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Had bad time with throat & threatened with rheumatism for the last
2 or 3 weeks.
cold snow - blow - chores & cutting wood
Wednesday Jan 2
cold snow blow - chores & cutting wood
Thursday Jan 3
Ditto
Friday Jan 4
go (to) town with PJ (P.J. is Porter Dratt. He is 2nd husband of Leonards Aunt Hat.)
Saturday Jan 5
cut wood - do chores - throat some better
Sunday Jan 6
cold wind down around zero
Monday Jan 7
cut wood - do chores - help wash
Tuesday Jan 8
go (to) mines - nice day
Wednesday Jan 9
help Lewis butcher
Thursday Jan 10
Harvey work PM about 4 hours
Friday Jan 11
Harvey - work (with) PM about 4 hours
Saturday Jan 12
go (to) town - see Dr - throat better - get rest of sled shoes
rain hard all Thur. night - almost broke Fri. - colder Sat.
(Fri. note probably refers to the weather breaking)
Sunday Jan 13
storm a little
Monday Jan 14
cold day go (to) town on Tel. business P.J.D. 6 hours
(Tel. is short for Telephone.)
Tuesday Jan 15
do chores help wash]
Wednesday Jan 16
Rain all day snow a little in morning take milk go (to) thump do chores
(thump is for Thumptown which is close to Kennedyville.)
Thursday Jan 17
cloudy colder go for Braces & rims with John W. for Tel. Co. 7 hours
Friday Jan 18
nice day south wind towards night haul manure & wood
Saturday Jan 19
snow a little am go for more rims & braces 4 hours
Sunday Jan 20
cold cloudy
Monday Jan 21
colder 10 below 0 wind blow hurricane
Tuesday Jan 22
still cold but not as windy PM warmed up to 20 above went to town for Tel. busi.
6 hrs.
Wednesday Jan 23
continued weather haul little wood
Thursday Jan 24
South wind Lewis help haul wood
Friday Jan 25
Snow some wind change get colder blow a gale
Saturday Jan 26
go to town for cow feed 400 cut. paid bill $24.00 Finish feeding millet Jan. 25 & start on first mow of hay
Sunday Jan 27
still below 0 windy yesterday 10 below & windy unreasonable to be out
Monday Jan 28
still cold warmer at night with south wind sick since Sat do chores
Tuesday Jan 29
real warm
Wednesday Jan 30
getting sloppy rain (a) little
Thursday Jan 31
real mild weather
Friday Feb 1
real mild weather
Saturday Feb 2
go (to) town get 400 feed
Sunday Feb 3
mild weather
Monday Feb 4
mild weather
Tuesday Feb 5
rainy
Wednesday Feb 6
start cutting fence posts get colder
Thursday Feb 7
real cold cut posts PM
Friday Feb 8
skid posts
Saturday Feb 9
Warmer skid posts Taylor bring up 100 feed
Sunday Feb 10
Windy squaly Blizardy
Monday Feb 11
(no entry)
Tuesday Feb 12
(no entry)
Wednesday Feb. 13
snow
Thursday Feb 14
(no entry)
Friday Feb 15
Blustery squalls
Saturday Feb 16
Fine day fair sleighing go (to) town get 600 feed
Sunday Feb 17
Little stormy no church
Monday Feb 18
sell Roy eggs $2.10 attend phone meeting at P.J.Dartts
Tuesday Feb 19
commence (to) snow about noon
Wednesday Feb 20
genuine blizzard
Thursday Feb 21
Still blustery
Friday Feb 22
nice but cold and a little windy
Saturday Feb 23
fine day sell Roy eggs $2.00
Sunday Feb 24
nice day cold
Monday Feb 25
cold clear get ___/ for church
Tuesday Feb 26
cold clear
Wednesday Feb 27
cold clear get 15 cut feed $40.50
Thursday Feb 28
nice & bright cold nights get 2 ton hay of Knowlton - $25.00 per ton
Friday Feb 29
nice & bright cold nights
Saturday March 1
go town get flour wheat (wheat flour) & Buckwheat
Sunday March 2
nice clear day
Monday March 3
sold Roy butter $3.00 south wind send ma. $5.00 to cut wood
Tuesday March 4
south wind broke up put saw dust on ice a.m.
Wednesday March 5
cut wood do chores churn
(Leonard is churning to help Damia who is with child.)
Thursday March 6
froze up some but slush ice knee deep in places yet
Friday March 7
windy P.J. helps me cut chestnuts in morning work butter do chores P.M.
(Leonard works butter to help Damia.)
Saturday March 8
Blizardy Jack & I get saw dust from Lawtons - $2.25 for eggs from
Roy
Sunday March 9
nice day stay at home
Monday March 10
north east wind snow some help Burt cut logs P.M.
Tuesday March 11
snow hard all day wash
(Leonard is probably doing laundry to help Damia)
Wednesday March 12
Blockade
Thursday March 13
nice but quite cold help Burt finish cutting logs put wire up
Friday March 14
haul out manure grind axes & cut wood
Saturday March 15
cold go (to) thump
Sunday March 16
wind Blow a gale cold
Monday March 17
nice but windy wash
(doing wash to help Damia)
Tuesday March 18
nice warm day R.J. & I go (to) town on tel. business
Wednesday March 19
cloudy cold wind
Thursday March 20
cut posts P.M. sun warm till noon then cloudy cold- north east wind
Friday March 21
snow all a.m. (did) not freeze
Saturday March 22
Fairly good (weather?) cut posts P.M.
Sunday March 23
no go (to) church stay home with Damia
(time for the baby is getting close)
Monday March 24
nice day wash
Tuesday March 25
do chores cut wood
Wednesday March 26
snow all day tent time meeting for Tel. at thump
Thursday March 27
go town get feed Aunt Hat stay with Damia
Friday March 28
nothing in particular
Saturday March 29
get Aunt Hat & Dr. baby come (came) to town
(Corene was born)
Sunday March 30
wind blow cold gale go to Howards get Aunt Donna (Dont know who this is?)
Monday March 31
ground froze last night clear off this morning some warmer
Tuesday April 1
do chores sick with cold
Wednesday April 2
do chores sick with cold
Thursday April 3
go ( to) town get 4 cut cow feed
(cut is a form of measurement)
Friday April 4
do chores warmer
Saturday April 5
go town on Tel. business take 3 calves get $40.30 get 2 cut feed sack (of) flour rain most all day
Sunday April 6
colder clear off
Monday April 7
meeting
Tuesday April 8
Sick all day (with) grip nauraliga (maybe another word for influenza)
Wednesday April 9
had the Dr. last night Jack came to do chores
Thursday April 10
Jack doing chores Laid up myself
Friday April 11
Better nauraliga in head all day
Saturday April 12
southwind Jack go (to) town for feed get 2 cuts
Sunday April 13
nice but windy Jack Leaves today
Monday April 14
pretty good weather not able to do anything
Tuesday April 15
pretty good weather not able to do anything
Wednesday April 16
pretty good weather not able to do anything
Thursday April 17
pretty good weather not able to do anything
Friday April 18
rain all day Damia not getting better
Saturday April 19
(no entry)
Sunday April 20
fairly good weather but cold nights
Monday April 21
fairly good weather but cold nights
Tuesday April 22
fairly good weather but cold nights work 2 hours on log dragging
Wednesday April 23
fairly good weather but cold nights
Thursday April 24
Buttler brings 2 cut feed get hay from Weatherbee
Friday April 25
Work 3 ½ hours on log drag
Saturday April 26
Go town nice day cold wind get 1 cut pig feed 12 count cow feed 7 sacks of flour
Sunday April 27
Nice day & Damia better I go to church
Monday April 28
Plow (a) little
Tuesday April 29
Plow (a) little
Wednesday April 30
Go (to) thump rain mist all day
Thurday May 1
Help Lewis P.M. cut wood
Friday May 2
Plow finish corn ground
Saturday May 3
(no entry)
Sunday May 4
(no entry)
Monday May 5
(no entry)
Tuesday May 6
(no entry)
Wednesday May 7
(no entry)
Thursday May 8
wet rainy weather fix some fence
Friday May 9
wet rainy weather fix some fence
Saturday May 10
wet rainy weather fix some fence
Sunday May 11
Lowery (means gloomy) fix some fence
Monday May 12
Raw fix some fence
Tuesday May 13
Rain a.m. fix some fence
Wednesday May 14
Rain went to town with P.J. filed auditor generals Report
Thursday May 15
Rain yesterday (&) last night
Friday May 16
3 ½ on line fence for Roy move rails (3 ½ hours)
Saturday May 17
2 ½ hr. of line fence for Roy move rails 4hr. road drag
Sunday May 18
Showery P.M.
Monday May 19
cold & clear help build milk stand
Tuesday May 20
go (to) thump a.m. rain spliss posts etc.P.M.
Wednesday May 21
get posts - of Dell 45 posts - 20 for Kennedy cut - 4 hour(s) work getting & sharpening
(means it took 4 hours getting the posts plus sharpening them)
Thursday May 22
haul & drag stone
Friday May 23
drug & sow 3 ½ acres of piece on hill.
Saturday May 24
drag a.m. rain p.m.
Sunday May 25
(no entry)
Monday May 26
nice day go (to) town give note for $150.
Tuesday May 27
Rain (a) little
Wednesday May 28
drag
Thursday May 29
Rain (a) little
Friday May 30
drag & sow 2 acres on hill
Saturday May 31
drag down on Comforts plant (a) few more potatoes above house.
(not sure of word Comforts)
Sunday June 1
Nice day but cloudy part of the day frost last night & night before
Monday June 2
sow oats on Comfort
Tuesday June 3
finish sow(ing) oats
Wednesday June 4
drag corn ground (the ground where corn will be planted)
Thursday June 5
drag corn ground
Friday June 6
Rain Felt sick all night
Saturday June 7
go (to) town
Sunday June 8
fixing corn ground off and on when it was dry enough
Monday June 9
fixing corn ground off and on when it was dry enough
Tuesday June 10
fixing corn ground off and on when it was dry enough
Wednesday June 11
sow part of piece on hill
Thursday June 12
get Buckwheat from Harry haul stone
Friday June 13
go fishing with Harry
Saturday June 14
Go (to) thump drag road 4 hr.(hours)
Sunday June 15
(no entry)
Monday June 16
finish sow(ing) corn on hill
Tuesday June 17
drag corn ground back of house
Wednesday June 18
Finish drag corn ground back of house
Thursday June 19
Sow corn (in) back of house
Friday June 20
(no entry)
Saturday June 21
8 hr. (hours) work finish line fence next to Kennedy place
Sunday June 22
Go (to) church
Monday June 23
P.M. went over line with P.J.D. (Porter Dratt)
Tuesday June 24
drag (&) sow oats in back yard
Wednesday June 25
went to town
Thursday June 26
Help Grant on barn
Friday June 27
Rain in morning get wood posts & haul old rails
Saturday June 28
Help Grant
Sunday June 29
go (to) church
Monday June 30
Help Grant
Tuesday July 1
start cultivation
Wednesday July 2
start cultivation
Thursday July 3
rain last night go (to) thump this morning
Friday July 4
rain a.m. go fishing in evening
Saturday July 5
mow some in yard bush peas visit with Howards
(not sure what is going on with the bush peas)
Sunday July 6
go (to) church nice day
Monday July 7
work ½ day on line too wet to cultivate
Tuesday July 8
fix mower too wet to cultivate
Wednesday July 9
go (to) town with P.J. paid Mutual too wet to cultivate
Thursday July 10
start cultivation
Friday July 11
cultivate
Saturday July 12
cultivate
Sunday July 13
Rain hard last night
Monday July 14
go (to) thump a.m. cultivate P.M.
Tuesday July 15
cultivate
Wednesday July 16
cultivate
Thursday July 17
cultivate
Friday July 18
cultivate get ready (for) P.M. haying
Saturday July19
cultivate P.M. haying
Sunday July 20
go (to) church
Monday July 21
cut a little grass
Tuesday July 22
rain hard shower
Wednesday July 23
haul one 1 load cut some
(probably talking about cutting and hauling hay)
Thursday July 24
haul 3 load(s) look(s) awful rainy
Friday July 25
haul 2 loads
Saturday July 26
go (to) town Farmers Feed Late note pay $25.00 - renew Due again Oct 26
Sunday July 27
nice day Gertrude & I go (to) church
Monday July 28
haul 3 load(s)
Tuesday July 29
haul 2 load(s)
Wednesday July 30
haul 1 load
Thursday July 31
lowery cultivate a little rake scatterings etc.
Friday August 1
haul 4 loads
Saturday August 2
haul 1 load cultivate frost last night & might (maybe) before
Sunday August 3
south wind looking rainy all go to church
Monday August 4
cultivate hill potatoes
Tuesday August 5
hot & muggy shower in the night cultivate corn
Wednesday August 6
(no entry)
Thursday August 7
1 one load rain work at wagon box
Friday August 8
work at wagon box haul 4 loads
Saturday August 9
help P.J. haul hay shower at 4 oclock
Sunday August 10
nice day go church Harvey is down in evening
Monday August 11
Sowery (Showery?) mow lawn
Tuesday August 12
rain most all night go huckleberrying
Wednesday August 13
nice for haying haul 2 load(s) rain is off
Thursday August 14
cleared off - ___ hay rake & haul 3 P.M. mow at night
Friday August 15
nice & bright this morning haul 5 load(s)
Saturday August 16
lowery work at wagon box Damia go home
Sunday August 17
nice day cool go (to) church
Monday August 18
finish mowing help Roy ½ day
Tuesday August 19
finish haying haul 3 loads Grant & P.J. help
Wednesday August 20
rain last night Damia come home
Thursday August 21
lowery get bate
Friday August 22
go fishing to (at) Tiada
Saturday August 23
fix some fence
Sunday August 24
go (to) church
Monday August 25
rain work on box
Tuesday August 26
go (to) town
Wednesday August 27
1 day for Roy with team
Thursday August 28
1 day on line (maybe the telephone line)
Friday August 29
help Roy haying
Saturday August 30
work on line hot weather corn growing
Sunday August 31
Nice hot day go (to) church
Monday September 1
Work ½ day on line
Tuesday September 2
Work ½ day on line
Wednesday September 3
Work ½ day on line social to Harveys in evening
Thursday September 4
Hunting trouble on line
Friday September 5
Work on box
Saturday September 6
showery cradle around oats work on top (of) box
(cradle is a tool used to cut oats; box probably referring to wagon box)
Sunday September 7
lowery weather try to cut oats
Monday September 8
lowery weather try to cut oats
Tuesday September 9
lowery weather try to cut oats
Wednesday September 10
lowery weather try to cut oats
Thursday September 11
(no entry)
Friday September 12
get plank at Lawtons
Saturday September 13
help P.J. a.m. work in barn p.m.
Sunday September 14
weather fair to middling go (to) church Jim Kennedys wifes funeral
(fair to middling means OK)
Monday September 15
go (to) town get harvester & clothes
Tuesday September 16
work in barn nice day
Wednesday September 17
(no entry)
Thursday September 18
haul oats girls help
Friday September 19
help set cutter at Grants P.M.
Saturday September 20
help fill at Gs (Grants) cloudy day south wind
(maybe filling silo)
Sunday September 21
cloudy go (to) church
Monday September 22
rain a.m. cut corn on hill p.m.
Tuesday September 23
help finish to Grants
Wednesday September 24
finish cut(ting) corn on hill go to town with P.J. at night
Thursday September 25
Fill silo about 5 hours
Friday September 26
Tinker with engine cut 3 or 4 loads in tub renew note to bank signed by Jack for 4 months paid $50.00 due Jan. 26
Saturday September 27
fill (silo) and tinker 2 or 3 load not full but had to quit.
Sunday September 28
lowery a.m. go (to)church p.m.
Monday September 29
rain work in barn
Tuesday September 30
rain work in barn
Wednesday October 1
(cant read it)
Thursday October 2
cut wood take down pipe
Friday October 3
take cutter over to Fensternachers
Saturday October 4
help Fensternachers cut corn no(t) very hard frost here
Sunday October 5
all go (to) church - Greens last Sunday
(someone or a family with last name of Green are moving maybe the pastor?)
Monday October 6
cut oats for P.J. Dartt
Tuesday October 7
cut corn for Fensternachers
Wednesday October 8
cut oats at home on Cumps
Thursday October 9
haul oats R. Hazelton & Ch. B. Shelly help
Friday October 10
finish for Fensternacher help B.S. cut corn Harvey frost
Sold Jack Oct. 10, 1924
(maybe it means there was frost at Harveys place)
Saturday October 11
finish haul oats on hill and take care of tools
Sunday October 12
nice day no church
Monday October 13
help Burt cut corn
Tuesday October 14
help P.J. haul oats
Wednesday October 15
help P.J. haul oats
Thursday October 16
Help Roy haul Buckwheat P.M.
Friday October 17
Thresh to Harrys
Saturday October 18
Thresh to Ports & Lewis
Sunday October 19
go (to) church new preacher
Monday October 20
Finish thresh at Lewis & on Shelly place
Tuesday October 21
commence (to) take Jane to Larsons last night. Haul oats on Horton piece
Wednesday October 22
Thresh to Miltons and some to Lems for Miltons
Thursday October 23
Finish Thresh to Lems & some to Juds.
Friday October 24
dig potatoes P.M.
Saturday October 25
dig potatoes a.m. go (to) town & to C.C.s P.M.
Renewed note to Farmers feed store for 3 months $50.00 due Jan. 27, 1925
(Could C.C. be C.C. Maynard?)
Sunday October 26
Farmers Feed Store note Due Renewed for three mo. due Jan 27
Monday October 27
Dig potatoes a.m. 16 bushels 41 in all thresh to Roys
(41 in all is the total of what was dug on this day plus what he has already dug)
Tuesday October 28
Thresh to Roys
Wednesday October 29
Thresh to Lotties P.M.
Thursday October 30
finish to Lotties & thresh to home 425 bushels (of) oats
Friday October 31
Thresh to Dells & fix wagon Box
Saturday November 1
empty oats and go (to) town Note given to Ernest Davis for $50.00 for 4 months due Mar 1
Sunday November 2
go (to) church colder getting dry
Monday November 3
Dig potatoes 23 making 64
Tuesday November 4
Dig potatoes 21 bushels a.m. making (totaling) 85 bushels
Wednesday November 5
Dig potatoes 11 bushels a.m. making 96 bushels gather beans
Thursday November 6
real warm pick apples
Friday November 7
Help P.J. shoe horse dig 17 (bushels potatoes) = 113 bushels still real warm & dry
Saturday November 8
(no entry)
Sunday November 9
Daisy fresh B calf weak
(baby calf or boy calf?)
Monday November 10
Make seat get ready to go for coal
Tuesday November 11
go for coal
Wednesday November 12
go for coal
Thursday November 13
go (to) town get grist ground
Friday November 14
Make curtains for wagon
Saturday November 15
go for more curtain stuff get ensilage cutter & finish curtains
(ensilage cutter: converting feed crops into silage)
Sunday November 16
colder snow P.M. - all go to church
Monday November 17
start school route plow a little
Tuesday November 18
haul (a) little manure
Wednesday November 19
haul (a) little manure
Thursday November 20
haul (a) little manure
Friday November 21
Jack lay chunbly (dont know what this means)
Saturday November 22
Help P.J. on box -5 days haul scholars
Sunday November 23
No church cloudy some snow
Monday November 24
Do chores haul kids get some wood
Tuesday November 25
Do chores haul kids plow a little
Wednesday November 26
Do chores - haul kids plow a little
Thursday November 27
Thanksgiving no more school this week Pansy fresh veal calf
Friday November 28
Snowy finish yard fence north side go to Harveys in evening to resepsion (reception?)
Saturday November 29
go (to) town with veal calf 142 lbs. $14.20
(extra note: veal $14.20 - 3 weeks lacking 1 day - Daisys calf)
Sunday November 30
go (to) church
Monday December 1
help Jack kill yearling buy ¼
Tuesday December 2
get wood buy 1050 lbs. Buckwheat of Roy
Wednesday December 3
get Buckwheat & oats ground 800 lbs.
Thursday December 4
Butcher Burt helps
Friday December 5
(no entry)
Saturday December 6
go (to) town
(note at top of page: Harry Haul)
Sunday December 7
stay at home
Monday December 8
make sausage
Tuesday December 9
take grist of oats about 25 bushels to Harrys
Wednesday December 10
cut wood
Thursday December 11
help P.J. a little on box
Friday December 12
cut wood haul 1 load
Saturday December 13
Jack helps cut wood
(note: Harry Haul written at top of page)
Sunday December 14
Blustery stay at home
Monday December 15
cut wood do chores Old Mag fresh veal
Tuesday December 16
skid wood haul one load
Wednesday December 17
do chores lowery
Thursday December 18
choring lowery
Friday December 19
Not feel well do only chores lowery
Saturday December 20
Froze up go (to) town with veal veal 139 lbs. $15.29 Pansys calf 3 weeks + 2 days
(note at top of page Harry Haul)
Sunday December 21
Cold blustery day stay at home
Monday December 22
Getting (a) little wood & chores
Tuesday December 23
Help P.J. cut tree
Work (a) little
Friday December 24
On sleds haul some wood
Thursday December 25
Haul some wood
Friday December 26
Haul some wood
Saturday December 27
Go (to) thump haul wood cold this week vacation
(note at top of page Lewis haul)
Sunday December 28
Beautiful day 12 below last night 50 below in West several people froze to death
Monday December 29
Do chores cut (a) little wood haul kids
Tuesday December 30
Do chores cut (a) little wood haul kids
Wednesday December 31
(no entry)
Cattle Notes (found in the back pages of diary)
Daisy - freshen Nov. 22, 1913 - calf named Lady keep
Sadie fresh Nov. 29, 1913 veal calf - $16.80
Molly fresh Jan. 18, 1924 veal veal
Mag fresh Jan. 20, - veal full
Tessie fresh Jan. 23, - Heffer undecided
Pansy fresh Jan 28,
Minnie fresh Mar. 1, - Heffer probably veal
Goggles fresh Mar. 13,
Y.V. Heffer fresh Mar. 21, - Bull calf
Dottie fresh April 17, - Heffer calf keep named Hungra (not sure about this name)
Time List
Daisy time Nov. 15
Pansy time Dec. 4
Old Mag time Dec. 14
Sadie time Dec. 19
Specks time Dec. 27
Tessie time Jan. 20
Goggles time Jan. 25
Mollie time Feb. 3
Dottie time Feb. 24
Y. V. time Mar. 1
Lady time May 27
1924
Daisy go to Lotties Feb. 6
Mollie go to Lotties Feb. 16 (date marked through)
Sadie go to Lotties Feb. 18 (name marked through)
Pansy go to Lotties Feb. 25
Specks go to Lotties Feb. 26 (name marked through)
Mollie go to Lotties Mar. 1 (the whole line is marked through)
Old Mag go to Lotties Mar. 7
Sadie go to Lotties Mar. 12
Specks go to Nick Mar. 20
Tessie go to Nick Apr. 13
Goggles go to Nick Apr. 18
Mollie go to Nick Apr. 27
Dottie go to Nick May 18
Y.V. go to Nick May 21 (whole line marked through)
Y.V. go to Nick May 23
Lady go to Nick Aug. 18
Mollie may be farrow
Other cattle notes:
Daisy fresh Nov. 9, 1924
Pansy fresh Nov. 27, 1924
Old Mag fresh Dec. 15, 1924
Specks fresh Dec. 18, 1924
Sadie fresh Dec. 24, 1924
Serve cow for F.R. Jan. 6, 1925
Daisy serve Dec. 16, 1924
Pansy serve Dec. 31, 1924
Leonard Ashley Suffers a Heart Attack as Hay Load Tips Over Yesterday.
Leonard Ashley, 57, of Middle Ridge, died almost instantly yesterday morning when the load of hay he was bringing into the barn tipped over and he suffered a concussion. It is thought Mr. Ashley, who had been in poor health for some time suffered a heart attack as he was coming up the road and when the horses ran into the barn too quickly he was unconscious and unable to save himself as his head struck a part of the wagon as the wagon tipped over. Born in Tioga county on July 3, 1886, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ashley. Mr. Ashley had spent most of his life in the vicinity where he died. He was an active member of the Middle Ridge church.
Besides his wife, he is survived by five daughters, Gertrude, Mrs. William Reasner, of Williamsport; Neva, Mrs. Waldo Beckhorn of Valois, NY; Corene, Mrs. Richard Slocum; Miss Joanna Ashley, and Jane. Mrs. Richard Olmstead, all of Wellsboro; one brother Isaac of Alamogordo, New Mexico; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will probably be held Saturday afternoon at the church.
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