What follows is
a transcription of an 1871 pocket diary belonging to Vernon Marion Babbitt who
lived in
The end of the
diary contains handwritten records of earnings and expenses, as well as few
other notes. That information is found after the text of the diary, which is
transcribed just as he wrote it (mis-spellings and all).
Keep in mind the
time period of little technology, no electricity or cars, and restrictions at
the University on interactions between men and women, especially in their own
rooms. We hope you enjoy it!
I do not get up
this morning till 8 1/2 oclock it is not very cold to day and nice sleighing at
noon go over to Mr. R. stay till after dinner come home Merrick [Vernon's
brother] carries me down on the creek then I foot it over to the centre am some
tired it is a most beautiful evening but I feel some sad to night it is the
first day of a new year I hope I may spend it better than the last year and put
more trust in God for strength to help me to over come temptation Sabra did not
come over to night I called at Jones room a little while Mr. was there and I
left him came back to my room read little and feel some lonesome go to bed at
10 oclock tired and sleepy
Monday,
Jan.2, 1871
I get up this
morning at 5 1/2 oclock study my Zoology till breakfast time go to chapel and
to my classes as usual having lessons very well at 11 oclock Merrick comes and
he brings Sabra over it will not be as lonely now in the evening Sabra and I go
up to the Oros. Jubilee get back at 10 oclock stop and stay a few minutes with
her come over to the store chum is not here go down to the tavern find him
there we come up to our rooms go to bed at 1/4 to 12 just got to bed when Silas
Burdick comes and calls me up to know which way I came home from the other
night.
Tuesday,
Jan.3, 1871
I get up at 6
oclock this morning study Zoology till breakfast time get breakfast go to classes
as usual to day have my lessons very well We discuss the womans right question
in our Law class in the evening call at Uri room and then call at Sabras room
and stay till 9 oclock come back to my room study till 10 oclock then go to
bed. We had two speaches [sic] in chapel this morning from Col. Nash and Col.
Flint they were very good ones.
Wednesday,
Jan.4, 1871
I get up this
morning at 6 oclock study as usual it is a sharp cold day but quite pleasant
the sun shines bright Cotterell goes home to day and I am alone I go to all my
classes as usual have my lessons very well in the evening go over to Sabras
room Uri comes down there barefooted stay till 10 1/2 oclock then come to my
room and go to studying. I have the blues little to night at 12 oclock get
ready and go to bed some sleepy and Lazy
Thursday,
Jan.5, 1871
Get up this
morning at 5 oclock study till breakfast time then eat breakfast go to chapel
and classes as usual have my lessons very well it is a pleasant day and it
thaws some but it grows colder at night Just before night Jane and Sabra call
at my room a few minutes then after dark I go over to their room. stay till ten oclock come back study till 11. then go to bed Uri call a short time in the evening
Friday,
Jan.6, 1871
I do not get up
till six oclock so cannot study much this morning Go to chapel and to classes
do not have any class in international Law to day. Proff.
Allen goes to Hornellsville
Cotterell come back to day at night I study till 7 oclock Uri
calls there at 9 does not stay long come over to my room get ready for bed at
10 1/2 then after me go to bed Cotterell and I have a talk about two hours long
on the sabbath question so I am some sleepy by that time
Saturday,
Jan.7, 1871
It is seven
oclock when I get up this morning get breakfast before I go to chapel we do not
have any classes to day and I am glad of it for I feel like resting I study
some and write a peice [sic] for the Lyceum in the fore noon I call at Sabras
room in the after noon stay 2 1/2 hours come back to my room get supper go to
Lyceum have a very good session do not get through till after 10 come to my
room get ready for bed at 11 oclock some sleepy
Sunday,
Jan.8, 1871
It is pleasant
in the morning snows some at noon I get up at 7 oclock get breakfast go to chapel
come back to my room go to Church Proff. Allen preaches his subject is to have
something to live for me organize a bible class then I go home with Sabra stay
still most three oclock Sabra and Jane come home with me stay a little while I
call at night for Sabra to go to prayer meeting with me she does not go I go
then come back to her room and stay till after 11 oclock I do feel some sad to
night and my head aches but I do not know as it will help it any to have the
blues go to my room go to be at 11 1/2 oclock.
Monday,
Jan.9, 1871
It clears off
this morning and is quite pleasant but cold I get up little past six study and
get breakfast till chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual have my
lessons very well at night I write a letter to Sabra and carry it over to her
stay most an hour then come back to my room and study till 9 1/2 oclock it is a
beautiful evening clear and cold with a bright moon light I would like to take
a sleighride if I had good company I go to bed at 1/4 to 10 oclock.
Tuesday, Jan.10,
1871
It is clear and
frosty this morning but clouds up toward noon and snows some so it is not very
pleasant I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study as common before breakfast go to chapel
and classes as usual in the evening I call at Uri room a short time then after
ward call at Sabra's room stay till most 9 oclock then come back to my room I
feel some homesick or something else. I go to bed 10 oclock I feel as if a good
cry would help me to feel better it is foolish to feel so and I must learn to
throw it off
Wednesday,
Jan.11, 1871
It is warm this
morning and thaws some and rains all day so the snow is quite wet I got up at 5
oclock this morning study till breakfast time go to chapel and to classes in
the fore noon we have composition in the after noon and no classes I speak a
piece in evening I go to prayer meeting Sabra goes with me not many out very
good meeting I come down and study the evening at Sabras room till 9 1/2 oclock
come over to my room go to bed at 10 1/4 oclock It rains some to night and our sleighing is
most gone as I think of the past how I wish I was a better boy if it were only
for my influence over all that I love I know I am to blame is she has grown
cold and how could she do otherways
under my influence O if I could only make it right by any sacrifice how gladly
I would do it but I don't know as it can be done.
It is still warm
and quite pleasant it seems like spring it thaws seems like sugar weather get
up this mor- at 5 1/2 study till breakfast go to chapel and clases [sic] as
usual to day I feel rather lazy in the evening go over to Sabras room Miss
Ayers Alice Burdick are there they stay
till 8 1/2 when they go home I stay till 9 1/2 go over to my room study till 10
1/2 then get ready for bed I feel some tired and sleepy Jane went home on foot
to day
Friday,
Jan.13, 1871
It is a
beautiful day over head and the air feels soft and balmy like spring it is some
mudy [sic] under foot I get up at 6 oclock get my lessons as usual go to all my
classes to day at 4 1/2 oclock start for home on foot it is hard walking get
home at 7 oclock very tired find mother sick a bed she has the inflamatory
rheumaties and cannot move herself it makes me feel sad to see her suffer so
when I cannot help her Merrick and Lib come home at 10 oclock and me are very
glad to see them for their help is badly needed I set up till one oclock then
go to bed
Saturday,
Jan.14, 1871
It is still warm
and pleasant over head but looks like a storm I get up at 7 oclock after
breakfast I go over to Mr Rogers see Phe's baby come back help take care of
mother till 3 oclock then go back to the Centre get there at 5 1/2 oclock call
at Sabras room go to Lyceum then come back and go over to Sabras room stay till
10 1/2 oclock Miss Ayers Alice B. and Albert Place call there I have a good
visit I wish I could hear how mother is to night I hope she will soon be better
It is still warm
to day but begins to rain at 9 oclock and rains most all day quite hard I get
up at 7 oclock get breakfast and shave me before going to chapel go to church
at 10 1/2 oclock stay and take charge of the bible class come back to my room
get dinner write a letter to Aunt Louisa then go over to Sabras room stay till
most 5 oclock come back get supper at 7 oclock go up to prayer meeting Sabra
goes with me we have a good meeting Sabra does not take any part when we come
back I go up to her room and have quite a talk with her perhaps I am all the
one that is to blame I wish I were better than my influence might help others
It rains in the evening come to my room go to bed at 12 oclock
It is some
colder to day and grows cold all day so the mud is froze up I get up at 5
oclock and study as usual Proff. W. is sick today so he is not to geometry
class Proff. Allen goes to Hornellsville so we do not have any law class Mr.
Rogers comes over to day Mother is no better she must suffer terrably [sic]. In
the evening Sabra Miss Ayers and I go up and see Alice Burdick stay till 9
oclock come down stop to Sabras room till 10 oclock then come over and go to
bed some tired and sleepy
It is quite
pleasant to day, not very cold the sun shines bright and it thaws some. I get
up at 5 1/2 oclock study zoology till breakfast go to
chapel and classes as usual Proff. W. is sick yet and not to geometry in the
law class Haight gives a lecture against womens rights so we occupy the hour
Sabra and Jane call on me a few moments tonight in the evening I go ver to
their room stay till 9 oclock came back and study till 10 then get ready for
bed my head aches some tonight
It is quite cold
this morning and trys to snow a little but does not amount to much I get up at
5 oclock study Zoology till breakfast time go to chapel and classes as usual
Proff Allen lectures in the chapel in the morning L. Canfield is over to day hear from home he said mother
was no better I have a mind to go home but would do no good if went I go to
prayer meeting in the evening call for Sabra she does not go I come back and
call there a little while I guess I feel homesick or else I have got the blues
my head aches and I feel discouraged it would do me good to have a good cry
what is the use of living or to live when you do more hurt in the world than
good if I try to be good I fail and what is the use of making resolutions only
to be broken to accomplish anything we must resolve and then carry it out then
we may expect to see good result from it go to bed at 10 1/2 oclock
It is rather
cold tody but clears off at noon and the sun shines bright I get up at 5 1/2
oclock this morning study as usual till chapel time go to chapel do not have
any lecture this morning go to classes as usual have my lessons very well at
night I call at Sabras room Uri is there I stay until ten oclock then come to
my room Sabra said tonight she went to do what she felt was her duty and I hope
and will pray that she may and will also try myself and see if I cannot do
better I fear that is one thing that keeps her back is my wrong actions O If I
were only good! but wishing will not make me good I
have work to do to make myself good and I pray that God may help me to do every
duty as it is made known to me
It is pleasant
today and not very cold get up at 5 1/2 oclock study till chapel time go to
chapel and classes as usual except the Law class get excused from that and go
home ride over on to the creek with Jo. B. then foot it home Sabra goes home
she foots it most of the way when she might have rode with me we get home at 7
oclock I guess Sabra is tired out. Mother is about the same but dreadful sick
L. Canfield and wife stay all night I go to bed at 10 oclock some tired and
sleepy
It snows some
this morning and is quite cold but grows warmer so it thaws I take care of
Mother today call at Mr. Rogers a little while in the afternoon Sabra comes
home with me Catherine Hall calls today I carry her home it snows quite fast at
night Sabra comes over and we sit up with Mother it is pleasant to have good
company when you sit up I feel some tired tonight but am willing to do what I
can when it is my own mother that needs help in the evening the wind blows
quite hard and it grows colder.
It is a sharp
cold this morning but does not snow any the wind blows rather hard. I am some
sleepy and tired Mother is not much better after breakfast I carry Sabra home
lay down on the lounge and take a short nap several folks call to day at night
I call at Mr. Rogers stay till 9 oclock then go home George Hayse and wife sit
up to night I got to bed at 9 1/2 oclock guess I shant need any rocking to go
to sleep tonight very cold 12 degrees below 0.
It is a sharp
cold morning. the coldest of the winter I get up at 7 oclock mother is about
the same after breakfast I go over to the Centre ride over with R. Rogers it is
a cold ride came near freezing my fingers get there at 11 oclock I go to my
classes in the afternoon I get a letter to day from Aunt Louisa at night Sabra
and Jane call a few minutes in the evening I call at Sabras room stay till 9
1/2 oclock find Jane's diary and plague her some make her think she has lost it
come to my room and study till 10 1/2 oclock then get ready for bed
It is not quite
so cold to day but still it is frosty and trys to snow some I get up at 5 1/2
oclock and study till chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual write a
letter to Aunt Louisa to day at night Uri calls at my room we go over to Sabras
room stay till 10 oclock come back chum throws the key out of the window to me
and me loose [sic] it hunt for it quite a long spell and have to give it up for
lost I had better stayed in my room and not went out get ready for bed at 11
oclock but have the blues a little
It is quite cold
yet to day and snows some in the fore
It snows quite
fast this morning and the wind blows hard mother feels a little better today at
9 oclock start for the Centre ride over as far a [as] Mr. Baleys with Geo.
Canfield then foot it to the top of fenner hill and ride from there to the
centre go to my classes in the afternoon it stops storming at night and is
warmer in the evening I go up to Proff. Allens to a sociable Sabra and Miss
Bozard go with me we have a very good time come back at 10 oclock I call at
Sabras room a little while then go over to my room get ready for bed am some
tired and sleepy go to bed at 11 1/2 oclock
It is quite
pleasant to day but rather cold I get up at 5 oclock and study till chapel time
on my Zoology lesson go to chapel and my classes in the forenoon go to German
class in the afternoon get excused from the rest and go home ride over with L.
Canfield get home at 5 oclock find mother about the same as when I left I set
up with her tonight E. Hurd stays with me I wish I had the one to set up with
me that did last Saturday night I should enjoy it better and it would not be so
lonly [sic] I wonder what she is doing and if she is any lonesome to night I
feel some tired
It is rather
pleasant to day and not very cold I do the chores this morning after breakfast
I go to bed sleep some 3 hours then get up help take care of mother and do
chores till night at night Mrs. Rogers calls a few minutes George Canfield and
wife came over and sit up tonight I go to bed at 9 1/2 oclock some tired and
sleepy I wonder how Sabra feels tonight if she is home sick any I would like to
see her a little while mother is about the same to day
It is quite
pleasant the wind blows some I got up at midnight to help mother up and again
at 4 1/2 oclock and do not go back to bed again so I am some sleepy and my head
aches some I help take care of mother all day Rubin and Hannah Eastman call
today stay a little while Mr. and Mrs. and Wally Benjamin call in the morning
W. stays all night to help Lib wash tomorrow and Merrick gets home at 8 oclock
and I am glad to see him so I can go back to the centre I sit up tonight with
mother Frank Brodie sits up with me. I am tired and homesick and I feel lonely
tonight I would like to know what Sabra is doing and if she would like to see
me as well as I would her or is she having a good time and enjoying herself it
is now 10 oclock I wonder if she is abed dreaming some pleasant dreams I would
like to take a short nap
It is not very
cold this morning we have breakfast at 7 oclock Merrick carries me over on the
creek then I get a chance to ride over to the centre with Mrs. M get there at
11 oclock go to classes in the afternoon do not have much lessons and do not
feel like study my head ackes [sic] and I am some sleepy I go over to Sabra
room in the evening Mr. C calls Jane and
him have a loud time about a diary and picture I stay till 9 1/2 oclock
then come to my room get ready for bed I feel li ke crying to night but guess
it wont pay I feel some down hearted guess it must be because I sit up last
night
It is not very
cold to day and thaws all day so the sleighing is most all gone it rains some
to day I get up at 5 1/2 oclock and study till chapel time go to chapel and
classes as usual but do not have my lessons very well at night I call at Uris
room a little while Flora Cottrell calls to night In the evening go over to
Sabras room stay till 9 oclock it rains quite hard me back to my room and get
ready for bed at 10 1/2 oclock Sabra told me to night that she had thought that
I thought she did not think much of me perhaps I have given her occasion to
think so but life would seem a blank to me if I did think so it is the one
thing that makes life pleasant to have some one to love you and some one to
love and I hope and trust that some one does love me and will be true to me and
true to themselves it is because I act so that makes her think as she does I
know that I am not worthy of her love and that if any thing would make me think
she did not love me
Some
colder today. The
ground is froze again. I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study
till chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very well Frank Brodie comes
over to day so I hear from my mother she is no better I wish I could be at home
In the evening call at Sabras room for her to go to prayer meeting with me she
would not go so I did not go but stayed there all evening till 10 oclock Uri
and Kitty O'Donol call while I am there come away and Uri there go to my room
get ready for bed at 11 1/2 oclock O dear I am home sick or heart sick to day it
seems is if I could fly or else have a good crying spell and make a fool of
myself why was not I killed when in the army and some better man saved who was
of some use to the world. Sabra is displeased with what I said the other night
and I guess she thinks I don't care any thing for her perhaps she has good
reason to think so but that don't make it so I shall have to be more careful
what I say I no need to have said so but I felt like it then and said it
without thinking how it would sound but enought of this I will go to bed and
see if I can sleep any
It is pleasant
this morning and clear it is a beautiful morning I get up at 5 1/4 oclock study
till chapel time go to classes as usual to day and have my lessons very
well. At 4 oclock it snows and blows
very hard to day is like many things in life they are fair to start with but
there is some terable [sic] storms in them It clears off pleasant in the
evening and the moon shines bright I call over to Sabras room she has gone home
so I do not see her I feel some disapointed [sic] stay of few minutes come back
and read some in the newspaper get ready for bed at 10 oclock I wonder if Sabra
thinks of me any now she has got home where she can see her mother perhaps she
has forgot one she has left and who ever loves her [In pencil and different handwriting,
possibly Sabras] No never she always thinks of you
It is pleasant over head today but the wind blows
very hard and it is quite cold I get up 5 oclock study till chapel time go to
chapel and classes as usual get excused
at night and go home a foot start 1/4 past 4 get home a little past 7 stop to
G. Canfield and take supper George goes over with me find mother about the same
or little better Sabra come over and stays a few minutes I go home with her
stay till 9 oclock then come back and get ready for bed at 9 1/2 and I am some
tired and sleepy
It is still cold
today but the wind does not blow quite as hard I get up at little past 8 this
morning take care of mother till day light Merrick does the chores then go
to mill and leaves me to do them for
night I call at Mr. Rogers a little while in the afternoon Sabra was gone up to Marys I set up with
mother to night Sabra comes over and sits up with me it is pleasant to have
such company as you want when you have to sit up Mother is quite restless
tonight and father is taken sick so that part of the time I have I do not sleep
any
It is very cold
this morning some 11 deg below 0 but it is clear and frosty I am tired and
sleepy this morning Sabra goes home before breakfast at 10 oclock Henry Clark
comes along going to the centre I ride over with him get there at 11 1/2 oclock
and pretty cold stops at Sabras room and warm me go over to my room eat some
dinner get to bed little before 2 lay till 4 then get up and shave myself In
the evening go over to Sabras room for her to go to prayer meeting with me she
did not want to go so I would not go stay there till after 8 then come to my
room and get ready for bed at 8 1/2 oclock I would like to hear from home to
night to know how they were O dear I feel rather sad tonight for some
cause perhaps it is all for the best
Get up this
morning at 6 oclock it is a clear and cold morning I study till chapel time go
to chapel and classes as usual to day do not have my lessons very well study
german in the fore part of evening Uri calls at my room a little while I call
at his room for a book go over to Sabras room at 8 oclock stay till after 9 Uri
is there come back to my room chum is out some where to night to prayer meeting
get ready for bed at 10 1/2 oclock my head aches some and I feel dull O how I
would like to hear from home to night and know how they are getting along I
hope they are better
It is a
beautiful morning the sun shines bright and it is cold and frosty I get up at 5
1/2 oclock study till chapel time I feel wretched and sad this morning
Cotterell told me this morning what a good time they had at prayer meeting last
night most all the boys at the Gothic spoke and said they were tired of sin and
want to be christians and some of the girls from the brick while others are
seeking christ where am I going slowly backward Life is what we make of
it I have made the life of another a blank by my conduct and I am rapidly
making my own so There is a load pressing me heaver than I can bare. Is it any
use to try the way looks dark do I feel any interest in there meeting or is it
all an effort of will is it not better to give up than to drag oneself along at
this poor rate I know it is my fault religion is good if I only lived it O for
something to inspire me to action Go to my classes as usual our folks send for
be by Ekron Hurd so I go home at night get home at 7 oclock Geo. Canfield sets
up to night I feel some lonely to night I wonder what some is doing at this
time
I get up at 6
oclock this morning and take care of father and mother all day and it keeps me
busy I hardly have time to sit down do not study much to day The Dr. comes at
noon stays about 2 hours It is quite a pleasant day thaws little if I had time
I should be lonely and as it is I long to see someone it seems as if it would
rest me I am so tired and weary George Hayes and wife sit up to night I do not
go to bed till 11 oclock our folks are very restless to night I wonder if they
have a prayer meeting to the Centre to night and what (?) ones start to love
their savior I wished that I loved him better
I got up at 2
oclock and fix some things for Father go to bed again at 3 and get up at 6 1/2
It is not very cold in the morning but grows cold toward night I take care of
our folks all day Father is some better but mother is not quite so well I get
some tired at night and would like to rest Merrick sits up the fore part of the
night I would like to see Sabra to night I wonder if she misses me any and
longs for me to come back I know I long to see her perhaps it is wrong for me
to long her so much and I may meet with a terable disapointment and it seems as
if it would nearly kill me if I should but I will hope for the best
I got up at 1
oclock this morning and sit up the rest of the night it is rather lonely how I
wish Sabra was here with me I supose she is sleeping now at 4 oclock and I hope
she will dream about me It is dull being alone rather cold this morning Mother
is discouraged to day and I feel sad all day and most home sick or something else
I go over to Mr. R at night and Mrs. Rogers comes over and sits up I go to bed
at 9 1/2 oclock some sleepy and tired but do not forget to ask God to watch
over and protect one that I love I wonder what she is doing to night
I get up this
morning little before 5 oclock Mrs. Rogers goes home I take care of our folks
all day Father and Mother are both better to day and I hope they may soon get
well it is quite pleasant to day not very cold Merrick saws wood I am tired
some to night and would like very much to see someone I wonder what she is
doing now at 10 oclock I would like to take a peep into her room and steel a
kifs [kiss] Frank Brodie sits up to night I get ready for bed at 10 1/2 oclock
I get up this
morning at 5 oclock and Frank goes to bed it is some snowy my head aches some
this morning I would like a good long sleep take care of our folks most of the
day It snows hard most all day go to meeting at 2 oclock Elder Hull preaches in
the evening I go up to Mr. Rogers a little while it has been a long and
lonesome day to me I could almost cry I would give most any thing to see Sabra
and know what she is doing to night and if she looks for me back to the centre
Lewis Canfield and wife sit up to night I go to bed 9 oclock feeling lonely
It is not very
cold this morning I go over to the Centre after breakfast with Rubin Rogers we
get there at 11 1/2 oclock little after noon I call at Sabras room and am glad
to see he and think she is to see me I go to classes in the after noon do not
have any lessons except in german in the evening I go to prayer meeting Sabra
and Jane goes with me Sabra takes a part in the meeting and I am so glad and
hope she may live a true christian life and I hope her influence will
make me better for I feel that I need som loveing hand to keep me in the way
that I should go I feel most sick to day and have no ambition for anything but
hope I shall get over it by tomorrow go to Sabras room after meeting stay till
11 oclock then come to my room and go to bed would like to hear from home to
night
It is snowing
some this morning and is quite cold but clears off so the sun shines in the
afternoon I get up little past 5 study till chapel time go to chapel and
classes to day and have most of my lessons me do not have any law class Sabra
and Jane call at my room a few minutes to night I call at Sabras room she goes
to prayer meeing with me Jane does not go we have a very good meeting I go home
with Sabra stay till 10 1/2 then come to
my room and get ready for bed I am most sick to night my lungs pain me hard I
hope they will be well by morning I wish I was better than I am but I know
wishing will do no good without I try and work for it so may God help me to be
a better christian and have more of his love in my heart and that my influence
may help others to be good
It is a
beautiful morning all nature seems glad the sun shines very pleasant and it
would be a nice day for a sleigh ride I get up at 6 oclock study till chapel
time go to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very well Cotterell goes
to H. [Hornellsville] to night to hear Beacher lecture takes Miss Darrow I call
for Uri to go to meeting to night he does not go I go to meeting come home with
Sabra and stay till 1/4 to 11 come to my room and go to bed my head aches hard
to night and I do not feel very well but hope it wont last long another day
gone and am I any better than yesterday I am afraid not but it is my fault I
must watch and pray more I would like to know how our folks are at home
It is cloudy
this morning and soon it snows some but is not very cold the wind blows quite
hard I get up at 6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as
usual have my lesson very well call at Uri room also call at Sabras room she
does not go to meeting with me to night so I go alone we have a very good
meeting I feel sad to night for some cause it must be it is because I am so bad
O cant I never be good and help to make others better my head aches some to
night but not so much as last night I would like to hear from home tonight
It is a
beautiful morning the sun shines and it is not so very cold but it clouds up
toward night and the wind blows hard I go to chapel and classes as usual except
to Law class I get excused from that and go home with Mr. Rogers he comes after
Sabra the wind blows so the roads are drifted some I get home at 6 oclock find
our folks some better they do not have watchers now I study little in the
evening and get ready for bed at 10 oclock
The wind has
blowed hard all night and it blows this morning and it rains some of the time
quite hard I help chore around this morning some study little at noon go over
to Mr. Rogers for Sabra she come over home with me we cut out a fur cape for
Lib and she sews it to gether then goes home I go over in the evening and stay
till 12 oclock have a good visit she tells me something about Rubin to day but
I hope I shall never do like that and will pray that one I love better than
myself may be kept in the path of virtue
Do not get up
till most 8 oclock to day and feel rather dull after breakfast I get ready and
Merrick carries me back to the Centre Sabra and Mary Clark goes with us it
snows some and is rather cold we get to the Centre at 1 1/2 oclock I stop at
Sabras room and warm me then go over to my room in the evening call at Sabras room
for her to go to prayer meeting she has the sick head ache and don't go I stay
with her till after 8 oclock then go to my room and go to bed my head aches
some today O I wish I was as good as I
might be then perhaps my influence might help others instead of pulling them
back
It is a pleasant
morning the sun shines quite warm and looks some like spring I get up ast 5 1/2
oclock and study zoology till breakfast time go to chapel and classes as usual
call at Sabras room at noon for the picture she gave me took it down to Marks
to have it framed at night call to go to meeting she does not go so I don't but
stay with her till 9 oclock then go to my room study some and get ready for bed
at 10 1/2 oclock my head aches a little to night I guess it is because I am so
ugly O can I never be better I am bound
with a chain that it seems impossible to break is it any use to try it would be
better for some if I were dead and then I should not hinder them from
being good.
It is pleasant
to day the sun shines most all day but there is a cold wind I get up at 5 1/2
oclock study till breakfast go to chapel and to classes as usual have my
lessons good for me at night Sabra Jane Agnes CG her sister call at my room a
few minutes I go to prayer meeting Sabra and Jane goes we have a very good
meeting Jane raises up for pray O how I wish she might be a good christian
after meeting I call at Sabras room a short time how I wish my influence over
her was better if it were she would not feel so discouraged about trying to be
a christian but I will try with Gods help to live better in the future come to
my room go to bed 10 1/2 oclock
It is beautiful
morning but exceeding cold the sun shines and all nature seems bright I get up
5 1/2 oclock study as usual till chapel time go to chapel and to class in the
fore noon in the after noon go to retorical exercises there is not many
preasant go to prayer meeting at 3 1/2 oclock at the chapel come down get my picture
at Marks carry it up to Sabras room leave it, after supper call at Uris room
and then call for Sabra and go to prayer meeting with her she speaks in meeting
to night and I am glad to see her active in the christian work for it is labor
that keeps us in the way and makes us grow I have a talk with Uri after meeting
He said he had no feeling on the subject but had gone back from his love by
neglect of duty till he did not care O may God give me strength to do every
known duty that I may not be a cast away stay at Sabras room till after 11 then
come over and go to bed
It is beautiful
day the sun shines bright and it thaws some it begins to look like spring. I
get up at 6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual
except Law class we do not have any class in law to day it is Regents
examination but I dont have to be in that at night call at Sabras room she goes
to meeting with me Uri and Jane goes I go home with her and stay till 10 1/2
oclock then go over to my room she acts as if she did not like something I said
and I guess she would thank me to mind my own business and I think my self it
is the best plan
It is not cold
this morning and quite pleasant it thaws and looks like spring I get up at 5
1/2 oclock study some go to chapel and classes as usual to day finishes up
regents examination in arithmetic I hope Sabra has passes as she has in grammer
Sabra and Jane call and I work out the problems In the evening Sabra Jane,
Mary, Agnes and Sister call a few minutes Sabra Jane and I go to meeting after
meeting I go over to Ss room Naly comes in with doe face on and wraped in a
sheet she looks rather funny I stay with Sabra till 11 1/2 oclock then come to
my room and go to bed
It is a
beautiful morning clear and the sun shines bright the wind blows some but it is
not very cold I get up at 6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel come
back and study till after noon then go over to Sabras room stay till after 4
oclock come to my room wash and shave me and study little do not go to prayer
meeting to night call at Sabras room in the evening stay till 9 oclock come to
my room and go to bed I would like to hear from home to night
The air feels
balmy and spring like this morning but it is cloudy and looks some like rain I
do not get up till 7 1/2 oclock and do not have breakfast untill I come back
from chapel go to meeting at 10 1/2 oclock Proff. Allen preaches a very good
sermon we have a bible class after sermon then I come to my room take dinner go
over to Sabras room she is sick so she did not go to chapel or church I stay
till 5 oclock then come back get supper take a walk around town and call at
Sabras room again she is not well enough to go to meeting so I stay with her
till 8 1/2 oclock then come back to my room I have a good visit with her and
think she loves me better than anyone else and I pray that I may be better than
I am now and be worthy of her love it rains to night quite hard
It is colder
this morning and trys to snow some the wind blows part of the time get up at 6
oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual to day have
my lessons very well Cotterell goes over to the five corners to preach to night
Whitcomb goes with him I study german till
5 oclock go over call in Agnes room a little while Kitty is there gives
me a lock of her hair I go into Sabras room and stay till most 11 oclock before
I come back to my room I cut Janes hair to day To night Sabra owned what I had
suspected that she did not love me as well as I did her I know she has good
reasons not to love me and I am sure that I love her more than I should perhaps
while I love her more her love for me grows less and soon she will only care
for me as a friend and perhaps will not care to see me at all it is what I
deserve why should I complain but I will try and govern my feeling some in the
future and see if one cannot controll his love as well as other things at least
the world shall never know if I have loved in vain
It is a
beautiful day the sun shines it is not very warm nor very cold with a mild wind
I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as
usual have my lessons very well I have felt blue or downhearted all day and
perhaps I deserve to be but it will never do to give up like this, to live
requires bold action and to make the best of what is presented and not give up
to feelings I go over and cut Marys hair to night Sabra gives me one of her
pictures Uri calls up to my room to night. I go to meeting then go home with
Sabra stay till after 10 come to my room prepare for bed It is the last day of
the month there has another month gone and am I any better I fear not but I
will strive on life is made up of failure with a few successes O that I may do
better in the future
It is another
beautiful day the sun shines and it is quite warm thaws so it is quite mudy I
get up at 6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual
have my lessons very well do not have any meeting here to night Cotterell goes
over to the five corners to meeting I study some in the evening call over to
Sabras room at 8 oclock stay till most 11 she walks out with me a short
distance in the evening she reads my diary and sees what I wrote the other day
and I guess she thinks that I believe she dont love me but I hope she does I
should be most wretched if I thought so I know that some time I act as if I
were crazy and I dont know as she would be to blame if she did not love me and
I some time wonder that she can see any thing in me to love I wish I were
better and more worthy of her and of myself O can I never be good
Cold some this
morning but it soon clears off and is a warm day get up 5 oclock write off a
lecture on International Law study some before chapel go to chapel and to class
in the fore noon me do not have any school in the after noon Proff Allen hauls
me over the coals this morning for going to see a certain young lady I told him
I had been I dont know what he will do about it and would not care so much on
my own part if they would let her a lone. I have some pictures taken at noon
show them to Sabra she takes two of them and Jane takes one in the afternoon go
to the funeral of Mrs. Hull Proff Allen preaches the sermon. I have one of my
teeth filled to day at night call at Sabras room for her to go to prayer
meeting she would not go I went to meeting then after meeting call at her room
a short time come to my room go to bed at 10 1/2 oclock
It is rainy this
morning and rains most all day some of the time hard get up at 6 oclock go to
chapel and classes as usual Cotterell goes over to the five corners to meeting
I call at Sabras room for her to go to meeting with me she would not go for
some cause I do not know what the reason is she would not do as much as that to
please me I would do much more than that to please her. I go to meeting come back
to her room stay till ten oclock read her diary she said she thought I was mad
because she would not go with me and she wished she was at home and guessed she
would go west perhaps she dont love me and wants to get away where I wont see
her but I dont hardly believe it even if she would not go with me to night
It is colder
this morning and the mud is frooze up I get up at 6 1/2 oclock get breakfast
then go over to Sabras room to see if she wants to send home She get ready and
goes home her self. We start about 9 1/2 oclock it is good walking We get home
at noon do not find mother very well toward night I go down to Dan Halls come
back home find Sabra here she stays till 8 oclock I go home with her and stay
till after 1 then come home and go to bed I have a very good visit with her and
I think she loves me better than any one else
It is cold this
morning but pleasant and thaws in the after noon so it is mudy I get up and do
the chores this morning then wash and shave me after noon I go over to Mr.
Rogers Sabra is out in the woods making sugar I stay till till they come back
then go home stay till after four then start for the centre it is hard walking
I get there at little past 7 do not go to meeting called at Janes room a few
minutes came back go to bed at 8 1/2 oclock some tired and sleepy I wonder what
Sabra is doing to night and if she feels as lonely as I do I wish she were here
It snows a damp
heavy snow almost like rain and it is very mudy I get up at 6 oclock study some
before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual have part of my lessons Mifs
[Miss] Setchell gives us a lecture on woman right in the law class It grows
colder at night and freezes some Coterell goes over to the five corners and
preaches to night it is dreadful lonely I go over to Janes room in the evening
Sabra has not come back I guess she is going to do as she said in her diary
stay at home the rest of the term perhaps it is the best way I dont believe she
misses me as I do her I wonder what she is doing to night and if she thinks of
the one that loves her I do not feel like studying any to night go to bed at
1/4 to ten
It is clear and
cold this morning the mud is frooze up a beautiful day over head thaws some in
the afternoon I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study some before chapel go to class as
usual today have my lessons very well Merrick comes back to day and calls but I
do not go home Sabra comes over and I am so glad it does not seem half
as lonely if I only know she is here I call at her room twice to night stay the
last time till 10 1/2 oclock Uri is there and stays too Sabra gives me some
maple molasses when I come away and it is real good it is the first new
molasses I have had this year I hope I may always be worthy of her love
It is a
beautiful morning the sun shines bright the air is soft and balmy and it seems
like spring the blue birds sing cheerfully and all nature seems glad I get up
at 6 oclock study some as usual go to class in the forenoon have retorical
exercises in the after noon in the evening call at Sabras room she goes to
meeting with me Uri and Jane goes I come back home with her and stay till 12
oclock then come to my room Coterell has gone to Hornellsville to night to a
lecture
It is still warm
and pleasant looks like summer the snow is most all gone I get up at 6 oclock
study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very
well Sabra and Jane call at my room at noon I go home with them Merrick is over
here to day to a law suit in the evening Sabra, Jane, Mary, Agnes, Kitty, and
Miss Stillman call at my room I go over to Sabras room at 8 oclock have some
oysters to eat come back to my room start to go down town meet the girls and
walk around the square with them go up to their room stay till 1 oclock they
are going home to night I do not like the have them go
It is pleasant
again this morning the sun shines bright I get up at 6 oclock study some go to
chapel when I come back see Sabra I suposed she had gone home was glad to see
her come to her room after Zoology class and stayed till noon go to german
class then come back and go a peace with her she goes home then I go to law class
after that it is lonely so I go up to Mr Places get there at sundown Albert is
not at home Ellen and Amy are there have a very good visit I am some sleepy in
the evening go to bed at 10 oclock I would like to know if Sabra was tired out
when she got home
It is pleasant
this morning only the wind blows quite hard I get up at 8 oclock come down to
meeting with Mr Places people have a very good meeting come to my room get
dinner Jack Margeson comes over after Uri Albert is worse so I ride home with
them Mrs Rogers calls at our house in the evening I go back with her see Sabra
stay till most 12 oclock have a good visit it pays me for coming home mother is
some better but not so as to be around
I get up this
morning at 8 oclock and it is raining I intended to go up to Mr Merriams to day
but it storms to hard at noon it turns to snow and storms all the afternoon
most Sabra calls at noon and I go home with her stay till four oclock take
dinner there then come home to the centre on foot get here at 7 oclock go to
meeting come to my room and get ready for bed at 10 oclock some tired I presume
Sabra is in dream land before this time
It is pleasant
this morning and looks as if it might be warm but it snows some in the after
noon I get up at 6 oclock but do not study much I have an examination in
zoology in the fore noon it is not very hard in the after noon have an examination in Tell [part of his
German class] it is long and some hard there is a musical examination to night
but I dont go stay in my room all the evening it is real lonely I wish I was
where some one else is to night it would be more pleasant to me at least I
wonder if they dont think of me some
It is pleasant
this morning the sun shines bright do not get up till most 7 oclock do not
study much do not have any examination in the fore noon but am examined in
anyatical [analytical] Geometry in the after noon it is rather hard get through
at 4 oclock it clouds up and snows a wet snow like rain joint session of the
lyceum to night Sabra came over at 6 oclock I was most afraid she would not
come We go to session it rains some when the session is out we get ready and go
home it rains part of the way we get some wet Albert Merriam is dead we arrive
home so as to go to the funeral get home at 2 oclock it is hard going but I
have pleasant company
It rains this
morning quite hard and keeps it up all day I get up at 7 oclock at 10 oclock we
go to the funeral Merrick Lib and I go stop and Sabra goes with us I am one of
the barrers the sermon is preached at scio Wilkenson preaches we come back over
oak hill the roads are very mudy and it is a hard day to be out we get home at
5 oclock some wet and tired I go to bed 8 oclock some sleepy
It does not rain
this morning but is cloudy we gather some sap and I help boil all day it is
rather hard to go to work it is very wet and mudy here in the woods Merrick gathers it
and then he taps a few more trees I boil till 8 oclock to night I wanted to go
up to see Sabra to night but it is to late I wonder if she looks for me any and
wants to see me as much as I do her I go to bed at 9 oclock some tired
It is cloudy
this morning and rains some by spells Merrick gathers some more sap to day I
surrip down over two pails full so we will have some sugar some time it rains
quite hard in the after noon it is some colder at night and is going to freeze
some in the evening I go over to Mrs Rogers Sabra is ironing I stay till 7
oclock I think she loves me but I get so I dont see how she can I wish I were
better than I am so I could be worthy of her love
I get up at 6
1/2 oclock this morning it is some colder the ground is frozen some go down and
surrip off then we sugar off some 90 pounds I told Sabra to come and get some
warm sugar but she dont come she calls at 2 oclock and get the flatirons I help
to do the chores at night Merrick gathers some sap I do not go any where to
night but stay at home for once it is quite pleasant with a cold wind go to bed
at 8 1/2 oclock
It is a
beautiful day the sun shines bright and it is not very cold I get up at 7
oclock after breakfast I shave me change my close at noon Sabra comes over with
Rubins horses for the buggy to go to scio to carry her mother down I go with
her we have a very pleasant ride we stop to J. Rogers a few moments come up
over oak hill stop and pick a few winter green berries get home at 5 oclock I
fetch the buggy home then take the team back and stay the evening till 12
oclock the wind is in the north to day
It is cloudy to
day with a strong south wind but not very cold I boil sap to day all day am some
tired at night I guess it dont agree with me to work I look for Sabra over
today but she dont come I would go over there if they would not think I had
better stay all the time but never mind may be some time I can keep her with me
the most of the time I will hope for the best
It is colder
this morning and snows some I go to boiling sap to day Merrick gathers what
there is and then he and father go to Belmont it grows cold all day I get all
the sap boiled in and surrip it down to day so as to sugar it off tomorrow.
Sabra comes over about 2 oclock and stays till in the evening and then I go
home with her and stay till 12 oclock have a very good visit as I most always
do when with her
It is pleasant
again today and grows warmer so the sap runs some but not very fast Merrick and
I sugar off today 100 lbs of sugar William comes over to our house to day at
three oclock I start and go to Scio come back to Mr. Benjamins at 7 and stay
get my supper stay till after nine then come home and go to bed some tired it
is some muddy walking I get a letter for Sabra but she has gone to bed when I
come along
It is some
cloudy and looks like rain I get up at seven oclock after breakfast I go over
and carry Sabras letter over to her stay till 10 oclock then come back and go
over a cross the woods I call at Eck. Blacks and to Wm Babbitts and get back
home at 2 oclock it grows quite cold so it freezes I stay at home to night Mr
Rogers comes over and stays the evening to our house I go to bed at 9 oclock
It is quite cold
today and the wind is in the north west I go over to Mr Rogers in the morning
and get a chain help Merrick skid logs for wood in the fore noon in the after
noon we fix the arch some and boil sap it is so cold the sap does not run in
the evening I go over to see Sabra Mrs Rogers has got home I stay till 11
oclock and have a good visit as usual then go home
It is clear this
morning but a cold North West wind finish boiling in the sap to day and in the
afternoon we sugar off 45 lbs and it is nice looking sugar Sabra and The come
down when it is done and stay till we take the sugar off they come up to the
house with us stay a few minutes then go home in the evening I go over to Geo.
Canfields and stay till 11 oclock then come home it is a clear beautiful night
It is some
cloudy to day with a cold wind from the South I get up at 7 oclock call at Mr.
Rogers at 1 oclock Sabra and Mrs. R go down to prayer meeting we have a very
good one I come back call again then go home to supper it begins to snow about
4 oclock and snows quite fast I go over to Mr. R. in the evening and stay till
after 12 have a very good visit I am glad I have some one to love and that they
love me
(In back of
Diary-
Home. Sunday eve 1871, March 26
remember me. Sabra
I always remember you.
It is snowing
this morning and storms most all day I do not do much to day but stay in the
house and read some in the afternoon I go over to Mr Rs for some flour Sabra
comes home with me and does some sewing on the machine but does not stay to
supper help do the chores at night write a letter for Lib to send for her
flowers go to bed at 9 oclock
It is more
pleasant to day but snows some by spells and thaws some Merrick goes to mill to
day I ride up to Mr. Margesans stay a little while go over to Harmen Eastmans
then come back home eat dinner and go over across the wood stop to Henrys then
go to Eck Blacks then stop to Joes and take supper then come home do not get
home till after 7 oclock go to bed at 9 oclock wonder what Sabra is doing
It is pleasant
to day the sun shines quite bright we go down and saw wood in the fore noon at
noon I carry mother over to Mr. Rogers to make a visit it is the first time she
has been out in most all winter in the afternoon we saw wood again and clean
the snow out of the buckets the the sap runs very well at night, I go over to
Mr. Rogers and stay till 12 oclock have a good visit as usual
I get up at 7
oclock this morning it is quite pleasant to day we boil sap today we gather
over six barrels and it runs very well to day am some tired at night do not go
over to Mr. Rogers to night but stay at home perhaps some time I can have her
with me and then it will be pleasant to have some one to be with you whom you
love and who loves you
It is clear and
bright this morning but soon clouds up and is not so warm I go down in the
sugar bush this morning after breakfast go over to Frank Brodies go to the
centre with him fetch home Sabra picture with me we get home at 2 oclock I boil
sap til night then go over and carry Sabras picture over to her Verenus is at
home I stay till 11 oclock then come home and go to bed my head aches some
I get up at 5
1/2 oclock this morning go down and boil sap sirup it off at 11 oclock the wind
blows hard from the south and it snows most of the time we sugar off after noon
get done at 4 oclock Sabra ask me to come over and eat sugar with her to day
and then went off I guess she was afraid I would come so she thought she would
be away I stay at home in the evening read some and go to bed at 8 1/2 oclock
have had the head ache most all day
It is pleasant
to day and quite warm so it thaws so that it is quite mudy I go to meeting at 2
1/2 oclock we have a very good meeting come back home get supper in the evening
go over to Mr. Rogers Sabra is not very well I ask her what the matter is but
for some cause she would not tell me I had hoped she loved me
enough to have confidence in me to be free with me but may be I am asking to
much of her I sit up till 2 oclock then go to bed and stay all night
It is cloudy
this morning with a heavy wind from the south I get up at 7 oclock and go to
boiling sap we gather most 8 barrels I work in the sugar bush all day in the
afternoon it rains some but not very hard go to the house at 7 oclock I look
for Sabra some tonight I should think she might come and see me once in awhile
as well as for me to go all the time go to bed at 9 oclock some sleepy
I get up at 6
oclock and go down and boil sap till breakfast time it has cleared off and is pleasant
the wind blows some after breakfast I go over to Mr Rogers a little while come
back get ready and Sabra and I go a visiting to Davis's he rides down to scio
we get there at 1 1/2 oclock have a very good visit start for home at 6 1/2
oclock do not get home till after 10 but have a pleasant ride
It is still
pleasant to day looks like spring Sabra comes over this morning for some milk I
help Merrick saw wood today go over to Mr. R at noon stay till 1 1/2 oclock go
back home saw wood till night I look for Sabra some to come over and stay all
night but she don't come I go over there at 7 1/2 oclock and stay till most 2
oclock it is the last night perhaps for more than a week that I can see her I
shall be some lonely next week
It is pleasant
this morning and quite warm the sun shines bright I get ready at 8 oclock and
start for the Centre Merrick carries me over Aaron goes over with us we get
there at noon and I fix up in the after noon to go to house keeping I do not join school today it is
lonely here tonight I wish Sabra were here so I could call on her it would not
be so lonely then I wonder where she is tonight
It is an other beautiful day and seems as warm as summer instead
of being the month of Apr. I get up at 6 oclock this morning go to chapel and
then join school I go to one class to day that is botany I have not got any
other classes yet I do not feel a bit like studying to day and do not study
much go down and play a game of croquet in the evening write some letters go to
bed at 9 1/2 oclock I wonder if some one thinks of me to night
It is still warm
to day and pleasant seems as warm as summer do not get up till 7 oclock go to
chapel then come back and read and study some it is lonely I do not go to
meeting Albert goes home and leaves me here alone I wish Sabra was here so I
could call on her a short time I wonder is she has gone down on the river and I
wonder if she misses me any In the evening I go to Lyceum we have a very good
session do not get back till 11 oclock
It is still warm
and pleasant and a lonely spring day I go to chapel then get ready to go to
church at 10 1/2 oclcok stay to bible class then come to my room read some and
feel dull generaly walk out a little while it makes me feel lonesome to see the
boys and girls walking out together I wish my girl was here to go walking with
me I wonder where she is to day and what she is doing I hope she does not feel
as lonely as I do I wish i was at home or some where else. I go to prayer
meeting in the evening we had a very good meeting I wish Sabra was here to go
to meeting with me
It is still
quite warm but looks more like rain to day I get up at 6 oclock go to chapel
and to rhetoric class and Botany to day that is all the classes I have as yet I
study some to day but do not feel much like it I see Mr. Rogers and Rubin over
here to day I wish Sabra had been with them in the evening I write a letter to
Sabra and study little my head aches some go to bed at 9 1/2 feeling some dull
I get up this
morning at 6 oclock it is some cloudy and sprinkles rain but clears off and is
pleasant the wind blows quite hard I go to chapel and classes as usual to day
and join the elocution class so if I get an other study I shall have four as
usual I go out walking a short time after supper call at Heights room a little
while come back to my room study my rhetoric and botany to night get ready for
bed at 9 1/2 oclock I wonder if some one thinks of me to night
It is colder
this morning and snows some but clears off before night I get up at 5 1/2
oclock we have breakfast at 7 go to elocution at 7 1/2 then after chapel go to Rhetoric and Botany
we begin to anylize a flower to day do not have any classes in the afternoon
and I feel rather dull go down after super and play a game of croquet with
Albert come back try to study some in the evening but do not make out much only
two more days and then I can go home I wonder if Sabra will want to see me as
much as I do her, I wonder what she is doing now at 9 1/2 oclock
It is cloudy
this morning and is some rainy we have a snow storm at
It is cloudy
some and a cold wind I get up before 6 oclock study some go to chapel and
classes as usual at 4 1/2 oclock I start for home foot it all the way get home
before 7 oclock some tired after supper Sabra comes over an stays about 1 hour
and then I go home with her I did not much expect to see her to night but was
glad of the opertunity I stay till most 2 oclock before I go home and I enjoy
it ever so much it is much more pleasant than being over to the centre with out
her
It is quite cold
this morning and a cold wind all day I get up at 7 oclock this morning after
breakfast I fix some of the flower beds for Lib I make a bed in the garden set
out some onions in the after noon call at Mr. Rogers Sabra is gone up to Marys
I do down to D. Hall then up on the hill call at Mr. B come home at 6 oclock help do the
chores go up to Mr. R in the evening stay till after 12 oclock then go home
It is cloudy
this morning and quite a cold wind but clears off toward night and the air feel
frosty I get up at 7 oclock after breakfast wash and shave me and get ready to
go to the centre then wait for Mr. B's folks to come along they come at 2
oclock and I ride over with them get there at 4 oclock find Albert here after
supper I lay down on the lounge till it is time to go to prayer meeting I wish
Sabra was here with me to night I have felt homesick or lonesome all day and
have wished part of the time that I could fly some where all alone by my self
if there was not one that I loved better than my self I am afraid I
should fly away or run away, or do something that I ought not to do I hope her
love may keep me in the path of right I wish I was more worthy of her I am not
deserving of her love and I wonder why she loves me O if I only could do
better. I wonder where she is to night. I know she thinks of me and prays for
me and if any one has need of prayers it is me
It is pleasant
this morning but cold and frosty I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study my botany till
chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual I join the class in mechanical
drawing to day and we have a resitatin in evidence so now I have four regular
classes besides elocution and my peice to wright and that ought to keep me busy
It has seemed lonely to day and I have thought of some one most all the time it
is a good thing I have enough to do or I should fly study rhetorical in the
evening go to bed at 10 oclock feeling dull
It is quite cool
this morning but pleasant get up at 5 1/2 oclock study till breakfast time we
have elocution before chapel then we have classes as usual I have my lessons
very well We who are on for anniversary day met Proff Allen at one oclock we
wanted to know our subjects he thought they were commonplace subjects and I
guess he will think so by my oration I most wish I had not come to school this
term but went to kansas or some where else I feel discouraged and lonesome I
wish I could see Sabra a little while to night I would give most any thing I
wonder where she is and what she is doing and if she thinks of me as much as I
do of her We had a prayer meeting here at our room to night there were four
girls here and five of us boys we had a very good meeting I wish my girl had
been here to but it is bed time now 10 oclock so good night and may angels
guard the one I love best
I get up at 5
1/2 oclock this morning study till chapel time it is a very pleasant morning
but looks like rain go to my classes as usual have my lessons very well they
have rhetorical exercises this after noon but I do not have to speak so get out
of that It rains some at night and we have quite a thunder shower have not
begun my peace yet keep dreading it I write a letter to Sabra to day how I wish
I could just step in where she is and see what she is doing and whether she was
thinking of me any I know she thinks of me more than I deserve to be thought of
It is some
cloudy this morning and rains some through the day but is quite warm I get up
at little past five study till chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual
except the one in Kames Elements I thought did not meet to day It clears off at
night quite pleasant in the evening I go to a prayer meeting down to Mrs.
Burdicks we have a very good meeting Miss Ayers is there her school begins one
week from Monday I study my Rhetoric some after meeting get ready for bed at 10
oclock I feel some tired does it all pay thus to study and work some get
through the world easy without it but I will have the satisfaction of knowing
what I know and I think there is another one who will love me just as well when
I get through school I wish I could have a kiss from her to night
It is pleasant
this morning but clouds up and we have some showers through the day. I get up a 5 oclock this morning study
rhetorical and Botany before breakfast then go to elocution this morning I do
not have any class in the afternoon to day is Friday and another week of school
is gone I feel tired and weary I have read all the evening how I wish I was at
home or where some one else is I wonder where Sabra is to night I have not had
any letter her this week has she forgot to write to me or what is the matter I
am here alone to night and it is lonely enough but I must go to bed for I feel
sleepy
It is some
cloudy this morning and we have some rain during the day I get up at 6 oclock
study some read some go to chapel there is quite a number baptized here to day
Alice Burdick is among them I go up and see them baptized go down at 2 oclock
for my mail do not get any letter and I feel real disapointed I
looked for a
letter from Sabra today I wonder why she dont write has she forgotten me? I would give something to know where she is
to day and what she is doing I go at 3 1/2 oclock to hear a sermon from
Sorjourner Truth who is an old negrow woman between 80 and 90 years old has no
learning cannot read she gave us a good sermon her voice is strong and she
talks well she is working for the good of her race wants them to have a tract
of land and settle down and learn how to work after the sermon I call at Mrs.
Burdicks with Alice and Miss Aeyers have a go visit then go down home with Miss
Aeyers call a few moments it is some colder tonight.
It is pleasant
this morning but clouds up and we have some showers through the day. I get up a 5 oclock this morning study
rhetorical elocution and chapel we have an examination in Botany this morning I
do not have any class in the afternoon to day is Friday and another week of
school is gone I feel tired and weary I have read all the evening how I wish I
was at home or where some one else is I wonder where Sabra is tonight I have
not had any letter her this week has she forgot to me or what is the matter I
am here alone to night and it is lonely enough but I must go to bed for I feel
sleepy
It is cloudy
some this morning and snows a little but clears off towards noon and is pleasant and warm I get
up at 5 1/2 oclock study till chapel and classes as usual at 4 oclock Miss
Simpson, and Whitney Mrs. Sherman and myself set out an elm tree on the institution
grounds as a momento of the graduating class of 1871 we had a great ceremony in
setting it out and named it Faith Mercy Honor and Equal rights it has names
enough to kill it if nothing else does in the evening study rhetoric go to bed
at 9 1/2 oclock remembering one I love best of all
I get up at 5
1/2 oclock this morning and study till breakfast time after breakfast go to
elocution and chapel and then to classes as usual it looks some like rain to
night this morning Proff. Allen made a speach and asked us all boys and girls
to help to fix up the park to come at 12 1/2 oclcok and again at five armed
with hoes spade shovels etc. they are going to fix it and sit it out with
flowers we marked some at noon and some
after supper but we played more than we worked I expect it will be grand when
it is done I looked for a letter to day from Sabra I thought sure I should get
one but none came and I felt real disapointed I should think she
might write may be she did not get my letter or something I cannot imagine what
can be the matter I don't believe she has forgotten me so soon but it seems
lonely here when I dont hear from her
Another
beautiful morning and not very cold I get up at 5 1/2 oclock and study as usual
go to chapel and classes as common have my lessons very well I work a little
while on the park tonight I get a letter from Sabra today and am glad to hear
from her she says she is going to Pa to teach this summer it dont seem
as if I could possable have the thoughts of her going away and
especialy of her going there but it may all be for the best I do not
fear but she will love me but I cannot tell what may happen if she goes up
there where I cannot see her I have felf homesick or something else ever
since I got her letter but she likes it better there than here
It is raining
this morning quite hard and is some colder get up little past five study till
chapel time go to chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons
very well it rains hard most all the forenoon but not quite so much in the
afternoon Albert has gone home tonight and I am alone it has been a stormy
dismal day and I have felt as dismal as it has looked I guess I have got
the blues I have no life to do anything
and dont care whether school keeps or not I have felt homesick or heart sick
all day but hope to go home tomorrow but after I come back when will I see her
again if she goes away to be gone all summer and what changes may take place in
that length of time will she come back loving me as well as she does now I will
hope so but who knows what influence may be thrown around her when there is an
end to be accomplished but trouble will come fast enough without hurrying it I
will pray God to keep her in the path of virtue and duty and shield her from
harm and trust to his wisdom to guide her right
It is some
cloudy this morning and rains part of the time we have April showers get up at
6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual at 2 oclock
Merrick and Ekron come over and bring me some wood I go home with them start at
4 oclock get home before 7 I find Sabra there and am glad to see her after
supper I go over home with her and stay till after 1 oclock O what will I do
when she gets gone to Pa I shall be so lonely
It is still
cloudy and some showry in the afternoon it rains most all the time I do not do
any thing to day but go from one room to the other then down to the shop and back
to the house I feel lonely and most homesick Mary Fernum dies to day they send
up for Merrick and Father to help do the chores then go over to Mr. Rogers
Sabra and I go down to Mr. F. a short time I come back stop with Sabra and stay
till after 2 oclock I do wish she had got a school nearer home I do hate to
have her go to Pa for general reasons I suppose she would stay here if I said
so but I see she has made up her mind she wants to go and I will not hinder for
she would think that I could not trust to her own good sense and her love for
me to guide her safely through and will ask God for his protecting care.
It is most
pleasant this morning but some cloudy with a cold wind I get up at seven oclock
wash and shave me go over to Mr. R. at noon I cut Sabra and Veranus hair Sabra
comes home with me and goes and takes me over to the centre we have a very
pleasant ride she stays with me here about an hour then I go back with her up
to the top of the hill then bid her good bye when shall I see her again
It seems like an age to look forward to the time when school will be out I hope
the time may come when she will be with me all the time and we will not need to
be separated I hope she may have a good time and enjoy her self this summer I know
she will not feel as lonely as I shall but I will try and make the best of it
in the evening I go to prayer meeting
It is pleasant
this morning but quite cold I get up at 5 oclock some sleepy and feeling as if
I had been poorly stayed with study some before chapel go to chapel and classes
as usual and have my lessons very well go out and play a game of croquet after
supper. Study my rhetoric in the evening I feel rather lonely but if I am lonely now what
will I do before the summer is ended. I wonder if Sabra has got packed up to
night and if she would like to see me I would like to step in and help her pack
her things but cannot and must go to bed it is most 8 1/2 oclock
It is clear and
pleasant to day the sun shines bright and it looks more like summer I get up at
6 oclock study some study till chapel time go to chapel and classes as usual
have my lessons very well at night I work a little while on the park in the
evening Ellen Place is to our room she does not go home till after 8 oclock I
study rhetoric some in the evening and I begin a letter to Sabra how I would
like to know where she is to night if she has gone to Pa and if she thinks of
me any I think of her most of the time and pray that God may guide and protect
her that she may be true to him and true to herself
It is cloudy
this morning and looks like rain I get up at 5 oclock study my botany till it
is chapel time go to chapel some one built a blockade across the bridge last night
and Proff Allen offers to pay them for their time if they will only come to him
I send a letter to Sabra to day I wish I could get one from her and know where
she is at night it rains some and is some muddy I write a composition for
rhetoric class tonight go to bed about 10 oclock
It is rainy this
morning and rains most of the time to day so it is quite mudy I get up at 6
oclock this morning and study some get my breakfast go to chapel and classes as
usual Proff. Allen offers $10 to anyone who will prove to him the person who
put the barricade across the bridge I guess he is afraid he wont find out who
done it I feel some sad and lonely to night I wish I could fly for a little
time to where one is who loves me and who I think would be glad to see me and I
know I should be glad to see her I wonder if she has gone to Pa yet go to bed
at 10 oclock
To day is rain
and sunshine like the journey of life it grows some colder at night get up at 5
1/2 oclock study as usual go to chapel and all my classes we have an
examination in Botany to day at night I go up home with Albert we go a foot I
am some tired when I get there Ellen has got an organ there and she talks of
buying it or some other one I most wish Sabra had taken music lessons last term
I hope she may be able to do so some time I think it would make a home more
pleasant and I hope I might some time be able to buy one
It is misty and
rainy this morning so they do not go to church after noon Albert Ellen and I
call at Mr. Beber a short time at 5 oclock I come back to the centre it rains
part of the way and I get some wet in the evening I go to lyceum we do not get
through till 11 oclock I wonder if Sabra got my letter to night and if she was
glad to hear from me how I wish I could get a letter from her and know how she
is getting along and whether she misses me any or not
It is pleasant
this morning the sunshines and seems warmer but clouds up and towards night it
grows cold rains and snows and so it is in life what seems pleasant to start
with often turns out to be disagreeable I go to chapel and to church I am here alone and it seems so lonely
O if I only had wings to fly how soon would I be somewhere else I presume Sabra
does not miss me near as much as I do here she is there surrounded by friends
and by those who will try to please her and I pass the whole long day
here alone how I would like to step in tonight and see what she is doing but I
must not think about it I will overcome my feelings and be strange if she only
enjoys herself it is enough it is no consiquence what became of me what is life
at most only a few years of trouble and dissapointments a struggle against sin
and then we find ourselves over come by it I most wish I had never been born
but that is foolish I must be more strong I go to prayer meeting in the evening
O I wish Sabra was here to go with me I feel lonely and guess I have got the
blues to night may angels guard one I love
It is clear this
morning but quite cold the ground is froaze some I get up a little past five
study till chapel time go to chapel and classe as usual have my lesson very
well it is quite cold all day I try to make out a beginning on my peice to day
but am tired and most discouraged I cannot start it to suit me does it pay to
toil thus for this short life but I would willingly toil if it would make the one
I love feel proud of me and glad of my love I wonder if she is in dream
land now at 10 oclock I hope she will dream of me I expect to get a letter from
her tomorrow but may be disapointed there is many a slip between the up and
life but good night dearest friend I must go to bed
It is clear and
pleasant this morning but clouds up before night and is quite cold I get at 5
1/2 oclock study as usual go to elocution this morning and to other classes as
usual we ask proff. Miller to let us go out Botanizing to night and he says we
can we start about 6 oclock go up on pine hill Most over to the railroad do not
get many flowers we do not get back till most 8 oclock Miss Nelson gives me a
lecture on the Sabbath question to night and some tracts to read she seems to
be in earnest and almost thinks we are sining against light it may be so but I
cannot see it in that light I get a letter to day from Sabra and am real glad
to hear that she is well and having a good time I hope she will enjoy herself
and be useful seting a good example before those with whom she asociates
Wedsesday,
It is clear to
day with a cold wind I have a headache to day but it is some better to night I
go to classes as usual have my lessons very well after school I play croquet a
little while. I write a letter to Sabra
to day how I wish I could see her instead of writing in the evening I study
rhetoric and write a composition for the class I feel tired tonight get ready
for bed at 10 oclock
It is pleasant
today and some warmer I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study
some as usual go to classes in the forenoon in the afternoon I write some on my
peice in the evening I go to Proff. Allens lecture we have a very good one I
wish Sabra had been here to go with me how I would like to step in where she is
to night and see what she is doing get through the lecture at 10 oclock come to
my room and go to bed
I get up this
morning at little past 3 oclock go up to the observatory and Davis and I take a
look at Saturn and the moon it is afine clear morning and the birds sing
sweetly I come back to my room at 5 oclock study some go to chapel and to
classes as usual have my lessons very well I play croquet a little while to
night in the evening I study rhetoric I feel some tired and sleepy to night and
some lonely what is the use of trying to be anyone I wish I could see Sabra to
night it seems like a long time since I have seen her I wonder if she thinks of
me to night and if she has written me a
letter but I must go to bed so good night to my own love
It is pleasant
this morning but quite a cold wind from the north do not get up till most 7
oclock study some go to chapel then some back and go to writing on my peice
then Waitz comes and stays till meeting time then after meeting is begun Ellen
comes and stays with me till meeting is out she was late to meeting so would
not go in then Mrs. P. Albert and Waitz come back after meeting and stay a
spell so I do not do much writing on my peice I go up to the drawing room
toward night work on my peice a little while in the evening I go to lyceum do
not feel very well only stay till 9 1/2
then come down get ready for bed how I wish I was where Sabra is tonight
I get up before
5 oclock this morning and start for home.
It is clear and cold quite a frost on the ground I get home a 7 oclock
eat breakfast change my clothes go over to Mr. Rogers a little while come back
home lay down and take a nap then go to meeting have a very good sermon the
preachers girls come up to our house to stay all night I stay till after supper then start back for
the centre our folks carry me down on the creek and I foot it the rest of the
way it is 8 1/2 oclock when I get over there and I am tired O how I wish I
could see Sabra to night it would rest me I wonder what she is doing may be she
has got a beau if she has and I were there I would jerk him out of his boots
but I don't believe she has one
It is pleasant
this morning but clouds up and is cloudy most all day I get up a 5 oclock study
some before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual at night I go out and play
a game of croquet I feel most sick to day my head feels dizy and I do not feel
like studying have not written any on my peice to day I dont know as it will
ever get done I wish I was in Penn. to night where Sabra is and I would not try
to study go to bed at 9 1/2
It is clear
this morning but clouds up at noon and
is some rainy in the afternoon at night it rains quite hard I get up at 5 oclock and study some
before chapel go to chapel and classes as usual get a letter from Sabra to day
and am glad to hear from her I would like to see her very much I do not feel
very well to day my head aches some and I feel tired after supper I work on the
park some in the evening I study rhetoric and begin a letter to Sabra go to bed
at 10 oclock tired
I get up little
past 5 this morning and study as usual it is quite a cold wind to day but does
not storm any go to classes as usual to day and have my lesson very well I send a
letter to Sabra how I wish I could go myself I am tired and most discouraged
after school I walk down to the Bridge and back in the evening I go up to
Proff. Allens to a sociable stay a little while it is rather dull if some one
was only here to go with me it would not seem so lonely come back go to bed
little past 11 oclock
It is pleasant
this morning but quite cold for the time of year I do not get up till most 6
oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and to classes as usual to day did
not have my lessons any thing extry go out and work on the park a little while
to night I saw Miss Ayers she came up to bring Proff Allen her peice for
Aniversary how I wish mine was done I am most discouraged to night Pheby
Saunders and Mary Compton call at our room a short time in the evening study
rhetoric some and get ready for bed little before 10 how I wish I could stop in
and see what Sabra is doing to night and kiss her good night before going to
bed
I do not get up
till most 6 oclock this morning study some go to elocution before chapel have a
session of the Lyceum after chapel and note not to have J. Ward Hull lecture
the coming Aniversary it does not suit Proff. Allen very well but I dont know
what he will do about it we have a right to say who we want we have our
examination in Botany to day and I did not do very well donot study much in the
afternoon go out after supper and play croquet till most dark then study Botany
little in the evening it has been a lovely day and some warmer things begin to
grow fast I wonder if Sabra thinks of me to night and would like to see me as
well as I would her
It is clear this
morning and very warm the sun shines hot
I get up before 7 oclock get breakfast go to chapel and try to study
little was going to write some on my peice but have company most all the time
and do not write any till after noon then write little go out and play croquet
after supper in the evening go to Lyseum do not get back till 11 1/2 then go to
bed some tired and sleepy I wonder if Sabra got a letter from me to night and
if she was glad to get one as I am I wish I could see her
It is a clear
warm mornng there is not much air stiring I do not get up till most 7 oclock
get breakfast and go to chapel then got ready to go to meeting Elder Swiney
preaches we have a very good serman I have charge of Proff. Alores Bible class
today in the after noon I go up to the reading room a while after supper Alvin
and I take a walk we go down the road a little while then come back to the
centre I had much rather see Sabra how I wish I was up there tonight I wonder
if she has got a beau to night I think she would have if she was at home and I
knew I go to bed at 9 1/2 oclock
It is some
cloudy this morning and does not seem so hot it rains a little fore
It is clear to
day but quite a cold wind I get up at 6 oclock go to chapel as usual we have
annother speach from Proff. Allen this morning and a reply
from Proff. Whitford then another by Proff Allen and on on the part of
the students by W.D. Williams excitement runs high all day I hope it will go
down I get a letter to day from Sabra and am glad as ever to hear from her I am
sorry she has not got mine I write part of one to her to night I am some tired
go to bed at 10 1/2 oclock
It is pleasant
this morning rather a cool wind I get up 5 1/2 oclock study some before chapel
go to class as usual we do not have any speach in chapel this morning the subject is
droped I think but there is a bitter feeling between Proff. Allen and some of
the students we have a committee to night to see about getting a lecturer and
all the girls withdwaw which leaves it in a bad shape we have some talk and
adjourn till tomorrow night I wish the excitment was done with I am all
unstrung I have got the sick head ache cannot study any go to bed at 9 oclock I
send a letter to Sabra to day and get one from Verenus (?) O dear I am sick and tired I wish I were some
where else this evening it would be more pleasant
It is pleasant
this morning and quite warm I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study some before chapel
go to chapel and classes as usual things are little more quiet to day but there
is bitterness at the bottom we have a committee meeting to night some of the
ladies withdraw others stay and help we deside to write for a lecturer. We have a thunder shower to night it does not
rain long I study rhetoric in the evening do not feel well to night do not go
to bed till 10 oclock I wonder if Sabra is in bed and if she dreams of me
It is cloudy
this morning and we have had quite a rain through the night and it is some
misty this morning I get up at 5 1/2 study some go to elocution before chapel
then to my other classes as usual I feel rather dull to day Albert goes home to
night and Alvin has gone home for good I am here all alone and it is lonely I
wish I could see Sabra to night I would give quite a little to see her I wonder
if she ever sees the lonely hours I do but I must learn to bare against them
what would I do if she should send me adrift perhaps I might smother my
feelings but it seems to me there would be an aching pain but I do not fear to
trust her love for me only such thought will sometimes creep in I wonder if she
ever thinks so of me
I do not get up
this morning till 7 oclock get breakfast go to chapel it is pleasant and warm
Ambrose calls at 9 oclock and I go home with him we get there a little before
I get up at 6
oclock this morning after breakfast wash and shave me at 1 oclock call at Mr.
Rogers a little while go to Sunday school at 2 Phe and Mrs. R. goes to Sunday
school I carry down the baby for Phe she
said she wanted to break me in for I would have to come to it Anson Benjamin
comes along and I ride over to the centre with him it is very warm though there
is something of a breeze how I wish I
was up in Penn. to night it is lonely here I don't believe she misses me as
much as I do her but school will soon be out then I hope to see her
It is pleasant
this morning I get up before 5 oclock and study some before breakfast go to
chapel and classes as usual it is very warm today the thermatre is up to 98 and
I feel rather dull wrote some on my piece to day I have got through it and I
wish it was finished in the evening I study rhetoric some I hope I shall get a
letter from Sabra to morrow how I would like to visit with her to night I will
ask God to watch over her to night and guide her in the path of right
It is pleasant
this morning and very warm It seems to hot to do anything I get up at 5 oclock
study some go to classes as usual have my lessons very well I get a letter to
day from Sabra with one in it from Amelia she talks of comming home in two
weeks I would like to see her much in the evening I study rhetoric and begin a
letter to Sabra feel some tired go to bed little past 10 oclock we all went
down to the burrying ground to night to decorate the soldier graves with
flowers we had a very good time O.L. Sherman made quite a speach I said a few
words then we had some music which was good It bring up some sad remembrance to
visit the graves of those who have shared so many dangers with me
It is still as
hot as ever to day we had little rain but it does not amount to much the wind
gets in the north so it is not so hot I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study some go to
classes as usual I send a letter to Sabra to day and write some on my peice how
I wish it was done it begins to make me nervious in the evening Anna Pheby
Saunders Frank Hall and Aden B come to our room to night do not go away till
after 10 oclock so do not go to bed very early
To day begins
another month and it is the first day of summer how the time flys school will
soon be out it is quite warm to day I get up little past 5 go to classes as
usual Proff. Allen he excuses me from his class the rest of the term so I can
write on my peice I wish it was done I want to finish it this week so as to
hand it in and it makes me tremble to think of it but the sooner it is done the
better I play a few games of croquet to night write a composition in the
evening It is a lonely evening I wonder what Sabra is doing to night and if she
thinks of the one that loves her but I must go to bed it is 10 oclock
Warm and
pleasant to day I wish we might have some rain to cool off the air I get up
little past 5 this morning study some go to elocution before chapel then to
classes as usual have my lesson very well we have an examination in Botany this
morning in the after noon I write some on my peice then play croquet a
little while and write some in the
evening I heard to night that I had been
engaged to be married and the day set but for a certain reason it had been
broken up so I came nearer getting married than I supposed but may be I may get
married yet and to someone that I love I wish I could see someone to night
It is very warm
this morning I get up before 6 after chapel I go to work at my peice and write
till after noon and am some tired I take a walk Miss Ayers is at Mr.
Shephards and comes out and takes a walk with me I come back to my room and
finish writing my peice and in the evening I carry it up to Proff. Allen O how I wish it was completed for the
last time I go to Lyceum in the evening and get elected president so I come
aniversiary day for president it has rained some this afternoon but not very hard I am tired and
lonely to night Albert has gone home how I wish I was where Sabra is a little
while go to bed 10 1/2 oclock
It is some
cloudy this morning but the air feels sultry and hot I do not get up till most
7 oclock get breakfast go to meeting stay to bible class come to my room get
dinner then lay down and go to sleep it is very warm I go up to the reading
room it is real lonely Albert is gone home it almost seem as if Sabra would be
over here to day but she has not come how I wish she would have come then it
would not be so dull here I shall go home next week I guess and hope she will
come home to so I can see her I don't believe she cares so much to see me as I
do her
It is very
pleasant to day and still quite warm I get up little past 5 study till chapel
then go to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very well in the
afternoon I write a letter to Kansas after supper I go out and play croquet in
the evening I study rhetoric and write a
verse of poetry for the class I hope I shall get a letter from Sabra to
morrow there is a fuss on the road may
be the mails will not run I would rather see her than get a letter go to bed at
10 oclock
Still very warm
and and pleasant I get up at 5 1/2 study some go to classes as usual I get a
letter from Sabra to day she talks of coming home and I must go home to see her
next Saturday I get my oration back from Proff. Allen and it does not suit him
the style it is written he says there is no inspiration in it and I guess it is
so but I can't write any thing and there is no use in my trying I wish I was in
Kansas to night settled down on a farm with some one that I love with me school
might go and all the things with it but I supose I am now in for it and
will have to do the best I can
I get up this
morning before 5 and go to work at my peice some go to classes as usual then in
the afternoon write some on my peice at night I am tired my side pains me quite
hard my head aches and if I was at home I should think I was sick I send a
letter to Sabra to day I do not go to bed to night till 10 1/2 oclock O I wish
I could fly for a little while I am discouraged and most sick if I could only
see Sabra to night I should feel better
I get up this
morning little past 5 and write some on my oration go to chapel and to Botany
class and then write and think most of the rest of the day I get most
discouraged I go down and take supper with Shaw and wife have a very pleasant
time play a game of croquet then go to
writing in the evening work till 10 1/2 oclock then get ready for bed I feel
some better today my side does not pain me so hard but my head aches and I have
not got much inspiration it requires
work to do any thing if I had only stayed out of school I would have got rid of this
It is pleasant
to day and quite warm I feel rather dull got up little past 5 oclock go to
Botany class and then write some on my oration but do not make out much I go
home at 4 oclock Albert goes
home we we stop to Mr. Caufield and take supper then go home and
go down to Mr. Halls we meet Sabra and I am glad to see her I did not expect to
see her to night we come back home at 9 1/2 go to bed some tired
Still pleasant
and some warmer to day the wind blows some after breakfast I go a peice with
Albert then come back home at 9 oclock
go over to Mr. R. they all go to Wellsville but Sabra I stay with her till
afternoon then she comes home with me stays 3 oclock then I go back home with
her and have a good visit It is much pleasanter when she is here
than not to see her at night we have quite a shower of rain thunder and lighten
quite a considerable I stay with Sabra
till most 2 oclock
It has cleared
off this morning and is pleasant again do not get up till 6 1/2 oclock after
breakfast change my clothes and then go over to Mr. R. at 11 oclock go to
meeting at 3 come back take supper with Sabra then she goes a peice with me
over beyond S. Caufields then I go on over to the centre get there at 9 oclock
and am tired and sleepy it seems lonely to have Sabra go back to Penn. but her
school will soon be out then she can be at home
It is some
cloudy to day and a cold wind I get up this morning at 4 1/2 oclock and go to
studying but my head aches and I have got a head cold I only go to the Botany
class to day in the after noon Gusta Drek comes up to my room and stays about
an hour and a half then I write some on my peice go to joint session of the
lyceums come back and study some and write
some I would like to know if Sabra has got back to Penn. and if she
thinks of me any
There is a cold
wind this morning and it is some cloudy I get up little past 5 and study some
go to classses today write off part of my peice and hand it to Proff. Allen I expect he will say it wants 10 hours
a day on it for a week and every thing else my head aches hard to night I hope
it will be better by tomorrow I begin a letter to night to Sabra I would rather
see her it is cold and I guess it will freeze some I get ready for bed at 10
oclock
It is cold this
morning and is cloudy we have some rain and it hails some I do not get up this
morning till after 6 oclock study some before chapel go to chapel and classes
do not get back my oration to day I wish I had it to know what I had got to do
I send a letter to Sabra today in the afternoon go to Dr. Hearthorn funeral
after supper I play croquet with Miss Famphire in the evening study rhetoric
write some factry
It is clear and
pleasant this morning but quite cold I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study some before
chapel go to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very well I ring the
bell for Davis today at night I go to meeting and after meeting I go and get my
oration of Proff. Allen it is not marked so bad as I
expected it would be I think I can finish it in two days I get a letter to day
from Mass and a picture of cousin Idella
It is clear and
cold this morning I get up at 4 1/2 oclock chum is sick this morning so I do
not sleep any and so get an early start I study some before chapel go to
classes as usual we have an examination in Botany to day in the afternoon I
write some on my peice begin to copy it over chum goes home to night and I am
here alone it is rather lonely I wonder if Sabra thinks of me to night I would
like to step in and see what she is doing I see Em Bozard tonight gave her
Sabras Po address am some sleepy to night go to bed at 10 oclock
It is quite a
cold wind to day but grows warmer toward night and looks like rain I get up at
7 oclock get breakfast go to chapel then come back and write on my peice Anna
and Frank Hall call a little while Mr. Plaus folks take dinner with us we do
not have any Lyceum to night so I go to meeting go to bed about 10 oclock I
feel some tired and lonely have got the blues a little while I wonder if she
got my letter and if she was glad to hear from me
It has rained
quite a shower during the night so it feels refreshing I do not get up till 7
oclock after breakfast I go to chapel then go to meeting they ordain a new
preacher Albert goes home it trys to rain a little but dont make out much in
the evening I go to prayer meeting how I wish I knew what Sabra was doing and
where she was if she thinks of me any and if she thinks where she was one week
ago to night I hope she will be here at breaking up of school go to bed at 8
1/2 oclock
It is some cloudy
to day but quite warm I get up at 5 1/2 oclock study till chapel time then go
to chapel and classes as usual have my lessons very well I go to drawing class
to day I want to draw another picture I study some on my rhetoric in the
afternoon I have not got my oration back yet from Proff. Allen I wish I had it
learned it will soon be time to speak it I begin to dred it some though I
should not I hope I will get a letter tomorrow from Sabra
It is quite warm
this morning and seems like summer again I get up little past 5 oclock go to
chapel and classes as usual today and have my lessons very well I get back my
oration to day and will not have to hand it in again now I have got to learn it
I wish it was done with I get a short letter from Sabra to day and begin
one to her I study some on my peice in the afternoon it rains little at night
It is pleasant
again this morning but quite cool I get up little past 5 study some before
chapel go to chapel and classes as usual I learn my peice today and begin to
practice on it to night do not make out very well they say a pour beginning
makes a good ending I hope I shall speak it well the last day I play croquet a
little while in the evening I study rhetoric I send a letter to Sabra to day I
hope she will get it this week I would like to see her tonight
It is still
pleasant but not very warm I get up before 6 oclock to go to chapel and class
as usual at night I rehearse my peice as usual I wish I had is so it was good I
play croquet a little while take a walk down the road come back study rhetoric
in the evening I wish I was up to Penn. to night I would try and enjoy myself
for a little while I wonder if she thinks of me to night
I get up little
past 5 this morning go to to studying go to elocution before chapel and then to
classes as usual I rehearse my peice at 2 oclock then go home go on foot all
the way am some tired when I get home it look like rain to night I wish Sabra was
at home as she
was two weeks ago but school will soon be out then I shall be free again
It is raining
splendid this morning I do not get up till most 7 oclock after breakfast I go
over a cross the woods and get some money that is owing to me it rains most of
the fore noon I come back home call at Mr. Rogers a little while then go over
to the centre all the way on foot am some tired when I get there I go to lyceum
in the evening we have a session untill 10 1/2 oclock then come to my room and
go to bed
I get up little
before 6 this morning it is cloudy but soon clears off and is quite warm I go
up home with Albert and we go over to camp meeting with his folks there is a
large crowd of people there an I see quite a number I have not seen in some
time Agnes Von Stillman and others are there I go down and take a lunch with Prof. Lewis then stay to the
meeting in the afternoon then come up to Mr. Places and get supper in the
evening Albert Ellen and I go back to camp meeting with Mr. Youngs folks have a
good meeting and a nice drive home it is a beautiful moon light night how I
wish Sabra was here to go with me I guess she thinks of me some I know I do of
her
I get up this
morning about 6 oclock stay to Mr. Places till after breakfast then Albert and
I go down to the centre on foot do not get there till after chapel time go to
botany class have my lesson very well go to drawing class at night I rehearse
my peice before Proff. Allen at night in the evening I study rhetoric I feel
some sleepy go to bed at 10 oclock
It is quite
pleasant this morning I get up at 5 1/2 study some go to classes as usual it is
the last day we have resitations for the term so I shall soon be through this
terms work and then will I ever go to school anymore who can tell what the
furure may bring forth I get a letter from Sabra I study rhetoric some in the
evening Ellen P. calls at our room do not go to bed till most 11 oclock
I get up this
morning at 4 1/2 oclock and go to studying on my rhetoric write my composition
and get ready for examination after chapel go to examination come out very well
in the afternoon I write some letters for the Ladies Festival I send a letter
to Sabra to day in the evening I study
Botany some go to bed at 10 oclock feeling rather dull I wish I could see Sabra
to night I wonder if she wants to see me but I can only wish
It is rather
pleasant some cloudy and some cooler get up at 6 oclock study some for noon,
have an examination in Botany in the after noon and that finishes up my
examination They still keep a stew about the graduating class pretty soon I
will let them go and they may do as they are omind to I am not obliged to
graduate here I play croquet some to night my head aches and I have got the
blues some I don't care whether school keeps or not the ladies have a festival
to night but I do not go
It is pleasant
this morning and quite warm get up at 6 oclock go to chapel do not have any
resitations We practice on our peices in the fore noon and in the afternoon
we begin to trim the chapel but there is so few of us that we do not get much
done I run around in the evening some Frank Place calls on me I go down to
Gardners and see T.W. Saunders have a pleasant visit
I get up at 6
oclock this morning get breakfast go to chapel I rehearse my oration in the
fore noon before rhetoric after dinner Haight and I go down to the bridge take
the cars and got to Hornellsville we call on Mrs. Julia Ward Howe have a very
pleasant talk with her go to her lecture in the evening then come up on the 11
oclock train it is a beautiful evening bright moon light with fleecy clouds how
I wish Sabra was here to enjoy it with me I get home at 12 oclock go to bed
some tired
It is pleasant
and quite warm to day I do not get up till 7 oclock go to chapel then get ready
and go to meting D.K. Davis preaches and we do not have any thing extra for a
sermon after sermon I call at Hunters room then come down get dinner call at
Height room go up and let Mrs. Julia Ward Howe have the keys to visit our
lyceum toward night call up to Mr. Champlains see Anna in the evening call at
WJ Williams it rained little tonight I would like to know if Sabra came home
today
It is pleasant
this morning and very warm go to chapel and then go up and rehearse my oration
in the forenoon in the afternon I go to the Athenaen session have a very good
one in the evening I go to the session of the Oraes. it
is first rate I am afraid it is better than ours wil be I feel some lonely
tonight I wish Sabra was here to go with me I wonder if she came home
It is warm this
morning do not get up very early there is some wind this morning I go to the
Alfredian Session in the fore noon have a very good one Merrick and Lib come
over and bring Sabra and Amelia Tubbs in the after it rains hard when we have
our session so we do not have very many out I am president of our session in the
evening I go to hear a lecture from Mr.Wm A Bartlett it is a very good time
Frank Place stays with me to night
I get up this
morning before 5 oclock and am very busy getting ready take a walk down to the
burrying ground this morning after breakfast go up and reherse my peice then
the girls and I go up to Proff. Allens and come back to my room find Father and
Mother there we go to the chapel then there is a large number out to day I
speak my peice about noon soon after they confer the degrees I have the degree
of A.B. and I think I have earned it I wonder if anyone feels more proud of me
for graduating than they would if I had not went to school but went to work to
lay up money I am better satisfied with my self for going to school I go home
at night go over to Mr. Rogers in the evening have a good visit with Sabra
It is quite
pleasant today but looks some like rain I call at Mr. Rogers in the morning go
over a cross the woods in the after noon and down on the creek then back home
over take Sabra going home from Mr. Deeks a good visit come home go to bed some
tired and sleepy
It is not so
warm to day I go over to the centre and get my things it is a job to pack up we
get home at 5 oclock Sabra comes over and I go home with her Verenus does not
get the team to go with us so I am payed out on going to Pa. in that way I
shall have to try some other way I stay till most midnight again then go home
have a very good visit
I do not like to have her go back to Pa.
It is warm and
it is quite pleasant to day I go down and try to get a buggy of Allen B. to go
with this morning do not get it then try to get another horse as I cannot get
that I give up going to day go up to Mr. R. Amelia wants to go so I take our
team and we start about noon I had rather wait till tomorrow then I might have
stayed a few days but may be it is just as well we get up there at 9 oclock
Niles H. go up with us from the corners and stays all night I do not go to bed
till after midnight I am some sleepy
It is very warm
this morning I do not get up till 7 1/2 oclock stay here till noon then start
for home Sabra goes down with me and part way up the big hill I wish she had
come all the way with me when I get over to Bolivar it rains quite hard I stay there
some two hours then I go on home get home between 10 and 11 oclock some tired
and sleepy I presume someone else is in dream land before me this I wonder if
they ever dream of me
It is pleasant
this morning the rain has lain the dust I feel some tired and sleepy all day do
not do anything but chores all day the school ma'am come up to our house and
stays all night I guess she must come to see me I go down and pick some
cherries after supper go to bed early to night for I do not feel much like
sitting up long I am to lazy
It is cloudy
this morning and rains a little by spells but not any hard after Merrick comes
back from the factory we go to Scio after some lumber we go a fishing catch
some 25 little ones get home at 6 oclock I feel to lazy to do any work I wonder
why I was not born rich and lucky but next week I must go to work some where it
will never do.
It is clear and
warm again this morning I mow some here in the door yard this morning but it is
hard work I get stung on the corner of my eye and it begins to swell some I put some
mud on it and doctor it all the after noon I am afraid that it will look so
that I cannot go to the assosiation to morrow and that would be bad just like
the rest of my luck
I get up at 6
oclock my eye is swelled some but guess I will go to the assosiation get ready
to go to Scio on foot take the cans for Andover get there at 1 oclock the
assosiation begins at 2 1/2 clock there is quite a number there we have a very
good time we hold the evening session in the M.E. church and the church is full
I stay at the hoten I wish Sabra was here to attend the assosiation with me
I get up about 6
1/2 oclock this morning after breakfast walk out to go to the association at 9 oclock has a session
both in the forenoon and in the afternoon break up at 4 1/2 oclock take the
cars and come to Scio I get a letter from Kansas ride up with Ferris do not
leave Scio till after 9 and do not get home till 11 oclock go to bed some tired
and sleepy I wonder if Sabra is a bed and dreaming of me
It is quite
pleasant and warm to day after breakfast I go over across the woods stay till
most noon then come home do not do any thing at night I go down to Squintville
get home at 8 1/2 oclock it is rather lonely to lay around doing nothing I wish
Sabra was at home but by the time she comes may be I shall be away to work some
where I wonder if she wants to see me any
It is quite warm
to day and looks some like rain toward night I go to Sunday School and prayer
meeting to day is the first time I have been to Sunday School this summer
Agusty Deck stops here to supper she is over a foot and a lone I go home with
her then come back at 9 oclock I wish I could go and see Sabra to night I
wonder if she has gone to bed yet or has she got a beau to night I guess she
thinks of me sometimes
It is quite cold
this morning and some cloudy Merrick begins haying to day and mows most all day
I go over across the woods and get some leather to tap my boots come back and
tap them in the afternoon and write a letter to Sabra to night after supper I
go out and work a short time in he hayfield come near blistering my hand I am
some tired at night I do not feel very well
It is pleasant
this mornign and warmer after breakfast I go down to Scio I get a letter from
Sabra and I send one to her I take the cans go to Wellsville then go up the
river in the afternoon go up to where Beach lines stay there all night it is
quite warm it is a new country here to me and does not look much better than it
does at home maybe it is because I am used to it there
It is some
cloudy this morning and looks like rain I stay to Mr. Beaches till after
breakfast then he goes to Wellsville I ride down with him and take the cars and
come to Scio it rains when I get there so I stay till 4 oclock and then ride up
with Geo. Hayse in the rain then stay with him all night it rains quite hard
till late at night and it quite cold
It is cloudy
this morning and not very warm after breakfast I go home our folks do not hay
it to day Mother and Lib go over to Mr. Decks I work some on my tool chest to
day it is not a hay day I feel tired or lazy to day I do not know what ails me
I feel most sick or else I am to lazy to breathe I should like to see Sabra a
little while to night it would rest me
It is rainy to
day and some showery so we cannot do any haying I do not do anything fore noon
in the afternoon I go down to S. Thomas and I work on his barn all the
afternoon at night I come back home call at D. Halls a little while Anna is at
home It rains while I am coming home I wonder if Sabra has written me a letter
to day she will soon be at home then I can see her
It is cloudy and
some rainy to day I feel most sick I work some on my tool chest in the after
noon I go and pick some berries Mirriah Margeson is at our house to day on a
visit and Ferris comes down to supper after supper I call at Mr.
Rogers I wish Sabra was at home they said they were going in three weeks and
that will not be long I come home and go to bed at 9 oclock tired and lazy
I feel rather
lazy to day they do not have any meeting or Sunday School to day but have quarterly
meeting to Squintville our folks go down but I stay at home lay down and take a
short nap then write a letter to Sabra how I wish I could see her to day I wish
I knew what she was doing and if she thinks of me I am lonesome to night
It is warm and
pleasant this morning after breakfast I go down on the creek to work for S.
Thomas in the fore noon we fix up a track for horse fork to draw hay into the barn in the afternoon
I board up some and make and hang some stable doors I am some tired at night I
do not feel much like work
It is pleasant
and warm again to day after breakfast I fix up some racks in the barn then I
make some doors for the Gable end of the barn and hang them I send a letter to
Sabra to day by Geo. Caufield and he gets one at the office for me from her how
I wish I could see her at night I go down to Maybees to meeting Elder Clark
preaches have a very good meeting.
It is pleasant
this morning but we have a shower of rain in the after noon it does not rain
very hard I dress out some stuff to hang some doors on before noon and in the
after noon make out large door for the front end where they draw in hay I am
some tired at night how I wish I could be in Penn. a little while to night
It is lowery
this morning and looks like rain but does not rain any I fix up a scaffold and
put on the track to hang the door it is up near 30 ft. from the ground I do not
like to work so high on a single plank we hang the door and in the after noon I
make an other door
for the lower part it is not very warm to night
It is more
pleasant this morning looks some like a hay day again in the fore noon I hang
annother door and make another in the after noon and hang that so I get all the
door hung to day and settle up go home at night it is pleasant but I am some
tired to work all day then foot it home I wish I could see Sabra to night
It is warm and
pleasant to day it is a good hay day I help Merrick in haying today pitch some
hay and take some I am awful tired to night I am not used to this kind of work
we get all drawed in he has got cut he will soon be through haying annother
week is gone In two weeks I expect Sabra will be at home
It is still warm
and pleasant I get ready and go to Sunday School and meeting Elder Hull
preaches we have a very good sermon I come home take supper it is dreadful
lonesome I wish Sabra was here so I could see her I go done on the creek to
prayer meeting we have a very good I go a foot am some tired when I get home
It is still warm
and dry I do not do any thing to day except to do chores and I paint my tool
chest I carry our folks over to Cartine Bentlys at noon and go after them at
night Merrick works for Ekran to day the last day of an other month is come time is
flying soon the year will be at an end
Still hot and
dry I write a letter to day to Sabra and go down to Scio where I get one from
her. I hope to see her I go up and take
dinner with Sarah Way I come home at night it is lazy work this laying I shall
have to do some thing but I don't feel like
work one bit
It is still hot
and very dry we need rain very bad I mow some with the machine for Merrick this
fore noon and in the afternoon I help rake it up and put it in bunches I do not
work hard enough to hurt me
It is hot as
ever to day I go down to the cheese factory this morning with the milk after I
come back I help Merrick draw hay and rake some at noon we go over and help the
boys burn their follar it makes a hot fire and they get a good burn we come
back and finish Merricks haying to day so that job is done
It is some
cloudy and looks like rain but the air is very warm I just do chores to day and
read some in the afternoon I go pick some black berries so we can have some for
supper at night we have a thunder shower but it does not rain very hard
This is the last
day of another week and still warm I do not do much to day go down to the
school house in the after noon hear them practice on their peices for the
picnic at night we go to Scio and go swiming in the river in one week I hope Sabra will be at
home I should like to see her very much I wonder if she thinks of me to night
It is warm again
to day I get ready and go to Sunday School and meeting Elder Wilkinson preaches
it is his last sermon for the year in this place we make arangements for the
picnic which comes on Wednesday I am appointed one of the committee with Agusta Deck I wish Sabra
had been here to be on the committee with me I should like it much better at
night call at Mr. Rogers stay about an hour I think I should have stayed longer
if Sabra had been at home I wish I could see her to night and see if she has
got a beau
It is still hot
as ever I do not do anything to day except chores in the afternoon I go a berrying
down in Honais lot get about 3 quarts we have a little shower of rain about 4
oclock but it does not
last long everything is drying up we shall all dry up if we don't
have rain before long
It is cloudy
this fore
It is pleasant
today and not so very warm I get ready for the picnic at 10 oclock ride over
with Frank Brodie there is quite a number there the children speak peices and
we have a very good time Elder Hull speaks a short time and a man named Adams
then we have dinner after dinner most of them take a swim I take a short one
with Agusta then go home and go to Scio with Anson Benjamin come back there and
take supper then come home I get a letter from Sabra to day how I wish she had
been here to day I should have enjoyed it much better I have had the teeth ache
part of the time to day
It is pleasant
to day and some warmer than yesterday I help
It is very warm
to day. I have the teeth ache all night
most and do not sleep much of any my face is swelled up this morning and does
not feel very good I have the tooth ache most all day my head aches and I am
most sick I wish I was where I could have some of my teeth pulled out to day is
the last day of Sabras school I expect I wish I were there may be I should get
a ticket it looks like rain to night
It is cloudy
this morning and misty but I guess we will not get any rain I go to Belmont to
day with Merrick and I have two teeth pulled and they hurt very much my face is
swelled very bad boath teeth were ulcerated and very sore we have to stay till
after 6 before we get our grist then come home for I would like to see her but
maybe she dont care much to see me
It is clear and
warm to day I wash and shave me then I go over to Mr. Rogers they have not got
home yet so I do not see Sabra come back home get ready to go to Sunday when I
get along by Mr. R. I see they have got home I stop and see Sabra a few minutes
and then go to Sunday School come back and stop to Mr. R. Sabra goes home with
me we go up to Geo. C. and have a Swing I go home with Sabra and stay till
after mid night have a good visit with her
It is very warm
to day I help Merrick cradle oats to day it is hard work for me and makes my
side lame I am most bushed when we get the peice down I go down to Uncle
Merrick after our folks when I come back Sabra comes home with us and I go back
home with her and stay a little while then go home and go to bed tired and
sleepy
It is still very
hot I help to cradl this fore noon and in the afternoon I rake oats till supper
time we have a shower of rain after supper but it does not last long in the
evening I go up to Mr. R. and stay till 10 oclock my side is quite lame I guess
I shall not work much tomorrow
It is clear
again and not quite so warm as it was yesterday I do not do much to day do not
feel like work in the after
It is some
cloudy this morning do not do anything in the fore noon In the after noon I
help Merrick dig out and stone up a spring so as to fix in a wattering
trouth for the cattle at night I call at Mr R and see Sabra a little while it
is more pleasant than when she was away
It is pleasant
to day but not so very warm we fix the wattering trouth this fore noon in the
after noon I help Merrick thrash peas we get them done before night Anna Hall
her mother and Aunt Yurinday make a visit at our house this after noon I am
some tired at night
It is clear and
warm to day in the fore
It is still hot
and dry I get ready to go to D Eastens funeral Sabra goes with us he hung
himself last Friday Colman preaches the sermon there is a large crowd out come
home and go to Sunday school then go to Belmont after the Dr. for Lib. Sabra
goes with it rains a little we get back at 8 oclock I go over to Mr R. and stay
till 1 oclock
It is some
cloudy this morning but does not look much like rain I help to draw in a load
of oats fore noon in the after noon I go down to Scio and carry down some
apples and get some things I get back home at dark and go to bed some sleepy
It is clear and
warm again to day and as dry as ever no signs of rain I go down where the colts
are in the fore noon in the afternoon I help Okran draw some oats at night I go
over to Mr. R. and stay till most 11 oclock I always make a long visit when
Sabra is home
It is still
clear and hot I plow a little this forenoon do not do much of anything in the
afternoon only read some Sara calls a little while this after noon does not
stay long I do not go over there to night but get ready for bed early
It is still very
warm I do not do much to day only make a whifle tree and in the afternon I file
a saw it clouds up and sprinkles rain but does not make out much at night I
call at Mr. Rogers and stay till 11 oclock
It rains quite
hard this morning and I am glad to see it rain Henry is over for me to work for
him to day but it rains and I don't go in the afternoon I go down on the river
fishing with Verenus Rubin and Aaron we get quite a number get back at dark I stop
to Mr. R. get supper stay till after 10 oclock then go home and go to bed
It is still
rainy this morning but not very hard after breakfast Merrick and I got over to
Mr. R. Merrick and Aaron settle up I come home at 11 oclock any go over across
the woods we have some heavy thunder showers in the after noon I come home to
supper Mr. Dick folks
are at our house I go down and get my
colt home to night
It is rainy this
morning and rains steady most all day I am glad to see it rain it has been so
dry at noon I go over to Mr. Rogers and
stay all the after noon and evening Sabra and I take a walk just at night I
wonder that she loves me any I act so and I should not blame her if she did not
I wish I had some of my life to live over again I would not do as I have done
and if she does not do right I shall be to blame but I will try and do
different in future if she will forgive the past
It is some
cloudy to day but does not rain much I go over a cross the woods to work to day
I work in the shop down to Joes I get out cornice for the School house I am
some tired at night after supper I go home and go to bed early for I am sleepy
and tired I wonder if Sabra is at home tonight
It is cloudy
this morning and some rainy I get out cornice all the fore noon then go down on
the creek but it rains so we cannot do anything so we come back to Joes and I
file my saw and then come home I go over to Mr. R's in the evening Sabra is not
at home I stay till 9 oclock then come home go to bed
I get up before
6 oclock any go over to work we go down and work on the school house to day It
is cloudy and rains some we put the cornice on the two sides of the school
house to day come up and stay to Henrys all night I am some tired
I get up at 6
oclock after breakfast I go down to work on the school house It is quite
pleasant to day we put the cornice on the front end of the house in the after
noon I side up some on the front end and one side come up to Henrys get supper
then come home go over to Mr. Rs. Sabra has not got back yet I stay till 10
oclock go home go to bed
It is quite
pleasant to day and the sun shines quite warm after breakfast we go down to
work on the school house I side up all day to day we get two sides done and the
front end at night I come home and stay to Henrys all night
It is still
quite pleasant get up at 6 oclock and go
down to work on the school house again I side up some fore noon and fix a bench then in the afternoon I dress some
flooring at night I come home after supper get home 8 1/2 oclock go to bed
early tired and sleepy
It is pleasant
today and quite warm I wash and shave me after breakfast at noon I go over to
Mr. Rogers Sabra acts as if she was mad or else sick I do not know which but
she says there is nothing the matter we go to Sunday School I come back and
stop get supper and stay the evening to day is my birth day how time flies and
do I go any better sometimes I think that I grow worse but from to day I will
try and see if the next year cannot be better than the last
It is still warm
and pleasant I get up at 6 oclock and go over across the woods to work on the
school house we lay part of the floor to day and begin to ceil it up I come up
to Henrys and stay all night I am some tired and sleepy go to bed early
It is still warm
and pleasant go down to work again on the school house we finish laying the
floor to day case the door and ceil up around the house at night come up to
Henry after supper I come home and stay all night do not go over to see Sabra
to night
I get up this
morning and go back to work on the creek it is quite warm we case the windows
to day and put caps on the ceiling at night I come home again I look for Sabra
but she is not there so I go over and see her stay till 12 oclock it rains some
to night but not very hard
It is clear
again this morning but cold I go down to work again we put the cornice on the
back end of the house today and in the afternoon I finish siding it up go up to
Henry's and stay to night it is real cold feels like a freeze
There is quite a
frost this morning so the ground is white in some places go down to work again
this morning I make some door frames in the fore noon and Lath some in the
after noon go to Henrys at night call down to Joes in the evening it is quite
cool
It is some cold
but no frost this morning I go back to work I help lath in the fore noon in the
after noon fix up the entry to the house at night I go home I feel some tired
and go to bed little past 9 oclock
It is cloudy
today and rather cold it rains some in the afternoon at noon I go over to Mr.
Rogers at 2 oclock we go down to Sunday school I come home Sabra comes with me
after supper I go home with her and stay till midnight then come home and go to
bed
It is clear
again this morning but rather cold I go down to work again at the school house
in the forenoon fix some door frame Henry goes to the Centre today at night we
work on the school house till 2 o'clock then lay down and go to sleep I am some
sleepy
I get up and go
to work again this morning I fix up a box to put the chimney on in the forenoon
and in the afternoon I point the back end of the house go up to supper then
come down and paint on the insid of the schoolhouse till one oclock then lay
down and take a short sleep
It is warm and
pleasant again this morning I go to work again finish painting the house on the
insid forenoon and in the afternoon I paint the front end of the house at night
I go up to Henrys get supper then go home Waity is there I go and see Sabra
stay till 11 oclock come home and go to bed
I get up this
morning and go back to work I mix mortyr some in the forenoon and paint some
hang some blinds on the windows in the afternoon it looks like rain to night in
the evening we putty in some glass till 12 oclock then lay down and go to sleep
some tired and sleepy
It is rainy this
morning and cold so it makes me shiver I putty glass all the forenoon and in
the afternoon fix to make the seats then I fix and hand the front door we get a
stand and put up in the house and make seats till midnight then go to bed
It is some
cloudy but it does not rain much I help to make seats all the forenoon
in the afternooon I paint one side of the house at night come up to Henrys get
supper then come home some tired and sleepy I look for Sabra some but she was
not there I guess she dont care to come when I am at home go to bed at 9 oclock
It is pleasant
today I get up and get ready for meeting go over to Mr. Rogers Sabra goes to
the meeting with me we have a classs meeting Sabra does not stay in I know
where the fault is it is because I have acted so she has no confidence in me or
herself there is no use in my trying if I have drawn one away from her love and
it seems as if I dont care to try if Sabra will not go with me but I have no
one to blame for it but my self and must suffer the consequences
It is clear and
pleasant today I get up this morning and go back on the creek to work at 11
oclock go to scio take the carrs to Belmont the come back to scio and then home
I get ready to go to Portage go over to Williams get a horse and get ready to
start at 11 1/2 oclock for the Bridge it is quite a cold night Sabra goes with
me
We get to the
Bridge at 2 oclock it is quite dark put out the horse take the cars at 3 go to
Hornellsville at 4 oclock start for Portage where we got before 6 some tired
and sleepy we go down in the village on foot come back up and climb the bridge
before breakfast get something at 8 it rains some forenoon we have a speech
from Scott after noon then go down to middle falls come back start for home it
is dark and I am very sleepy get home at 12 oclock go to bed
I get up at 7
oclock this morning some sleepy take the horse home then go down on the creek
to work on the school house I paint over on the outside come up to Henrys get
supper then go over home and over to Mr. Rogers stay till 11 oclock come home
go to bed some sleepy and tired it is quite pleasant today but cold.
I go back to
work today on the school house we finish up the house today I come home and go
down to squintville to caucus get on as one of the delegates to go to convention
it is a cold night get home little past 8 oclock read till 11 then go to bed it
has been clear and cold today
It frooze quite
hard last night but is clear today I go down to Uncle Merricks this mornng then
get ready go to Angelica to convention get ready to come home at 4 1/2 oclock
get home at 8 cold
tired and sleepy and besides that I have the tooth ache hard so I
cannot sleep much I wish some one was here to keep me company
I do not sleep
much last night get up at 7 oclock it is pleasant today and some warmer I go
over across the woods take dinner to Jo B's come home go over and see Sabra a
little while tonight my head aches and I feel most sick go to bed early
I slept some
last night but my face is swelled some yet it is pleasant today go to sunday
school meeting Elder Hull preaches Sabra goes to meeting with me and come home
with me stays till after supper then I go home with her and stay the evening I
wish I could be better then she would love me more than she does much will be
laid to my charge to answer for she loves me and my influence ought to lead her
to a higher and a noble life and that is my prayer but I fail and I shall have
it to answer for
It is some cold
and rainy this morning I stay at home till afternoon go over across the woods
come home and go over to Mr. Rogers in the evening and see Sabra stay till
after 10 then come home go to bed some sleepy
It is some cold
and rainy this morning I make a flower stand for Lib today and write some
letters then go to Scio a foot get back after dark do not stop to see Sabra
tonight guess she is down on the river
It is more pleasant
to day but quite cold in the after
It is rainy this
morning and some cold I go over across the woods to day but do not get any
money come back home Mr. Meargeson and wife are at our house I go over to Mr.
Rogers in the evening stay till 11 oclock then go home go to bed
It is cold this
morning and snows little I go to Scio then to Wellsville see Armstrong but do
not take the job of work come down to Scio ride up with F. Farnum get home at 8
oclock some tired and cold
It is more
pleasant to day and warmer I go down on the vandemark then to Scio and up to
Wellsville do not see Armstrong come down with R. Rogers and ride home with him
get home at 7 oclock am some tired to night go to bed at 9 oclock
It is pleasant
to day and quite warm I go over and call at Mr. Rogers before I go to Sunday
School they have friends there from Ill. I go onto Meeting Sabra does not
go come home after meeting get supper
then go over to Mr. R. and stay the evening to day begins a new month will I
live it any better than the last one I hope that I may
It is still
pleasant to day and quite warm I go down and help Ekron draw some buck wheat
fore noon our folks go to Squintsville I work in the shot some afternoon at night I
go down to Uncle Merricks to get them to help thrash buck wheat come back Frank is at our house I
feel some tired and go to bed early
It is rainy this
morning but does not rain hard I grind some tools to day and get ready to go
away to work in the afternoon I gather some apples we get 18 bushels on one
tree at night I go over to Mr. Rogers stay till 8 oclock then go home go to bed
it is colder to day
It is clear
again this morning but some cold I gather a few apples this morning then start
to go up knights creek to work get there at one oclock get dinner then begin to
lay out some of the timber for the frame I lay out two sills am some tired to
night go to bed at 8 oclock
It is clear this
morning and quite warm again I go to work at 7 oclock lay out the rest of the
sills to day and frame some on them and get out some of the other timber I am
tired at night I wonder if anyone thinks of me any
It is pleasant
this morning but it grows quite cold before night and clouds up looks like a
storm I frame some timber for the upper part of the house to day my head ache
to night go to bed at 8 1/2 oclock
It is cloudy
this morning and quite cold but clears off at night I lay out and frame timber
till 4 oclock then start for home go down on the creek ride to Scio then foot
it home get home at 7 oclock tired enough I wonder if Sabra is at home
It is quite
pleasant to day and some warmer at noon I go over to Mr. Rogers Sabra goes down
to Sunday School with me to day is our last Sunday School for this fall I come
back home Sabra comes with me then I go back home with her get supper then stay
the evening I wonder if she will allways love me as she says she does now I am
not worthy that any one should love me
I get up this
morning write two letters after breakfast I start back to work it is pleasant
and quite warm I get up there at 11 oclock and frame some sticks in the
afternoon I am tired at night and go to bed early
Pleasant out
again this morning and quite warm I frame some rafters fore noon at noon Frank
comes and in the after noon we frame on the sills I make some pins to pin it to
gather get it most ready to raise to day I wish it was most done
It is some
cloudy this morning and looks like a storm We put the sills together and raise
the house this fore noon in the after noon we begin to board it up toward night
it rains so we have to quit work there is no work we can do in the barn in the
evening it snows quite hard
Snow is about 2
inches deep this morning and it is misty it thaws fast and it is sloppy weather
we board up some to day but it is slow work it clears off in the afternoon I go down to Belmont at
night to go to the Institute go toa
concert in the evening look for Sabra there but but do not see her go to
the Hotel and stay all night
It is cold and
frosty this morning I go up to the court house stay till 9 oclock then go to
the Institute and stay till it break up little past 12 then in the after noon
go to the court house till 4 oclock take the cars for Scio then foot it up the
creek to my work again
I am tired to night
It is cloudy
this morning and looks like rain we put the rafter on the building and put on
the roof board and shingle some at night Frank and I ride down to Scio then
foot it home we get home little past 8
oclock I am tired to night I wonder if Sabra has come home yet
The wind blows
hard this morning and it looks some like a storm it does rain some fore noon
but grows colder and clears off after noon I call at Mr. Rogers Sabra has not
come home I go to meeting then come home get supper and go over to Mr. Rs again
Mr. Rogers has got back but Sabra does not come this is the first Sunday since
she came home that I have not seen her
It is pleasant
again this morning I start back to work at 8 1/2 oclock Jo carries Frank and I
to Scio then we foot it up to our work get up there at 11 oclock make at bench
fore dinner in the after noon we dress out the Carnish for the house and finish
boarding up the gable ends I am some tired tonight
It is clear and
quite warm to day for the time of year Frank and I put on the cornice to day we
get it done at 3 oclock then we shingle till night, It clouds up to night and
rains a little but not enough to do any good go to bed early to night for I
feel some tired
It is real cold
this morning and spits snow once in a while the wind is in the north and it is
cold we work in the barn all day make 3 door frames and get out the stoff for
the window frames and put one of them to gather I am some tired to night to to
bed at 81/2 oclock It clears off to night
It is some
cloudy this morning and the wind is in the south it blows very hard we work in
the barn a short time then try to shingle but the wind blows so we cannot so we
put in 6 window frames I side up one gable end and begin down to the bottom of
the windows I am tired to night
It is colder
this morning the wind is in the north it is cloudy in the fore noon but clears
off at night Frank finishes shingling to day I side up in the fore noon in the
after noon I make two window frames and put them in put onthe corner boards and
side up little just at night I am tired tonight I wish I could see Sabra I
wonder if she thinks of me
It is clear and
frosty this morning but warms up toward noon Frank and I side up to day we
finish one end and one side we start for home at 5 oclock come down to Scio
wait till most 9
oclock for the hogs to go home then we ride up on horse back get
home at 10 oclock some tired go to bed and go to sleep I would like to see
Sabra
It is pleasant
to day and warm I go over to Mr. Rs before meeting Sabra is at home they have
got a melodian there Sabra goes to meeting with me Elder Hull preaches I came
back stop with Sabra get my supper and stay the evening they have company from
West Almond
I get up this
morning at 5 1/2 oclock start back to work at 6 1/2 ride down to Scio on horse
back then foot it up the creek to my work we side up the west end of the house
to day do not get it done till after dark go to the house get supper go to bed
I am some sleepy and Frank is more so
It is cloudy
some to day and looks like rain we work to day at most every thing we make
stairs to the cellar and make a door so we use up the day I wish we had the
rest of the stuff here it is a damage to me to have to wait
It is cloudy and
looks like rain we work some to day case the windows down stairs get it done at
8 oclock then we go home go all the way on foot get home at 9 oclock some tired
Frank stays all night with me
It is not quite
so cold today but it is cloudy I go over across the woods and work a little
while for Jo on his house then come home help clean up some buckwheat in the
evening go to prayer meeting Sabra goes with me but takes no part in the
meeting the fault is with my actions she has no confidence in me or herself It
rains when we come home from meeting I stop and stay a short time with Sabra
It does not rain
any this mornng and is quite warm for the time of year I go over and work on
Joes house we put on some of the cornish and side up some it is colder to night
and looks some like a snowstorm I go home and stay I wish Sabra would come over
and see me to night go to bed at 8 1/2 oclock
It is real cold
this morning and there is some flurries of snow the wind is in the north west
and blows cold I go over across the woods to work again to day we put on some
cornish and some siding and fix some of the floor at night I come home and go
over and see Sabra stay till most 12 oclock Millie is sick some to night
It is still
quite cold but clears off to day and I
guess it is going to be warmer I go over to Mr. R. before meeting stay a little
while Sabra goes to meeting with me she comes into class meeting but will not
take any part I cannot bare the thought that she should now go back and not try
any longer to be a christian I know that it is my fault and I deserve the
punishment but it seems as if it was heavier than I could bare I fear if she
goes west that it will only be worse as she goes where there is no society that
is good and no influence to draw her back to the love of the savior
It is cold this
morning and a cold wind I get up and
have breakfast before daylight get ready to go to work before 8 oclock Jo
carries up down to Scio I pick out some trimmings for the doors then ride up
with Coteler Holl side up some and lay the floor in the upright part I am some
tired and sleepy I would give most any thing if I could only see Sabra to night
I would have stoped this morning if I had thought she would have been up I hope
she will not write an other letter telling them she is not coming I wish I had
not given her what I wrote on that paper but it is to late now
It is much
warmer this morning the wind is in the
south and it is quite pleasant we put up some partitions below to day and build
the stairs we get them down at night I
am some tired to night I wonder what Sabra is doing to night and if she thinks
of me
The wind blows
quite hard this morning and it rains some we lay the chamber floor to day and
the floor in the kitchen I put up some door frames to day we have got to work
fast if we get done this week it is cloudy at night and looks like snow
The wind blows
cold this morning but it grows warmer toward noon I make some door frames to
day and use the windows up stairs Frank lays some floor and puts the partitions
upstairs I get all the door frames made to day I am tired at night I would like
to see Sabra to night and know what she has decided about going west I wish I
had not given her the paper I wrote she will think I can not trust her
The wind is
rather cool to day but it is clear and quite pleasant I fit and hang doors to
day all day and I am tired at night Armstrong comes down to day and makes us
some extra work so we shall not get through tomorrow Frank puts down some of
the map boards to day I wish I was at home or some where else I wonder if some
one thinks of me to night
It is quite
pleasant to day but a cold east wind we hang the rest of the doors to day
finish the butter put down all the map boards and put stop casings in the
windows We start for home at 5 oclock get home at 8 some tired I get a letter
that Sabra has left there for me she tells the reason she wants to go west
perhaps it is best she should go
It is cloudy and
a cold wind and it freezes some I write a note to Sabra fore noon I will give
up all my plans for teaching school and buy me a place or work at my trade it
seems hard for one to give up their favorite plans for life but may be it will
be better for me my education will do me no hurt if I farm it for a living if I
had plenty of money if should not be so I will try and make the best of it I go
to prayer meeting Sabra goes with me she takes a part in the meeting and I hope
she may always live a true christian she goes home with me a short time in the
evening
It clears off to day but it is
a very cold wind It freezes all day I go over to the centre today on foot pay
up some of me debts call at Proff Allens get my diaploma call at Mr Hunters and
Miss Ayars then go home and my feet are sore I wish I had been born rich or
lucky go to bed early
It is clear
again to day and not quite so cold I go over to Mr. Rogers a little while then
come back and drive my colt to squintville with one of the horses go to
Election get me a pair of boots get home at 4 oclock after supper Sabra calls
and I go home with her stay till past 11 oclock then go home and go to bed my
head aches to night
It is cloudy
this morning and snows some and it is quite cold I go back to work this morning
go on foot get up there at 11 oclock tired do not do much before dinner case
the stairs and make a trap door in the after noon it clears of at night I go to
bed early for I am tired
It is quite
pleasant to day and not so cold the sunshines most all day I work little at the
Stantials this morning then I make a cupboard for Mrs. Sprague get it done
before night and work at the stantials a little while again I wish I could see
Sabra to night I feel little lonesome up here
It rains some
this morning and the wind blows quite hard it rains by spells all day but grows
colder at night I work at the stantials to day all day and get them up down
under the barn so I have not much more to do here I shall pack up my tools to
morrow and start for home
It does not rain
this morning but is cold I ride down to Scio with Calvin Sprague then go home
on foot in the after noon it is some warmer toward night after supper I go over
to Mr. Rogers and stay the evening have a good visit with Sabra
It is quite cold
to day there is no meeting here on the hill to day Merrick and Lib go to Scio
to meeting at noon I go over to Mr. Rogers and stay the after noon and Sabra
come home with me a little while then I go back and stay the evening with her
come home at midnight go to bed
It is very
pleasant to day and some warmer I help
It is some rainy
this morning and in the after noon it rains quite hard we hitch up one of the
colts and drive over to Brodies then Merrick helps Ekron kill hogs I do not do
any thing to day only sit around the house I wish Sabra would come over to day
Lib has gone over to her mothers
It is colder to
day and it snows this morning and the wind blows quite hard Merrick and I go
over to C. Blinens and make some cider to day it is cold come back at night I
go up to Mr. Rs and stay till most 11 oclock then come home go to bed
It is cold this
morning and snows some I go to Scio to day on foot I settle with Armstrong to
day I ride back with Rubin Eastman take supper there then come down and stop to
Prayer meeting with Sabra then I come home with her and stay till 10 oclock
then go home Waity stays at our house to night
It is not quite
so cold to day and it thaws some I go over to G. Caufields this mornng come
back and help to kill hogs then we hitch up the colts and drive them over to
the Brodies boys and up to G. Caufields I look for Sabra to come over to day
but she does not come I stay at home to night and go to bed early
It is frosty
this morning and a cold wind all day I stay at home to day and do not do anything
I looked for Sabra to come over today but she does not come I guess she don't want to come if she
did she might I go over there and stay the evening come home at 8 1/2 oclock go
to bed
It is some
warmer today and thaws some so the roads are some muddy I call at Mr. Rogers
before meeting Sabra goes to meeting with me and stays to supper then I go home
with her and stay the evening have a good visit
It trys to rain
some this morning but does not make out much I go down to Scio to day and go to
work for S. Smith on his house we work some in the after noon frame some
rafters and put them on the roof it is colder to night I go over town to night
It is quite cold
to day we put up the rest of the rafters and put on some of the roof boards it
is quite hard work and I am some tired I do not go over town to night I wonder
if Sabra thinks of me
any to night
It is some snowy
and a cold wind we put on some more roof boards Henry and Smith go to
Wellsville in the afternoon and I dress out some curved rafters go over town a
little while to night come back and mend my gloves
The wind blows
and it is quite cold we frame the curved rafters and put them on to day I dress
out some of the cornish and we put on some more roof boards It clears off at
night I go over town again to night wish I could be some where else a little
while
It snows hard
this morning and the wind blows hard from the south so it is cold working. We board up some in the fore
It is quite
pleasant to day and not cold we put on some more of the cornish to day get it
half on the upper part at night we go home I foot it all way am some tired when
I get home I do not stop and see Sabra I wonder if she is at home to night and thinks
of me
It is cloudy to
day and foggy but thaws so it is quite mudy I go over to Mr. Rogers at noon
Sabra goes to meeting with me after meeting I come home with her and stay the
evening it is pleasant to have someone to love and to feel sure they love you
It is cold again
this morning I get up early go back to Scio to work it snows some we do not do
any thing till after dinner then go up in the woods and saw some stove wood
work till night I am some tired and sleepy to night
It is clear and
cold to day we work at putting the cornish on it is
cold work we get it on the upper part to day finish about 4 oclock it is so
cold we go to the house at night I go over to Mr. Stryhers and stay the evening
then go back and go to bed
It is some snowy
this morning and real cold we do not work any to day I go over town and go up
to Wellsville on the mail and come back on the other one then foot it home
Varenus come with me I stop at Mr. R's and take supper Sabra is not at home I
wish I could see her
It is real cold
this morning and some snowy but dears off after noon Merrick and I and some
others go a hunting to day I see a fox and shoot at it am some tired at night
we have a chicken pie for supper in the evening I go down to the school house
to prayer meeting I wish Sabra was here I wonder if she thinks of me to night
It is snowy to
day and real cold I go up to Rubin Eastman's to day and take dinner call down
to Peter Blacks then come home it is real lonesome here I wish Sabra was at
home so I could have a place to go but it is better perhaps as it is
It is not so
cold to day and clears off in the after noon I go over a cross the woods to day
and I help Henry kill hogs at night come home and go over to Mr. Rogers Sabra
has not come home yet I stay till 8 oclock then go home I have the blues or
something else to night and I would give a good dear to be able to remove it
It is not very
cold to day I get ready and go to prayer meeting at 2 oclock call at Mr. Rogers
Sabra has not got home yet I meet her on the road to the school house I came
home after meeting Sarah Saunders is at our house after supper I go over to Mr
R and stay till 1 oclock then come home and go to bed
It is some snowy
to day and it grows cold quite fast I go to Scio in the after noon on foot and
back again so I am some tired and do not go over to see Sabra I go to bed early
to night
It is a sharp
cold morning and the wind blows quite hard it is clear and frosty in the after
noon I go over across the woods call at Williams and Joes come back home and go
over to Mr. Rogers in the evening stay till 12 oclock have a very good visit
(Caroline B. gives me some advice today whether good or bad I do not heed it)
It is still very
cold I help do the chores in the morning at noon I go to Scio with Merrick to
get a circle saw to saw some wood we come back and stop to Geo Hays and stay
till 11 oclock and it snows hard and the wind blows but it is not quite so cold
come home go to bed
It is not quite
so cold to day and thaws some at noon I go to Scio again to day with Ekron Hard
we take dinner with Boorembark I get me tool chest to day get home at 5 oclock
in the evening I go to prayer meeting Sabra goes with me we have a very good
meeting I come back
stop with Sabra a little while then go home and go to bed
It is a sharp
cold again and the wind blows hard I go to Belmont to day with Geo Caufield get
back home at 4 oclock Sabra is here she stays till after supper then we go down
to Caroline Bently, stay till 10 oclock have a very good visit I come back stop
with Sabra a little while then go home some sleepy
It is still cold
and we have some squalls of snow I help Merrick get the machine and go over to
the boys and set it up and saw some wood to day at night I go over to Mr Rs and
stay till 10 oclock Merrick and Lib goes down to Mr. Dicks to night I feel
tired and sleepy
Sunday,
December 10, 1871
The wind blows
quite hard to day and is rather cold I go to meeting at 2 1/2 oclock I stop for
Sabra she goes with me I come back there and take supper and stay the evening
if I go away it will be
lonely for me but I can stand it some way I guess I think it is
for the best I will try and get a place of my own if I can
Monday,
December 11, 1871
It is not so
cold to day I go over and help Merrick saw wood all day it is some hard work
and I am tired at night after supper I go over to Mr. Rs and stay the evening I
am some sleepy come home at 9 oclock and go to bed
Tuesday,
December 12, 1871
It is quite cold
to day I go over to the boys and we go over to the centre I stay a short time
we get back home at 1 oclock I help saw wood in the afternoon at night I jam my
toes some I go over to Mr R in the evening Sabra is not very well I come home
at 8 1/2 oclock and go to bed
Wednesday,
December 13, 1871
It is some snowy
this morning and quite cold I do not go over to help saw wood to day Sabra
comes over to day and works at making my shirts I mend her shoes today I go
home with her at 8 oclock stay till after supper then I go down to Ekrons to
get his sleigh to go to Wellsville come home at 9 oclock and go to bed
Thursday,
December 14, 1871
It is a cold
wind to day and snows part of the time quite fast I start for Wellsville about
11 oclock go with the colts Sabra goes with me I get me some cloths and a trunk
then we come home we get home at 7 1/2 oclock Waitz is at our house my head
aches to night
Friday,
December 15, 1871
The wind does
not blow quite so hard to day and it is quite pleasant I mark some of my cloths
at night I go up to Mr. R's Sabra and I go down to Dan Halls Stay till 10
oclock then come home I stop and stay a little while with Sabra in a short time
I do not expect to see her very often
Saturday, December
16, 1871
It is a sharp
cold this morning I go over to Mr. Rogers and carry Sabra her crochet hook come
back and go to Scio with Frank and Jo I go over and take dinner with S. smith
stay around till most night come home after supper go over to Mr. Rogers and
stay till 10 1/2 oclock
Sunday,
December 17, 1871
It is quite
pleasant but cold the wind blows some after dinner I go over to Mr. Rogers
Sabra goes down to meeting with me Elder Hull preaches we have a good sermon I go home with
Sabra get supper then she goes home with me we go back and I stay with her till
I oclock this is the last Sunday I expect to see her in some time I wish it was
so she could go west with me
Monday,
December 18, 1871
It is snowing
quite fast this morning I do not do anything fore noon In the afternoon I go
over across the woods call at Henrys Joes and Bills come home after supper I go
up to Mr. R and stay till 9 oclock then go home and go to bed I am very sleepy
to night
Tuesday,
December 19, 1871
The wind blows
quite hard to day and it snows most of the day Merrick and I go over to the
centre with the colts get home at 5 oclock after supper I go over to Mr. Rogers
stay till 11 oclock Sabra gives me a very nice scarf to night I was not
expecting it I wish I had something to give her only one night more to stay
here and then when will I see her again
Wednesday,
December 20, 1871
It is very stormy and cold to
day the wind blows hard and grows cold all day I pack up my trunk this forenoon
go over across the woods after noon at night we have oysters for Supper Sabra
is over and takes supper with us I go home with her and stay till most 12 then
go home and go to bed this I expect is my last night at home for some time I
feel lonely and home sick
Thursday,
December 21, 1871
It is a very
sharp cold morning from 20 to 30 below zero I get ready to start west leave
home at 9 oclock for Wellsville Merrick carries me up Sabra goes with us get to
W. at noon leave my trunk go back to Scio with them take supper with Sarah Way
then get a ride to W. the train is late and I have to waite till 12 oclock before
starting it is lonely waiting
Friday,
December 22, 1871
We get Salamaca
at 2 oclock to Meadville at day light It snows and is cold but grows warmer and
rains some at night we get to Daton after dark and get to Cincinnati at 12
oclock it is some rainy I go over to the St. Louis Depot the train is gone so I
go to the Hotel and go to bed I am tired and sleepy I wonder if Sabra has gone to the
donation to night and if she thinks of me
Saturday,
December 23, 1871
I get up at 7
oclock take breakfast and go over to the depot it is warm and cloudy and it
begins raining at 6 oclock rains hard most of the fore noon but clears off and is quite warm We leave C at 8 oclock have
a very pleasant ride up to Shoals but I begin to feel lonely get up to Sat. 9
1/2 oclock I would give anything if I could only see someone to night I most
wish I had never come here but I am here now and must make the best of it.
Sunday,
December 24, 1871
It is clear and
pleasant to day the ground is frooze but the sun shines warm and it thaws so it
is mudy I walk out and look around some go to church at 11 oclcok and also in
the evening it is lonly how I wish I could see Sabra to night I know she thinks
of me but I will keep up good cheer it may not always be like this I have got
to make the best of it now
Monday,
December 25, 1871
It is Christmas
to day it is clear in the morning but clouds up and is a cold wind I see Mr.
Clark to day and the chances for making much at teaching is rather small We
have turkey for dinner and oysters for supper there is a dance here tonight 6
young ladies and 5 little girls a large company I get a good insight into Ind.
life I have no desire to attend such balls I am glad Sabra does not go to such
places I wonder where she is today if
she has gone over to her uncles I hope she enjoys herself
Tuesday,
December 26, 1871
It is cloudy and
chilly this morning I feel some sleepy get up early go up to the Institute
there is not many presant to day and we do not do much but organize at night I
go up to Dover Hill where I expect to take up my abode I go to a festival of the masons to night
they had it in the church I am lonely I wish Sabra was here with me I think I
could enjoy myself better I stay at Mr. Clarks to night
It is sharp cold
this morning and quite frosty but the sun shines bright I go back to the
Instittute this morning ride down with Mr. Clark I get pretty cold we do not
have many out to day but have a very good time we have a session in the evening
and discuss whiping in school time drags slow with no thing to do I wish I
could see some one to night
Thursday,
December 28, 1871
It is still
quite cold to day I go to the Institute again to day in the after noon we have
a spelling match and also a reading match at night we have two lectures I am
geting some tired and wish I was at work doing some thing I wish I knew what
Sabra was doing to night and if she thinks of me any to night
Friday,
December 29, 1871
It is wet and
some misty to day It thaws so it is quite muddy I give a short address to the
Institute this fore noon in the after noon we adjourn and I go up to Daover
Hill and stay to Mr. Clarks but it is not like home I feel as if I was crowding
myself on people I wish I had a home of my own with some one I love to be with
me
Saturday,
December 30, 1871
It is pleasant
to day but very muddy you cannot step out without getting in the mud I go down
to the school house to examination of teachers take dinner with Mr. Clark go
back to the school house then go home with H. Rogers stay till after supper go
to meeting and come back and stay all night with him I wonder if Sabra thinks
of me tonight
Sunday,
December 31, 1871
It is raining
hard this morning with thunder and lightening and it is very muddy I do not go
to church or hardly out of the house stay at Mr. Rogers all day read some and
am lonely this is the last day of
another year and I am afraid my life has been no better than the year before it
is worth while to try one year and I hope god may assist me to do better I am
alone among strangers and it is a gloomy day I wish Sabra was here or I was
where she is it seems an age since I have seen her but I must make the best of
it and love on hoping all will turn out well I read some in the evening I wish
I had wings to fly I would see what Sabra is doing to night I know she thinks
of me and would like to see me to the old year I must say farewell
Information
from the back pages of the diary:
Cash Account January
Date Recieved Paid
2nd Orephilian Jubilee 30
3rd Silas Burdick 3.50
6 Pastoye on paper 5
9 Present for Proff. Allen 50
12 Hook watch chain 05
31 Postage Stamps 30
Total 4.70
Cash Account
February
Date Recieved Paid
1 To W.D. Williams Milk .50
3 can oysters 40
14 Lyceum tax 100
total 1.90
Cash Account
March
Date Recieved Paid
2nd for likeness 70
" filling tooth 50
"
flower
seeds 10
7 Mark Sheapherd 150
10 To Sabra 500
13 For Wood 100
" for Milk 65
" paper cuffs 04
31 Picture frame 130
total 10,79
Cash Account
March
Date Recieved Paid
4th paper cuffs 06
6 postage & box 15
" window
curtain 10
7 Musselage brush ,02
" Musselage & Oil 15
10 Postage 24
12 eggs
& Kettle 33
16 For Butter 28
20 Postage 10
" Matches 10
22 Sojourner Truth 15
25 Drawing Paper 20
Total
1,88
Cash Account May
Date Recieved Paid
1st Butter 25
" Cloth
50
10 Postage Stamps 30
11 For Flour 1,12
14 Sunday School 20
16 Butter 37
20 Libra Tax 25
22 Go to Show 25
29 For Fish 18
30 Ill. cracker 10
Total 352
Cash Account
June
Date Recieved Paid
1st For Butter ,20
2 Potatoes 32
5 Green. Allen 5,00
" for Beans 17
12 for Butter 25
13 "
cutting hair 10
16 Box bollors 25
" Paper 03
19 Drawing Paper 15
20 Dress triming 38
" Postage
Stamps 21
27 Tuition 10,00
" writing paper 18
28 1 doz. eggs 14
30 stone 10
Total 17,48
crossed out:
V.M. Babbitt Dr. to C. Sprague for work
Oct 14th 3 days
Oct 16th 1
"
Cash Accounts
July
Date Recieved Paid
Go
to Hornellsville
1 Lecture Mrs. Howe 1,45
3 Hair oil ,5
" watch cord 25
4 cuffs 05
5 room rent 4,50
" Mrs. P. for Milk& 1,70
Ribbon 05
9 Horses to feed 1,00
13 To Andover on Carr 40
14 from Andover 40
19 Go Wellsville & Return 60
" Trunk
handle 4 laudlum 50
" crackers 05
" Boat
Taps 20
" Shepherd 4,75
Total 16,05
crossed out:
V.M. Babbitt Dr.
to F. Brodie for work
Oct 14 5 days
"
21 5 1/2
"
25 2 1/2
Nov. 4 5
1/2
Wm. Armstrong
Dr. to V.M. Babbitt for extra work on house
2 botten doors 150
buttery shelves 125
2 boxes for
chimes 125
moulding door
75
dressing stan 125
Buse Boards 25
threshold
stantials 4,00
casing stairs
Cash Account
August
Date Recieved Paid
1st Postage Stamps 24
6 Sunday School 11
9 to Preacher 2,00
12 Pulling teeth 50
" crackers 10
21 Pepper & c. 25
Total 3,20
Aug 2nd H.
Babbitt Dr. to work S. House 5 1/2 days
"
9 . . . . . 6
"
"
16 . . . . . 8
"
"
21. . . . .
1 3/4 "
214
42
25
17
Oct. 25
Researved of H. Babbitt the full amount due on the above work
Cash Account
September
Date Recieved Paid
18 Scio to Belmont& Back 30
19 Trip to Portage 570
22 To Angelica 75
29 "
Wellsville 20
30 for tools 1.80
" "
Coffee 25
Total 9 00
V.M. Babbitt Dr.
for board to C. Sprague
October
7th.......................................3 1/2 days
"
14........................................9 "
"
21........................................12 "
" 25........................................5 "
Nov.
4.........................................11 "
"
10........................................3 "
Cash Accounts
October
Date Recieved Paid
4 cloth for overalls 75
9 Postage 09
12 Box collor 30
13 To Institute 1,25
18 Paper brads 10
23 Postage 21
Total 2,70
Job Dr. to V. M.
Babbitt work
oct.
7.....................3 1/2 days
" 14.....................4
1/2 "
" 21....................
5 1/2
" 25.................... 2 1/2
Nov
4....................5 1/2
Cash Account
November
Date
Recieved Paid
6 Green Allen 19,00
" Prof. Allen 7,50
" Dr. Saunders 4 00
" Irving Saunders 2 00
" Crandalls 11,50
7 Postage 10
8 Scratch awl 10
17 Postage 12
" Dress
Brade 10
18 boots 5,00
29 to Wellsville & Back 20
Total 49,62
Nov. 25th S.
Smith Dr. to work on house 5 1/2 days
29th.................................................1 1/2 "
Cash Accounts
December
Date Recieved Paid
4 Postage 24
" Coffee 30
" Cotton Yarn 35
6 Paper & envelopes 22
8 factory cloth 75
10 bible for S.
House 50
14 coat vest & pants 1800
" Trunk 900
" Horses
in Barn 30
19 Crandalls Acc. 6.68
" shirt buttons 15
" cutting hair 10
" oysters 70
" Books 7.50
21 Rope for Trunk 15
" Ticket
Cincinnati 14.65
22 Aples & Luncheon 25
" omnibus 50
23 Tavern Bill 100
Total
61.34
23 Ticket Shoals 6.00
" Book 50
" Saveing 10
25 Postage 24
29 Institute 10
" Shaving 10
719
" Bottle Ink 10
7.29
61.34
68.63
Summary of Cash
Accounts
Jan. 4.70
Feb.
1 90
Mar. 10 79
Apr. 1 88
May. 3 52
June 17 48
July 16 05
Aug. 3 20
Sept. 9 00
Oct. 2 70
Nov.
49 62
Dec. 68 63
189,47
Note from Sabra
under the Memoranda page:
"Every
man's the architect of his own fortune" And may you mold and fashion your
own character so as slways to be a true and happy man Disapointments often come
to us but may you be prepared to meet them with courage and keep this bookin
Remembrance of the many days that are to come. And years
fromnow as you turn overleaf after leaf may you think of one dear
friend
who loved you well if it is not the
will of God to have her with you then, but love and cherish the remembrance
of that one fir tus wekk ti be renenbered. Your own true and
loving one
Sabra
memoranda:
Oct.
1, 1871
Yours
Sabra Rogers
Memoranda
Science
is the product of self culture all the mountain pracked from a devotion to a
cause
Memoranda
Date
11. Culture of Body the first culture not to
have to much tast it spoils every thing American Society European Society first
learnt to exist learn to libe church culture christianity is
no sect character culture should embrase all christian principles Culture of
Literature Medical culture
Memoranda
Wm Armstrong Dr.
to work on house $107.75
C. by check Nov.
5 $ 15.00
" "
" " 18 80.00
Dr. 5th by check 12.75
Memoranda
Home
Sunday
eve 1871
March 26
Vernon remember there is one friend who loves you well. and again I ask you to remember me
Sabra
I always
remember you
Vernon
27,00
7 50
14
65
6 00
1 00
56.15
Memoranda
Sabra
Rogers (her handwriting)
11111111
11111
1111 1111 Scio
Alligany
Co. NY
Due Oct. 6 1869
from
Ames William $113,04
Recieved from
June 16/70 $50,00
Recieved Due
10/70 $50 00
Recieved Oct.
18/71 $20 00
Memoranda
Nov. 16th 1869
Casey Williams Dr. to work on house $15
50
Recieved May
16th/70 of C. Williams $10.00
15.50
5 42
16,04.2 03.52
6,04.2 5
7 17.60
142,29 4 84
598
176 176
985 1021