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THE DIARY OF SAXTON B. LITTLE
1843 Oct 22 Arose at 5 and made preparation to go to Goshen, But it began to rain and --- and I did not start till after 9. It rained most of the way. had no school in the forenoon. had 7 sch in PM. Tarried at G Thomas cold night. 23 pleasant school 12 sch at Lea McCall's 24 cloudy had 12 at Mr. Otis' 25 Wed. had 12 at Lea McCall's. 26 Rainy day had 7 at Mr. Otis 27 I had 11 at Otis 28 Sat had PG Thomas horse and went home. all well. 29 Sun Charles Franklin aged 23 who died of Typhus Fever buried today. Mrs. Osborn died last night. 30 Mon Very pleasant got up at 1/2 past 4 arrived here before 8. had 13 sch. at Lea MCalls. 31 Tues. pleasant had 17 at Lea McCall. Nov. 1 Wed. had 19 2 Thurs. Rainy. Phebe Palmer died last night of Typhus Fever. 3 F pleasant Walked home 4 Sat pleasant day. set up my stove Wm helped me. Sorted over apples and carried them down cellar. Made a fireboard. Drew wood to Schoolhouse. drew five loads of dirt. 5 Sun Mr Woodard preached. Cut apples for Sauce in the evening. 6 Mon. Walked down to Goshen. Arrived 1/2 past 7. had 24 sch. 7 Tues. cold 8 Wed. some snow. at J. Hinckleys 9 Thurs at Lea McCalls 10 Thur temperance meeting here this evening. at Leah McCalls. 11 rainy 250 hogs at J. Hinckleys from Ohio. They give them 24 --- [illegible]. 12 Sat damp day hard rain staid at G Thomas by morning it came round. very cold, with some snow 13 cold day. Mr Otis preached. Tarried at Lea MCalls. 14 Tues cold 30 sch at Lea M 15 Wed at Rev Otis 16 Thur at Rev. Otis. Jacob McCall making cider 17 F pleasant walked home found all well had sold 5 --- 18 Sat rainy morning made shelves for milk drew and cut 3 loads of wood. very tired and lame 19 Sun pleasant Mr Woodard preached. had company in the evening 20 Mon got up at 5 waked [walked] down to Goshen. Mr Otis visited the school. taried at Armstrong 21 Tues rainy (lightning) 4 men sch at PG Thomas 22 pleasant at Armstrongs 23 had 33 sch at Green McCalls 24 F rainy at G McCall 24 F rainy morning at G. McCalls 25 Sat pleasant spend the Sabbath at James Longdon 26 Sun attended church at Brick meeting house took dinner at Esq Hebard 27 Mon cold day had 27 sch at James Longdon 28 Tues pleasant at C. Thomas 29 Wed had 24. began to snow in the afternoon left off at 3 and walked home. ______ Charles with bad cold. rest well. My beef weighed 400 and --- half 30 Thanksgiving. Mr Woodard preached. Took supper at home ___ my wife after supper rode to Vernon.
1 Dec Fr did some chores. took supper at Fathers 2 Sat drew six loads of wood. pleasant. some snow on the ground 3 Sun Woodard preached. A Temperance meeting on C Huttin in the evening. 4 Arose at 5 and walked to Goshen arrived 1/2 past 7. had 40 sc.____ at Esq Wests 5 Tues pleasant at C. West 6 Wed began to snow in the eve at Capt King 7 Thurs snowed all day. 10 in deep at Gager McCalls 8 pleasant at Col (Lambs) 9 Sat some snow at George Thomas 10 Sun went to church good sleighing Staid at G Thomas [2] 11 Dec 1843 have had sleighing 3 days thawing today at Dr Osgoods 12 Tues at Abel Hark 13 Wed coldest day yet this winter at A Harks 14 Thur 40 sch at A Hark 15 F pleasant walked home found all well. They had killed one of my hogs and carried it to Norwich Wed. it weighed 384 lbs 5 1/2 cts pr lb. Harriet and William visiting us 16 Sat Rainy snowy drizzly day cut and drew one load of wood. John Wattles boarding with us 17 Sun ice on the trees. Mr Woodard preached met in the evening to consult about building schoolhouse. accomplished nothing. 18 Mon Woodard took the horse and brought me in the sleigh as far as Gen. Tildens arrived here by 8 oclock begun to snow in the PM at Nelson Clarks 19 pleasant went to Charles ArnoldÕs staid all night had a good visit but unwell toward morning 20 Wed pleasant had 2 men scholars this Wed at G McCallÕs 21 Thur pleasant at Wm McCalls 22 Rainy at Mr Hinckleys 23 Sat snow towards night went to Jacob McCalls 24 Sun snow 3 in deep. Mr Otis preached. Harris Morgan of Hartford delivered a lecture at the Academy in the evening 3 hours long on the Crucifixion of Christ. at J McCalls 25 Mon pleasant went down to North Street to debate Question aught Texas to be admitted in to the union as a slave Holding state. Decided No at Gager McCalls 26 had 41 scholar at Posts 27 Wed snow fell last night nearly a foot in depth had 22 sch at Charles Thomas 28 Thur cold day Harris Morgan of Hartford and Nathaniel Saxton present today at G Thomas 29 Fr cold Amasa Hunt Mary Ann Hunt, wife and Charles here. I rode home with them 30 Sat drew one load of wood snow 15 in deep. went David Strongs path 31 Mrs Hinckley died today. Drove pigs Jan 1st Mon Woodard brought me as far as Gen Tilden. Stayed at Capt. Kings 2 Tues Funeral of Mrs Hinckley in the evening too Lea at James (Yen's) attended Lyceum decided that schools are more conducive to best interest as the preaching of the Gospel. next question is "Does the pursuit of an object give as much satisfaction as the possession." at Capt King's 3 Wed rainy day with some snow at Capt Kings 4 cold day at Capt Kings 5 Fr Coldest day for this season C King 6 Sat not so blustering. took Mr Hinckley's sleigh and went home 7 Sun some rain and snow attended church Mr Woodard preached 8 Mon last night Brother Wm and wife & Charles visited me. rise at 5. got down to Goshen about sunrise. Had 30 sch at Capt Kings 9 Tues cold day at Capt Kings. Killed my other Hog last Thur. it weighed 433 lbs. the skin weighed 55 lbs 10 Wed at Capt King snowed 3 in last night. 11 Thur pleasant & cold at Capt Kings 12 F pleasant. Brother Charles came after me in a sleigh made 31 lb sausages it rained during the night cloudy in the morning paid Brother Charles $60 13 Sat Got Wm and drew two loads of wood In the afternoon Father and Mother and Uncle Daniel Bailey visited me - he staid in the evening. It came round cold towards night and has been frozen up. [3] 14 Sun Jan 1844 Mr Woodard preached in the evening The Committee met again about the school house. And finally we have let the job to Anson Hunt. He builds the house and finds everything for the sum of $190 and the old schoolhouse. - After this I went down to fathers in the morning arose at six. Woodard brought me down as far as Gen Gilden's and arrived here at 8 O'clock. 15 M at Esq Thomas. Francis Brown has the canker rash 16 Tues Stormy at Nelson Starks 17 Stormy snow considerably gone 18 Froze up again went to Wm McCall 19 Friday went to see (Haynes) stock and staid at George McCall 20 Sat. cold day. Had Charles Thomas horse and sleigh and went home found my wife unwell. Mother had been there 3 days. 21 Sun staid at home. much trouble getting cattle to drink 22 Mon snowing the the morning arrived before eight. Staid at Col Lamb 23 Tues Rainy day at Dr Osgoods. 24 Auction at D. Haynes deceased, at Col Lamb 25 Thur cold day at Col Lambs 26 Frid cold day walked home. found all well 27 Sat cold and clear shelled 8 1/2 b corn. scraped broom corn. 28 Sun Sunday morning the thermometer 14 degrees below 0. Woodard preached. in the evening we signed the contract for the New School House. 29 Mon the coldest day this season. had 33 scholars. walked down and arrived here before 8 O'clock staid at Mr Hinckley's. 30 very cold had 40 scholars at Mr Hinckleys (at Capt Williams 31 Wed at the same Mr. Wildman preached February 1st Thur more moderate Prayer meeting at the school house at Mr. Hinckley 2 F snowed through the day at Mr. Hinckleys Sat 3 snow three in deep Woodard came after me - he brought me down 2 bushels corn and exchanged them for rye with Mr. Charles Thomas. arrived home at dark found all well
4 Sun pleasant Mr Woodard preached. January has been a very cold month. Beahle (craft) from Bridgeport to Long Island on the ice The harbors are generally frozen up. 5th walked to Goshen staid at the Widow Starks some sleet from NE 6 Tues at A Starks 7 Wed very pleasant at A Starks 8th Thur pleasant at A Starks 9 F pleasant walked part way home. Woodard met me. found Selden TracyÕs wife and child there 10 Sat cold day had Wm; cut and drew 5 loads of wood. very tired at night 11 Sun Mr Miller preached. good sleighing now and has been for 7 weeks. 12 Mon Woodard brought me part way. arrived here before eight. at G. Harveys 13 Tues pleasant attended Lyceum at North Street decided that States have most influence 14 Wed at Gideon Harveys 15 Thur at Gager McCall. 16 Fri Snow last night 3 inch deep Mr Mills preached in the evening at Capt Williams. at Harveys 17 Sat Mr Charles Thomas carried me as far as liberty hill found all well. 18 Sun blustering Mr Woodard preached 19 Mon Arose at 4 started at 5. Woodard brought me in a sleigh part of the way at A. Harveys 20 Pleasant thawing at Dr Osgood's 21 Wed Warm at Mr Posts 22 Th warm at G Harvey's Great convention at Hartford 10,000 whigs present. Gov Morehead of Kentucky present. 23 Fr pleasant walked home found all well Sat 24 had Wm chopped and drew five large loads 4 of them birches 25 Sun the sleighing pretty much gone There has been 11 weeks good sleighing in Columbia this season 26 walked down arrived before 8 stayed at Jacob McCalls
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27th Feb 1844 Tues at Nelson Starks some rain Justin Hinckley auction. I bought a yoke, 50 28 W at George Thomas 29 Thur at Jacob McCalls March 1st Fri at the same March 2 Sat at Jacob McCalls Sun 3 Mr Hays preached 4 Mon snowed in the morning 3 in deep Last Monday the society by a vote of 17 to 6 voted to dismiss Mr Otis today they had another meeting -- and the concert will be called next week at Charles Thomas monthly concert 5 Tues pleasant some sleighing. Whig meeting to form a Clay club on the hill tonight -- Dr Osgood was chosen President at Justin Hinckley 6 Wed pleasant at Esq West 7 Thur at the same 8 Fr pleasant morning. rain before night tarried at the DrÕs 9 Sat foggy and damp walked home found family well Mr Amos Doubleday sick with Scarlet fever. his boy 3 years old died to day. Chestnut Hill school closed Thursday 10 Sun. Mr Woodard preached. a pleasant day 11 Mon very pleasant. ground frozen. walked to Goshen at Mr PostÕs
12 Tues pleasant at G. Thomas 13 Wed rainy day at Capt Williams 14th Thur clear. at Mr CondonÕs 15 Frid stormy at Lea Waldens. Erastus Geer in the school 16 Sat at Capt Kings 17 Sun went to Church No minister had no meeting. went to Lea MCallÕs staid over night 18 Mon pleasant. Washed out school House at N. Starks 19 Tues School examined Mr Otis Mr Geer and N Saxton Committee present. besides 18 or 20 of the inhabitants. School behaved well. they gave us some credit. at George Tho 20 Wed Council met here to dismiss Mr Otis. After due deliberation they dissolved his connection with the church and society. I made out school Bill and staid at Gager McCall 21st Thur Closed school for the first time on Goshen hill have kept 5 months for $100. Woodard came after me chilly day bought 2 year old heifer of Charles Thomas paid $12 and drove her home. arrived home at five. packed away my things. 22 Frid snow fell 3 or 4 inches deep. Went to fathers paid Wm in full 1, 87 1/2, Paid Ripley for call $1.00, Settled with G Thomas he owed me, 08 Sent 8 lb 10 oz butter to Wc (Willimantic) and bought 11 yds Cotton cloth 23 Sat went into the woods drew 4 loads of wood - good sledding 24 Sun Mr Woodard preached. Wm and wife here in the evening 25 Mon drew one load brush. cut wood 26 cutting wood at the door. grafted 14 cherry trees 26 Cutting wood 28 Thur some rainy drew off bbl cider 29 Fri pleasant cutting wood 30 Sat cold storm from the N East [5] 31 March 1844 Sun cold day did not attend church Apr 1st cold day ground hard frozen. some old snow not yet gone Freemans meeting Roger S. Baldwin gov and other whigs had 74 votes. Chancey F Cleveland Gov and others 134. after Balloting a dozen or more times without a choice of Rep the meeting adjourned to next Monday. Ambrose was the highest candidate. Norman Little Whig the next highest. 2 cold ground Frozen cut wood 3 Wed cut wood made bar Posts Mother Tracy and Calvin here The state has gone whig. 4 Th finished my wood pile - tryed to mend fence but could not stick stakes for the frost begun to knock dung 5th Annual fast. Mr Root preached. pleasant day 6 Sat. pleasant drew stones from clover lot 7 Sun Mr Root preached did not attend church 8 Mon damp morning. Knocked dung. drew the stones off from old hill. An adjourned Electors meeting Mr Root chosen representative. 9 Tues Rainy morning put in sink spout drew off lbl cider set up bedstead in keeping room. sawed shingle bolts etc in the afternoon began to split hills 10 ploughing for oats 11 the same hot day cattle puff (?) bought 16 lbs potash, 8 1/2 gal molasses and 10 lbs herds grass seed
12 sowed my oats covered them with cultivator sowed hay seed and bushed the middle lot 13 Sat sowed red top seed on the rye. made kettle of soup. All hands turned out and drew underpinning stone for School House - hot day 77 degrees 14 Sun hot day Ther 83 degrees. Mr Woodard preached 15 Mon drew 12 loads dung 16 Tues drew 12 loads dung 17 Wed begun to plow for potatoes. sold a calf 250 6 lb oats 2.00 18 Thur ploughed the garden did up the fence in the lane. Daffies in bloss 19 F carted dung in the forenoon. Wm had the oxen in t he P.M. finished withering (?) the lane fence. 20 Sat carried dung bought a lot of Robinson am to pay rent of hay bought a lb flour 5, 6 2 of bill; paid cash. 21 Sun some rain did not attend church turned cattle up in the lot 22 Mon ploughed for corn on barn lot 23 ploughed in the PM furrowed for potatoes dumped out load of dung Son (?) had 8 pigs one dead. 24 Wed planting potatoes putting ashes on them before covering. Brother Charles arrived from New Haven. Wm went to Hartford after him thunder shower in the morning and one in the evening. 25 pleasant WM had my oxen. i planted potatoes. 26 Fr finished potatoes used 15 bushels got off caterpillar nests 27 Sat Went to Flints saw mill got 300 ft boards. Let Robinson have 7 cnt hay got out 10 loads manure the last to spread. In the evening at 10 oclock called in Mrs Fuller then went after mother. Brother Wm went after Dr Witter who arrived before 1 about 20 minutes after wife had presented me with a son peach tree in blossom 28 Sun went after Mrs. Bascom in the morning Little Charles who was quite sick through the night some better 29 Mon ploughing for corn. 30 Finished ploughing for corn furrowed some and dumped out 3 loads for corn May 1st begun to plant corn [6] May 2nd Thur pleasant planting corn. Charles sick with lung fever. had Dr. Witter this evening. Mrs. Fuller watched 3 planting F Charles about the same. sold Turner 5 lb corn yesterday 4Õ pr bushel 4 Sat planting fine shower in the evening B. Charles watched have planted 58 rows in barn lot. Apple tree in full blossom. a shower to night I watched 5 Sun slept fore part of the day. went to Wc towards _______ for medicine for Charles. I watched. 6 Mon _______ 3 companies. paid Thaddeus Hunt 75 cts for sawing, paid Samuel for oats rain towards night. 7 Tues planting; cold north wind 8 Wed. planting 9 Thur planting Drove Brindle Heifer 10 finished planting in the field. have ploughed 3 3/4 acres 11 Sat. rainy in the morning cleaned out the cellar drew off 4 bbl cider. mended hog pen floor. drew 8 loads of dirt into the two hog _____
12 Sun cold Mr Woodard preached 13 Mon Laid a piece of walk over the brook. Mended the fence over the meadow etc. Charles nearly well 14 Tues. damp day. did not do much. paid school house tax $11, 59 and siring two sows, 50 15 Wed pleasant day worked on the road for father 16 Some rain mended fence 17 Thur (Fri) mowed hedgerow by the old hill - walled up two bar ways in upper orchard 18 Sat rainy forenoon drew dirt into the barnyard 19 Sun pleasant WoodardÕs brother preached.Temperance meeting in the evening 20 Mon Rainy morning did not do much 21 Tues helped father lay wall. He took Brother Charles and carried him to N Haven 22 We cool cut bushes up by the woods preparatory to laying wall white frost 23 Th laying shingles for Wm on the middle barn. They made an attempt to draw the old school house over to DoubledayÕs had not team enough and left it a little off the old spot and left it. 24 F helped Wm in the forenoon. afternoon worked on the road 25 Sat forenoon worked on the road afternoon drew dirt in yard 26 Sun Mr Hunt of Abington preached 27 Mon help Wm put in cider mill post P.M. dug trench and filled it for the men, school house 28 Tues took my nurse Miss Bascom home - then went on to Coventry and got Elizabeth. - bought 2 gal molasses etc 29 Wed bought cultivator $3 - begin to hoe sold two other sow pigs 30 Thurs sold corn begun to rain the evening. sold a pig 31 Fri Rainy took potatoes out of cellar June 1 Sat Hoing 2 Sun pleasant Woodard preached 3 Mon Hoing 4 Tues Hoing 5 Wed Finished weeding corn 6 Thur Hoing potatoes Fri finished weeding 8 Sat had Wm laid wall by the woods, I intend to fence them [7] 9 Sunday June 9 1844 Woodard preached; some rain 10 Mon - clear and cool. did Sunday chores 11 Tues made butter cupboard. brought home 1152 shingles (4Ô per lb from Joseph ClarkÕs 12 Wed laid wall for father by the stony lot sold 5 1/4 corn 13 Thur half hilling begun. 14 Fr Laid wall for William in the morning. in the afternoon he laid for me. 15 Sat hoing corn. 16 Sun Mr Nickols preached. helped (?) Porter (?) corn 17 Mon Hoing 18 the same 19 Finished half hilling corn 20 Thur helped Wm shingle corn house 21 F had Wm laid wall by the woods - our schoolhouse raised - the ground very dry grass thin and short 22 Sat Rainy forenoon painted cultivator. went to milk young White Faced turned away a calf to wean 23 Sun pleasant Woodard preached
24 Mon. Mowing bushes by the woods. Drov Marious Con 25 Tue. Went to W-c carried 18 gal vinegar 1.30. carried 2 lb rye to mill over there 26 and 27 hot days thermometer at 90. hoed my potatoes. The commissioners in town about the road from Chester BlissÕs to Pine Street. After a long trial they have agreed to lay out the road (sold Turner 10 lb potatoes 1Õ pr lb 28 Fr hilling corn. 29 Sat. hoeing corn. sold Wm old red (cap?) for (1/4?) 30 Sun Mr. Miller preached July 1 Mon cloudy not much rain hoing 2 pleasant. mowed fruit yard in the afternoon hoed. have finished within one row - grass very light all drying up. I got in hay 7 cnt 3 some rain the morning. went to W-c to obtain a physician for Harriet. Wm had a son born about 4 oÕclock 15 cnt 4 Thur morning at eleven went up to church heard an oration from F.S. Wright One to the Washingtonians by D. Loomis and to the cold water Army by J Sycomans. The procession then formed and marched to George MorganÕs door yard where refreshments were provided. 24 cnt 5 Fr pleasant got in all the hay I had mowed 6 Sat some rain in the morning ploughed 3/4 acre and some buckwheat. Went to Esq Holbrook got a cart wheel. 7 Sun Woodard preached. 7 cnt 8 Mon Mowing back of the barn got in 9 cocks 15 9 Tues good day Mowing clover 10 Wed cloudy mowed all day some rain at night 15 11 Th Mowed in the North meadow by the new wall 17 12 F cloudy carried 15 cnt to Mr Woodard $11 pr ton Mowed old hill 7 13 Sat poor hay day. mowing some rain towards night ___ 14 Sun Woodard preached drove Marias (con?) 13 cnt 15 Mon mowed middle lot west acre ___16 Tues Fine rain nearly all day. more rain fell than at any time since 121 March [8] 14 cnt 17 July 1844. good hay day. cut me rye. mowed by Mr S 20 18 Thur carried 15 cnt to Mr Woodard $11 pr ton bound up the rye and carted it 14 shocks 16 19 Fr shower at night. mowed by Mr StrongÕs 20 Sat cloudy some rain. mowed a little ___ 21 pleasant Woodard preached 20 cnt 22 Mon mowed the barn lot 6 23 Mowed by the old cellar no hay day. sold Turner 4 pigs 1.75 pr head 36 cnt 24 Wed good day Mowed by the meadow S. and one load in Meadow 25 Thur No hay day. some rain 26 F poor day mowed by the North orchard 6 24 27 Sat good day. mowed in the S. meadow. 28 S pleasant 29 Mon. cradled and bound up my oats 10 cnt 30 Tues carted oats 47 shocks and one load of hay
12 31 Rainy day did nothing Aug 1 some sunshine got in 12 cnt 14 Aug 2 F. good day Mowed in N. Meadow 3 Sat poor hay day. finished N. Meadow 4 Sun Some rain Julia Ann Abbot died today 16 5 good hay day Finished Haying having cut by estimation 14 3/4 tons. Have been blessed with good health and have hired none _______ 174= 121 295 : 20 = 14 3/4 ton of hay 6 Father having given me the grass on the side hill I mowed there and on the 7th did the same. Got 2 loads 8 Thu Took wife and child and went to Coventry returned the same day 9 F begun to mow bushes 10 Sat unwell today did nothing 11 Sun hot day Mr _________ preached. 12 Mon Mowing bushes 13 The same 14 The same 15 Thu the same mowed seed clovers 16 F the same Anson Arrived by the way of N Haven from the west. Wm and Sam. I went on to Commencement. Charles graduated 17 Sat thrashed clover and had 6 bushels. Took tea at fatherÕs 18 Sun Contribution for Foreign missions I gave one dollar 19 Mon Mowing bushes 20 the same 21 Wed Finished mowing bushes. helped Wm afternoon 22 Th Mowed bushes for Wm Charles Arrived home yesterday from Ellington 23 Fr Rainy day ploughed afternoon greensward for corn 24 Sat ploughing pleasant 25 Sun helped wife take care of babe 26 Went to W-c sold bushel of plums 1.50 4 lb apples, 80 thrashed seed hay 27 Tues helped Sam lay wall. a thundershower. 28 did the same Another shower 29 drew stone up by the woods 29 Fr, laid wall by the woods 30 begun to thrash my rye 31 Sun Woodard preached Sept 1 Mon some clouds. great shower in the night finished my rye 2 had Samuel laid wall by the woods 3 did the same. Have worked on stone 6 days and have lamed my breast sadly it aches very much 4 Thur drew some timber for Pearl. cleaned up my rye 8 bushels 6 mowed rowan went to Willimantic Apples 1Õ pr lb 7 went Coventry brought home new cartwheels father Tracy made me ______ 8 Sun very pleasant did not attend church [9] Mon Sept 9th 1844 begun to cut up corn 10 Tues did the same 11 the same 12 the same 13 the same hire Salmon McCall to teach our school pay him $11 pr month 14 Sat cut up corn (grained?) in the afternoon 15 Sun very warm Mr Nickels preached 16 Mon picked up apples and ground for cider. Attended the funeral of Mrs. Richardson. Shelled 10 lb corn 17 Tues Made 4 bbl cider 18 W. Regimental training at S. Mansfield hired Horatio ________. I dug load potatoes.
19 Thur had Horatio and Burdet. Dug 65 lb potatoes. 20 Went to Wc carried 9 lb corn 75. bbl vinegar 3.00 8 lb apples 1 21 Sat dug 60 lb finished the piece had 150 lb much rotten 22 Sun Woodard preached 23 Mon. sowed my rye 1 acre 24 Tues Finished cutting up corn and pulled the beans 25 Wed After long dry some rain sent Henry to W-c with 20 B potatoes and he brought home my grist of rye 26 Rainy forenoon in the afternoon went to Lea Coreys got my cloth 27 F drew corn and husked 10 lb 28 Sat cut Buckwheat husked corn gathered apples Captain King here about Goshen school - offered me $ (90?) for five months 29 Sun begun to rain last night and rained 24 hour 30 Mon went to W-c carried 8 lb Apples Tues Oct 1st went after Malvina and Miss T. Cobb [illegible inscription over Cobb] Oct 1st Tues Husked Wed the same. Thur gather winter Apples. 4th Rainy last. Great flood. went to W-c by the new Turn pike 5 Sat worked on corn 6 Sun Mr Woodard preached 7 Mon carried 31 lb of Apples to W-c 27 1/2 Winter [superscription 42 cts] x fo [illegible] 8 Tues gather two loads apples. pleasant day. 1 load from upper orchard it was all it bore 9 Wed had Horatio husked 15 B corn and thrashed buckwheat 10 Thur Husking. 11 went with team to W-c carried 10 lb winter and 10 fall Apples. bought some (gunk?) to put under stove 12 Sat Husking 13 Sun Mr Calhoun preached 14 Mon finished drawing my corn husked. attended the funeral of Aunt Faith. rainy afternoon 15 had Wm and Woodard and finished husking had 112 bushels of sound corn on 2 1/2 acres of the barn lot. Also winnowed Buckwheat had 6 1/2 b on 3/4 of acre [10] 16th of October 1844. pleasant. had Austin Wright gathered apples nearly finished gathering. ground a load for cider 17 made cider. dug 10 lb potatoes. 18 damp wet day. cut cider cheese etc. boiled away 2 bbls 19 Sat had Woodard afternoon finished cider 9 bbls let Asabel Wright have a bbl, 75 and G Robertson have made this year 13 bbl. Finished digging potatoes have had 170 lb Finished gathering apples - had 55 lb winter apples have sold 45 of them. 42 cts pr of fall apples have sold about 65 at 1Õ pr lb 20 cold day John Dorrance Nephew to Esq Dorrance preached. Temperance meeting in the evening 21 Mon. Sent the Team with 15 1/2 apples and took wife and Charles and went to W-c trading bought material for a silk hood - a Calico dress etc etc. to the amount of 8.00 - Arrived home at one begun to cart dung carted 8 loads cut apples for sauce
22 The weather looking _________ and wet - I got Wm and Woodard to help - we finished my dung 30 loads patched the barn - and drew 5 loads of dirt 23 Wed drew dirt and two loads of wood 24 helped Wm draw dung. school Meeting in the evening voted to raise money to buy a stove pipe and finishing paying for the School house 25 Fr sorted potatoes. got in beets and cabbages etc 26 Sat did some chores and packed up for Goshen 27 Sun did not attend church [11] Oct 28 1844 Arose this morning at 5 took Breakfast and got in with Brother Wm and arrived in Goshen made up a fire and at 9 began school having 15 scholars 29 tarried with Capt King last night rainy yesterday and today 30 W last evening went with Salmon Mc to C-A to get him examined. came home with him tarried at James Congdon 31 T. cold had 14 scholars two of them from Eng at PG Thomas 1 Nov F pleasant had 14 at Green McCall 2 Sat a fine day. 12 sch. though I have some pain about me by turns yet it is less than 2 or 3 weeks previous. at G. McCall 3 Sun. Attended church in Goshen. Mr Brown preached at G McCall 4 Mon. Rainy day. Electors meeting for the choice of president I voted in Lebanon. Rode over with Nelson Stark. Staid at Dan Hinckley. 5th Tues took supper at Mr PostÕs. slept at P.G. Thomas 6 Wed cold blustering day at Gager McCall 7 Thur. pleasant 16 sch. no large ones 2 learning a.b.c. at Green McCallÕs 8 Fri pleasant walked home found wife about sick 9 Sat did sundry chores get wood for schoolhouse made a gate New York gone Loco also Penn and Va 10 Sun wife sick waited _________ her 11 Mon arose at 5 and walked to Goshen. 4 new sch. at Capt K 12 foggy day at Henry McCall 13 Wed quite rainy at Lea McCall 14 Th pleasant growing colder Dea McCallÕs 15 F pleasant had 24 scholars - at Dea McCallÕs 16 Sat very pleasant walked home found wife still worse had had the Dr. McIntosh. 17 Sun pleasant. Attended church in the P.M. Dr Witter called and left some medicine. He said that wife had the Erysipalas fever 18 Mon Arose at 5 quite rainy. Walked down - some fatigued. Lamed my heel. at George Thomas 19 Tues nearly sick - eat no breakfast. At Gager McCall 20 W Better today at Dr Osgoods 21 Thurs at Jacob McCall 22 Frid damp day took Capt KingÕs old Horse and wagon and went home. found wife a little better donÕt sit up yet 23 Sat rainy sorted and finished carrying apples. Mother Tracy arrived tonight.
24 Sun went to church half of a day. Seth Collins A.H. Fitch and Charles Fuller have certificated from the Society Total eclipse of the moon tonight 25 Mon very blustering and cold all day. Arose early arrived about sunrise had 18 sch at Wm McCall 26 Tues not so cold at Charles Thomas to supper 27 Wed blustering; took Wm McCallÕs horse and wagon and rode nearly home. Salmon McCall took it back. 28 Thur. Thanksgiving. snow fell 4 in depth We had no Thanksgiving in my house wife no better has a slow fever 29 I went to Willimantic engaged my hogs 1 for 5 1/2 and the other for 5 1/4 cts - bought 24 lb ________ in the rough 5. cts per lb 30 Sat did sundry chores - got vinegar into the cellar Dec 1st Sun - stormy day. had Dr McIntosh 2 Mon. Salmon McCall and Jerusha Hinckley came up last night. I took his horse and arrived there about 8. have a bad cold at James Congdon 3 Tues had 334 scholars at P.G. Thomas [12] Dec 6 1844 Wed rainy day - at Mr Abell Stark 7 Thur nearly sick - Took George ThomasÕ horse and went home - found wife a little better Wm and S.C. had killed my 2 year old it weighed 417 lbs 7 F Arouse at five took half the beef and started arrived at Goshen 8 oclock 8 Sun very windy took Mr. Starks horse and arrived home at 8 Found my wife no better she took an emetic which made her very sick 9 Mon started at six arrived here at 8 at Col Lamb 10 Tues pleasant at Wm McCall. 11 cold blistering At Capt King 12 Thurs considerable snow last night all blown into heaps at Capt 13 Fr Cloudy some storm. walked home part way. Henry met me horseback. Found wife no better. Dr McIntosh says he cannot help her 14 Arose early took crow bar and shovel and went to digging roots - got some Sasaparrilla. Burdock Spikenard, horse radish and Eldrer Root etc and made a root beer Had Wm and Irene down four small loads of wood. 15 Sun Attended church part of the day. at night rode down to Liberty hill for help - found none in the evening set up bedsteads - moved beds 16 Mon watched last night - took breakfast - started with Jerusha Hinckly and at Lebanon Town met Salmon at Betsey McCall - we changed waggons and I arrived at my school house by eight 17 Tues Killed hogs. 1 weighed 269 1 - 239. 1 pig 138 the other 147 at Peckhams sold one for 5 1/2 cts and one for 5 cts 18 W cold day 19 Thur cold went down to PG Thomas - I sent by him for an hundred pencils and some certificates at Peckhams 20 Fr cold at Jacob McCalls. 21 Sat Walked home found my wife no better. Mrs fuller has taken the babe to keep - Mother Tracy has been down through the week but has gone home. - and left Elizabeth, finishing paying her up to this date.
22 _____ my oats had 52 lb - Wm & Father have three - they took six - _____ Father brought down Dr Stanley - he thought he understood my wifeÕs case and will tend upon her 23 Mon. walked to Goshen, on the mud the warm weather having carried off the snow - at Nelson Starks 24 Last night very windy come round freezing at 25 Wed. My wife growing poorer Woodard came after me and I went home. Father Tracy and wife the same day Watched with wife through the night Wife no better. sent for Dr Stanly - he came thought there was no immediate danger [13] 27th 1844 December Mrs Wright watched wife growing worse 28 Sat no better Father Tracy watched 29 Sun no better Mrs ______ watched 30 Mon wife failing Rapidly. we call in Dr McIntosh who gave and injection but all to no purpose. After six oclock nothing was done but to moisten her mouth he lingered 31 till two oclock Tuesday morning when she calmly breathed her last. Thus died Sarah Maria Tracy wife of Saxton B. Little. AE 31 years 2 months and 18 days after an illness of 7 weeks and 5 days. She had the Erysipalas Fever. Elizabeth her sister took care of her 3 weeks. Mrs Jerusha Hinckley and Elizabeth 1 week. Mrs. Hinckley alone 1 w and Betsey McCall the last two weeks of her life. Mother Tracy was with her about the last two weeks. We had been married 8 years and 4 1/3 months - Had lived as happily as heart could wish - Had been blessed with three children all sons the oldest died when 9 months old the 2nd is left motherless at 5 1/2 y old - the youngest is 8 month old. Dr Witter made her 3 visits Dr McIntosh 10 visits and Dr Stanly 2. Maria was a kind mother and an affectionate wife --and was beloved by a large circle of friends. Jan 2 The funeral was attended by a large concourse on Thursday - Mr Woodard preached from these words ÒAnd the disciples took up the holy body and buried it and went and told Jesus.Ó Mrs. Fuller keeps the babe at 75 cts pr week and Betsey McCall keeps house at (?) pr week. 3 Friday had Wm and drew wood cut some timber for rails 4 Sat Thawing - did some chores. Settled with G.J. Robinson paid him 5s to balance paid Ingham for digging the grave 1.50. paid Arvil Fuller for making the coffin 5.00 paid Mrs Fuyller for taking care of the babe 3.00 paid Betsey for 3 weeks work 4.00 5 Sun New Years sermon. 21 deaths this year - 60 in 3 years 6 Mon. Salmon came up last night I took his horse this morning and arrived in Goshen at eight. Staid at Gager McCall 7 Tues snowed last night and damp to day at Mr. Woodmantze 8 Wed 2 new scholars this week Had Mcraken and Elisha _____ at Esq West 9 Thurs at Esq West 10 Fr at the same 11 Sat pleasant at Jacob McCall 12 Mr Brown preached
13 Mon snowy through the day and night 2 in deep at Dr Osgoods 14 Tues pleasant Mr. Gleason preached over head this afternoon and in the evening. House crowded. at Nelson Stark 15 Wed had 33 scholars at Abel Stark 16 _______ going off at PG Thomas [14] Jan 17th 1845 Fr sleet is forming on the trees. at Mr Otis 18 Trees heavily loaded with ice cold day had Green McCalls Horse and arrived home about sunset. found all well. 19 Sun so icy that I did not attend church. Mr Woodard prea. 20 Mon took fathers sleigh and brought Betsey home on a visit 21 Tues ice on everything good sleighing at Mr Osgood 22 Wed pleasant. _______ over head this afternoon. at Deacon _______ 23 Thurs pleasant at Gordon Harvey 24 F Rainy afternoon at Charles Thomas 25 Sat ice gone: muddy. walked home: all well. 26 Sun blustering went to fathers in the evening. 27 Mon pleasant walked to Goshen arrived at 8 at G Harvey 28 Tues had 24 scholars at Harvey 29 Wed at Harvey 30 Thu cold day 34 sch at Harvey 31 Fri Took a horse and rode to Liberty Hill - it is cold Salmon took the horse back Feb 1 Sat cold had Wm and Woodard. cut rail timber and drew it alongside of the woods. 2 Sun had a turn of the colic. got better before night 3 Mon walked to Goshen made a fire and shave me (at Dr Osgood) 4 Tues snowing through the day very blustering day at Nelsons 5 Wed very cold and blustering some snowing at N. Starks 6 Thur cold day at Charles Thomas 7 F the same and at the same 8 Sat more mild at Jacob McCalls - it has been a very cold week 9 Sun pleasant Mr Brown preached at Jacob McCalls 10 M pleasant at PG Thomas 11 Tues some snow last night ____ a party at PG Thomas at PG Thomas 12 Wed thawing sleighing gone 13 Thur cold day at Col Lambs 14 F Stormy snow storm 15 Sat icy morning walked home found all well. Henry has come home. Sarah Richardson died last week was buried the 13th 16 Sun muddy attended church Mr Woodard preached 17 Mon walked to Goshen good walking at Misses Bolles 18 Tues wet under foot at Wm McCalls 19 Wed thawing at Dan Hinckley 20 muddy at Dan Hinckleys 21 F have 30 scholar these days school pleasant at Dan Hinck 22 Sat pleasant went to Misses Bolles and spent the Sabbath 23 Sun rainy some thunder Mr Brown preached 24 Mon very pleasant spent the evening writing a temperance address - at Mr Otis
25 F very pleasant and warm Temperance meeting in the evening at Mr Otis 26 Wed pleasant Charles West had his Auction at Otis 27 Thur pleasant it hardly freezes nights. Balck birds Blue Birds Robins are singing merily at P.G. Thomas 28 Fr staid at Widow Starks March 1 Sat walked home arrived before sunset all well [15] 2nd March 1845 Sun pleasant Mr Woodard preached. In the evening Mr. Richardson, George Wright and Chancey K. Hills came to my house to make out District tax for finishing School House. Mr Dan Fuller came over to see about taking my farm He finally agreed to take my farm - and manage it as I have done - get dirt into the low and Hog yard. mow the bushes (I paying one dollar towards it) - plough the greensward for next years planting - burn half white birch. 1/4 chestnut - and the rest hard wood. He has agreed to pay all the taxes and board and nurse my two children one year. 3 Arose early strong wind from the south walked to Goshen arrived at eight - very sweaty tarried at Mr Woodmansee 4th Tues pleasant at Capt King 5 very rainy at Capt Kings 6 Thur Woodmansee had an auction. sold cows etc - (at Green Mc 7 Fr pleasant went to Lea CoreyÕs got 7 yds cloth for father last night tonight staid at Gager McCalls 8 Sat Avery McCall took his wagon and brought me home found all well. 9 Sun very rainy went to church Mr Woodard preached - visitted at Mr Fullers and Fathers in the evening. Agreed that Mr Fuller take the wood I have o hand and leave as much more next spring 10 Mon. Sold my Brindle cow to Avery McCall for $17. I arrived in Goshen 1/2 past 8 had 18 scholars at Mr Post. 11 Tues. snowed last night & till today noon. - snow a foot deep (at Posts 12 Wed. good sledding pleasant. at Mr Posts (manseeÕs 13 Thur. pleasant at Nelson Stark 14 Fr Rainy day had 15 sch at Wood 15 Sat. pleasant walked home found all well have sold my 3 yearlings to Mr George Wright for $18. 16 Sun. Mr Woodard preached from the text Thou shalt not kill to show the murderous business of the traffic in Alcoholic drink. The first head was that Alcohol is a poison 2 That it Induces disease and renders all maladies more fatal 3 That it shortens life 4 That it kills its victims by a slow Miserable death 5 -6 That it kills the soul: from all he infered that the laws that permit the traffic are radically wrong in the teeth of the divine law and to be amended. 17 Mon walked to Goshen. staid at Deacon Waldrens 18 cloudy at PG Thomas. he gave me an order on Dea Corey of 4.48 cts towards to beef he had of me. I took 2 b rye. 75 cts pr 19 Wed Sold my oxen 6 years old to Nelson Stark for $60. Hariet Smith a new scholar today at Peckhams 20 Thur cold day walked home found all well
21 F Annual feast. Mr Woodard preached. Wm Woodard Wrights left me today. has done my chores for two winters Turner over from Willimantic engaged 25 b corn at 4Õ per b.
[16] carried off 5 and 3 b oats. Went to Willimantic and engaged the upper school 5 1/2 months for $90 begin the 15th of Ap |
SAXTON B.
LITTLE FREE