September 1912

An easy day today.  I worked on my family tree for a while this morning, then we had dinner early so we could go to McMinnville to the Caneyfork Co-op Meeting at one.  It was a good meeting and the entertainment was pretty good.  After the meeting they have door prized, 50 of them this year and as usual we didn’ t win any.  I swear if there were only two names left in the barrel I wouldn’t win the draw.  Maybe at the spring meeting of the phone company meeting I’ll finally win one of the prizes but I won’t count on it.  At least here we have two meetings a year so the chances are twice as good as in Blairsville where there was only one Co-op and in the ten years we were there I did win once.   Have a good day.

Sept. 1, 1912  Sun.  Cold  I went to church     I got cold   bad time caughing   changing my cloths   done the job

Sept. 2  Mon.  Cold & cloudy   carl Meader come and took me up to his House   Marlin is cutting his rowing

Sept. 3  Tues.  Cold & cloudy  Marlin finished his rowing   Will Wright is working on Marlin cow stable  rep it makes it look better

Sept. 4  Wed.  Plesant & warm   I went to a benovlent at W F Eastman   I took from Marlins   drove the Team 3 women   Martin Carl come in the Eve   thare was 90 at supper   good time

Sept. 5  Thurs.  Cloudy  at Marlins Will wright laying down walk at the end of Marlin Barn   the Boys geting in oats   Marlin and Web come to the vilage   I am now at Moses

Sept. 6  Fri.  Plesant  good Hay day   I was up to W Kerr  they was raising the Monument on the Common   they put up a part of it   will finish up tomorrow

Sept. 7  Sat.  Plesant  went up to see the Monument raising   they got it all up in good shape

Sept. 8  Sun.  Plesant  stayed at Home at Moses   Henry Hurlbutt and wife was at meeting   he is married but I did not get to see him

Sept. 9 Mon.  Plesant   Moses got in one load of Hay   put up 36 tumbles more   get that in   that finishes his Haying

Sept. 10 Tues.  Cloudy   I helped Moses get on one load Hay   then I got ready and am now at Ervin Thayers

Sept. 11  Wed.  Rain & cloudy  Delia took 2 more female boarders    it is cooler to Night then it was last night   I went down to Cemetery to day  Delia played it on me

Sept. 12  Thur.  Plesant I went with Ervin to buy some cowsd  we did not get any but got track of some and he is going tomorrow

Sept. 13  Fri.  Plesant   went with Ervin to East Haverhill to buy cows but did not get any

Sept. 14   Sat.  Cloudy   went with Ervin to Lisbon to buy cows and baught 4 cows   he is going after them   think he will buy one more

Sept. 15  Sun.  Cloudy  Ervin took me down to M B   I am now going to bed

Sept. 16  Mon.  Plesant   I am at Moses    helped him dig potatoes in the garding   then went up town   got my hair cut then returned home

Sept. 17 Tues.  Plesant   I am now at M A Meaders   come here last night

Sept. 18  Wed.  Cloudy went with M A  up to his Pasture to salt the young cattle   50 of them  all yearlings   then went on the Meadow   The he got his horses shodd

Sept. 19.  Thurs.  Cloudy   Went with M A to the Derbon Pasture to get cows   got 2 he has more thare   got to go again   took them on the meadow

Sept. 20  Fri.  cloudy & Rain   old Home day   a very large number that gathered at North Haverhill  600 children in a March school Children   the bigest number I ever saw   thare was mofe then a 3000 on the ground   they all had a good time   I saw good many old friends

Sept. 21  Sat.  Cloudy  went with M A to get cows back Pasture but did not get any   could not find the calves   they ware hid   he has got to go again

Sept. 22  Sun.  Cloudy   Stayed at Mose all day   went to the creamery in the morning    Mary went to church

Sept. 23  Mon.  Cloudy  Left North Haverhill this morning for Harrisville   arived home at 7 Oc in eve   found folks all well   I met Guy at Elmwood   he was comeing home from School   he is going to School at Wilton

Sept 24  Tues.  Cloudy  Dora & Miss Allis went to Keene in the Eve to a Play   the lone Pine  it was good they said

Sept. 25  Wed.  Plesant   Geroge Davis was here Painting up stares   dora & D W took up carpet   put it out on the line

Sept. 26  Thur.  Plesant   not doing very much   very nice day

Sept. 27   Fri.  Plesant  Rep the wast water Pipe from the sink   Mr      did the work   Dora cleaned the uper part of her House

Sept. 28  Sat.  Plesant  Mr Burnell here to Night   dora had a BBl of aples Potatoes Peas Sqquash and co    Guy went over the Ledpines got aples Pumpkins & Grapes

Sept. 29  Sun.  Rain  went all hand went to Eve meeting but me

Sept. 30  Plesant  Dora washed   I done the House work   I gethered the Tomatoes

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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