Ellen called evening
Friday 3
Fair very pleasant
Alvah, Gene away somewhere part of the day
Warren up and down the road
Sat April 4
A cold rain storm
Alvah, Gene up to his house cleaning harness and blacking them
Sunday 5
Fair not so cold
Alvah, Gene up to the house forenoon, then down the old road
Warren up through the city most of the day
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 6
Some cloudy, cold wind
Alvah started for New York, Gene here
Fred Page called
Warren down the road forenoon, back full of cider
Griffin stayed over one night
Tues April 7
Fair pleasant
Washed
Gene fit up wood on the other side of the house
Fred Page here all day sick
Warren down and up the road, back ugly, drunk
Rain in the night
Wednesday 8
Rainy, foggy
Alvah came home from New York at noon
Gene up to the house, oil the harness, away to Northwood afternoon
Ellen called
Thursday 9
Cold windy day
Alvah, Gene up to the city morning, up to his house afternoon
Warren down and up the road, then down the road again
Fri April 10
Fair not so cold
Churned
Alvah, Gene hauled hay from his place forenoon, than up to steam mill
afternoon
Saturday 11
Fair pleasant, cold night
Alvah, Gene away to store (?) up to steam mill _ up a saw
Commenced to clean house this afternoon
Sunday 12
Cloudy out, wind snow towards night
Ira, Blake called
Mon April 13
Still snowing, trees loaded with snow
Spark got a calf
Tuesday 14
Washed
Fair snow all gone
Lent Gene two dollars, he went to Northwood
Paid
Ellen, Aunt Mary (?) called
Wednesday 15
Fair
Alvah, Gene went to Northwood after hay
Thursday April 16
Part fair
Alvah, Gene, Frank Brown, Fred Hill unload hay, take away some banking
Edd Yeaton, Jim Bickford called evening
Warren running road full of cider
J W Page called
Friday 17
Fair cool
Alvah away to New York again
Gene takes care of barn
Ellen called
Sent Waity letter
Fair
Gene taken care of barn
Warren away most of the day and part of the night
Blake hung two doors
Sun April 19
Fair quite warm
Gene here taken care of barn
Alvah came home evening
Will and Bertha called
Went to church
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 20
Fair pleasant
Washed
Alvah went up to the steam mill, got saw_, take banking away from his
house
Frank Edmunds to dinner
Gene away to Cyrus Browns to work
Daniel Ellen called
Warren down and up the road full of cider, back drunk and ugly
Tuesday 21
Fair
Alvah up to the mill to haul on logs to have sawed, hauled home boards
Daniel and Saul called
Wednesday April 22
Fair warm
Alvah got away some banking
Mrs. Griffin to dinner
Thursday 23
Fair warm
Alvah worked around the school house
Warren down and up road
Letter from Naity
Friday 24
Fair hot
Churned
Alvah work to school house
Warren run the road
Sat April 25
Fair, little cooler
Alvah away to Northwood after hay up to Slab City
Warren down the road all day and gone all night
Ellen called
Sunday 26
Cold rain and snow storm
Set a hen
Charles and Waity here, came from Ellens
Charles went home, Alvah carried him part way
Fred Page and George Griffin stay all night
Monday 27
Fair windy, cold
Alvah carried Waity to Depot, away to Pittsfield afternoon
Warren away somewhere in the night, back drunk, ugly
Daniel Ellen called
Tuesday April 28
Some cloudy, cool
Washed
Alvah getting out manure, Warren helped some
Cold rain in the night
Wednesday 29
Cols rain part of the day
Alvah up to his house forenoon, up to store after dinner
Warren down and up the road, back in the night
Thursday 30
Fair cool
Alvah away to Bens to work with oxen and plow cart
Warren set up mash
John W. Page died in Fremont (?)
Made some soap
Friday May 1
Cloudy some cool
Alvah worked for Ben, oxen plow
I went up to Alvah's house
Warren running the road
Rain in the night
Bill Yeaton called
Finished making soap
Saturday 2
Rainy part of the day
Cold freezing night
Alvah up to City up to his house, down to Northwood
Sunday 3
Fair cold
Daniel Ellen called
Mon May 4
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Joe Marden plowing
Charles called
Warren let him have twenty five dollars - took a note
Warren on the road
Tuesday 5
Cool some cloudy
Alvah, Siah Langley, harrowing and sowing oats
Opened flour barrel
Warren on the road
Ellen called
Wednesday 6
Cloudy cold
Alvah, Joe, Austin, Warren plowing up by the old well
Daniel called
Thursday May 7
Cold windy cloudy
Alvah, Siah work up to his place
Warren away somewhere
Friday 8
Churned
Dull day, rainy afternoon and night
Alvah, Siah build fence, plow, harrow, afternoon they and Warren set out
trees
Saturday 9
Fair cool
Alvah, Austin plow up to his place
Saul to dinner
Warren away all day into the night somewhere
Over to Chesley's
Sunday May 10
Fair windy cool
Alvah, Gene away to Northwood, back after ten
Daniel Ellen away to Deerfield
Monday 11
Fair cold
Washed
Alvah work for Widow Parker, oxen plow
Siah Langley fencing down to the river with Ben
Warren doing nothing
Alvah, Gene away to Deerfield evening
Frosty night
Tuesday 12
Fair cool
Alvah, Warren getting our some manure
Wed May 13
Fair
Alvah, Warren pick rocks
Alvah harrow up to his place afternoon
Thursday 14
Cloudy cool
Alvah work to Cyrus Browns, Warren spread manure forenoon
Rain in the night
Friday 15
Churned
Alvah work for Langley
Warren running the road
Ritchie called
Ellen and Lena called
Letter from Waity
Sat May 16
Fair warm
Alvah work for Cyrus Brown
Warren spread little manure &c
Sunday 17
Fair pleasant
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 18
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Siah, Warren part of the day, planting up to his place
Shower in the evening
Tues May 19
Some rain
Alvah, Gene plowing
Sent Waity letter
Daniel, Edd Eastman called
Wednesday 20
Some cloudy, little rain morning
Gene and Warren plow forenoon, Robert and Gene plow afternoon
Alvah and Robert build fence forenoon, after dinner Alvah harrows
Warren on the road into the night
Shaws tribe came up
Thursday 21
Fair
Churned
Alvah, Gene plow forenoon
Alvah down to the Hoyts afternoon to work
Ellen called
Friday May 22
Fair
Alvah, Warren harrow, pick rocks
Saturday 23
Rainy
Alvah, Warren, two Brown boys plant corn front of the house
Sunday 24
Fair cool pleasant
Joe Marden stayed over night
Daniel Ellen called
Mon May 25
Rainy
Alvah, Joe plow, pick rocks, put dirt in hay yard &c
Finished cleaning house
Tuesday 26
Fair windy
Washed
Alvah, Joe work for Daniel
Warren doing nothing
Warren on the road
Wednesday 27
Fair
Alvah, Joe work for Cyrus Brown
Ellen called
I sick today
Warren do nothing
Thurs May 28
Fair cold morning
Churned
Alvah, Joe Marden plant potatoes, Warren helped part of the day
Daniel Ellen called
Friday 29
Fair
Alvah, Joe plant, build fence
Sarah Cochran and Elsie called
Ellen called
Cleaned cellar
Saturday 30
Fair showers
Alvah sheared sheep
Joe not doing much
Gene here
Warren went away at _ came home half past eleven at night 11 ½
o'clock
Decoration Day
Sun May 31
Rainy day
Gene here
Joe away
John Hall died
[John Clark Hall 1806-1885, lived on Center Hill next to Center school]
Monday June 1
Showers
Washed
Alvah plans beans, corn, and cucumbers
Warren helped some
Joe went home
Daniel Ellen called
Tuesday 2
Fair cold
Churned
Alvah worked here and there &c
Wed June 3
Cool fair
Alvah cut and hauled stakes
I went up to Haines's store
Butter skilling (?)
Eggs 15
Thursday 4
Fair
Alvah, Robert build fence
Warren down the road all day, back full of cider
Friday 5
Very rainy, thunder once
__ Kelley called
Sat June 6
Fair cool
Churned
Alvah, Warren work on north road
Gene stayed over night
Sunday 7
Fair showery windy cool
Fred Page called, he and Gene to dinner
Daniel Ellen called, been to Deerfield
Monday 8
Warm windy
Washed
Alvah, Fred Page, saw and split wood forenoon than away to Northwood
Warren away all day and night up to Chesley's to work
Sent Charles letter
Heavy shower this morning
Tues June 9
Fair cold windy
Alvah, Robert build fence
Warren away all day up to Chesley's and all night
Ellen called
Letter from Waity
Wednesday 10
Fair, windy, not quite so cold
Alvah away to blacksmith, sawed and split wood afternoon
Warren away to Chesley's all day and night
Thursday 11
Fair pleasant
Churned
Alvah, Saul work in the barn
Warren up to Chesley's, came home in the night
I went up to Ellen's to dinner
Warren away four days and three nights
Fri June 12
Fair warm windy
Alvah, Warren work on turnpike
Saturday 13
Fair warm windy
Alvah, Warren work on North road
Ellen called
Bill Yeaton looked in
Sunday 14
Fair warm very windy
Alvah away afternoon up North road
Gene, George Ham, ___
Peter Pero called
Mon June 15
Fair
Churned
Washed
Alvah moved Jane Macks goods to Depot, sawed wood &c
Ellen called
Tuesday 16
Fair, very hot, windy
Alvah, George Ham, hoeing corn. Warren worked part of the time, down to
Bens all of the afternoon
Very hot day
Wednesday 17
Fair, cooler
Alvah, George Ham, Warren finish hoeing corn
Daniel Ellen called
John Blake called
Sent a letter
Thurs June 18
Fair cooler
Alvah, George Ham hoeing Alvah's potatoes, Warren helped some
Friday 19
Fair warm day
Alvah, George Ham, peel bark
Warren down the road forenoon, but afternoon down in the woods
Daniel Ellen called
Drove red cow
Saturday 20
Fair hot
Churned
Alvah, George peel bark, Warren part of the time
Sun June 21
Fair windy cooler
Gene here
Daniel Ellen called
A letter from SPP (?)
Monday 22
Windy showery forenoon
Washed
Alvah, Warren hoe potatoes afternoon
Tuesday 23
Fair windy cool
Alvah, Warren hoeing
Alvah went up to Haines's
Sam Prescott came up
Drove the heifer
Wed June 24
Fair cool windy
Alvah piling up bark
Warren now around the house
Rufus Marden called
Ellen called
Thursday 25
Fair warm
Churned
Alvah, George Ham, Robert Brown peeling bark
Warren not doing much
Harry to dinner
Joe Marden moved in Alvah's house
Friday 26
Warm fair, thundershowers afternoon
Alvah up to his house part forenoon, got in some hay, away to Northwood
Sam Prescott away home, stayed three nights with us
Warren doing nothing, away up the road after dinner
Sat June 27
Some fair, windy, hot
Alvah, Warren work on road towards the mill
John C Hill called
Harry here
Sunday 28
Fair, rain in the night
Gene here
Daniel Ellen called
Tues June 30
Fair cloudy windy cool
Alvah, Warren, Joe Marden hoeing corn
Daniel called
Wednesday July 1
Some showery, cold
Alvah went up to Haines's store
Alvah, Joe Marden hoeing potatoes up to his place afternoon
Warren away up turnpike afternoon
Thursday 2
Fair cool
Alvah, Harry cultivate potatoes
Alvah work around the barn &c. away to Pittsfield
Joe and George Marden hoe potatoes, beans
Warren hoe some, full of cider
Daniel Ellen called, been to Deerfield
Fri July 3
Some fair, some cloudy, thunder showery
Finished hoeing
Joe Marden here all day
Alvah, Joe and George Marden peel bark afternoon
Waity came up to Daniels
Saturday 4
Fair showery
Churned
Alvah, Joe Marden puttering around the barn fixing hay tools
Joe work for cider and virtuals (?)
Alvah, Gene away all night
Ellen brought Waity down
Sunday 5
Fair
Daniel Ellen called
Waity here
Mon July 6
Cloudy fair showery thunder
Alvah, Warren, Joe Marden haying
Joe worked half day
Waity away to Manchester
Daniel called
Tuesday 7
Cloudy, showery
Not much done
Wednesday 8
Fair hot
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter haying
Ellen pluming
Thursday July 9
Fair windy warm
Churned
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter haying - Harry too
Ellen pluming
Friday 10
Showery this morning
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter, Harry haying in the orchard
Saturday 11
Fair
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter, Harry haying
Ellen pluming
Daniel called
Sun July 12
Fair
Make cheese
Monday 13
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter haying up to Alvah's place
Ellen pluming
Daniel called
Tuesday 14
Cloudy rainy
Churned
Warren, Peter hay half day
Alvah away to get oxen shod
Joe to breakfast
Ellen plum a little while
Letter from Waity
Wed July 15
Fair
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter, Harry haying
Thursday 16
Shower this morning
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter, Harry haying
Made cheese
Friday 17
Fair hot
Alvah, Warren, Joe, Peter, Harry haying
Ellen pluming
Daniel called
Sat July 18
Fair, wind, little cooler
Alvah, Warren (Peter half day) Harry finished haying in Batchelder field
Saul to dinner
Daniel Ellen pluming
Sunday 19
Fair fine hay day
The first Sunday for a long time without mealers or callers
Good
Monday 20
Some __
Washed
Alvah, Warren hay some
Harry pluming
Alvah away to Northwood after hey for reasual (?) stage driver
Ira Putadidy (?) called drunk, swearing (?)
Daniel Ellen pluming
Tues July 21
Showery through the day
Churned
Not any haying done
Fred Hill and Peter here
Wednesday 22
Fine hay day
Alvah, Peter haying out in the meadow - Warren part of the day
Ellen, Harry pluming
Daniel called
Thursday 23
Little hazy
Alvah, Peter, Warren haying
Jim Bickford here part of the day
Ellen, Harry pluming, made cheese
Fri July 24
Some cloudy hot
Alvah Warren Peter Jim Bickford haying some
Gene called
Harry worked for Kelley
Ellen pluming afternoon
Saturday
Come cloudy, very hot
Churned
Alvah, Peter, Jim away to Pittsfield
Warren down the road then up the road into night
Alvah, Jim gone all day
Sunday 26
Fair, little cooler
David Edgerly to dinner
Mon July 27
Cool little hazy
Washed
Alvah, Peter, Jim, Warren work down in meadow
Warren did not do much afternoon
Harry away to Holmes
Ellen pluming
Drove red cow again
Tuesday 28
Fair not very hot
Alvah, Peter, Jim work down in the meadow
Warren helped a little
Plums three cents qt
Ellen pluming
Wednesday 29
Showery day
Peter away, home after dinner
Harry came back from Holmes
Ellen called
Thurs July 30
Still dull weather
Alvah, Jim away until two o'clock Deerfield way
Daniel Goss called
Made cheese
Friday 31
Fair part day
Churned
Alvah, Jim, Warren work down in meadow, Peter in afternoon
Saturday Aug 1
Fair cloudy cool, not much hay weather, showers
Alvah, Peter, Jim, Warren, Harry hay some
Ellen pluming little
Sun Aug 2
Some cloudy some fair
Alvah, Gene away somewhere
Jim here
Monday 3
Cloudy spinning showers
Washed
Alvah, Warren, Jim hay some
Harry away to Concord, been here five weeks last Saturday
Ellen pluming
Tuesday 4
Showers forenoon
Nothing done today
Jim here
Ellen pluming some
Made cheese
Wed Aug 5
Fair
Alvah, Warren half day
George Ham, Jim B work up to the river
Ellen pluming
Thursday 6
Churned
Made cheese
Alvah, Warren, George, Jim finish haying up to the river
Cut some oats
Ellen pluming
Friday 7
Mostly fair
Alvah, Warren work on oats
Jim away to Concord
Mrs. Marden called
I went up to Silvers store
Ellen pluming
Sat Aug 8
Fine hay day
Alvah, Jim, Warren finish haying
Jim away home
Ellen pluming
Sunday 9
Some fair, some cloudy
Made cheese
Monday 10
Dull day
Washed
Alvah, Warren not doing much
Mrs. Marden called
Ellen pluming
Tues Aug 11
Showery, hot
Alvah away to Concord
Letter from Waity
Mrs. Marden called
Ellen pluming
Wednesday 12
Hot fair shower
Made cheese
Alvah cut his oats
Ellen to dinner and tea
Mrs. Marden called
Ellen pluming
Daniel called
Thursday 13
Fair then cloudy showery
Alvah worked on his oats
Ellen plum forenoon
Fri Aug 14
Fair most of the day
Alvah cut part of Bills meadow, finished getting in his oats
Warren helped some
Saturday 15
Fair little cooler
Alvah finish Bill's meadow
Warren cut some oats &c
Alvah away at night, did not come home
Ellen plum afternoon
Sunday 16
Fair fine day
Alvah came home
Made cheese
Gene called. Started for the beach
Daniel Ellen went to Deerfield
Mon Aug 17
Fair
Washed
Alvah fis(?) a place in the swamp for the cattle
He and Warren work on oats, get them in
Ellen plum afternoon
Tuesday 18
Fair comfortable weather
Alvah went up to the Haines's store, down to Bens &c
Ellen plum afternoon
Wednesday 19
Fair, windy
Made cheese
Alvah away to Manchester
Ellen plum afternoon
Thurs Aug 20
Fair cool
Alvah not doing anything
Teamster to dinner
Ellen plum a little
Friday 21
Fair fine day
Nothing done today of any account
I went up to Mr. Haines's store, saw Jane Holmes
Mrs. Nathan Griffin buried
Rain in the night
[Mary Cate 1801-1885, married Nathan Griffin; Jane is apparently Eliza
Jennie Holmes, granddaughter, who married Horace Sherburne]
Saturday 22
Little rain this morning
Alvah away somewhere part of the day
Got pits
Fair windy
Gene stayed one night
Sun Aug 23
Fair most of the day
Gene here
Daniel Ellen called
Made cheese
Monday 24
Cloudy
Washed
Alvah went to Concord with Lambs
Gene here all day
Sent Waity letter
Warren away after dinner up turnpike
Tuesday 25
Rainy
Alvah here and there
Gene away to Cyrus B this morning
Mrs. Marden called
Wed Aug 26
Cold
Made cheese
Alvah went up to store &c
Papered bedroom
Thursday 27
Fair cold
Alvah went away to the Wires camp meeting
Ellen called, we went up to see Mrs. Marden
Friday 28
Fair cold
Alvah came home from meeting
Jim Bickford to dinner
Daniel Ellen called
Mrs. Marden called
Sat Aug 29
Fair cool
Alvah worked for Henry Emerson with oxen
Joe Marden moved away from Alvah's house
Mrs. Marden called
Sunday 30
Cool
Made cheese
Very rainy day cool
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 31
Rainy morning then fair
Washed
Alvah away somewhere most of the day
Tues Sept 1
Fair
Alvah pulled and got in some beans
Ellen called
Wednesday 2
Fair windy cool
Alvah work on turnpike
Finished making cheese
Thursday 3
Fair cool
Alvah, Warren cut second crop in Batchelder field, got in some beans
Friday Sept 4
Cool, fair, shower in the evening
Alvah, Warren get in hay
Alvah helped Ben part of the afternoon
Daniel called
Saturday 5
Fair cool
Alvah away with Fred Hill for most of the day
Lucian Heath's barn burnt
Sunday 6
Fair cool
Jim Bickford called
Gene called
Fred Hill here again, went home last night then back
Mon Sept 7
Fair cool
Washed
Alvah work up to the school house with oxen
Fred Hill away to Pittsfield
Piper stayed one night
Ellen called
Tuesday 8
Mostly fair, cool
Alvah _ drag and putter around
Piper here all day an night
Rain in the night
Wednesday 9
Mostly dull day, cool
Thunder shower before night
Alvah here and there
Fred Page called
Thurs Sept 10
Some cloudy
Thrashers here and up to Alvah's barn
Daniel Ellen called
Friday 11
Fair
Churned
Alvah finished thrashing up to his place
Afternoon helped Ben thrash
Jane and Baby spent the day with me
Saturday 12
Fair
Alvah help Ben forenoon, afternoon work on turnpike
Warren worked on road all day
Ellen called
Sun Sept 13
Fair
Piper called
Monday 14
Fair, hot
Washed
Warren, Alvah, Austin cut stalks
Tuesday 15
Fair hot
Warren, Alvah, Austin finish cutting stalks and get them in
Ellen called
Letter from Waity
Wed Sept 16
Fair cooler
Alvah helped Ben dig potatoes
Ellen called
Thursday 17
Fair cool
Churned
Alvah, George Ham pick rocks forenoon, afternoon pick apples
Warren helped some
Alvah, George grind apples at night
Ellen called
Friday 18
Fair
Alvah, George finish cider
Warren, Alvah, George Ham dig potatoes
Sat Sept 19
Fair windy
Alvah, Warren dig potatoes
Bill Griffin called
Sunday 20
Fair, pleasant, quite a frost at night
Gene, Blake D Raymonk (?) called
Monday 21
Windy, fair, cool
Washed
Alvah, Warren, George Ham dig potatoes for Alvah
Tues Sept 22
Mostly fair
Alvah away to Bens to get stalks, dig potatoes
Ellen called
Rain in the night
Wednesday 23
Cjurned
Rainy part of the time, cold , windy
Alvah, Warren dig his potatoes
Thursday 24
Fair cool
Alvah work for George Ham
I went to Silvers Store, called to Ellens
Daniel Ellen called
Fri Sept 25
Fair
Alvah worked for Ben
Saturday 26
Fair
Alvah dig potatoes forenoon, afternoon hauled wood for Mrs. Wallace
Warren dig potatoes most of the day
Ellen called
Sunday 27
Fair hot day
Mon Sept 28
Fair warm
Washed
Alvah plow for Trickey
Tuesday 29
Little cloudy, warm
Alvah haul brick for Farnam forenoon and evening
Waity came up
George Yeaton called
Daniel Ellen called
Wednesday 30
Fair, warm
Alvah, Warren work in hog pen
Alvah cut his hand
Thursday Oct 1
Fair warm
Alvah, Warren, George Ham, pick apples
Friday 2
Fair warm
Alvah, warren, George Ham pick apples, work on North road
Charles came down sick
Ellen called
Saturday 3
Rainy day, warm
Alvah got oxen shod
Sun Oct 4
Rainy, fair, wind, warm, cloudy
Bill Yeaton's Frank buried
Daniel Ellen called
[could this be William F. Yeaton born 1852, son of William Yeaton and
Lucretia McDaniel ? no record in Epsom]
Monday 5
Fair windy
Washed
Alvah, Warren, George Ham pick apples
Charles went to Pittsfield
Tuesday 6
Rainy afternoon, cool
Alvah, Warren, George Ham pick apples forenoon
Afternoon pick over potatoes for Alvah
Charles and Waity went up to Ellens
Cleared away in the night, cold heavy frost
Wed Oct 7
Fair cold
Churned
Alvah worked around the building forenoon, then he and Warren got in corn
Ben called
Harry called, Charles to tea
Piper stayed over night
Frosty, some ice
Thursday 8
Cold, little hazy, windy
Alvah, George pick apples
Warren away to Chesley's, came back one o'clock at night, drunk
Friday 9
Fair, windy, cool
Alvah, George pick apples
Warren away to Bens all day, back drunk
Waity came back from Ellens
Charles picks _ apples
Sat Oct 10
Fair, windy
Alvah, Warren, Charles husk and get in corn
I went up to Haines's store after dinner
Sunday 11
Fair, cool
Piper called cross as a bear
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 12
Fair, windy
Washed
Alvah, Charles picked apples up to his place
Husked corn
Warren husked corn
Ellen called
Tues Oct 13
Cloudy
Alvah, Charles, Warren husk and then cut and get in corn
Rainy afternoon and night
John and wife stay over night
Waity away to Manchester
[John is probably her son]
Wednesday 14
Cloudy, rain part of the time
Charles and Warren husk
Alvah away with cart of apples then away to Northwood
John and wife away to Concord.
Thursday 15
Fair pleasant
Alvah, Warren, Charles pick apples
Fri Oct 16
Fair pleasant
Churned
Alvah, Warren, Charles pick apples, husk some
Saturday 17
Fair pleasant
Alvah, Warren husk, get in corn, pick apples
Finished getting in corn and picking apples
Charles went to Concord and back
Sunday 18
Fair pleasant
Fred Page called
Daniel Ellen called
Letter from Waitly
Mon Oct 19
Cloudy most of the day
Washed
Alvah, Joe Marden, Charles husk mash beans, fix cider barrels, haul apples
to mill &c
Warren husk forenoon then away up turnpike, back in the night, drunk
Tuesday 20
Fair part of the day, warm
Alvah, Joe Marden making cider
Charles loads apples to go over to the mill with them
Sent Waity letter
Wednesday 21
Cloudy, rainy night
Alvah, Joe make cider
Charles load apples over to the mill
Warren down to Bens, clean out privy
Thurs Oct 22
Some cloudy, windy
Alvah, Joe make cider
Charles boils cider afternoon
Warren away most of the day up turnpike
John Robinson camp up after Shaw's cattle
Daniel Ellen called
Friday 23
Fair warm
Alvah, Joe Marden make cider
Charles away to Concord to work
Warren down to Bens most of the day
Ellen called
Saturday 24
Fair, then cloudy afternoon
Churned
Alvah, Joe finish making cider forenoon, then away to Depot after coal
for J Chesley
Warren banks up back side of the house &c
Bought steer of Frank Johnson $14.00
Sun Oct 25
Fair pleasant, very hot for the season
Frank Johnson, Fred Roberts (?), Gene Piper here full of cider
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 26
Fair pleasant
Washed
Alvah hauled coal
Warren banking up some
Tuesday 27
Fair, warm for season
Alvah hauling coal
Warren puttering around banking a little
Ellen called
Letter from Waitly
Wed Oct 28
Foggy, misty day
Alvah hauling coal
Warren piles wood into the shed
Thursday 29
Foggy misty cooler
Alvah hauling coal
Finished hauling coal
Charley and Edd Eastman and a boy to dinner
Edd to supper
Warren scrape _ yard a little
Rainy night
Friday 30
Rainy day
Alvah up to the depot, down to Northwood
Sat Oct 31
Cooler, little snow this morning
Alvah away to Northwood
George Ham work for me with oxen hauling wood for Mrs. Wallace
Ellen called
Cold night
Sunday Nov 1
Cold, cloudy part of the day
Gene and Peter called
Monday 2
Very rainy day, cold
Churned
Alvah went up to Roberts, up to store
Joe Marden stayed over night
Tues Nov 3
Fair, snow squall
Washed
Alvah, Joe Marden work in barn and put some dirt around the house forenoon,
then away all afternoon and night
Wednesday 4
Some cloudy, cold
Alvah, Joe finish banking house, get out some rocks down in the field
Thursday 5
Dull day
Alvah away to New York
Joe away home
I went up to Mr. Haines's store, saw Jane Sherburne
Daniel Ellen called in evening
Fri Nov 6
Dull day, but little rain
Warren and I called over to Ben Towles
Sent Waity a letter
Saturday 7
Showery
Churned
Blake and Gene called
Sunday 8
Still showery warm
Alvah came home from New York
Rainy day and night
Gene called
Mon Nov 9
Dull day
Washed
Alvah went up to store, Joe came back with him
Ellen called
Tuesday 10
Fair
Alvah away part of the day
Joe cut up tops for wood, Alvah helped forenoon
Warren sawed wood
Wednesday 11
Fair windy cool
Alvah and Joe dug and hauled off rocks
Warren sawed wood
Finished making sauce
Thurs Nov 12
Fair pleasant windy
Alvah, Joe hauled out manure
Warren sawed wood forenoon then away up turnpike until dark
Friday 13
Fair pleasant cloudy
Alvah, Joe, Warren finish getting out manure
Alvah, Joe hauled dirt in cow and hog yards
Charles came down, stayed over night
Saturday 14
Fair cloudy, not very cold
Alvah went to Boston
Joe spread manure and cut up wood in the pasture
Warren sawed wood forenoon, carried Charles away towards poor town at
_(?)
Sun Nov 15
Fair pleasant cooler
Alvah came home
Joe and Gene here
Daniel Ellen called
Monday 16
Fair wind
Washed
Churned
Alvah, Joe worked with oxen for Baker
Warren cut birches down in pasture
Tuesday 17
Fair
Alvah, Joe plowed
Warren cut birches &c
Letter from Waity
Wed Nov 18
Alvah, Joe plowed
Warren not doing much
Thursday 19
Some rainy
Robert killed hog forenoon
Afternoon Alvah, Joe away to Store Silvers
Friday 20
Fair
Alvah, Joe, Warren fit up wood out in pasture
Alvah cut up hog, hauled up birches
Charles came down
Alvah, Joe went to Pittsfield evening
Ellen called
Sat Nov 21
Fair some
Alvah went up to mill, got boards forenoon then hauled down the wood
Joe away home
Ellen helped me part of the afternoon
Sunday 22
Squally
Joe came back
Gene, Fred Hill and two fellows called
Charles up to the city part of the day
Ellen called
Monday 23
Cold some squally
Washed
Alvah, Joe work for Baker with oxen
Charles went to Concord and back
Warren went up to Holmes and Knowles, got tobacco
Tues Nov 24
Dull day, cold
Alvah, Joe worked for Baker
Charles and Warren cut up tops forenoon
Charles went to mill
Wednesday 25
Stormy, snow and rain
Not much done
Joe went home
Waity came up to Ellens
Very stormy night
Thursday 26
Cold stormy
Thanksgiving
Waity came down
Fri Nov 27
Fair pleasant cool
Alvah, Charles ride our some sleighing
Saturday 28
Fair cool
Churned
Alvah, Charles went to Concord
Ellen to tea
Sunday 29
Fair pleasant
Charles and Waity gone up to the city
Mon Nov 30
Mostly fair
Washed
Alvah, Charles in the woods then here and there
Warren away up turnpike before dinner, back at night
Waity sick
Tuesday Dec 1
Some cloudy
Alvah, Charles cut stuff to shoe sled
Charles cut some tops
Warren worked a little
Wednesday 2
Fair, quite pleasant
Alvah finished sled, carrying Waity to depot, helped Charles pile up wood
Charles worked in the woods all day
Warren up turnpike after dinner, back in the evening
Ellen called
Waity away to Manchester
Thurs Dec 3
Cool morning, snowy morning
Alvah, Warren away to see Trickey (?) got 350 dollars on note
Charles, Alvah, Warren out and hauled up birches afternoon
Alvah away in the evening
Friday 4
Fair
Alvah here and there all day
Charles in the woods all day
Warren helped afternoon, down road after dinner
Walt Yeaton came home
Susan called
Paid hundred dollars on note
Paid taxes 27.76 cts
[Walter son of Benjamin Yeaton and Mary James]
Saturday 5
Rainy
Alvah, Charles hauled ay forenoon from Alvah's barn
Charles away to Concord afternoon on cars
Ellen called
Sun Dec 6
Some fair, cool
Alvah down to Northwood evening
Piper called
Monday 7
Fair windy, very cold
Washed
Alvah up to the city blacksmith
Charles came back at noon, worked afternoon in woods
Raymond S Gowter (?) called
Tuesday 8
Fair cold
Churned
Alvah, Charles commenced logging
Wed Dec 9
Rainy day, snow all gone
Alvah, Robert, Charles, Warren, Joe Marden kill hog
Alvah, Charles, Joe work in the woods afternoon in the rain
Thursday 10
Fair cloudy, quite warm
Alvah, Warren shoe sled
Charles sawed woods
Sent Waity letter
Friday 11
Fair cold windy
Alvah, Charles work in the wood, Warren forenoon
Sat Dec 12
Fair windy
Alvah away all day
Charles helped cut up hog, fit wood to the door
Warren helped some
Ellen called
Sunday 13
Cold, cloudy
Jim Bickford, Fred Page, Charley Eastman called
Snow then rain
Alvah down to Bens then away with Charley Eastman
Monday 14
Snow gone, warm, rainy
Alvah, Charles in the woods afternoon
Charles fir wood forenoon
Tues Dec 15
Fair cold windy
Washed
Alvah, Charles in the woods
Letter from Waity
Wednesday 16
Cold fair
Alvah, Charles in the woods
Warren away up turnpike all day
Ellen called
Thursday 17
Cloudy snow squall
Alvah not doing much
Charles fit up wood
Jane and baby to dinner
[baby Ralph Holmes Sherburne born Oct 25, 1884]
Fri Dec 18
Stormy snow
Charles work part of the day
Alvah up to store, took up Warrens note $2590 cts
Saturday 19
Snowing forenoon
Charles away to Concord
Alvah here and there
Warren down to Bens all afternoon, full of cider
Ellen called
Alvah in the woods afternoon
Sunday 20
Cold blustering day
Charles and Harry walked down to Holmes from Concord
Lee Wells and _ Bob called
Mon Dec 21
Cold snowy afternoon
Washed
Alvah, Charles in the woods and on the road all day
Ellen called
Tuesday 22
Cloudy cold
Alvah away to Northwood to work with his oxen
Charles worked in the woods
Sent Waity letter
Wednesday 23
Fair, some cold
Alvah away to Northwood to work &c
Charles worked in the woods forenoon, afternoon hauled up wood
Warren over to Chesley's, back drunk
Ellen to tea
Thurs Dec 24
Mostly fair, not quite so cold
Alvah, Charles worked to the wood pile
Harry and I went up to Mr. Haines's store
Blake called
Warren down the road before and after dinner, drunk and ugly
Friday 25
Fair cold
Alvah, Robert killed bull
Charles fit up wood
Saturday 26
Cloudy cold
Alvah, Charles sawed and split wood
Ellen called
Sun Dec 27
Cold, some cloudy
Alvah and Gene went over to see George Griffin
Charles went up to slab city
Monday 28
Fair cold
Washed
Alvah, Harry up to the mill and store forenoon
Charles cutting pines in the pasture
Warren away up turnpike after dinner
Tuesday 29
Fair, not so cold
Alvah, Charles in the woods part of the forenoon
Alvah and Harry away to Northwood after dinner
Charles cut pines in the pasture
George Grifinc alled
Elder Quimby called
Wed Dec 30
Fair, very pleasant
Alvah, Harry here and there
Charles cutting pines down by the brook
Piper here most all day
Ellen called
Thursday 31
Rainy day and night
Churned
Alvah carried Charles to Concord to work
Warren and Harry split a little wood
[see diary for cash accounting]