06/14/2025
A rainy day is a great time to transcribe!
You'll see by Wednesday Carlos is done with the rain :)
And then for the first time we see Carlos miss days of journaling! Read to see why.
Its great to see who he mentions. He and his neighbors sre helping and working together.
I left a cliff hanger for the last date. I wonder if Mary's family still has all of Carlos' letters to her. He specifically built the addition on the house for his "city" girl but what happened next?
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Sunday May 12th 1867
Pleasant. It looks much like rain this eve. Wrote Mary and to Bro Z.P.-attended church all day.
Monday May 13th 1867
Rainy It has rained the most of the day-quite-hard the most of the time Have been out figuring on the Bridge off.
Tuesday May 14th
Rainy-water high-took father up to Middlefield in the a.m. Went over and looked at and let out the Park. =man Read in the p.m.-Recd a note from S.W. staling that a son was born to him + wife on the 10th inst.
Wednesday May 15th 1867
Rainy-cleared off late in the p.m. I have been putting in the floor in the hog house today.
Thursday May 16th 1867
Fair. Supple & Brigden set up our Family Monument this p.m.
Friday May 17th 1867
Pleasant. Commenced to plow. Plowed two acres-am very tired
Saturday May 18th 1867
Pleasant. Got out six loads of manure and tinkered the rest of the day-Recd a letter from Father at Rochester N.Y.
Sunday May 19th 1867
Cool & cloudy. Attended church + S.S. Is preaching-wrote to Mary this evening. Rainy in the eve.
Monday May 20th 1867
Rainy all night + early in the a.m.-plowed some in the p.m. Recd a letter from Mary. EJ-
Tuesday May 21st 1867
Rainy. A.J. White + self went up and engaged stone of Geo. Mryero for our bridge job at $1.50 in the quarry
Wednesday May 22nd 1867
Rainy-Incessant rain-in the a.m. I went down to Wolcott Beldens and got 15 brooms-in the p.m. to E.C.Cox’es and got $11 # in feed
Read a letter from Mary
Thursday May 23rd 1867
Rainy-Lucy left for hafs. This eve. I took her up to Middlefield
Friday May 24th 1867
Fair with some light showers “killed toads” in the a.m. Helped Timothy Cox in the p.m. on fences
Saturday May 25th 1867
Rainy. It has rained everyday this week-Helped Tim Cox in the a.m. Killed toads in the p.m.
Sunday May 26th 1867
Pleasant after 10.a.m. long before that time attended church all day. Rev Team preached-wrote to Mary
Monday May 27th 1867
Fair it rained a little how-ever; the sun shiny at the same time-finished plowing for corn and commenced harrowing. Ground full wet.
Tuesday May 28th 1867
Showery and warm-finished harrowing between showers.
Wednesday May 29th 1867
Rained a little early in the a.m. Pleasant the rest of the day. Commenced to mark out for corn
Thursday May 30th 1867
Fair- alittle rain. Turned Jim off at noon + paid him up. Commenced planting in the p.m.
Friday May 31st 1867
Pleasant- planted corn to-day slow work-cool N. wind
Saturday June 1st 1867
Pleasant- had Collar. C.J.Bosley + Orrin Cox helping me and finished planting my corn.
Sunday June 2nd 1867
Raining:Annual meeting of the Tp Bible Society-to day. No other services except S.S.-wrote to Mary
Monday June 3rd 1867
Rainy-Commenced operations at the Stone Quarry to day. Wrote to Cox to Cousin Cerinthia and a short note for the Chronicle this eve.
Tuesday June 4th 1867
Pleasant. Went to Warren a.m. stopping at Dr. A.E.Lymans
Wednesday June 5th 1867
Pleasant-Came home from Warren via Dhaloux. Made the Bridge Contract and came that way to look at that bridge
Recd a letter from Mary
Thursday June 6th 1867
Warm + Pleasant-plowed up the old fence son S.W. of the house and planted to potatoes-helped H.W.Collar rain his farm
Friday June 7th 1867
Very warm.Have been getting logs in to Saw Mill for bridge
Saturday June 8th 1867
Pleasant-not quite as warm Have been mowing front yard, making garden tc. Tc.
Sunday June 9th 1867
Pleasant Attended church all day-Mr.Millikan preached-wrote to all Bros to Father and to Mary-a loving letter
Monday June 10th 1867
Pleasant-got all three of my horses shod all rowed. Fixed place to wash the help tc. Tc.
Tuesday June 11th 1867
Pleasant-Washed the sheep-60in so.-Then worked in the garden the rest of the day
Wednesday June 12th 1867
Rainy in the early a.m. very warm. Finished planting garden sprouted potatoes tc. Tc.
Thursday June 13th 1867
Pleasant-very warm-Have cultivated my corn one every 2 in a row, Am very tired
Friday June 14th 1867
Pleasant Have been unwell not done much. Newell has been having corn Rainy-I have been quite unwell-am better this eve. Newell set cabbage, beet and tomato plants tc.
Sunday June 16th 1867
Very warm-Attended church all day- bees swarmed in the a.m. Hived them. Wrote to Mary, Father;+ All the brothers,
Monday June 17th 1867
Pleasant very warm-have been drawing stone. Recd a cruel letter from Mary. Also a letter from Father.
