Complete 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]