The Personal Diary
of
Sylvester W. Evans
Angeline and Sylvester

---

The following is a copy of a written journal by Sylvester Evans.  It begins in 1886
Words are spelled just as he wrote them.  - Jackie Evens Allen 2005

January, 1886

1. Worked on the house.  R. H. Evans came here.  Wether fair.
2. Worked on the house.  Orson killed sheep.  Wether fair.
3. Sunday.  At home all day.  Not feeling very well.  R. H. Evans came in for a little while.  Wether rainy all day.
4. Worked on the house after noon.  Cut out door between the chambers.  Rained all night last night and all day today.  Water uncommon hy.
5. Worked on house after noon.  R. H. Evans left here.  Cleared off today, but snowed a little this evening.
6. Worked on house.  Orson drawed bark.  G. K. worked with Mr. Hill on road.  Cold and blustering.
7. Worked on house afternoon.  Mrs. Tubs was in here a little wile.  Took C. A. Burdick's sheep home.  Wether clear but cold.
8. Worked on the house.  Mother is worse and has been for several days.  Wether fair fore noon and cloudy sfter noon.
9. Worked on house.  Berthy went to A. Brewers to party.  Snow fell about a foot deep last night.  Is very cold and windy today. 
10. Sunday at home all day.  Still cold and snowy.  Snow 18 inch deep.
11. Worked on house.  R. H. Evans came here and traded horses while away.  Wether clear and coald. 
12. Worked on home.  R. H. Evans left for home.  Received letter from John Glover.  Wether fair but cold.
13. Worked on house.  Wether fair but very cold.
14. Worked on house.  Mary fell and hirt hirself. Snow this evening. Wether fair.  Perve Hill's baby died.
15. Worked on house.  Mary still sick.  Berthy and George went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
16. At home all day sick, not able to work.  Wether warmer with a little rain in for part of the day.  Colder, just at night.  Little snow.
17. Sunday.  At home all day.  Not well.  Perve Hill's baby buryed today.  Wether cold and rainy.
18. Still unwell and unable to work.  Mutch better this morning.  Wether cloudy with a little snow.
19. Worked on the house.  Put down carpet in front room.  Orson and Mrs. Zimmerman went to Colegrove this evening.  Wether cloudy with little snow.
20. Helped put down carpet.  Mary Evans' baby boy born about one o'clock this morning.  Mary Zimmerman and I was here alone with hir.  Mrs. A. P  Brewer and Mrs. C.  D. Gallup came soon after.  Doctor came about 5:00 o'clock.  Wether sunshine and cloudy.
21. Stayed in room with mother or wife most of all day.  Wether milde but cloudy with a little snow.
22. Helped about the house.  Mrs. Brewer was here to do up the work.  Wether mostly fair.
23. Worked on the house some.  Made sled road for A. C. White.  Received oficial notice about Pension claim is done.  Wether is very cold.  10 below, snow.
24. Sunday.  At home all day.  Rote letter to J. Glover.  Wether clear and cold.
25. Made slead robe for A.C. White.  Went to Smethport.  Sent vouchers for pension to Pittsburgh.  Wether cloudy with south wind.
26. Rote letter to Caroline.  Took the baby first time.  Wether cloudy but thawing.
27. Fixed slead for Mr. Hill and A.C. White.  Orson finished haulling bark for A. C. White.  Wether cloudy and warm with a little rain.
28. At home with bad headache all day.  Wether warm and rainy.
29. Went to Colegrove.  Got pump fixed.  Wether little cooler, cloudy with a little snow.
30. Went to Farmer's Valley.  Took H. Cleveland sheep.  Went to Smethport.  Wether cold with a little snow. 
31. Sunday.  At home all day.  Mrs. Brewer was here and Hatty went home with her.  Mary was moved into the front room.  Doctor Freemon was here to see Mary.  Wether cloudy and cold with a little snow.

February, 1886

1. At home.  Not very well.  Orson went to Smethport after medicine for Mary.  Wether cloudy, cold.
2. Received check for $562.00.  Pension money.  Doctor Freemon was not here for me to go to Buffalo on the 4.
3. Went to Smethport.  Got check cashed. bot overcoat and drawers and overshoes from D. C. Young.  Left $400.00 with D. C. Young in deposit.  Took his receipt.  Wether fair but very coald.  Orson killed sheep.
4. At home all day.  Got letter from H. H. Warner.  Set the brass clock to running.  Wether cloudy with ocasional sunshine but very coald.  Mercury down to 20 below zero.
5. Went to Colegrove.  Paid taxes to A. C. Gallup and P. Colegrove.  Paid Ottis $5.00.  Got hay off Wm. Evans 500 for $4.00.  Wether clear but very coald.  Mercury 24 below zero.
6. Went to Smethport.  Got horses shod, got ton of fead, got flannel shirts, got oil cloth.  Orson got cutting box.  I got George a book.  Wether cloudy, little snow.
7. Sunday.  The baby sick this afternoon.  Zimmerman went away today.  Wether clooudy.
8. Orson got 1/2 ton coal.  I bot one bag of buckwheat flour from A. P. Brewer at $3.80.  Zimmerman folks came back today.  Wether fair.
9. Built hen house today.  Took things out of shop.  D. S. Patterson was here - after me to go to Buffalo for D. S. Freeman.  Wether fair and sunshiny.
10. Went to Buffalo.  Stopped at the Bensler House.  Went to get hair cut and then went to Corthouse.  Chet Burdick was on the stand giving his testimony.  After supper rote a letter home then went up to Binnet's Theatre.  Wether fair.
11. Went to the cort house.  At the cort house nearly all day.  Wether cloudy but warm.
12. Went to cort house.  In cort all day.  Rote home in evening.  Wether fair in morning, rain just at night.
13. Went to cort house.  In cort all day.  In evening bot collar and cuffs and collar and cuff buttons.  Wether rainy.
14. Sunday.  Stayed at hotel til noon.  Went to Niagara Falls.  Crossed the suspension bridge into Canady.  Went up to the Hot Springs.  Went down under the falls.  Went around to the whirlpool rapids.  Took supper at the Weston Hotel, Niagara Falls.  John Salt & Son got back to Buffalo 9:00 in evening.  Wether rainy all day.
15. In cort all day.  Snowed all day.
16. In cort all day.  Swore in in after noon.  Rote home this morning.  Wether cloudy, some sun and some snow.
17. In cort all day.  Evidence closed half passed three.  Went to Theatre this evening.  Wether fair but coald.
18. In cort til noon.  After noon went to Cuba to see R. H. Evans.  Wether fair.
19. Stayed with Richard.  Went and had impression taken for set of teath.  Wether rainy with some snow.
20. Got teath this morning.  Had photo taken.  Came home.  Wether cloudy and coald.
21. Sunday at home all day.  Wether cold and snowing.
22. Went down to J. P. Evans.  Wether fair.
23. Went to Smethport, got bill of goods.  Wether cloudy with a little snow.
24. Went over to the two mile.  Ate dinner to Will Windsors then went up to G. A. Windsors, then went up to G. L. Kinneys and stayed the night.  Wether fair.
25. Went over to Annin Creek.  Stayed all night at Caroline's.  Rained  and snowed all day.
26. Came home.  Mary Evans came with me.  Wether coald with very high winds.
27. At home all day, had bad coald.  Orson and J. L. K. came home.  Wether fair but very coald.
28. Sunday - at home all day.  Had bad coald.  Wether fair, very coald.

March, 1886

1. Paid Miss Perry $112.3Amt. of note and intrist.  Note given March 4, 188Wether clear and coald.
2. At home all day, sick.  Orson and George and J. L. Kinney went to Smethport.  Got each of the boys a suit of clothes.  Wether fair but coald.
3. At home sick.  Wether cloudy, coald.
4. At home sick but a little better.  J. L. Kinney went home and Mary Evans went down to J. P. Evans.  Wether fair.
5. Mary Evans went home.  A. Eberts sworn as supervisor.  Wether fair.
6. Worked a little on the house.  Orson came home with lod of straw with oxen.
7. Sunday at home all day.  Black cow came in.  Had heiffer calf.  Wether fair.
8. Issued summonz to Mr. J. Brewer against C. M. Hill.  Auditors met.  Horse sick.  Wether cloudy with a little snow.
9. At home, sick all day.  Orson got lode hay.  Wether  cloudy with little snow, two inches deep.
10. Went to see A. Rifle.  Got order for lumber.  Leased D. Gallup sap bucket and pan.  Wether fair.
11. Went to Smethport.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair.
12. Bot 25 sap buckets off L. Mason.  Bot one bushel beans, one ceg nales,  Wether rainey all day.
13. Went to Colgrove, got Orson pair boots.  Got old plow from L. Greeley.  Wether snow all day.
14. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
15. Went in the sugarbrush.  Commenced tapping.  Cleared wood.  Wether fair.
16. Entered judgement for Mr. Brewer vs. C. M. Hill.  Wether fair.
17. Issued exicution.  Wether fair.
18. Went in sugarbush.  Wether fair til just at night.  Rained a little.
19. Worked papering our room.  Wether showery.  The first thunderstorm of the season.
20. Gave receipt for code on exicution.  Finished papering room.  Went up to Rifles.
21. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether showery, rain and snow.
22. Worked in house all day, wether couldy with little snow.
23. Issued summonses.  Went down to William Evens' and ate dinner.  Wether a little snow in the forenoon, afternoon fair.
24. Went in sugarbush.  Brung up buckets.  School closed.  Wether fair.
25. Went down to John's.  Made ax handles.  Wether fair.
26. Belts came and paid the Spensor debt.  Went to see Frank Gallup's horse.  Wether fair.
27. Went to Colegrove.  Traded oxen for horses.  Wether fair fore noon.  Afternoon cloudy with little snow.
28. Sunday.  Went down to John's.  Got butter.  Wether fair.
29. Rote a lease for White and Hill.  Wether coald with a little rain.
30. Rote to John Kinney for Orson.  Peap toades out. Wether cloudy with little rain.
31. At home all day.  Wether rainey all day.  Watter very hy.

April, 1886

1. Made one mink and one hawk sertificate.  Wether cold and cloudy fore noon, afternoon fairer.
2. Went up to Mrs. Rifles with Orson.  Wether changeable, some cloudy and some sunshine.
3. Went down to Johns.  J. G. Cook paid judgement.  Wether fair.
4. Sunday, at home all day.  Wether snow 1/2 inch deep then morning cloudy and snowed a little most all day.
5. Went to Colegrove.  Drove the white mair the first time.  Got pair of pants, $1.25, got medicine from Buffalo.  Wether cloudy commenced snowing about 4 o'clock and snowed very past 9 o'clock.  Still snowing.  Mary Zimmerman's father came to see hir today.  Orson went to Smethport after feed.
6.  Made a pair of whiffletrees.  George sick.  Wether mixed snow and rain all day.
7. Went down to Johns.  Bot tub of butter, 23 1/2 lbs. 23 cents per pound.  Wether snowing a little all day.
8. Put iron on whiffletrees.  Got 500 lbs. hay, $5.00.  Wether fair.
9. Went in sugarbush this forenoon.  Worked fixing table.  Afternoon wether fair.
10. Went up to Cook's camp to see a horse.  Got corn bread.  Wether fair.
11. Sunday, at home all day.  Children all went in the sugarbush.  Wether fair.
12. Went to Colegrove.  Drove the white mair.  Zimmerman folks moved away.  Wether fair.
13. Hitched the two horses together.  Drove to Wendles.  Went to J. Greeley.  Wether rainy. 
14. R. H. Evans came here.  Stayed here last night.  I went to J. Greeley's and blowed out five stumps.
15. Fixed baby crib Orson built.  Rode fence.  R. H. Evans here this evening.  Wether fair.
16. Went to Smethport .  Drawed balance of money from D. C. Young to the amount of $11,800.  Went over to  E. Windsors.  George and Chloey and Rose Kinney came out here.  Wether fair.
17. Went to Port to see B. Gallup.  Went and paid Mr. Baird and got some more dinimite.  Got a bottle of aromatic wine.  Got Olive a dress.  Ate dinner at Wills.  Went over to Carolines. Maty and Harry coming down with whooping cough.  Wether fair.
18. Sunday.  Stayed at Caroline's last night.  Went to meeting.  Went down to E. Buckley's and went to Orsens and Orens.  See Mr. Hodges.  Stayed at Orens.  Wether fair.
19. Bot horse off E. Goodrich and pig off E. Buckley.  Came home.  Traded gray mair for hay horse.  Wether fair.
20. Got horse shod and commenced plowing.  Wether fair forenoon, rainy afternoon.
21. Went up to Rifle camp.  Went to Colegrove.  Got hat.  Wether fair.
22. Went down to John's.  Got feed oats.  Drove the little sorel mair I bot at E. Goodrich.  Wether fair.
23. Went to Colgrove.  Got grass seed.  Went up to Allards, bot hay.  Orson sowed oats below the road.  Wether fair.
24. Let John have grass seed and got Buty of Lebanon potatoes planted half-bushel early rose potato.  Got a letter from Olive.  Wether forenoon fair, afternoon thunderstorms.
25. Sunday went to Colegrove to meeting.  Heard Elder Mitchelmore preach.  Wether fair.
26. Went to see Rifle about trucks.  Went and blowed out rocks for Colegrove, blowed stumps for Bartlet.  Got back and plowed.  Wether fair.  Griffth hitched on to G. Evans.
27. Went to Smith and Halls.  Got some lumber.  Orson got horse shod.  Got my buggy fixed.  Wether is sunshine and rain.  Rained last night.
28. Went to Hamlin to help W. Brewer to put sills under house.  Blowed out tree stumps for McGee.
29. Went to Hamlin.  Helped W. Brewer on house.Heavy frost last night.  Wether fair. 
30. Went down to help Brewer on his house.  Got timber for waggon tong.  Wether rain the morning, fair afternoon.

May, 1886

1. At home all day.  Not feeling well.  Orson, George and Berthy went to Annin today.  Got letter from R. H. Evans.  Wether fair.
2. Sunday.  Home all day.  Rote two letters, one to R. H. Evans and to a camp.  Wether fair.  Quite a hevy frost this morning.
3. Went to Hamlin.  Mailed letter to R. H. Evans.  Wether fair,  Frost last night.
4. Worked fixing trucks.  Orson plowed side hill.  Mary got hir bask cut out.  Whether fair forenoon.  Afternoon cloudy and rain.  Thunderstorms tonight.
5. Mary went to Colegrove.  Got 3 bits, tea and soda crackers.  Wether rainy forenoon, fair sfternoon.
6. Went and blowed out stumps for D. D. Combs.  Went to Smethport to post meeting.  Stayed at Perces Hotel all night.  Wether fair.
7. Came from Smethport to Combs', blowed out stumps til noon.  Came home.  Went to Hamlin to meeting of the E. A. U. Society.  Wether fair except a little shower.
8. Went to Annin Creek.  Wether fair.
9. Sunday.  Stayed to Caroline's.  Went to meeting in morning.  Wether fair.
10. Went down to Ely Buckley's.  Wether rainy forenoon.  Fair in  afternoon.
11. Came home.  Stayed at Chloey's and Olive's.  Got 50 lbs. dinomite at Bards, Port Allegany.  Wether fair.
12. Went to Combes.  Blasted stumps.  Went to Smethport.  Bot a wagon $20.00.
13. Orson and wife went to Colegrove.  Got girls shooz and planted in garden.  I went up to L. Denison's.  Took logs to draw for A. Brewer.  Took horse to move for A. Rifle.  Wether forenoon rain, afternoon changeable.
14. Went down to Eberts.  Went to Hamlin in evening to E.A.U. meeting.  Wether cloudy.
15. At house all day.  Orson and George went to Smethport and got wagon.  Wether rainy all day.
16. Sunday.  Went down to John's.  Got hair cut.  Charles Evans and wife there.  Wether showry and cool.
17. Went and blowed out stumps for Mr. C. Dickerson.  Rote to Bates.  Wether fair.
18. Went into Dunbar Hollow to see C. A. White.  Bot two shirts at C. A. Anderson's.  Orson truck logs for A. Brewer.  Wether fair, frost this morning.
19. Went over to Eastman's.  Got buggy.  Orson pealed bark.  Wether fair.
20. Fixed buggy.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
21. Went to Eberts.  Got some blacksmithing done.   Wether fair.
22. At home all day.  Not feeling weel.  Rain in forenoon, afternoon fair.
23. Sunday at home all day.  Wether fair.
24. Went down and blowed out rocks for Eberts on road.  Wether fair.
25. Drawed lumber from the tank.  Wether cloudy and cool with some rain and snow.
26. Went to Orlando Gallup's.  Got potatoes.  Wether fair but coald.
27. Went up to Combes.  Came to see Florey Bates.  Went down to a Bee of Grading.  Wether rained a little this morning, fair afternoon.
28. Went to Smethport.  Got suit of clothes.  Wether fair.
29. Went to Decoration.  Went to E.A.U. meeting in evening.  Wether fair.
30. At home all day.  Sunday.  Wether fair.
31. Went down to Hamlin.  Got sack of flour.  Made a hawk certificate for C. Dickerson.  Cut window in the chamber.  Wether fair.

June, 1886

1. Went on the hill to look for the cow.  Red cow came in.  Drove to Smethport in evening.  Wether fair.
2. Went to Smethport to Decoration and unveiling of Soldiers Monument.  Wether fair until just at night.  Quite a shower.
3. Went to Port Allegany.  Stayed at Olive's all night.  Wether fair.
4. Went up to Chloey's and to Port Allegany and to Burtville.  Wether fair.
5. Stayed with Elder Levenworth(sp).  Broke buggy.  Took wheel up to Rewlet.  Bot a buggy.  Went over to Annin.  Hayed G. Kinney.  Wether fair.
6. Sunday.  Went to Turtle to meeting twice.  Wether fair.
7. Came home and went to school meeting.  Wether fair.
8. Made two owl certificates for Oviatt.  Mary went to Annin.  Went up and worked on Rifle's blacksmith shop.  Wether fair.
9. Orson cow had twin bull calves.  Worked on Rifles shop.  Wether fair.
10. Worked on Rifles shop.  Wether fair.
11. Worked on Rifles shop.  Wether fair.
12. Took Acknowledgement of Dead for A. C. White.  Worked on shop.  Went to school meeting.  Wether fair.  Made tax certificate for A. Ritchey.
13. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
14. Went to Smethport.  Pair tax on Orson's land.  Wether fair.  Put the sorel mair.
15. Worked on shop.  Wether fair. 
16. Blowed stumps for W. Dickerson.  Worked on shop.  Orson sowed millet.  Wether rain.
17. Worked on shop.  Black cow drawed.  Wether rain.  Got pension check.
18. Finished Rifle's shop.  Took broadax home.  Wether fair.
19. Went to Colegrove.  Got pail diper and broom for schoolhouse.  Worked on stoop backside of house.  Wether fair.
20. At home all day.  Wether fair.
21. Went to Port Allegany, got compers and went up to Mr. Dickerson's.  Put in 10 shots.  Wether variable, some rain, some sunshine.
22. Went up to blow out some rocks for McCray on the slide.  Wether some rain.
23. Fixed the little chair.  Went to Hamlin to E.A.U. meeting.  Was examined for insurance.  Wether rainy.
24. Put shelves in butry.  Wether rainy.
25. At home all day sick.  Elder Gates and wife called here today.  Wether rainy.
26. At home all day sick.  A little better than yesterday.  Put up shelves in corner of my room.  Wether rainy in morning, afternoon fair.
27. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
28. At home all day.  Worked some on the back stoop.  Wether fair.
29. Cultivated potatoes.  Wether fair.
30. At home all day.  Worked howing a little while.  Wether fair.  Orson came home, brot a hired girl with him.

July, 1886

1. Went to Rifles.  Got buckwheat.  Orson sowed buckwheat.  Went to E.A.U. meeting for installation of officers.  Wether fair.
2. Went and got buggy tier set and ate dinner at Kimballs.  Wether fair.
3. Worked fixing stable.  Mary and I went up to Genesee to see Mrs. Bates.  Wether fair.
4. Sunday.  Went to the Big Bridge.  Berthy went with me.  Wether fair.
5. Went to Smethport with the mair.  Got the pump fixed.  Paid G. A. K. quarterly dues, $1.00.  Wether fair.
6. Made water trauth and took it on the hill.  Set it at the spring.  Fixed the pump in well.  Wether fair and very hot.
7. Worked in  garden and howing potatoes.  Wether fair.
8. Worked howing potatoes.  Wether fair.
9. Went to Colegrove, got a sack of flour.  Went to Hamlin, got some stone pipe from schoolhouse.  Wether varyable; some sun, some cloudy with heavy shower at 6 o'clock.
10. Went to Wm. Rifles.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
11. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
12. Went to Wm. Rifles.  Bot mowing mashine off Wm. Rifles.  Went down to Smith and Halls.  Got feed.  Went up to Biehlers and got horse rope.  Commenced haying at 11 o'clock.  Wether fair.  Frost this morning killed potatoes and buckwheat on the flat near the creek.
13. Got all the hay in above the road and load from below.  Wether fair.
14. Worked in the barn.  Fixed scafold.  Put paint barril in the barn.  Wether rainy.  Heavy rain last night.
15. At home all day.  Not feeling very well.  Wether showery.
16. Went up to Dickerson's.  Made garden gate.  Wether cloudy, no rain.
17. At home all day and feeling very poorly.  Received a letter from Caroline and from Olive.  Orson got our lode of hay into the barn.  Whether fair til just nite, lite shower.
18. At Kane all day.  Orson, George and Hatty went to the Big Bridge.  The ----- his horse here on the 13th and got his buggy.  Wether fair.
19. Put roof on stoop.  Mowed some grass with sythe.  Raked and drawed in hay.  Got the hay out of the swamp.  Mowed may weed along side the road.
20. Went to Colegrove in forenoon.  Raked and got in hay in afternoon.  Sold sum hay to G. Perry.  Wether fair.
21. Fixed pump this morning.  Stired hay.  Orson finished mowing.  Put mashine away.  Reked and cecked up rest of hay.  Wether quite cloudy.
22. Got up this morning feeling quite poorly.  Loaded two lodes of hay.  Went to Colegrove.  Orson finished haying.  Sold 1 tun to Mr. Clinginswirth and 1/2 ton to C. A. Anderson.  Wether fair.
23. Went to Smethport.  Paid $30.00 on Orson's judgement and had note against W. E. Windsor recorded.  Wether fair.
24. At home all day.  Wether fair.
25. Went out to the Big Bridge and took Mary.  Bertha had nose blead when we came back.  Wether fair.
26. Rote letter to P. H. Parker about schoolhouse and Frank Gallup's wife to teach this school.  Orson went to Smethport after medicine for Bertha.  Wether showery.
27. Went to Smethport.  Let Hamlin have note against W. E. Windsor.  Bot note of Orson.  Made Bill of Sale of Property to pay for note.  Got the mair shod and went to Caroline's.  Wether  fair.
28. Went over to Burtville.  Got my buggy and stayed at Tomey Knapps all night.  Wether fair.
29. Went over to G. Kinneys and to G Windsors and back over to Caroline's.  Wether showery just at night.
30. Came home.  Wether fair.
31. Got up at one o'clock and made out a warrant.  Prisoner brot in this morning.  Wether fair.

August, 1886

1. At home til just at night.  Went to hire a girl.  Mary went with me.  Wether fair.
2. Went to Smethport.  Got --------- ---------- for Caroline.  Orson got horses shod.  Wether fair.
3. Went to Colegrove.  Telegraphed for Doctor Sharp for Bertha.  At home the rest of the day.  Doct came.  Wether fair with hy winds and cool.
4. Went to Bissels.  Broke horse.  Went to Colegrove got medcine for Bertha  Orson cut our field of oats.  Wether fair.
5. Bertha very sick.  Went to Turtlepoint after Dr. MacDougall.  Had him and Sharpe here together.  Drove to Turtlepoint and back betwean 6 and 9 o'clock.  Wether rained all the afternoon.
6. At home all day.  Dr. MacDougall here.  Mary sick with headaches.  Wether fair.
7. Went to Turtlepoint.  Wether showery.
8. Went to meeting and went and got a hired girl.  Wether fair.
9. Filled out transary to send to Semthport.  Sowed turnip seed in garden.  Orson got his oats in.  Wether fair.
10. Worked at making bark rack for Orson.  Sent transcript to District Attorney.  Wether fair.
11. Finished Orson's rack and got my first Philadelphia paper.  Wether fair.
12. Went to Hamlin to raise money for the preacher.  Went burrying.  Wether fair.
13. Went up to Dickerson's fore noon.  Worked on chair.  Gallup was here.  Wether fair.
14. Rote letter.  Sent money to Hopkins for preacher.  Rote letter to Hamlin Wright house.  Worked on chair.  Richard came this evening.  Wether fair.
15. Went to meeting.  Gave preacher 25 cents.  Wether fair.
16. Sunday.  At home all day.  WEther showery.
17. Got letter from Chloe telling about Olive's girl baby.  R. H. Evans here tonight.  Wether fair.
18. Went up to Annon Brook to look at job.  Wether fair.
19. Sent letter to E. Koester.  Went up to Weaver's camp.  Went to Hamlin.  Cardled and burroed oats in the flats.  Wether fair.
20. Went  burrying.  Wether fair.
21. Rote a warrant to arrest a man for stealing a bell.  Drove to Hamlin in evening.  Wether fair.
22. Mary and I went out to Olive's to see hir baby.  Found hir at the table eating dinner.  Cloey was their.  Went to G. L. Kinney'e.  Stayed that night.  Wether fair.
23. Went over to Caroline's.  Stayed their all day and all night.  Elder Levenworth was their to dinner.  We went to semetary in evening.  Rained in morning.
24. Came home.  Ate dinner at Cleveland's.  Drawed oats after dark.  Wether rain.
25. At home all day.  Wether fair.
26. Had Leary's suit.  Took acknowledgement of two deads.  Wether fair.
27. Went to Colegrove in morning.  Went burrying in afternoon.  Wether fair.
28. Worked in barn.  Made hammick.  Took hired girl home.  Wether fair.
29. Sunday Sick with cholery -ailing last nite and all day today.  Wether fair.
30. Still sick but a little better.  Sat up a little after noon.  Wether rainy most all day.
31. Still getting some better.  Wether cleared off.

September, 1886

1. Still sick or unable to work.  Had cover made for book, "The Scientific Arena".  Orson and Mary gon to Hamlin.  Wether fair.
2. At home all day.  Took Mother's clothes out of trunk and aired them.  Wether fair.
3. At home all day.  Read neus paper and looked over papers in drawer.  Wether fair.  School closed.
4. Mr. Hodges was here in the fore noon.  Went to Smethport.  Sent pension certificate.  Sent application for increase of pension,  Wether fair.
5. Sunday.  Went and took McCarty home.  Wether fair.
6. Made wagon tong for G. W. Burdick.  Orson put roof on north side of house.  Wether fair.
7. Worked shingling on house.  Went to Colegrove to temperance lecture.  Wether fair.
8. Finished shingling the house.  Was supoened to cort by Dr. Freeman.  Wether fair.
9. Put wall under front side of kitchen.  Wether fair.
10. Went to Hamlin to by a harness off G. Davis.  Did not by.  Got order fro money from E. A. U.  Wether fair till towards nite.  Some showers.
11. Went to school meeting.  Got money from E. A. U.  Wether fair.
12. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether rainy.
13. Went to Smethport.  Witness for Freeman.  Came home at nite.  Served two supoenas.  Wether fair.
14. At Smethport all day.  Caroline stayed here last night.  Went home today.  Wether cloudy with some rain.
15. Went to Smethport.  Orson got his harness,  Wether showery.
16. Stayed Smethport all nite.  Came home today.  Wether showery.
17. Went to Saltworks stayed the nite.  Wether fair.
18. Located schoolhouse at Saltworks.  Came home at night.  Wether fair.
19. At home all day.  Wether showery.
20. At home all day.  Fixed harness.  Wether lousy.
21. Went to Annin.  Wether fair.
22. Helped survey land for Kinney and June.  Wether fair.
23. Went to see A. H. Clark.  Wether fair.
24. Fixed Caroline's barn.  Chloe came out.  Wether fair.
25. Came home and went to school meeting.  Ate dinner at Gallups.  Wether fair.
26. Cloey, George and Frank went home and Berthy went with them.  Wether rainey.
27. Went up to Sheffields camp.  Orson got his dray fro haulling bark.  Wether showery.
28. At home all day.  Commenced work on the sellar.  Wether rainy all afternoon.
29. Worked on sellar.  Orson went to camp to commence skiding logs.  Wether fair.
30. Worked on sellar.  Wether fair.    

October, 1886

1. Worked on sellar.  Wether cloudy with soem granes of snow.
2. Put lining in stone oven.  Wether fair.
3. Sunday.  At home all day.  Very heavy frost this morning.  The first this fall.
4. Went to Smethport to see the Sherif for Orson.  Got uynbrella and horse blanket fro Marey.  Heavy frost last nite.  Wether cloudy.
5. Went to Colegrove to get snaps for Orson.  Wether fair.
6. Went to get horse shod.  Went to Colgrove for shoes.  Wether fair.
7. Made warrant for Ray.  Worked on sellar,  Wether fair.
8. Went and got horse shod.  Worked for D. Cowes afternoon.  WEther fair.
9. Worked on sellar.  Got book Called "Our Becon Light".  $2.50.  Wether fair.
10. Went to Annin after Bertha.  Stayed at Olive's all night.  Wether fair.
11. Went to Turtle.  Took Olive to train. Got Bertha and comed home.  Wether fair.
12. Worked on sellar.  Wether fair.
13. Worked on sellar.  Orson's men quit cutting logs.  Wether fair.
14. Went to Colegrove.  Took Olive to the train to go home.  Orson left his job and came home.  Wether cloudy with high wind and rain in afternoon.
15. Worked on cellar.  Wether rainy.
16. Drawed sawdust for the sellar.  Orson went to Smethport to get his teath drawed.  Wether cloudy and cold.
17. Sunday.  Went up to Swarts with Orson.  Wether - quite a snowfall in morning.
18. Worked on sellar.  Orson drawed sawdust for sellar.  Wether cloudy.
19. Worked on sellar.  George put in some potatoes, the first in the sellar.  Orson left job cutting logs.  I went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
<>
20. Went to Bradford to be examined.  Backus and Freeman went on the same errand.  Orson commenced building shanty.  Wether fair.
21. Went up and helped Orson on his shanty.  Wether fair.
22. Went up worked on shanty.  Men quit cutting logs.  Wether fair.
23. Worked on sellar.  Orson put in potatoes and apples.  Wether fair.  Mary and George went to Turtle.
24. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wm. Dickerson came and Mary came home.  Wether fair.
25. Went to Colegrove.  Got flour and hinges.  Worked up at the school house.  Wether fair.
26. Went to Annin.  Wether cloudy.
27. Went over on the two mile.  Stayed at S. VanDermark's all night.  George got the calf.  Wether showery.
28. Went back to two mile and over to Annin.  Took Ann Evans to Turtle.  Wether rainy.
29. Stayed at Caroline's.  Helped thrash.  Wether showery.
30. Got horse shod and came home.  Wether rainy.
31. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.

November, 1886

1. Worked at lyning an old stone oven.  Failed to connect.  Mother worse tonight.  Wether fair.
2. Election today.  No votes. Rep. 60 Dem 37 Prohibition 1 Labor nun.  Wether fair.
3. Built stoop.  Put up eave spouts.  Wether fair.  Begun to rain in ievening.
4. Went to Colegrove and Hamlin.  Rote letter to Caroline and card to Brewer.  Went up to Dickerson's.  Wether fair.
5. Went to Colegrove.  Got sac of flour and things for schoolhouse.  Sold colt to Ramsey.  Wether fair.
6. Worked in barn, got stable ready for cows.  Wether rain and snow.
7. Sunday.  Wether changeable.  Snow and sunshine.  Snowed 4 inches.
8. Went to Smethport.  Got stone for school house.  Wether snow all day.
9. Agent brot my mother and sister Irena pictures.  I went to Colegrove to get stove.  Wether fair.
10. Worked cleaning schoolhouse.  Wether cloudy and some rain.
11. Finished cleaning schoolhouse.  Wether fair, rain in afternoon.
12. Rote letter to Will.  Pulled turnips.  Fixed stove.  Wether snow most all day.
13. At home and in house.  Wether cold and snow.  About 1 foot  Slayes on the road.  First time this seson.
14. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether changeable.
15. Issued warrant.  School ------- case settled.  Difficulty at Griffiths the cause.  Wether fair.
16. At home doing chores.  Orson hurt a horse.  Wether fair.
17. At home all day doing nothing.  Wether rainy all day.
18. Cleaned out the shop.  Put potatoes in sellar.  Burryed potatoes.  Wether forenoon fair, afternoon cloudy with high winds.
19. At home all day tinkering.  Wether cloudy forenoon with little snow, fair afternoon.
20. Went to Colegrove.  Got cloth for vest.  Wether fair.
21. Went to meeting.  Heard Elder Mitcheemore.  Wether fair.
22. Went to school meeting and teacher's examination.  Went and got scrapebook.  Wether fair.
23. Fixed mother's chair and she sat in it about 10 or 15 minutes.  Wether rainy all day.
24. Went up to Mr. Riche's.  Wether fair.
25. Thanksgiving.  Went to Colegrove.  Bot a pair of mittins.  Borowed 3 traps from William Evans.  Wether snow all day.
26. At home all day doing nothing but cut very little wood.  Wether cold and snowing with 6 inches.  no slaying.
27. Cut a little wood.  Went to school meeting.  Wether fair.
28. Went to Hamlin.  Got some coal.  Wether cloudy.
29. A. P. Brewer sworn as Assessor this morning.  Went to Colegrove.  Took down some potatoes,  Wether snow and rain.
30. Went to Colegrove to get some pipe.  Found some at Galeys.  Brot home from Hamlin.  Wether snowy all day.

December, 1886

1. Worked making slaid.  Got hair cut.  Wether cloudy but mild.  Snowed in evening.
2. Went to Smethport to election of Grand Assay Officers.  Wether cold and snowy.
3. Came home on noon train.  Richard here.  Wether cold and snowy.
4. Worked on slead.  Wether fair.
5. Sunday.  At home all day.  R. H. Evans here.  Wether fair.
6. Worked on slead.  Wether fair.
7. Finished slead.  Richard went away.  Wether fair.
8. Worked on bob slead for Kimball.  Wether fair.
9. Worked for Kimball.  Went up to Fiddler's Green.  Wether fair.
10. Went to Smethport.  Bot cutter and sold it again.  Gave note to A. Parmer.  7 dollars.  Wether fair.
11. Settled with Sam Kimball.  Went to Colegrove and got oysters.  Wether fair.
12. Sunday.  Richard came in evening.  I went to church.  Wether fair.
13. Put the trunk up on brackets.  Fixed the cradle.  Wether rainy all day.
14. Got pipe ready to fix school house porch.  Split some wood.  Assessment taken.  Wether cold and cloudy.
15. At home all day.  Rite nee very lame.  Wether cloudy and coald.
16. Fixed bob slead for Charles Burdick.  Wether coudy and coald.
17. Went to Rifles got horse shod.  Got sox from G. Burdick.  Went to Hamlin, got money from A. Ebert.  Wether c;oudy and coald.
18. Went to Hamlin and Colegrove.  Got coper ribits.  Sent letter to Lidmer & Son.  Wether warm with soft snow and some rain.
19. Sunday.  At home all day.  Mother sat up one hour in a chair.  Wether cloudy and coald with little snow.
20. Bot cutter of Adam Richey.  Worked fixing it up.  Wether fair but cold.
21. Went out to Caroline's.  Paid hir for cattle.  Wether fair.
22. Went down and seen Cameron Winship.  Went over to Sartwell Creek to see D. Yenser about Kimballs butter.  Wether fair.
23. Went and see Chloey and Olive and came home.  Brot Mrs. Kinney with me.  Wether snowy.
24. Went to Colegrove.  Got Bertha a dress.  Wether rainy.
25. The children had a very nice time with their Christmas last evening.  Worked fixing cow stable.  Wether coald with little snow.
26. Sunday.  Went over to Olive's.  Stayed all night.  Wether cloudy and coald.
27. Got horse off Will Windsor for $35.00.  Paid $00 in a note against himself and owe $20.00.  Drove to Sartwell and got her shod.  Drove to Cleveland's and stayed the night.  Wether coald.
28. Came home.  Orson traded old horse for mule.  Wether fair but cold.
29. Went on hill.  Got load of wood with mair, but worked well.  Wether cold.  Visited school with Superintendent.
30. Went to Colegrove.  Got feed, flour.  Orson went to Smethport.  Wether cold.
31. In house all day.  Sick with a coald.  Wether cloudy with little rain just at night.

     
January, 1887

1. Went to G. Burdick.  Got quarter beaf.  Fixed slead for G. W.  Wether cloudy and cold.
2. At home all day.  Foot swelled so can't wair boot.  Wether very cold.
3. Went to Colegrove to get rubber for Orson.  Wether fair but cold.
4. Orson commenced drawing chary logs and I went up with him.  I took job drawing bark of Rifle.  Wether fair but very coald.  Thermometer down to 15 below zero.
5. Worked in shop fixing cutter shaft.  Wether fair.
6. Worked fixing bob sleads.  Wether cloudy and cold.
7. Took the ears off 7 foxes for J. B. Oviatt.  Worked fixing bobsleds.  Wether fair but coald..
8. Went to J. P .Evans.  Worked on slead  Went to Kimballs. Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
9. Went and took old Mrs. Kinney to Turtlepoint and went up to Carolines.  Wether fair.
10. Stayed to Caroline's all day.  Helped fix the barn and bobslead.  Wether very cold and rainy.
11. Went over to George Windsor's.  Went down to see Olive a few minutes.  Wether fair but very coald.
12. Came home.  Wether a little warmer but snow all day.
13. At home all day.  Helped fix bob sled.  Choped wood.  Wether fair and snowy.
14. Worked fixing sled.  Wether warmer with some rain.  Colder just at night.
15. Worked fixing slead.  Wether colder and cloudy.
16. Mrs. Hinesman buryed to day.  Wether cloudy but warmer.
17. Hitched two mairs together to draw wood.  Wether rain this morning, colder and snow with high winds this afternoon.
18. Got lode of chery logs.  Took to Hinesman Mill.  Wether fearful cold with snow and high winds.
19. Went to get lode of chery logs.  Wether clear and coald.
20. Walter S. Evans one year old today.  Drawed logs.  Wether cloudy bur warm with high winds.
21. Drawed logs.  Wether warm with winds.
22. Drawed logs.  Wether fair and warmer.  Rained a little towards daylight.
23. At home all day.  Mary sick all day.  Wether warm and rain all day.
24. At home all day and not feeling very well.  Made a whip stalk.  Went to Colegrove in evening.
25. Went on the hill after a lode of wood.  Got the buggy here and put the pole in.  Wether fair and warm.
26. Had law suit.  Wether clear but coald.
27. Went to Colegrove.  Went up to Combes.  Sold beaf to Henderickson.  Bot 2 hogs.  Wether fair.
28. At home all day.  Orson killed his cow.  Brot home the hogs.  Wether coald with high winds, rain just at night.
29. Fixed stove in Mother's room.  Took job silling and moving D. Orville Gallup's horse barn.  Wether fair.
30. At home all day.  Wether fair til last night.  Began to snow.
31. Went down to see C. Gallup and went to see G. Davis about trading horses.  Wether fair.

February, 1887

1. Literacy Commenced.  Getting sills ready for D. Gallup's barn.  Wether fair.
2. Hewed 3 sills.  Had J. Myers to help.  Wether rainy all day.
3. At home all day.  Sent money to Tulman regarding letter.  Wether rain all day.
4. Went to Colegrove.  Got bolts.  Went up to see D. Gallup.  Bot a ton of hay.  Wether fair.
5. Went with Orson.  Got lode of chery logs.  Wether fair.
6. At home all day.  Wether warm with rain.
7. Got a tonn of hay from Daniel Gallup.  Wether rain all day.
8. Orson went and traded off the little black mair.  Wether rain all day.
9. Got soril mair shod.  Went to Colegrove for medication.  Wether fair.
10. Hewed sills for barn.  Wether cloudy with rain in evening.
11. At home.  Wether raining.
12. At home.  Wether raining. 
13. Hewed barn sills.  Wether high winds.
14. Worked framing barn sills.  Wether cloudy.
15. Election.  Worked at barn.  Wether fair.
16. Worked at barn.  Wether cloudy.
17. Mad roler to move barn on.  Wether fair.
18. Rote some.  Worked some.  Wether snow and rain.
19. John Johnson lost suit.  Wether fair.
20. At home all day.  Wether snow  - 6 inches deep.
21. At home, sick all day.  Wether cloudy.
22. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
23. Two lawsuits.  Wether cloudy with snow in evening; rain in the night.  Went down and propped up the barn in the night.
24. At home all day.  Mary sick.  Mrs. Gallup here.  Wether cloudy with snow  afternoon.  Orson settled with J. Mason  on logs.
25. Went to Smethport after medicine for Mary; Doc Freeman-prescription.  Wether fair.
26. At home all day.  Wether sleat, rain and snow all day.
27. At home all day.  Wether cold with wind and snow.
28. Went to Smethport to cort on jury all week.  Wether cold with wind and snow in the morning but warmer towards night.

March, 1887

1. In cort all day.  Wether fair.
2. In cort all day.  Wether fair.
3. In cort all day on oil suit. Commonwealth against Mr. P. George.  Wether fair.
4. In cort all day on same suit.  Wether fair.
5. Brot in verdict this morning and got discharged at 11 o'clock.  Came homein snow.  Wether cold with, hale, and rain.
6. At home all day.  Wether rain all day.
7. Went to Colegrove.  Had pension compliant certificate filled out and sent away.  Wether fair.
8. Rote an execution against Mr. Perkins.  Wether fair.
9. Worked on barn.  Wether cloudy with high winds.
10. Worked on barn.  Wether cloudy, windy.
11. Put rolers under barn.  Wether fair.
12. Execution passed.  Went to school meeting.  Wether fair.
13. Wether fair.
14. At home all day except went to Constable's sale.  Bot a hoe.  Wether cloudy, coald.
15. Went up to Rifles afternoon.  Wether fair but coald.
16. Got rope and tackle block and worked on barn.  Got ready to move.  Wether cold and cloudy.
17. Moved D. O. Gallup's barn this forenoon.  Wether cloudy and coald with high winds.
18. Worked putting butments under barn.  Wether cloudy and coald with high winds.
19. Finished putting butments under D. Gallup's barn.  Got notice to except office of JP.  Wehter cloudy and coald with lite snow.
20. Wether cloudy and coald.  Wind in the north 10 days.
21. Worked for J. Dennison builing house.  Wether moderating, rained a little.
22. Worked on the Dennison house.  Wether colde with a little snow.
23. Still working on house.  Wether fair.
24. Finished working on house and bot 3 windows off him.  Wether fair.  His black cow came in tonight.
25. It thundered and rained tonight and then snowed and froz very hard.  Worked on Oviatt's barn today.  Wether fair.
26. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
27. At home all day.  Orson and Mary went over to Irene's.  Wether fair with south wind.
28. Worked in the shop a little while.  Went up to G. Burdick's, took acknowledgement of a deade.  Wether coalde with some snow.
29. At home all day.  Wether to coald to work or go out much.  Wether very coald  with stormy north winds.
30. Worked in the barn.  Wether fair.
31. Worked on the barn.  George got his watch.  Wether fair.

April, 1887

1. Took job this morning for P. Gallup's little hay barn.  Bot half ton of hay off N. Gallup. Took sill and roler down to barn.  Got 25 dollars balance of pay on D. Gallup's barn. Griffith put his line fence below the rode.  Wether fair.
2. Went over to Portville.  Paid note given to Jasper -arde for buggy.  Note and interest $34.12 Came back.  Stade to Olives all night.  Wether fair.
<>
3. Sunday Went up to Clarks. Took Olive and the children and stayed to dinner.  took Olive ome and went over to Carolines. Stayed all night.
4. Stayed to Caroline's til 2 o'clock then came home.  Wether cloudy with rain  in afternoon.
5. Made a handle.  Got horse shod.  Wether coalde with a little snow and high winds.
6. Went to Hamlin for Orson in the forenoon.  Commenced work on Gallup's barn.  Wether fair.
7. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
8. Went to get tackle blocks from James White.  Wether fair.
9. Worked on barn.  Put rolers under it.  Wether fair and quite warm.
<>
10. Sunday At home all day.  Wether fair.
11. Worked on barn.  Mooved it across the creek.  Wether fair with clouds.
12. Finished C. Gallup's barn.  Brot tools home.  Wether fair.  Rained a little last evening.Made out bill.  Got leg hurt pulling out lader.
<>
13. Settled with N. Gallup and got pay for moving barn.  Went up to H. Gallup and took job silling his barn for 15 dollars.  Wether cloudy with sum, rain afternoon.
14. Went to Smethport for seed oats and grass seed.  Got medicine, got Mary a dress and shoos.  Got Bertha some shoos.  Debt to Hopkins.  George went to Annin.  Wether fair.
15. Orson had headache.  Went to mill, got lumber.  Wether cloudy with some rain.  Heavy.
16. Fixed buggy.  Put basewood lumber in shop.  Orson made bridge across ditch, fixedFence.  Wether cloudy aand cool with some rain.
<>
17. Sunday Went down to John's and ate dinner.  Had roste turkey.  Libby Davis came up here after noon.  Wether fair, frose quite hard last night.
18. At home all day.  Cleaned out shop chamber.  Wether snowed all day.  Snowed 9 inches on the level at 7 o'clock in evening and still snowing.
19. At home all day.  Not able to work any.  Orson bot 500 hay from C. Gallup.  Wether fair with 11 inches deep this morning.
20. Went to Hamlin to see about a housekeeper.  Got  crockers.  Wether fair.
21. Commenced work on the porch and bed room.  Wether fair with snow, flying clouds and a little spritzer of rain.
22. Worked on bed room in fore noon.  In afternoon sick, not able to work.  Wether showery.
23. Worked on bed room.  Not feeling  very well.  Wether changeable.
24. Sunday Went over to A. P. Brown and ate dinner.  Mrs. Jones was here when I came home. Wether mostly fair with flying clouds and a few flakes of snow.
25. Worked on bedroom.  Put in window.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
26. Worked on house forenoon.  Afternoon - sick.  Mr. Cleveland came.  Wether cool and  showery.
27. Worked at the house.  Orson built some fence on the hillside..  Wether changeable with a little spatter of rain.
28. Worked on house some.  Went to school meeting.  Wether rained afternoon.
29. Went to get shingles off of A. Richey to put on schoolhouse.  Went up and settled with J. B. Kimball and got 2 shoos set on mair.  Wether rainy all day.
30. Went down to Farmers Valey looking for a woman to keep house.  Wether fair.

May, 1887

1. Sunday Ate dinner at William Dickerson's.  Went over to Annin and went to the meeting in the evening.
2. Ate dinner at Buckley's.  Came home. Wether fair.
3. Went to Smethport to school convention to elect school superintendent.  Wether fair.
4. Worked in house taking down partition.  Wether fair.
5. Worked in house fore noon, went to Smethport afternoon.  Went to Post meeting, gave bail    for Justice of the Peace office.  Wether fair and evening rain.
6. Worked on house.  Wether showery.
7. Worked on house.  Wether cloudy.  Orson sold oats.
8. Sunday At home all day.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
9. Worked on the house.  Door off the bedroom.
10. Worked in home, put down carpet in Mother's room.  Wether very warm, fair.
11. Went to Smethport.  Paed Hopkins up and got another bill of goods - $Walter Jones here.  Wether fair.
12. Went to H. Gallup's.  Cleaned up around the house and sold some lettuce. Wether fair.
13. Fixed the school porch at Hamlin,  Orsin worked at Colegrove.  Wether fair.
14. Worked in garden.  Went to Coldgrove.  Wether fair.
15. Mr. Cleveland and housekeeper was here.  Wether fair.
16. Worked in garden.  Planted peas, carrots, corn and cucumbers.  Wether fair.
17. Made a cupboard.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
18. Started out to find a housekeeper.  Went as far as Clevelands. Stayed all night.  Wether fair.
19. Went over to Olives.  Engaged Mrs. Chase to keep house.  Went to Clark Hayes all night.  Wether fair.
20. Was sick in the morning, but came home.  Wether fair.
21. Worked in garden.  Put window in house.  Wether fair, very warm.
22. At home all day.  Mrs. Sharkell was here and agreed to come and work this summer. Wether fair.
23. Set out tomato and pepper plants.  Fixed bedstead.  Wether fair.
24. Cut potatoes and went to bead, not very well.  Wether rainey.
25. Worked in seller.  Went to H. Gallup.  Wether cloudy.
26. Got mair shood.  Orson plowed hillside.  Wether showery.
27. Worked choring around the house.  Wether cloudy and a little rain.
28. Went to the burying ground to help get ready for Decoration Day.  Wether fair.
29. Went and gathered flowers for DecorationDay.  Went to church.  Wether fair.
30. Went to Decoration.  Wether fair.
31. Wrote letter to H. Els & Co.  and one to Elder Hovey, Annin Creek.  Planted some potatoes, corn. Wether cloudy and cool
    

June, 1887

1. Chored around home.  Took G. Burdick's mair to pasture,  Wether cloudy.
2. Went down to Hamlin, drawed school wood.  Wether showery.  Went into school.
3. Fixed woodhouse at Hamlin's schoolhouse.  Orson drawed wood.  Wether rainy.
4. Went to Colegrove.  Sent pension papers to Petersburg.  Went to church Meeting and read.  Wether fair.
5. At home all day.  Wether is cloudy with a little rain.
6. Went to school meeting.  Wether rainy.
7. Worked hewing timber for H. Gallup's barn.  Wether cloudy.
8. Still hewing timber.  Wether fair.
9. Worked shingling David Gallup's barn.  Wether fair.
10. Finished shingling.  Wether fair.
11. Worked in garden.  Mother went to Colegrove and Orson planted potatoes. R. H. Evans here. Weather Fair.
    
12. Sunday  At home all day.  Will and Olive came here last night.Went home today at 4 o'clock PM.  I sent in application for the K of G. Wether fair.
13. Worked on H Gallup's barn.  Wether fair.
14. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
15. Went to Smethport, got loan.  Wether fair until just at night lite shower.
16. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
17. Worked on barn.  Wether fair.
18. Went to school meeting.  Went to church meeting.  Wether fair.
19. Sunday Went to East Smethport.  Got Mrs. Paine to come here to work.  Wether a little showery.
20. Went to Smethport.  Got stuff to keep.  Have made a bill of $70Paid $500. Wether fair till about 9 o'clock in the evening.  A heavy shower.
21. Finished H. Gallups barn.  Wether fair.
22. Law suit with W. Richey.  Wether fair.
23. Law suit with Norm Thomas.  Wether fair.
24. Worked in garden.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
25. Went to Covenant meeting.  Clark came out in evening.  Wether fair.
26. Orson went to state Line.  Wether fair.
27. Orson came home.  I chored around the house.  Wether fair.
28. Went and took job of haying for Danaiel Gallup.  Wether fair.
29. Took Cloey to train.  Went over to Two Mile to find a girl.  Wether fair.
30. Stayed to Caroline's last night.  Came home.  Wether fair.

July, 1887

1. Orson commenced haying.  Got 1 lode above the road.  ---- Pearce went home. Wether fair.
2. Went to Port Allegany.  Joined Knight of Labor.  Went up to Windsor's.  Wether fair.
3. Sunday.  Went to Annin to meeting.  Wether fair.
4. Went over to G. Kinney's and H. Kinney's.  Wether fair.
5. Came home.  Wether fair.
6. Rote letter to pension agent.  Raked hay.  Wether fair.
7. Worked at the house.  Wether fair.
8. Got hay for Uber.  Wether fair.
9. Went up to William Dennison's.  Whether showery.
10. Sunday.  At house all day.  Wether fair.
11. Commenced haying at Daniel Gallup's.  Wether fair.
12. Worked at haying.  Wether fair.
13. Worked at haying.  Wether fair.
14. Worked at haying.  Wether fair.
15. Worked at haying.  Wether fair.
16. Orson worked at hay.  I went to Port Allegany to Knight of Labor meeting. Wether fair.
17. Sunday.  Stayed at Olive's.  Came home in afternoon.  Wether rainy in morning.  Orson went after Mrs. McDougall.
18. Orson came home with Mrs. McDougall.  Wether fair.
19. Worked at hay.  Wether  some clouds.
20. Worked at hay.  Wether rain just at night.
21. At home.  Wether lousey.
22. At home.  Wether still cloudy.
23. Went to convenant meeting.  Wether rainey.
24. Sunday.  Wether fair.
25. At home.  No hay wether yet.
26. At home.  Wether veryable.
27. Worked haying.  Wether fair.
28. Worked haying.  Wether fair.
29. Worked haying.  Wether fair.
30. Worked haying.  Wether fair.
31. Sunday.  Orson and George went to meeting.  Wether fair.

August, 1887

1. Worked haying.  Wether cloudy, fair.
2. Finished haying at D. Gallup's.  Wether fair and cloudy.
3. Orson and I went to Smethport.  Paid for Mary's washcan and gave Note 40 dollars to apply.  Wether fair.
4. Worked haying at home.  Rote a letter to McKean Post.  Wether fair.
5. Worked in shop.  Wether clouds and rain.
6. Worked at haying.  Wether fair.
7. Sunday.  Went to East Smethport with Marry to see Mrs. Pearce.  Wether fair.
8. Worked fixing bugy.  Wether fair.
9. Worked in shop.  Wether fair. Finshed haying went to Kimballs took job, logs and bark, wether fair
10. Worked in shop.  Wether fair.  Orson drawed bark.
11. Worked in shop.  Wether heavy rain shower.  Traded horse with Fr-----.
12. Worked in shop and went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
13. Worked in shop.  Drawed in oats.  Orson and Marry went to Turtlepoint
    
<>Mrs. Pearce came here.  Wether fair.
14. Sunday.  At home all day.  Orson and Marry away, rather lonesome.  Wether cloudy.
15.   Worked on bugy.  Went to Colegrove.Orson came home.  Wether Cloudy.
16.   Mother very sick.  Wated on his ----- all day.  Rote letter to children and also to Mr. Bantan.  Sent $5.00 to Bantan.  Wether fair.
17. Painted buggys.  Mother still sick.  Wether fair til just at night, cloudy.
18. Painted buggy.  Mother stil sick.  Rote letter to children.  Wether cloudy afore noon.  Rained very hard last night.
19. Drawed off the records of the Baptist Church from the olde paper into the book and took cair of Mother.  Orson went after Marry.  George went with him.  Wether fair.
20. Went to Covenant Meeting.  Orson and Marry came.  Wether fair.
21. Sunday.  At home all day.  R. H. Evans here,  Wether fair.
22. At home.  Mother no better.  OSE went up to -dler and green.  George came home.  Wether showery.
23. At home.  Mother no better.  Os after wood for A. Brown.  Wether cloudy.
24. At home.  Mother no better.  OS went and settled with Sheffield.  Wether showery.
25. Fixed buggy.  Orson went up and settled with Kimball.  Wether fair.
26. Worked on buggy.  Orson commenced halling barke and grain.  Wether fair.
27. Finished buggy.  Wether fair.
28. Walter and I took a ride.  Wether fair.
29. Sunday.  At home all day.  Not very well.  Wether fair.
30. Gathered sunflowers.  Rote letter to Miner.  Solde bugy to J. Denison,  Wether fair.
31. Helped at C. Gallup burn his fodder.  Got Sarah's picture.  Walter Jones came.  Wether fair.

September, 1887

1. Rote letter for lamp burners.  Walter Jones went away.  I took down bedroom partition.  The mair got in Grif's lot.  Wether fair.
2. Fixed the stove and put down carpet in Mother's room.  Orson swapped wagons with    Green.  Wether rainy all day.
3. Went to Colegrove.  Sent letter to lamp burners.  Got water and let the bugy go.  Wether fair.
4. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
5. Put wood on olde Rowley bugy axletree.  Orson and Bertha went to Smethport.  Wether fair.
6. Went to Colegrove.  Sent pension certificate to Petersburg.  Bot bugy wheels off C. A. Anderson.
7. Went to Crosby with Otson to get wagon belley and got two bugy wheels off of C. A. Anderson.  George hurt the gray mair.  Wether chanmgeable.
8. Worked fixing wagon wheels.   Rote letter to the children.  Orson raked millet.  Wether fair.
9. Worked fixing wagon wheels.  Orson put shoes on the olde sorrel.  Wether cloudy afternoon.
10. Worked at wagon.  Went to school meeting.  Went to caucus in evening.  Wether fair.
11. Sunday.  At home all day.  Very lonely.  Wether rainy.
12. Went down to C. Gallup's to take job logging.  Wether coudy.. Did not take job.
13. At home.  No well.  Orson and George went to Smethport.  Wether showery.
14. Worked making wagon axletree.  Orson sick with toothache.  Wether showery.
15. Went to school meeting.  Solde the Denison house for a wood shed.  Wether fair.
16. Finished fixing Orson's wagon.  Wether fair.
17. Went up to Richey's.  Went over to Covenant meeting,   No one there but me.  Got hay and beans from C. A. Anderson.  Wether fair.
18. Sunday.  Went out and got bugy from Helmans.  Wether fair.
19. Fixed bugy that I got from Helmann and moved away millet.  Wether fair.
20. Went to Colegrove.  Raked a little buckwheat.  Wether fair.
21. Went to Smethport.  Got pamphlet for jearers.  Orson drawed lumber for Gil Liman.  Wether fair.
22. Orson drawed lumber.  Wether (blank)                              
23. Orson worked for J. Liman.  Wether  (blank).
24. Orson went to Colegrove.  Wether (blank).
25. Sunday.  Wether fair.
26. I went up to take windows out of the Denison shanty to get ready to move.  Wether fair.
27. Took flore out of shanty.  Wether cloudy.
28. Stayed at home.  Wether fair.
29. Hitched Orson's and Gallup's teams to house and got it into the road.  Wether showery.
30. Got wood house on the spot.  Had Orson's, E. Udal, G. & J. Ballard teams.  Wether cloudy fore noon, afternoon fair.

October,  1887

1. Went got plank for wood house flore.  Wether cloudy.
2. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether rain y.
3. Fixed bobsled tp put in cords.  Orson went to Smethport for Gil Liman.  Wether changeable.  Rain and sunshine.
4. Filled put pension papers for Joseph Richey.  Went up to Lasher's place.  Helped get stove and set it up.  Wether rainy.
5. Went up and raised up wood shead.  Wether cloudy.
6. Went and took tools up to schoolhouse for Gil Liman and got horse shod.  Went to Colegrove.  Got feed.  Wether changeable.
7. Went to Heinmenns.  Got timber for schoolhouse.  Got W. Smith to draw it for me.  Set up buckwheat.  Wether fair.
8. Went to Colegrove.  Got plane lead water pail.  Drawed buclwheat in afternoon.  Wether fair.
9. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair til just at night - rain.
10. Took out north window under stoop.  Drawed plank up to schoolhouse.  Wether rainy.
11. Went to school meeting all day.  Settled with Gil Liman for repair on school house.  Wether cloudy.
12. Cleaned up buckwheat.  Brotit home.  Wether cloudy with bits of snow.  Storm the first this fall.
13. Drawed buckwheat straw home.  Worked on wood shead up at schoolhouse.  Wetherveryable.  Clouds and sum flakes.
14. Worked on wood shead.   Griffiths chimney burnt out.  Wether mostly fair.
15. Worked on wood shead.  Put in window in woodshead.  Orson got me new hat.  Wether fair - heavy freze last night.
16. Sunday.  At home all day.  Bill Richards and wife and children was here today.  Wether fair.
17. Worked on wood shead.  Orson dug potatoes.  George went to Shoes.  Wether fair.
18. Finished wood shead.  Put in wood.  Got my draft for $34.00.  Wether fair.
19. Made wagon tunge for Warren Smith's wagon.  Wether fair.
20. Went to Colegrove.  Got cloth for bed tier.  Got tier.  Set on bugy wh--.  Wether fair aforenoon, afternoon cloudy.
21. Fixed bugy.  Painted Smith's wagon tung. Sent $10 to R. Kallman in registered letter.  C. W. Dickinson brot lease here for me to take Salt Works.  Wether changeable sum.  Rain and snow.
22. Went to Colegrove.  Got bag of feede.  Brot it to C. Gallup's old house and commenced taring it down.  Wether cloudy and cool.  Snow last night - 3/4 inch.
23. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
24. Went to Singersville.  Stayed at L. Lescore.  Wether fair.
25. Went to Salt Valey.  Got school wood.  Stayed to Parker's all night.  Wether fair.
26. Came home.  Brot jug mineral water.  Wether fair.
27. Forenoon at home.  Afternoon worked making steps to upper schoolhouse  Wether cloudy.
28. Worked on schoolhouse steps forenoon.  Went to school meeting afternoon.  Wether fair.
29. Worked on schoolhouse steps.  Wether fair.
30. Sunday.  Home all day.  Wether fair.
31. Worked on schoolhouse steps,  Wether fair.

November, 1887

1. Plained flore boards.  Finished schoolhouse steps.  Wether fair.
2. Worked laying chaimber floor in kitchen.  Orson and George worked logging for N. C. Gallup.  Wether fair.
3. Worked in the house.  Wether fair.
4. Went down to N. C. Gallup's.  Worked on house.  Wether fair.
5. Worked on house.  Orson scraped dirt into front yard.  Wether fair.
6. Sunday.  Ate supper at John 's.  Wether fair.
7. Built stepps and banked up house no.Wether fair.
8. Election Day.  Republican majority about 40.  Wether fair.
9. Worked fixing house.  Wether fair.
10. Worked in the house.  Partitioned off bed room for George.  Wether raine and snow.
11. Worked in house.  Orson killed his hog.  R. H. Evans came.  Wether snowy all day.
12. Worked in house.  Wether cloudy all day.
13. Sunday.  Will Brewer buryed.  Wether fair.
14. Worked in house a little.  Wether forenoon fair, afternoon rainy.
15. Worked on the house.  Put roof over the stoop.  Wether rainy.
16. Put up barnyard fence.  Wether fair.
17. Put in front window in kitchen.  Wether fair.
18. Worked in house in forenoon.  Lawsuit in afternoon.
19. School meeting forenoon.  Afternoon Covenant meeting.  Wether coald with sum snow.
20. Sunday.  John Evans very sick.  Went down  to see him.  Wether coald and snowy.
21. Went to school meeting all day.  Wether fair.
22. Rote a letter to Caroline but not able to work much.  Wether fair, but quite snowy.
23. Put in a door between the kitchen and dining room.  Orson drawed lumber.  Wether fair forenoon.  Afternoon a little rain.
24. Thanksgiving.  Worked in house,  Took acknowledgement of Deed for G. M. Rifle.  Wether rainy all day.
25. Went with Orson to try to but a horse.  Bot cloth for a shirt.  Wether rainy all day.
26. Made an ax handle. Helped Orson build wood shead.  Wether cloudy forenoon, afternoon fair.
27. Sunday.  At home all day.  Pearce rode out this evening.  Wether fair.
28. Rote 3 letters to Pub. Co.  Orson's gray horse dead.  Colde sum clouds, sunshine and a little snow.
29. Fixed 2 lanterns.  Orson sealed the  --try overhead and painted it.  Wether fair.
30. Blasted stumps for Olmstead.  Wether coald and cloudy.

December, 1887

1. Worked taking down N. C. Gallup's olde house.  Wether fair, very colde.
2. Took down seeling and one chimney in the olde house.  Wether cloudy and coald with south wind.
3. Went to Colegrove.  Got some alcohol and a pair of ---- -----.  Gorge Zimmerman came here.  Wether fair.
4. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether cloudy with sum rain.
5. Sent away pension papers and brot Olic\ve up. She came home for a weeks visit.  Wether fair.
6. Worked on taring down the olde house forenoon.  School meeting in afternoon to distribet the books.  Wether fair.
7. Worked taring down olde house.  Took down chimney, flore and siding.  Wether fair.
8. Took up flore in olde house.  Wether fair.
9. Worked at olde house.  Took off roof and sides.  Wether mostly fair.
10. Went to Colegrove.  Got oil and lantern globes and burners.  Orson went and took Olive home and Bertha went along with them.  Wether rainy all day.
11. Sunday.  At home all day.  Orson and Bertha away to Annin.  Wether cloudy and warmer.
12. Went down and piled up lumber around the olde house.  Wether cloudy.
13. Hung outside mdooe at Allie Smith here.  Orson came home.  Bot a horse from Cleveland traded with Eaton.  Jule kids moved into the Leasher house.  Wether fair.
14. Fixed the partition between the two rooms.  Put in the saw dust.  Wether fair.
15. Hung door between the two olde rooms.  Orson got the horse back that he let Eaton have.  Wether colde with snow.
16. Worked around the house.  Jim Abbet here tonight.  Wether fair.
17. Put threshold under dore.  Went to Covenant meeting.  Got the Little Wonder washing mashine.  Orson solde the black heifer.  Wether cloudy and coald.
18. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether snowy.  Snow 5 inches deep.
19. Tried the new washer and found warranty.  Wether fair.
20. About the house all day.  Rote warrant for S. Kimball.  Wether forenoon fair, afternoon snowy.
21. Got slead crookboard at Hinemans Mill.  Wether cloudy with a little snow.
22. Got horse shod.  Wether cold and rainy.
23. Fixed cutter.  Orson went to Smethport.  Wether cloudy.
24. Went to Colegrove.  Got oysters.  Wether fair.
25. Sunday.  Christmas.  Oysters for dinner.  Wether fair.
26. At home chorrin around.  Wether fair.
27. Fixed the old cutter.  Wether fair.
28. Sat in the house all day.  Wether snow all day.
29. Chored around the house.  Wether colde withsome snow and high winds.
30. Went up to Fidlers-green.  Got store brade.  Wether fair.
31. Handed my striped mittens.  Wether snowy all day.

January, 1888

1. Sunday.  At home all day.  Read poet Talmadge Sermon in Toledo Balde.  Wether rainy all day.
2. At home all day.  Wether colde and a little snow.
3. At home through the day.  Went to Coelgrove in evening.  Got Bill of Provision.  Wether cloudy and colde.
4. Worked fixing harness.  Wether cloudy.
5. Got letter from Cloe.  Cloe sick.  Worked fixing harness,  Wether fair.
6. In the house all day.  Not  feeling very well.  My foot very sore.  Wether warmer with snow and sleat all day.
7. Went over to Turtlepoint.  Took Mary over to see her Mother who was sick.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
8. Sunday.  Went up on the two mile.  Stayed at George Windsor's all night.  Wether cloudy.
9. Came over to Caroline's and ate dinner.  Came home in afternoon.  Wether cool and cloudy.
10. At home all day, sick with a bad coald.  Wether coald and snowy with spells of sunshine.
11. Still sick.  Mary sick with disentary.  Wether cloudy and coald
12. Still sick but able to set up out doers once.  Marr still sick.  Wether colde and cloudy.
13. Still not well but went down to N. C. Gallup's.  Solde heifer and fanning mill.  Mary still sick.  Geroge Seegarfed went for the doctor.  Wether colde.
14. I am still in the house.  Orson went to Smethport to pay a note and get the doctor,  He could not come.  Wether fair.
15. Sunday.  Still not well.  Mary very sick and likely enough to dye.  The doctor was here this afternoon.  Sayes it is doubtful.  5 o'clock.  Little chance for Mary to get well.  Wether stormes, rain and snow.
16. Rote to Olive.  Mary still very sick.  Wether fair.  Doctor is here.
17. Mary no better.  I went down to John's and ate dinner.  Wether snowy all day.
18. Mary no better.  Ettie McDougal came here.  George Kinney and Eliz Kinney.  Wether coalde with some snow.
19. My toe is very sore.  Mary no better.  GBK went home. The doctor was here toady.  Wether coald with high winds and snow.
20. Ett Kinney went home this morning.  Mary appears a very little bit better
21. L. J. Kinney and Mrs. Rose Kinney came here  today.  Dot McCoy here today.  W. Richey helped cut some wood.  Wether changeable.  Clouds and some showers but very colde.
22. Sunday.  David Yentzer and wife came to see Mary.  Wether fair.
23. D. Yentzer and wife went home.  L. J. Kinney came out this evening.  Wether fair til  lader in night, cloudy with a little snow.
24. L. J. Kinney  stayed to buy Orson's horses but did not buy them.  Mary a little better but not able to sit up any.
25. Rote a letter to  pension agent in Pittsburgh.  Wether stormy.  L. J. K. went home.  The preacher was here from Colegrove visiting.  Richey went to Smethport with my mair.  Wether showers.
26. Got letter from  Gary Brothers & Co., NY.  Wether very colde with high winds and snow.
27. Orson went to Smethport.  Past 10 o'clock.  He has not returned yet.  Wether wind still blowing harde and still very colde.
28. Rote letter to Gary Brothers & Co., NY.  Wether still very colde with high winds.
29. Sunday.  Went to meeting at schoolhouse.  The Rev. Mr. Smith of Smethport preached.  Wether is fair.
30. Commenced choring around house today.  Marry is worse.  Orson is not well.  Wether warmer but cloudy.
31. Choped some wood.  Doing chores at the barn.  Caroline came out to John's.  Wether cloudy but warmer.

February, 1888

1. Commenced doing my own work.  Etty McDougal went home.  Caroline came here.  Wether cloudy and mild.
2. Candalmus day.  Orson and Mary still sick.  Wether fair,  sunshine all day.
3. Got mair shod.  Went and got money changed.  Wether fair.
4. At home doing house work.  Orson and Mary still sick.  Wether rainy all day.
5. Sunday.  At home all day.  Caroline was here a little while today.  Wether cooler and cloudy.
6. Got straw from A. P. Brewer's and filled Mother's bead.  Orson drawed barke.  George worked for G. A. Burdick.  Wether fair.
7. Went and visited the school.  Found it running in good condition.  Went to Colegrove.  Got some groseryes(groceries).  Wether cloudy, warmer.
8. Went over to the two mile.  Stayed to Olives.  Wether fair.
9. Went up to Chloe's.  Ate dinner. Went to G. L. K.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair but  very colde.
10. Went down to the mill and see the lumber.  Went back.  Went to meeting in evening.  Wether fair and still colder.
11. Went over to Caroline's.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair.
12. Sunday.  Spent to meeting in forenoon.  Came home afternoon.  Wether fair.
13. Around the house all day.  Libbey Davis stayed with Mother while I was gone.  Wether fair.
14. Went over to N. E. Brewer and up to D. Gallup's.  Got buckwhest and flour off of A. P. Brown.  Wether fair until just at night, rain.
15. Rote letter to Gary Bros.  At home all day.  Wether fair, very colde.
16. Went to Colegrove.  Got feed, beans and sugar.  Saw two robbins at John Evans'.  Wether fair.
17. Orson's "Charley" horse very lame.  Went to Colegrove, got medicine for him.  Sent letter to Gary Bros.  Wether fair.
18. Went to Smethport.  Saw D. C. Young.  Went to caucus for nomination for Assessor.  Wether fair.
19. Sunday.  At home all day.  Mary sat in our room yesterday and today, the first since she was sick.  Wether fair.
20. Got straw from A. P. Brewer and filled my bead.  Democrat caucus tonight. Wether rainy.
21. Election.  I was elected assessor.  Wether fair.
22. went to colegrove.  Fidelia and Ann Washel?? were here.  wether fair.
23. Worked in the house all day.  Fixed shoos for Bertha and did some washing.  wether fair.
24. Drawed wood and lumber from N. C. Gallup.  Solde brick to N. A. Hineman.  Got $3.50 cash.  Wether fair.
25. In the house all day.  R. H. Evans here.  Wether rainy all day.
26. Sunday.  At home all day.  R. H. Evans here again tonight.  Wether colde with snow.
27. Went to Smethport to see about getting money.  Got $500 from D. C. Young.  Stayed all night.  Wether colde and clear.
28. Came home on the noon train. Orson's "Charley" horse dead today. Wether clear and coald.
29. Went out to Annin.  Stayed to Caroline's all night.  wether fair.

March, 1888

1. Went over on Two Mile.  Ate dinner at G. B. Kinney's. Atayed all night at G. Windsor's.  Wether cloudy.
2. Came home.  Ate dinner at Mr. E. Windsor.  Wether rain all day.
3. A. B. Rifle sworn in as Supervisor.  Put up the cookstove.  Mary went over to Ira Burdick's visiting.  Wether colde with lite spritz of snow.
4. Sunday.  My 64th birthday.  At home all day.  wether coald and clear.
5. Went to Smethport.  Sent away pension papers.  Wether fair but coalde.
6. Rote out Oath of Office for W. Colegrove.  ent up ro C. W. Dickenson's.  Wether coalde and cloudy.
7. Schoolhouse at Crosberg took fire yesterday morning.  School boardmet to appraise the damage. Amount of appraisal $350.  Wether fair.
8. Went to Rifle's.  Got a bag of fead.  Borrowed $200 from N. C. Gallup.  Wether fair.
9. Went to Annin Creek.  Stayed at Orrin Evans' all night,  George went with me.  Wether fair.
10. Got horse shod,  See Sam Rifle about farm.  Went over to George Windsor's.  Stayed all night. Wether fair.
11. Sunday.  Stayed at G. W. L(?) all day and night.  Wether snowy all day.
12. Went after Mrs. Saterly.  She could not come.  I came down to Doctor McDougals.  Stayed all night.  Went to meeting in evening,  Wether very coalde.
13. Drove over to Chloe's and stayed all night.  Wether very coalde.
14. Came home.  George Zimmerman moved into William Emery house yesterday.  wether mild today.
15. Filled out pension papers for Startsel and received my pension check.  wether cloudy.
16. Got mair shod.  Went to A. P. Brewer's. Got some eggs.  Wether fair.
17. Went to Colegrove.  Got cloth for drawers and shirts.  Wether fair.
18. Sunday.  The read cow came in, had a spotted bull calf.  Wether fair.
19. Drawed barrel water.  Bot Orson's mair.  Drawed drag wood.  Wether fair.
20. At home all day.  The first thunder shower of the season.  Wether changeable.  Some sunshine, some rain with thunder.
21. Saved the first mess of milk from the teat cow.  Wether  changeable, sum rain, some sun.
22. Rote letter to A. Clur-- and recieved one from N. H. Parker.  Wether veryable.  Coalde with sunshine and snow.
23. At home all day.  Fixed boot for Orson.  Wether coalde and clear.
24. Drawed dray wood with C. A. White's horse.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
25. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair until just at night clouded up and snowed a little.
26. Went to Hamlin, traded platform bugy to William Carter for stove and watch and 5 dollars.  Got Warren Smith to bring up stove.  Wether snowy and rainy.
27. Started to go to Salt Velley.  Horse so lame had to come back.  Wether fair.
28. Rote letter to N. H. Parker.  Bot eggs off of Mrs. Murray.  Wether rainy.
29. Mailed letter to N. H. Parker.  Wether, snow last night, fair today,
30. Went to school meeting.  No examination of teachers and Superintendent did not come.  Wether fair,
31. Fixed churn and fixed manager in horse stable.  Started to go to Colegrove.  Too bad going, came back home.  Wether fair.

April, 1888

1. Sunday.  At home all day doing housework.  Mary very sick.  Wether changeable.  Sunshine and rain with some thunder.
2. Went to Colegrove.  Got meal and linseed meal to fead cow and calf.  Wether fair.
3. Went to Salt Valley.  Had sheepe appraised for N. H. Parker.  Wether fair.
4. Came back to Port Allegany.  Stuck up baswood lumber.  Went up to Mrs. Windsor's.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair.
5. Started to go home.  Failed to get there.  Wether rain all day.
6. Came home.  Brot Mrs. Saterley with me.  Wether fair.
7. Went to Colegrove after trunk.  It had not come.  Wether fair.
8. Sunday.  Went down to see John Evans.  Wether fair.
9. Went to Colegrove .  Got Mrs. Saterley's trunk and got sack of flour.  Took up carpet, put cookstove in back room.  Wether fair.
10. Worked fixing my boots. Got one done.  Wether rain all day.
11. Finished fixing boots.  The insurance agent here to settle damage on schoolhouse.  Wether cleared off in afternoon.
12. Went to school meeting.  Got letter from E. Kellerman.  wether fair.
13. Went to Smethport.  Settled insurance business on schoolhouse.  wether fair.
14. Got some roots and barke and made some bitters.  Wether rain and snow.
15. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
16. Orson got C. A. White's oxen and went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
17. At home all day.  Orson cut wood for  Rifle.  Wether fair.
18. Took horses on the hill and turned them out.  Wether fair.
19. At home.  Not well.  Orson worked at Colegrove  with Oren drawing stone.  Wether fair.
20. At home all day.  Not very well.  Orson got pump from William Rifle and put it in well.  Commenced to plow.  Wether coald and cloudy with little snow.
21. Went to D. Gallup's.  Took Act of Deed.  Orson working for C. A. Anderson.  Wether cloudy and coald.
22. Henry Evans and wife was here.  Wether fair.
23. Went to Hamlin and Colegrove.  Sent letter to N. H. Parker with $6 in it.  Wether cloudy.
24. Went on the hill to find shingle timber and get sticks for sills for a kitchen for Orson.  Wether fair.
25. Went down to John's.  Traded horses.  Got horse shew set.  Traded "Topsy" away.  Wether fair.
26. Hitched up horses.  Drawed barrel of water, hitched on plow.  Got Orson's notes of 40 dollars from H. Cleveland.  Orson let the oven go and began plowing with the horses.  H. Cleveland was here.  Wether fair.
27. Took down olde sheap shead.  Plowed garden.  went down to N. C. Parker's.  wether fair.
28. Went to Turtlepoint.  Took Mrs. Kinney to her house.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair, very hot,
29. Sunday.  Went up to George Windsor's.  Ate dinner, got his bugy.  Went over to Caroline's.  Stayed all night.  Wether fair.
30. Came home.  Brot oats, millet and potatoes.  Bot horse off of Cleveland.  Wether fair til just at night, heavy thunder shower.

May, 1888

1. Orson hitched the 2 gray horses todether and plowed forenoon.  Went to Colegrove afternoon.  went with him and walked home.  wether cloudy.
2. Put window in east end of chamber.  Hued sills for Orsons kitchen. Orson sowed oats above the road.  Wether fair.
3. Orson sowed oats on side hill.  I chored around house.  Wether fair.
4. Went down to John's.  Ate dinner.  Rote lease for Cleveland on gray mair.  wether fair until just at night rainy.
5. Went over to G. \W. Windsor's.  Took Mrs. Saterley over home.  Wether fair.
6. Sunday.  Went to annin creek to meeting.  wether fair.
7. Drawed out manure for G. W. Windsor and went to Porte.  wether fair.
8. Came home.  Mrs, Saterly came with me.  Wether variable with sunshine and rain.
9. Worked in garden.  Took Mary over to Frank Gallup's.  Wether mostly fair with a lite shower.
10. Planted peas in garden and a few onion seeds.  Drawed a little mannure.  wether fair,
11. Took down back stoop.  Started to move the butry.  Wether cloudy.
12. Moved the butry.  Worked on house.  Wether rainy.
13. Sunday.  At home all day.  wether fair.
14. Worked fixing butry.  Orson worked logging.  George got hirt quite bad.  Wether cloudy, cool.
15. Worked on house.  Mother quite sick.  She had 3 bad cramps last night.  Wether cloudy and cool with a little snow.
16. Worked on house.  Orson's mair lame.  Wether fair and cool.
17. Worked on house.  Put in butry window.  Wether fair.
18. Worked putting shelves in butry.  Wether rain all day.
19. Finished working in butry.  Orson worked on kitchen.  Wether fair.
20. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
21. Went down to N. C. Gallup's.  Cleaned up rubbish from old house.  Borrowed $5money.  Came home, planted potatoes in garden.  Wether fair.
22. Worked at the house.  Got letter from Wilberforde Healy of NY.  Wether fair.
23. Worked on house a little.  Had to stop with pain in my side.  Orson put roof on kitchen and opened sore on horses knee.  Let matter out.  wether fair.
24. Idle all day with lame back and side.  Wether rain all day.
25. At home sick with lame back.  Orson planted potatoes at William Evans.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
26. Still of duty with lame side.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
27. Sunday.  At home all day.  Clevelands colts put in pasture.  Wether  fair.
28. Worked on house.  A rain and wind storm, the worst we have had for years, blowed down fences, barns and buildings.
29. Worked on house. Cloah came this evening.  Wether fair.
30. Went to Decoration at Colegrove.  Cloah and Mary went with me.  Wether cloudy after noon.
31. Put front dore in kitchen.  George Zimmermanplanted garden.  Wether cloudy with little rain.

June, 1888

1. Put pole in platform in bugy.  Orson planted corn.  Wether fair but cool.
2. Went to Port Allegany to K. of L. meeting and took Chloe home.  wether showery and colde.
3. Sunday.  On Dolley Brook all day.  Wether fair.
4. Went to Annin creek to R. H. Evans' wife's funeral.  Stayed at Caroline's all night with Richard.
5. Came home.  Brot Mrs. Saurleys daughter home with me.  Wether fair, frost last night and the night before.
6. Went down to John's a little while this afternoon.  Wether fair till just at nite, a heavy thunder shower.
7. Set 12 tomato plants.  Made pension certificate for John /startsel.  Wether cloudy and cool.
8. At home all day, sick. Rote letter to pension agentN, B. Stearns.  Wether fair.
9. Went down to N. Gallup's.  Joseph Hodges was here.  Orson commenced breaking up for millet and buckwheat below the raod near Griffiths.  Wether fair.
10. Sunday.  At home all day.Charles Brewer was here.  Wether fair til just at nite, heavy showers.
11. Orson went to work for Mr. Easton.  Mary was very sick this evening.  Wether fair.
12. Feorge and I plowed with the olde mairs.  Wether fair.
13. Worked plowing alone with the olde mairs.  Wether fair.
14. Rote two letters to N.Y.  Got letter from pension agent.  Went to Colegrove.  Got cloth for shirts.  Wether showery afternoon.
15. Worked at plowing.  Wether variable.  /some sun, some rain,
16. Went to Smethport.  Sent papers for pension increase.  Got medicines for Mary.  Got Orson's clock.  Got medicine off of Doc Wills for myself.
17. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
18. Went on the hill, got horses.  Fixed wagon tung.  Wether fair.
19. Finished plowing for millet.  Drawed water.  Burdick got in the oats.  Wether fair.
20. Went to W. Rifles.  Got land roler.  Drawed water.  Wether fair.
21. Set horse shew.  Fetched water. Done chores and one thing and another.  Wether fair.
22. Went to Colegrove.  Got feede and flour.  Planted cucumbers and corn.  Wether fair.
23. Rote letter to Gary Bros..  Worked in garden.  went on hill.  Took up stove for Jobes.  Wether showery.
24. Sunday.  H. Cleveland and women was here.  Wether heavy showers.
25. Sowed millet.  Rote letter and sent money to Cooperative Co., N.Y.  Went to Colegrove.  Wether fair.
26. Fixed watering trays on the hill.  Finished draging in and roled the millet.  Orson came home from Austain.  Wether fair.
27. Went up to Colegrove.  Got feed and a hat.  John and Sally Evans was here.  Orson hoed corn.  Wether fair.
28. At home all day.  Wether rainy all day.
29. Worked at plowing.  Wether cloudy.
30. Worked at plowing.  Took roler home.  Got bugy.  Wether fair.

July, 1888

1. Sunday.  Went riding with mary and Mrs. Saterley and Walter.  Wether fair.
2. Went to Colegrove.  Cultivated potatoes for Aultice Annoy Basinger.  Went home.  Wether fair.
3. Drawed water and plowed a little.  Wether fair.
4. Finished plowing below the roade.  George and Bertha went to Annin.  Orson went to Smethport.  Wether fair except a lite shower.
5. Went up to fidlers Green.  Bot one horse wagon off of Jon Starsel for thirty dollars.  Wether fair.  Got retrievance from the Cooperative.
6. Sowed some buckwheat.  George draged.  Wether fair.
7. Went and took wagon down to C;eveland's.  Stayed to McDougals all night.  Wether fair.
8. Sunday.  Went up to Dolly Brook.  The black cow drowned.  Wether fair.
9. Drawed lumber for George Windsor.  Wether fair.
10. Came down to Turtlepoint.  Got horse shod.  Stayed to Cleveland's all night.  Wether fair.
11. Came home. Took Acknowledgement of Deed for C. Anderson and J. Greeley.  Wether fair.
12. Got tier set on rake wheels.  wether rainy.
13. At home all day.  Not well.  Wether fair.
14. Rake hay at Eastons.  Wether fair.
15. Sunday.  Visiters here all day.  Wether fair.
16. Raked hay at Eastons. Wether fair.
17. Fixed platform bugy.  Wether fair.
18. Fixed little bbugy.  Made new side and ends.  Wether rainy.
19. Finished bugy and went to Colegrove.  Wether variable.  Sun and rain.
20. Worked in garden.  Painted bugy.  Wether fair.
21. Raked hay at Eastons.  Got letter from Satello.  R. H. Evans here tonite.  Wether fair.
22. Sunday.  Orson and George and Richard went to the big bridge.  Wether fair.
23. Worked on haying for N. C. Gallup at D. Gallup's place.  Aclipse of the moon last nite.  Wether fair.
24. Worked at haying for N. C. Gallup.  Wether fair.
25. Worked at haying and took Acknowledgement of Deed for N. C. Gallup.  Wether fair.
26. Worked for N.C.G.  George got a log.  Wether fair forenoon; afternoon a little rain.
27. Washing machine agent here.  Orson finished haying.  Wether fair.
28. Went to the two mile.  Took Mrs. Saterley and hir daughter over.  Solde gun to Mr. E. Windsor for $Wether fair.
29. Sunday.  Went up to G. L. KLinney's.  Ate dinner.  Olive went with me.  wether fair.
30. Came home.  Brot Mrs. Saterley and hir daughter back.  Rose Kinney came with me.  Wether fair.
31. At home all day resting.  Wether fair til just st night a heavy shower.

August, 1888

1. Went up Christian Hollow burying with Rose and Mary and Bertha.  All ate dinner at Smith's.  Wether fair.
2. Bot a tub of sugar off N. C. Gallup for $4.50.  Wether fair.
3. Went to the big Bridge with Rose Kinney and hir daughter and Bertha.  Had  E. Greans horse.  Wether fair.
4. Orson took Rose home.  Mrs. Basinger came here. At home myself.  Wether heavy showers.
5. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether showery.
6. Went burying with Gorege and Bertha.  Wether fair.
7. Commenced plowing above the house.  Traded buggy to Easton for a lumber wagon.  Gave ten dollars for boot.  Wether fair.
8. Went burying pre-non and plowed afternoon.  Wether fair.
9. Plowed and howed in garden.  Wether fair.
10. Went burying.  Easton backed out on wagon trade.  Wether fair.
11. Mowed weades and finished plowing.  Read top grass under on side hill.  Orson went to Smethport.  Bot harness off of Cris Hersog.  Had note canseled.  Wether fair.
12. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether showery with heavy thunder just at nite.
13. Worked fixing wagon for orson.  Wether fair.
14. Worked on wagon.  Mrs. Murray here and complained of him.  Wether fair.
15. Fixed harness and went burying.  Wether fair.
16. Went to Colegrove.  Helped George get loded wood.  Orson drawed in oats.  Wether fair.
17. Set the tyer on Orson's wagon.  Wether rain moste all day.  Very heavy shower last nite.
18. Went to Latona with Orson to take a job.  Did not take it.  Wether fair.
19. Took Mary over to Turtle.  Wether fair.
20. Came home.  R. H. Evans moved to Turtle.  Wether fair.
21. Went to Smethport on afternoon train.  Stayed all night.  Wether rainy.
22. Went to Bradford to Soldier's Benefit.  Had a grand time.  Met a grate many olde comrads.  Came back to Smethport at half past two o'clock in the evening.  Wether fair.
23. Came home on the forenoon train.  Wether fair.
24. Went to Turtlepoint after Mary.  Wether fair.
25. Came home with Mary from Turtlepoint.  Came on the train.  Wether fair.
26. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
27. Went to Colegrove.  Got C. Gallup's wagon.  Mrs. Carter showed up for Past Master.  Went home in Arnold Gallup's wagon.  Wether fair.
28. Drawed water.  Fixed lines and wagon.  Wether fair.
29. Worked clearing the creek and fixing the wagon.  Wether fair.
30. Drawed water and helped make a rack.  Mrs. Saterley quit Minn is doing the work.  Wether fair.
31. Worked plowing on side hill fore noon.  Solde my horse to Jenson Hargrave for $75.00.  Took note for $65 and a watch for $10.00.  Wether fair.

September 1888

1. Piled up olde lumber.  Cut olde logs out of creek.  Wether cloudy with a little rain.
2. Sunday.  Went down to John"s and ate dinner.  Wether fair.
3. Chored around house.  Orson went to Smethport with a load of barke for William Evans.  George went with him.  Wether fair.
4. Put belloy on wagon wheel for Orson.  Wether fair.
5. Went to the two mile with William Evans' horse.  Took Minn over to house.  Wether fair.
6. Went to Turtlepoint to attende Orson's lawsuit with T. H. Cooper and went up to Caroline's and stayed all night.  Wether fair and cool.
7. Went over to George Windsor's to get a pig and came home.  Orson went to Franklinville.  Frost this morning.  Wether fair til noon, clouded up and rained all afternoon,
8. Went to school meeting.  Wether rainy til 10:00.  Cloudy all day.
9. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair til just at nite with lite shower.
10. Went to Smethport.  Sent away pension papers.  Got M. N. Allin to write contract for Caroline.  Wether fair.
11. Rote letter to R. Kellam of Genesee Falls.  Wether fair.
12. Put up roof over seller door.  Wether showery.
13. At home not well enough to work.  Wether fair.
14. Went over to Annin.  Took contract to Caroline.  Wether fair.
15. Worked for  Caroline.  Wether fair.
16. Sunday.  Went to meeting twice.  Wether rainy.
17. Worked for Caroline forenoon.  Went to two mile afternoon.  Wether rainy.
18. Went back over to Caroline's and worked afternoon.  Wether cloudy.
19. Worked morning in milkhouse.  Wether fair.
20. Worked fixing hen house.  Tore down olde hen ----.  Wether fair.
21. Built hay fence.  Wether fair.
22. Came home.  Got pension check.  Wether fair.
23. Sunday.  At house all day.  Wether fair.
24. Went to Whites. Stuck up lumber.  Orson sold chain harness to Abbott.  Wether fair.
25. Went to Smethport.  Got lime for chimney.  Got yarn for socks.  Wether cloudy.
26. Got ready to build chimney.  Wether fair.
27. Worked on building chimney.  Wether fair forenoon, cloudy afternoon with high winds.
28. Finished chimney.  Put up stone.  Bot basket of grapes.  Wether showery.
29. Went to Annin Creek to Covenant meeting.  Orson went and took me out.  Wether cloudy, some rain.
30. Sunday.  Went to meeting and came home.  Wether cloudy with some rain.

October, 1888

1. Went to school meeting at Hamlin schoolhouse.  Wether rainy.
2. Went over to call on C. Gallup.  He was quite sick and called on A. P. Brewer.  Wether showery and colde with a little snow.
3. Fixed Mary's rocking chair.  Orson cut buckwheat.  Wether colde with flakes of snow.
4. Mowed school yard.  Drawed wood and raked buckwheat.  Wether fair.
5. Worked building thrashing flore.  Wether showery.
6. Made ramrod and wiper for gun.  Wether rainy all day.
7. Sunday.  Commenced havinf a family Sunday School.  Wether rainy.
8. Went to Colegrove.  Got medicine for Mary.  Wether showery.
9. Worked fixing house.  Mrs. Simmons was here this morning.  Sent paper to E. Windsor.  Wether fair.
10. Laid thrashing floor.  Worked on house.  Orson finished digging potatoes at house.  Wether fair.
11. Took Acknowledgement of Deed for C. Dickerson.  Commenced thrashing.  Wether cloudy.
12. Worked in the house.  Finished seeling overhead in kitchen.  Wether rainy all day.
13. Finished thrashing.  Put straw in barn.  Had 50 bushel oats, 27 buckwheat and 22 millet.  Wether driving rain.
14. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether lousy.
15. C. R. Burdick sworn to Poste Office account.  Worked on house.  Wether rain.
16. Worked on house.  Put up stoop over kitchen door.  Wether veryable.  Some sun, some rain.
17. Went to Smethport.  Orson took corn and feed to mill.  Wether changeable.  Some sun, some rain.
18. Went to Colegrove.  Sent letter to J. Howard.  Stopped to John's and ate dinner.
19. Answered garneshee for John Allard,  Braided whip ----.  Wether rainy all day.  Thunder this morning.
20. At home all day.  Looked over olde papers.  Orson painted house inside.  Wether stormy all day, rain and snow.
21. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether cloudy and coald.  Wild gese last night and today.
22. Chored around.  Orson fixed up the barn.  Wether fair this morning.  Cloudy afternoon and rain just st night.
23. The Preacher, Elder Whittaker, came up.  I took Orson's team and took him around visiting.  Left him at A. P. Brewer's.  Wether rainy all day.
24. Chored around aforenoon. Drawed load of stone to cover ditch.  Wether most fair, a few clouds but no rain.
25. Put floor in stoop.  U. S. McDougal and wife and Ette came.  Wether fair.
26. U. S. McDougal traded horses with A. Richey and went home. I went with Ula to traid.  Wether fair.
27. Worked in shop.  Rote notice to Easton for Orson.  Wether cloudy and rainy last nite.
28. Sunday.  At home all day.  Not very well.  Mother not very well.  R. H. Evans here.  Wether veryable with a few flakes of snow.
29. R. H. Evans went to Emporium.  Orson's horse sick.  I chored around house.  Wether cloudy with little rain.
30. Moved Mother in kitchen.  Took up carpet and commenced fixinf the house.  Wether fair.
31. Worked fixing house.  Wether fair.

November, 1888

1. Worked fixing house.  Wether fair.
2. Worked fixing house.  Wether cloudy in afternoon.
3. Worked painting house inside.  Wether fair byt rained last night.
4. Sunday.  At house all day.  Wether fair.
5. Worked papering house.  Wether  fair.
6. Election Day.  Finished papering front roome, Mother's room and moved her back into it.  Wether fair.
7. Worked around the house.  Orson's hand bad.  Wether rainy.
8. Went up to McCane's camp and Colegrove.  Mary sick all night last night.  Wether rainy.
9. Worked around the house.  Pulled my beats.  Grasshoppers around.  The dore on schoolhouse broke.  Wether warm and rainy.
10. Pulled turnips and carrots and put in the sellar.  Filled two beads.  Wether rainy.
11. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether variable.  some sun, some smow.
12. Went to Colegrove.  Got fixture for schoolhouse.  Helped Orson get ready to go to work on job.  Orson went to Combses.  Wether fair.
13. Fixed window blinds on schoolhouse.  Orson commenced work on job at Combses.  Wether fair.
14. Fixed schoolhouse a little, chored around house a little,  Wether fair.
15. Don chores and went to Colegrove.  George came up home.  Gray mair lame.  Wether rainy.
16. Put up stove pipe for shcoolhouse and swep out.  Wether rain and snow all day.
17. Cut wood most all day.  Froze hard last night, freazing all day.  Wether coald, little snow.
18. Sunday. At home all day.  Wether cloudy and coald.
19. Went to Smethport.  Got sworn in and got assessing books.  Wether drisling rain.
20. Chored around the house.  Wether fair and cool.
21. Went to Colegrove.  Got thread, lantern globe.  Fixing window custion.  Wether fair.
22. Cut wood and chored around.  Traded platform bugy to D. Patterson for white mair.  Wether fair.
23. Moin Saterley came here this morning.  I went up to Combses and got bugy.  Wether fair.
24. Clevelnd came  and got his coale and Patterson got the bugy.  I put up window curtains to schoolhouse.  Wether fair.
25. Sunday.  At home all day.  Mary has pain in shoulder.  Wether fair with high winds.
26. Chored about house.  Orson drawed wood.  Wether stormy, mixed rain and snow.
27. Went up to J. Oviatt's.  Wether warmer with a little rain.
28. Went to J. Oviatt's and down to  A. Colegroves to geet transcript.  Wether cloudy.
29. Thanksgiving.  Worked fixing stable. Wether cloudy and a little rain.
30. Worked in barn.  Mrs Kinney and Yentzer came here.  Wether cloudy and little rain and snow.

December, 1888

1. Worked fixing stable.  Literary Society at schoolhouse last nite.  Wether cloudy.
2. Sunday.  Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Yentzer, Mary and Orson all ate dinner here.  Mrs. Burdick and Preacher came in today.  Wether cloudy.
3. Commenced assessing.  Orson brot his tools from the McKan job and took job from G. A. Burdick.  Wether cloudy.
4. Got horse shod and fixed the shop to put the bugy in.  Wether cloudy with little snow.
5. Went up to Havens ? Brook and took assessment.  Wether cloudy.
6. Went up to Oviatt's and took assessment.  Wether cloudy with 2 inches snow last nite.
7. Went to Colegrove taking assessment.  Ate dinner at John Evans'.  Wether fair.
8. Went to school meeting.  Wether cloudy.
9. Sunday.Snow last nite.  Wether snowy.
10. Went to corte.  Came home this morning.  Wether cloudy.
11. Went to corte.  Was on the Grand Jury.  Stayed with Leslie Patterson all night.  Wether cloudy.
12. Went to corte.  Came home in evening.  Wether cloudy.
13. Went to corte.  Got thru.  Came home with N. C. Gallup.  Wether cloudy.
14. At home all day.  Mr. G. L. and Mrs. H. M. Kinney came yesterday. Wether colde and windy.  Warm hans today.
15. Went to Smethport.  Sent letter to F. A. Taylor, Mishagon.  Wether fair.
16. Sunday.  Wether  rainy.
17. Went to Smethport after grist.  Could not get it.  Got cloth for Mary for a house dress.  Wether cloudy and very fogy.
18. Went to Colegrove.  Got a bag of feade and son some assessing.  Wether cloudy and coald/
19. Took assessment up Con-- Creek.  Stayed at Charley Brewer's.  Wether cloudy.
20. Went to Salt Valey.  Stayed at F. Garrets all nite.  Wether cloudy.
21. Took assessment in Salt Valley.  Went in school.  Wether coald with snow.
22. Came home.  Wether coald and clear.
23. Sunday.  At home until just night, went to John's.  Wether fair.
24. Went to Colegrove twice.  Worked at slead.  Wether fair.
25. Christmas at home.  Worked on slead.  Had oisters for dinner.  Wether lousy.  Warm wind out of south with a little rain.
26. Went to Smethport.  Got iron for sleads.  Wether cloudy. 
27. Worked making sleads.  Wether cloudy.  Heavy rain last nite.
28. Worked making sleads.  Wether cloudy and coald.
29. Worked taking assessment.  Wether coald and cloudy.
30. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether fair.
31. Worked drawing off assessment with Wheler. Richey to help.  Mary very sick.  Wether rainy.

January, 1889

1. Worked drawing off assessment.  Mary still very sick.  Wether fair and coald.
2. Worked taking assessment.  Mary still sick.  Wether cloudy.
3. Worked at assessing and went to Smethport to Post meeting and meeting of Aid Aociety and Installationof Officers in Bath Post and did.  Wether fair.
4. Worked at assessing.  Wether fair.
5. Worked assessing.  Wether fair.
6. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether rain and snow.
7. Worked assessing.  Wether cool with snow.
8. Worked drawing off assessment with Wheler to help.  Orson to Smith farm.  Wether fair.
9. Worked drawing off assessment with W. B. Richey helping.  Wether rainy.  Little snow and colder at nite.
10. Worked at the assessment.  Called the assistants together.  Wether cloudy and cooler.
11. Worked at the assessment with the districts.  mother very sick.  Awoken 1 o'clock last nite with vomitting.  Wether cloudy with a little snow.
12. Still at work with the assistant.  Mother appears a little better.  Wether fair.
13. Sunday.  At home all day.  Mother still sick.  Mary up and around.  Wether fair.
14. Still at work with the assistant assessors.  Orson drawing bark for T. M. Mattson.  Wether cloudy and coald.
15. Finished worke on assessment book.  Mother a great deal worse.  Has not spoke since last nite.  Wether fair.
16. Mother died between 3 & 4 o'clock.  Wether fair.
17. Went to Smethport.  Bot coat and vest.  Wether fair.
18. Mother was buried.  Elder /willehand preached.  Wether cloudy.
19. At home all day,  Caroline and Chloe are here.  Wether snowy.
20. Sunday.  at home all day.  Wether snowy.
21. At home all day.  Chloe went to Brewers.  Wether still snowy.
22. Went to Colegrove.  Chloe went home.  Wether fair.
23. At home all day.  Mrs. Kinney and Caroline went home.  Wether fair.
24. At home all day.  Mrs, Saterley went up to Mattesons.  Wether snowy and rain.
25. Went up to A. Richey's.  Ate dinner.  Wether fair.
26. Worked fixing cutter.  George cut foot.  Wether fair.
27. Sunday.  At home all day.  Wether rainy.
28. Worked fixing cutter.  Wether fair.
29. Went to shop to get horse shod.  Could not get it done.  George and Bertha went to meeting at Colegrove.  Wether.
30. Went to Colegrove to get cloth for fine shirt and Richey flanel for shirt.  Got cuff buttons.  Stoped to John's and ate dinner.
31. Went to Smethport.  Sent pension claim and Power of Attorny to Milo B. Stevens & Co..  J. P. Evans went with me.  Wether snowy all day.

February, 1889

1. Fixed striking wate on big clock and set it running and looked over old papers.  Wether coald and snowy.
2. Fixed rein on cutter.  Wether coald, some snow.
3. Sunday.  Rote letter to Chase Brothers and returned order for trees.  Wether cloudy and coald.
4. Cut some wood.  Don chores.  Went to Colegrove.  Got box of medicine.  Wether cloudy.
5. At home all day.  Wether snowy nearly all day so men could not work.
6. At home all day.  Wether to coald for me to go out.  I think it is the coldest of the seson.

---

That was the last entry in Sylvester's journal until July 18th, 1889. 
The following entry was made by his daughter-in-law, Mary:

 To-day Father left us to live with another.
 Our dear father thou art gone
 from us but not forgotten.
                               
                             Mary

According to our records, Sylvester was married to Caroline Howard on July 10th, 1889 at the home of G. A. Buckley of Annin Creek.