The Store is Sold and so is the House

Oct. 1, 1905  Sun.  Pleasant  Ernes, Dora & Angie gone down to see Grace   Boys went to Sunday School    I stayed at Home

Oct. 2  Mon.  Warm    Ernest gone up to Ora    diging Potatoes    I went down to Moses    he finished diging his Potatoes    I set up some corn and cocked up some rowing

Oct. 3  Tues.  Pleasant   Finished tieing up corn    got in a little rowing    done many other chores   Ernest with the Doc up to Plants    sick Boy County Pauper     David Whitcher starts for the west to day with Mrs. O.D. Eastman   going out to Able davis

Oct. 5  Thurs.  Plesent   Dora & Grace went to Woodsville    worked in the garding

Oct 6.  Fri.   Cloudy  Went out to George Welches    Ernest took me out

Oct. 7   Sat.  Plesant   At Geroge  having a good time   George got out top dressing for grass

Oct. 8 Sun.  Plesant   George & mary went to Church    I stayed at Home    kept the house company

Oct. 9   Mon.  Plesant   George got out top dressing for grass    I walked around the Primoses & kept time with Benton Music

Oct. 10  Tues. Plesant   George tooke me home from  his Home to my Home      found folks all well

Oct 11   Wed.  Cloudy   Fred Patrage had his Barn Raised on the Swasey Plain    the frame was the Crosby Barn that was raised  63 years ago I saw it raised   I was 10 years old    ernest got his corn in to day.

Oct. 12  Thur.  Rain   Mary Meader gone to St Johnsbury to see her siser Lencena    I am keeping House with Mose while she is gone

Oct. 13   Fri.    Cold  Mose is working for Fred Partridge on his Barnroof   I am still with Mose helping him do the House work    Dora got me my watch from Holtens Wells River   Paid $2.00     Dora got my watch from Holton Wells River $2.00

Octt.  18  Wed.  Plesant  We have got Moses Garding all Cleaned up except the cabage & Parsnips    looks better     it looks like Rain   Mose & Web been up to Marlin to day to see Potato diger   dig Potatoes

Oct. 19  Thur.  Warm   Moses & Web went up to see the new City whare they salten logs into match barads        they saw logs that is not larger then a mans leg.  ( I don’t understand this one.)

Oct. 20   Fri.  Cloudy  Mose & Web keeping House yet  Gene Wills come up from Lynn is here

Oct. 21  Sat.   Cloudy  Still at Moses   I wash up the floors   done up the House work   then went up Home    Moses Thrashed his beans   got a bbl flour from St Johnsbury

Oct. 22  Sun.  Plesant     Moses & Web went down to see  Maney this morning    went up to the Back Pasture after noon    cattle all right

Oct. 23  Mon.  Plesant   Mary Meader got Home from St Johnsbury to day    she had been gone 12 days   had a good time   Moses & Web kept House    had a good time

Oct. 24   Tues. Cloudy   I am at Home to day   Every thing is quiet   all going to the show to night   I may go

Oct. 25  Wed.  Cloudy   Dora & Angie gone out to Mansons to get a dress cutt    Ernest Scott was here to look over the store   he wants to buy

Oct. 26  Thur.  Plesant   Ernes has made a bargin with Ernest Scott for his store   tell more tomorrow

Oct. 27   Pleasant  Ernest take Ernest  Scott & wife up to Woodsville this morning   Ernest gave Ernest Scott a deed of his Store this morning   Paid him apart hope he will pay the rest $2,500 for it

Oct.  28   Sat  Plesant   Ernest & Grace went to thare Fathers  Ira went with them   Ira  stops at Frank Mulican load stone   he stops for I went with Moses to his Back Pasture to get a cow  (this is for Sunday

Oct. 29   Sun. Plesant  Ernest went over to Chambers  got mrs Tefft   I split wood    dora picked up and Packed things for moving      This is written wrong  it for Monday   Ernes & Grace went home.

Oct. 30  Mon.  Pleasant    Ernest went over to H=Chambers  got Mrs. Tefft   I splitt wood    Dora picked up and packed for moving

Oct. 31   Cloudy   It looks like a storm   it is cold  looks as though we might have winter soon

2012-  Back to real time –  I took it easy today and just baked.  I made 10 dozen ginger snaps and froze most of them.  They are so good right out of the freezer, I like to have them on hand for deserts when we are busy.    I got all my computer work caught up and am ready now to get tomatoes to can tomorrow.  Norman picked any of our tomatoes that were ripe and we will process those with the ones we get at the farmer’s market tomorrow.  Have a great night.

About Carol (Ouma) Petts

I am a retired teacher. I have taught all levels from kindergarten through college and have been retired now for over 20 years. The last ten years we have lived on a farm and lived off the land, growing our own food and canning for our extended family. Now we have sold the farm and are moving to Florida to truly retire. I guess I have always had a short attention span as this is our 11th move. We have moved from a small farm in New Hampshire, to more city type living, small business adventures, focusing more on traveling, Florida living, Georgia, and Tennessee farming and now back to Florida. My blog is a way to keep my children up to date on what I am doing and letting them know I am still alive and well. My children are spread across the country from New England to Florida, Nova Scotia to New Mexico and CA and several places between, They let me know what they are up to by commenting on my blog but they are so busy with their own lives most times I have to assume " no news is good news". Now I are starting on a new adventure so will try to give daily updates until we get settled into a routine. Then I know even if I am getting older and should settle down I will start looking for some new and exciting adventure to start. Welcome aboard. Norman died Oct 30, 2017 so I am continuing the journey alone with the aid of my children, grand children and great grand children. At present I am living with my daughter and we are 7 in one house and cover four generations. We range in age from 7 to 85 and are finding common ground, we are living proof that multi generations can live and function in a three bedroom house if they really want to. Soon my grandson will have his house built next door so we all will have a room of their own except for the seven year old twins who by choice will share a room.
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