tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381915692024-03-24T17:19:50.409-04:00Diary of an 1892 Farmer's Wife<center><big><big>My great, great grandmother, Josephine Jordan was a potato farmer's wife in Aroostook County, Maine. <br>When my mother died, she left me Grandma Jordan's diaries. <br>This blog is a record of Josephine's life for 1892, in her own words.</big></big></center>Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167432323190813512006-12-29T17:44:00.002-05:002016-12-21T17:18:18.356-05:00About Josephine Jordan & Her Diaries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">My Mom passed away in 2003. A few weeks ago, my stepfather </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">gave me a box of my mother's family papers. Among those papers </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">were three old notebooks. Two were daily diaries of my great, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">great, grandmother, Josephine Jordan. They span the years 1892 </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">to 1898. Grandmother Josephine wrote only a line a day. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Occasionally she wrote two. On a few rare occasions, she penned </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">three lines. I don't think she missed a day of writing in those seven </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">years.Here's what the diaries look like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As I read the 1892 diary, I began to learn about this ancestor who I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">previously knew absolutely nothing about. I discovered that, within </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the constraints of only a few words each day, Josephine could not </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">elaborate. Nevertheless, as the chronicle of days and months and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">years pass, a life story develops. Because of the lack of details, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the story is something of a puzzle. It can only be assembled by </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">understanding the historical setting (more about this later), the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">cultural context, picking up little clues in the entries, reading </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">"between the lines," and employing some imagination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">There are people who will, undoubtedly, find the diaries to be </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">boring. But the combination of genuine humanity, unpretentious </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">writing, seven years of continuity(I will be posting all the years if there is an interest), and 115-year-old agrarian setting </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">will be of interest to many. I believe that if you read the first year of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine's diary entries (a line a day doesn't take long to read), </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">you will be drawn into the story of this woman's life. You will find </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">yourself putting the puzzle together, wanting to know more, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">wondering what will happen next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">One thing is abundantly clear right from the very first entry. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine is a Christian woman. Her faith is rooted deep. It is the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">central focus in her life. It is the well from which she draws hope </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">and joy. It is what sustains her through the difficulties and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">disappointments she encounters along the path that God, the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Great Orchestrator, scripted for her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine and her husband, who she refers to as "Husband" or </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">"Hubby" (Update: I have learned that Husband's name was Cyrus) had a farm in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Aroostook County, Maine. That's way up in the northern part of the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">state. It appears that they lived somewhere around the town of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Presque Isle. Like every other farmer in that region, they grew </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">potatoes. Farming was all about potatoes in Aroostook county </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">back then, and it pretty much still is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">But the Jordan farm was surely not like the typical farm of these </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">days. Farms back then were smaller. They were also more </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">diversified and self sufficient. Farm folk provided much of their own </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">food, and fuel from the forest. The community they lived in was </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">more closely knit than communities of today. People relied on, and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">cared more about, their neighbors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine and her husband had four children. When the diary </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">begins in 1892, Blanche, the oldest, is 19 years old. Three years </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">later, she would marry a local farmer named George Lang. They </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">would have a daughter, Gertrude, who would grow up and marry a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">local farmer by the name of Percy Philbrick (the man pictured with </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">me on the cover of </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Writings-Deliberate-Agrarian-Herrick-Kimball/dp/0972656472?&linkCode=wey&tag=whizbook-20" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: xx-large;">This Book</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">. Gertrude and Percy were my grandparents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine's other children were Frank, who is 18 years old on </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">January first of 1892. Another son, Laurie, is 14 years old. And the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">baby of the family, Gertie, is 9 years old. It is a small family </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">compared to many farm families of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It's worth noting that Josephine was not a doctor, scientist, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">inventor, entrepreneur, or politician (women could not even vote in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">1892). She did not travel the world. She was not directly involved in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">any great historical event. She wasn't even a good writer. The fact </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">is, she never distinguished herself in any notable way outside the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">little circle of her home and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Which is to say, Josephine was an ordinary farm wife. As such she </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">devoted herself to helping her husband, caring for her home, her </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">family, and, at times, others in her community when they were in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">need. She dealt with great tasks of cooking, washing, ironing, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">feeding, churning, sewing, and so forth--day after day, month after </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">month, year after year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It is the commonness of her life, her hard work, her self-sacrifice, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">her hospitality, and her devotion to faith and family that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">distinguishes Josephine--especially when viewed from the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">perspective of our modern culture where so many woman have, by </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">choice or circumstance, refocused their daily work away from </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">home and family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The fact of the matter is, Josephine Jordan demonstrated her love </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">for her Lord and her family by her devotion to the work of being a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">wife and mother. That is one of the things that stand out when I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">read the lines of words that chronicle her years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Another thing that stands out is what appears to be Josephine's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">greatest desire in life. It is not for any personal or material </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">gratification. It is, rather, that her children would know Jesus Christ </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">as their Lord and Savior. Time and again Josephine speaks of this </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">spiritual burden she has for her children, and her great hope that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">they would follow in the faith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As I write this introduction to the diaries, I have read only about two </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">years into the seven. I do not know exactly how Josephine's life </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">unfolds. I do not know if all her children embraced her faith. But in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the one other notebook among my mother's papers is a line-a-day </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">diary from daughter, Blanche. From Blanche's diary it appears that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">she did hold fast to the Christian faith. Blanche's daughter, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Gertrude, did too. So did Gertrude's daughter, Mary, (my mother). </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And I have also. So, to a degree, God gave Josephine the desire of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">her heart. That is something to keep in mind as you read about her </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">There was one more item among my mother's papers that is </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">pertinent to this story. It is a small page of yellowed notebook </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">paper with a faded pencil-scrawl. The words touched me deeply </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">as I read them...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Oh Josephine, thy gentle voice is hushed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Thy warm true heart is still. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And on thy pale and peaceful face, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">is resting death's cold chill. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Thy hands are clasped upon thy breast. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We have kissed thy marble brow. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And in our aching hearts we know </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We have no Josephine now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Through all pain at times she smiled, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">A smile of heavenly birth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And when the angles called her home, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">She smiled farewell to earth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Heaven retaineth now our treasure. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Earth the lonely casket keeps. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And the sun beams long to linger, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Where our sainted mother sleeps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When my mother, the great granddaughter of Josephine Jordan, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">lay dying of cancer, she asked me to read her Psalm 103. There, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">in part, it says:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The flower that was Josephine Jordan's life faded generations </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">ago, but a precious piece of her remains in two old notebooks. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Now, one hundred and fifteen years later,wonderfully, amazingly, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">providentially, that fragile remnant testifies of my great, great </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">grandmother's love and trust in Jesus Christ. And, more than that, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">in entry after entry, Josephine's humble writings glorify God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">With that in mind, I have decided to share my grandmother </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Jordan's diaries with you beginning where the first note book begins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">It is a way of honoring her memory and the simple agrarian life she lived--a life focused on faith and family. I think we can learn some things from this common, but remarkable farm wife of 1892. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">I am also publishing these diary entries so I can copy them off, put them in a binder and keep them for my children (perhaps even my grandchildren) to read one day. Josephine's old style of penmanship takes some effort to understand and it's easier to read in this format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As you read Joephine's diary, keep in mind that in 1892 she does </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">not have ANY of the household conveniences that we take for </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">granted these days. Though Thomas Edison's light bulb was first </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">displayed to the public in 1879, it was not until 1910 that the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Central Maine Power Company was founded, and household </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">electricity probably did not get to northern Maine farms until the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">1920's. So there were no electric stovetops, ovens, refrigerators, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">washing machines. irons, toasters, blenders, or any of that. There </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">was also not radio or television or telephone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The Jordan home probably had a hand pump to get water, unless </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">they had a spring above the house and could gravity feed it into the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Prior to the Civil War, President Millard Fillmore installed the first </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">flush toilet in the White House. But in 1892, twenty-seven years </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">after Lee surrendered to Grant, it's unlikely that there were any </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">flush toilets in the farm homes of Aroostook County, Maine. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Outhouses were the standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine cooked on and baked in a wood stove. She also heated </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the water for clothes washing and bathing using a wood stove. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When she ironed clothes, her irons would have been heated by a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">stove too. Chances are there was another stove (or more) to keep </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the house warm in winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The family probably had an ice box, but possibly not. Perhaps they </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">had a spring house to help keep food cool. One thing Josephine </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">did have was canning jars— they were in widespread use at that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When Josephine writes about going for a drive, she is not in an </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">automobile. It would be 1909 before the first affordable </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">automobiles (the Model T) started rolling off Henry Ford's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">assembly line. Which means there were no tractors on any of the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">farms in 1892. The work was accomplished with animal power, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">man power, and human ingenuity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">In 1875 a new Maine law required children between the ages of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">nine and fifteen to go to school for at least three months a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">That same year, the New Brunswick Railway was run into Fort </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fairfield, thus opening up outside markets to Aroostook's farm </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">and forest products (potatoes in particular). More land was being </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">cleared to farm and more people were moving into the area to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">establish farms. When Josephine's diary speaks of Husband </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">loading a car, it is a rail car he is loading. In 1894, the Bangor & </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Aroostook Railroad was established. That made the northern </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">woods of Maine even more accessible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">At one point, Josephine writes of potatoes going to a factory. It is </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">probably a starch factory she is referring to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When she mentions an event at the Union, she is probably </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">speaking of the Union Meetinghouse which was a place for civic </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">and religious functions. Such meeting houses were built in the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">1800's all down the Eastern Seaboard. The Union Meetinghouse </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine speaks of is probably one built in 1859 at the junction </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">of Blaine and Presque Isle roads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">When Josephine speaks of ordering material for a dress she may </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">well have ordered it from the Montgomery Ward catalog. By 1886 </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the catalog (which was targeted towards the rural population of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the country) was 280 pages in length with more than 10,000 </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">illustrations. Aaron Montgomery Ward's merchandise catalog was </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the official supplier to the Grange. Sears and Roebuck was just </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">getting its business underway and would soon overtake </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Montgomery Ward in sales.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Josephine does not mention the Grange but it was established in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">1867 by Minnesota farmer and activist, Oliver Hudson Kelley. If it </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">had not made it to northern Maine by 1892, it would soon be there. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Daughter Blanche's husband, George Lang, was a member of the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Perham Patrons of Husbandry in 1920.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">As I consider the comforts of my home and the average farm home </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">of 1892, it occurred to me that they probably did not have spring </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">mattresses on their beds. Rope beds and feather ticks were the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">norm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">And one ubiquitous modern-day thing that was certainly not found </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">anywhere in Northern Maine would be.... PLASTIC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Until I did some research into the era around 1892, I did not realize </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">that it was a time in history referred to as the second industrial </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">revolution. The following information from Wikipedia sheds some </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">light on what was happening in the world at large during the time </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">of Josephine's diary entries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">From 1865 to about 1900, the U.S. grew to become the world's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">leading industrial nation as evidenced by the expansion in the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">pace of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which expanded from </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">under $10 billion in 1800 to well over $350 billion by 1900.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Where the First Industrial Revolution shifted production from </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">artisans to factories, the Second Industrial Revolution pioneered </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">an expansion in organization, coordination, and scale of industry, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">spurred on by technology and transportation advancements. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Railroads opened up the West, creating markets where none had </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">existed. The First Transcontinental Railroad, built by Irish and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Chinese immigrants, provided access to previously remote </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">expanses of land. Railway construction boosted demand for </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">capital, credit, and land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">To finance the larger-scale enterprises required during this era, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">the Stockholder Corporation emerged as the dominant form of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">business organization. Corporations expanded by combining into </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">trusts, and by creating single firms out of competing firms, known </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">as monopolies. Business leaders backed government policies of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">laissez-faire. High tariffs sheltered U.S. factories and workers from </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">foreign competition, federal railroad subsidies enriched investors, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">farmers and railroad workers, and created hundreds of towns and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">cities. All branches of government generally sought to stop labor </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">from organizing into unions or from organizing strikes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Powerful industrialists, such as Andrew Carnegie, John D. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Rockefeller and Jay Gould, known collectively as "robber barons", </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">held great wealth and power. In a context of cutthroat competition </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">for wealth accumulation, the skilled labor of the old-fashioned </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">artisan and craftsman gave way to well-paid skilled workers and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">engineers, as the nation deepened its technological base. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, a steady stream of immigrants encouraged the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">availability of cheap labor, especially in the mining and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">manufacturing sectors.</span></blockquote>
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Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167432207930269692006-12-29T17:43:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:48:14.855-05:00January<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">--Friday, January 1, 1892 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Clear and fine. I have a great deal to be thankful for--all the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">mercies of the year that has just passed. May I be more faithful this </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">year that has just commenced. May my children repent and turn </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">unto thee. Thou knowest how I want my children to give their </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">hearts to thee and in thy good time wilt thou answer my prayers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sat, January 2 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Snowing most of the day. I expect we will have plenty of it now. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Laurie is helping his father saw part of the day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Jan 3 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining but we all went to church, but Hubby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Mon, Jan 4 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Raining and snowing most of the time. Was down to see Mrs. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Varman in the afternoon. All well, thank God.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Jan 5 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Snowing quite fast. Went down town and did some shopping quite </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">a lot for husband. All well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Jan 6 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Very busy washing. Got through nice and early. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Jan 7 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Am quite sick. Did not feel able to sit up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Jan 8 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Feel nice and smart. I am able to do some baking. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">How good the Lord is to me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Jan 10 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. We all went to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Mon, Jan 11 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fine and mild. Mr. & Mrs. Shaw, Mr. & Mrs. Hutchings were here </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">and spent the evening.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Jan 12 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our Laurie is fifteen years old today. He weighed 88 pounds today. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hope he may have many happy returns.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Jan 13 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Storming quite fast. Made Gertie some under clothes. Called on </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mrs. Crockett. Had a very pleasant call.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Jan 14 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Got up real early for the men could go to depot and load a car of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">bark. But they had to come home for it stormed so bad they could </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">not work until noon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Fri, Jan 15 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Got up about four. Got the men off by daylight. They got the car </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">most loaded but it's a very cold day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Jan 16 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Men finished loading the car. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Jan 17 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Very cold. Yesterday we went to Presque Isle. Started about noon. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Was gone about three hours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Jan 18</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Husband went down to start the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Jan 19 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Storming very fast. Husband sick. Fear it's Erysipelas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Jan 20 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The storm has abated. Husband had a bad spell last night. We </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">made a fire and sweat him, then he seemed better.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Jan 21 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Doctor Sincock came this morning. He thinks it's not Erysipelas. I </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">hope it's not. Hope he’ll soon be better.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Fri, Jan 22 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Am thankful to say he is better. Bless the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Jan 23 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband a little better. I feel very very glad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sun, Jan 24 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche, Frank and I went to church and sabbath school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Mon, Jan 25 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband a little better. I feel so glad about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Jan 26 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Fell sick myself. But I sweat and feel better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">—Wed, Jan 27 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband much better, I think. Bless the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Jan 28 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband does not feel so well. Feels discouraged. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Fri, Jan 29 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Husband better. Thank the good Lord. Mr. Shaw </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">our neighbor is sick.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Jan 30 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">Baking for Sunday. Hubby is better. I am so glad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Jan 31 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fine but cold. Blanche & Frank and I went to church and Sunday </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">School.</span></span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167432122691267402006-12-29T17:41:00.000-05:002016-12-22T08:09:26.980-05:00February <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Feb 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband had a good night. Is weak yet. Frank took a load of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">potatoes away. Brought them out of the cellar alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Feb 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank took potatoes away. Blanche & Gertie and I went down town. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Shortly after we got home, Mr. & Mrs. M. came and spent the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Feb 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Washed today. Mrs Tweedy came. Spent the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Feb 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Neighbor V. sick. F. gone for the doctor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Feb 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank with the rest of his Sunday School Class are invited to the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Wright's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Feb 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Not able to sit up but a few minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Feb 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">A little better. Thank the good Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Feb 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Finished a dress for Blanche. Feel very weak. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Feb 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Mr. Crockett came with some apples. We got some. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Feb 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am real sick. Cannot sit up but a few minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Feb 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Not well, but the good Lord can help me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Feb 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am still sick. God can help me. May I be faithful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Feb 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">A little better. Thank the good Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Feb 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cold and the roads are drifted. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Feb 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Not so cold. Ploughed out the roads this afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Feb 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Hubby and Laurie went to Presque Isle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Feb 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blustering and cold. Dare not go out today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Feb 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Roads all full. Snowed all night. But we know who sent it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Feb 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Hubby and I went to Presque Isle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Feb 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine. Went to the village. Roads are very bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Feb 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The three eldest went to church. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Feb 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine and soft. Did not wash. Went to see Mrs A. who is sick. Hope </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">she will recover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Feb 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and mild. Went to see some more sick folk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Feb 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband went to Presque Isle. Got some groceries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Feb 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche went with her father for a drive. I got dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Feb 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. All at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Feb 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cold and clear. Washed and baked. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Feb 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to church and Sunday School. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Feb 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband went to see Melon Lombard.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167432046548514532006-12-29T17:40:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:52:26.869-05:00March<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, March 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Clear and cold. Hubby went to Presque Isle. Got $20.00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, March 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband paid Gary $18.50 on a debt, leaving a balance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, March 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dull and gloomy. Mrs. E. Washburn buried today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, March 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Last evening Elder Young took Frank up to meeting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, March 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Snowing real fast, but we are all well, thank God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, March 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Did not go to church. But I can read the Bible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, March 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby gone to the woods. Don't know when he'll be home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, March 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche & Gertie are visiting this afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, March 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and her father got ready to go to town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, March 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very windy. Sold some hay. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, March 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Sold more hay. Got ten dollars for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, March 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Real March day. Mrs. Hutchings here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, March 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am sick today. Cannot sit up. Hope I'll soon be well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, March 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Real cold. Hubby gone to Presque Isle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, March 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blustering. Real cold & clear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, March 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Mrs. H. was here and paid $26 on their farm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, March 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Settled with L. Gary paid him in full. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, March 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Washed today. Am still lame. Sprained my knee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, March 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Tried out my lard. Made hogs head cheese & cookies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, March 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Storming most of the day. Did not go to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, March 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Clear and cold. Husband has got cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, March 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Husband gone to the woods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, March 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Storming real fast, but not too cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, March 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to Presque Isle. Got very tired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, March 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blancher & I have gone to the village to do some shopping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, March 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and I have gone to Washburn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, March 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Did not go to church. Can't very well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mon, March 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and her father started to go to N. Sweden, but did not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, March 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Washed today. Hope I'll soon be well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, March 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Gertie went down town to make some visits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, March 31 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Went to Presque Isle. Am still lame.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431973049147802006-12-29T17:38:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:53:15.757-05:00April<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, April 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Just one year since we moved here. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, April 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very lame today. Don't seem to be any better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, April 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Have a great deal of pain today. Must not complain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, April 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Bless the Lord, oh my soul. He is so good to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, April 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Thank the good Lord I am better. Had some maple sugar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, April 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel a little better. Frank commenced working for E. Hall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, April 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche churned today. I am still lame. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, April 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche washed, I worked out of doors. Feel very pleased. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, April 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Had some new maple sugar. Not quite so well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, April 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel discouraged. But God is able to bring me through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, April 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">No better. Hoped I'd soon get better but don’t feel like it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, April 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Think I feel some better, though my knee is very lame. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, April 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Commenced to go on wheels. Mr. Wright fell down dead. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, April 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Have done a lot of work. Had some maple sugar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, April 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">This morning Mrs. Wright & Elder Young left for Vermont with the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">corpse to inter him, where she is going to live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, April 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Boiled 24 pails of sap today. Sent for Frank. Flora. S. was here and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">we had a nice evening. Dear little Frank was so glad to get home. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We had sugar and candy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, April 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche, I & Laurie went to church and sunday school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, April 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Am boiling sap as fast as I can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, April 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche is twenty today. Hope she may have many happy returns </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">and give her heart to her Savior.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, April 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Mr. & Mrs. B. were here & spent the afternoon & three children. Eva </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Smith died today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, April 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">My knee pains me very much. Had a short drive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, April 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">They have just taken up Mrs. Smith's casket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, April 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear little Frank came home after supper. Raining. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, April 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank & Blanche Have gone to church. I should like to go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, April 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went over to Mrs. Shaw’s and spent the day. Husband Ploughed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, April 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">The Lord is so good to me. A lovely day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, April 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel miserable. Did not get up until after breakfast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, April 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Better today. Trimmed a hat for spring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, April 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fear I got cold yesterday. Fear I got careless. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, April 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Better today, thank the Lord. Feel so pleased.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431879245476942006-12-29T17:37:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:54:32.945-05:00May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, May 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to hear Elder Young. Fine but cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, May 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank went back to Hall's yesterday afternoon and worked until </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">today at noon. Got ten dollars and came home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, May 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining quite fast. Mr. McHenry the M.M. married today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, May 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining and blowing. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, May 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine but cold. Finished ploughing today. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, May 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby & I were down town. Got a pair of boots. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, May 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men sowed peas and oats today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, May 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank drove his colt to church and took Blanche. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, May 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men harrowing. Fine but windy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, May 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche & Gertie gone to circle, which meets at Mrs.Varnum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, May 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Yesterday Husband sowed some peas & planted potatoes in </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, May 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got our phosphate of Ulrich. 2-1/2 tons. Gave our note for $92.50 </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">for 7 months from date. All well, thank the Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, May 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got our apple trees. Fifty in all for $15, payable 8 months from </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">date. Commenced to plant potatoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, May 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Helped cut potatoes this morning. Men putting in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, May 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank, Blanche & I went to church. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, May 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cut potatoes this morning. About four p.m. commenced putting in. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Got in three barrels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, May 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Still working as yesterday </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, May 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cutting potatoes and planting is the order of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, May 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">C. D. exercises. Blanche has gone. Boys are going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">[Note: I assume "C.D. exercises" must mean Commencement </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Day exercises]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, May 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Graduation. Blanche has gone. Boys are going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, May 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">How many trials we have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, May 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Rained all day. None of us went to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, May 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Still raining real fast. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, May 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank is working a few days for Sampsons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, May 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Married twenty one years today. It seems like fifty. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, May 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">This morning found a little colt in the barn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, May 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Did a little washing. Blanche & Gertie got greens for dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, May 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband went down town three times on business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sun, May 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Did not go to church. The boys went to church and drove the colt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, May 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Laurie and his father are putting in potatoes.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431801348151242006-12-29T17:36:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:55:16.871-05:00June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, June 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite fine. Men finished putting in potatoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, June 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel rather blue, but my God is so good. Moved out the stove. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, June 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Scrubbed doors and windows. Am real busy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, June 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Churned this morning. Had a drive in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, June 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche & Frank went to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mon, June 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank went down town. Bought Laurie a pair of shoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, June 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Finished sowing oats this morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, June 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men just finished piling. Mrs. Shaw here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, June 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went away to try to get some money. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, June 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Washed. Men put in our buckwheat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, June 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got my baking all done for Sunday. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, June 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">None of us went to church but Frank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, June 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We have been white washing. Feel very tired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, June 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche has gone to circle at Mrs. Brown's. Feel quite smart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, June 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Papered our pantry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, May 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Have been in bed all day. Worked too hard yesterday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, June 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Did not get up until most night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, June 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got up this morning and did what I could. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, June 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got up this morning and cooked the steak. Had strawberries and </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">cream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mon, June 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear little Gertie got stung. Hope she'll soon be better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, June 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Sold a little pig for $2.50 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, June 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear little Gertie most well. Sold two pigs today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, June 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Would like to go to circle but cannot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, June 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Have picked some berries and done some weeding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, June 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Made hogs head cheese & done some other work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, June 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Nice and fine. None of us went to church but Frank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, June 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dull. Went down town. Did not stay long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, June 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining all day. Children at school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, June 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband, Gertie & I went to Woodland. I stopped at W.B. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, June 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely and fine. Washed today. All quite well.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431718624460812006-12-29T17:34:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:56:16.342-05:00July<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, July 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town. Did not stay long. Blanche baked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, July 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Gertie and I picked strawberries most all day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, July 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining most all day. Did not many of us go to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, July 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche, Gertie, and her father went down town. Boys went in the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, July 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Gloomy, oh how gloomy. Eva Kates came to see Gertie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, July 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine, but oh how I feel. God help me to be faithful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, July 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very pleasant. Eva K. just gone home with Frank & Gertie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, July 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Started early this morning for the Fort. Got some things I needed </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">so much, for which I am very thankful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">[Note: "the Fort" is the town of Fort Fairfield, Maine] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, July 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Made Frank a shirt today. Feel quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, July 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Laurie and his father. Heard Elder Young. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, July 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Made a shirt for Laurie today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, July 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am going to make a carpet. Walked down to Mr. V. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, July 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Walked too far yesterday. Knee very lame today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, July 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel better, thank the good Lord. Will try to be more careful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, July 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Put down ten quarts of strawberries. Feel quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, June 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Finished some sewing for Husband. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, June 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Laurie and his father. Husband and I went in </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">the afternoon. Heard Elder Young.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, July 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town and came home in the rain </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, July 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel quite smart. How good the Lord is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, July 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Picked & put down two qts of strawberries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, July 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Picked berries and sowed today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, July 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite fine. Had green peas for dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, July 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men put fifteen loads of hay in the barn after dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, July 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but husband and Laurie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, July 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Finished a dress for Gertie. Men put in one load of hay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, July 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">We washed. Men put in eight loads of hay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, July 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men put in seven loads of hay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, July 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to Baptist circle at Emma A. Had a nice time. Men got in three </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">loads of hay. Hubby got a fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, July 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear little Gertie is ten years old today. God bless my child. May </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">she give her little heart to the Savior. Men got in two loads of hay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, July 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Do not feel very well today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, July 31 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">None of us went to church but Frank.</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431635671140512006-12-29T17:33:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:57:16.956-05:00August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, August 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men got in two loads of hay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, August 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Men got two loads of hay in. A girl here selling Dry goods </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">staid to dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, August 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got in three loads of hay. Went to Mrs. Mc Lishe's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, August 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Had a man to help mow. They put in three loads of hay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, August 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Put in five loads of hay. Blanche and I went down town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, August 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby, Gertie and I went to Mrs. Wallace's. Came home in the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">rain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, August 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Heard Elder Foster preach in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, August 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and her father went down town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, August 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite raining. Busy about my work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, August 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear Frank 19 years old today. Hope he may have many happy </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">returns & above all give his heart to the Lord is the prayer of his </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, August 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got some groceries. Hubby & Frank to the pasture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, August 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am very busy. Fried doughnuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, August 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Still raining. Baking for Sunday. Bless the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, August 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche & Frank gone to church. Hubby and I went in the afternoon </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">to M. meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, August 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town on business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, August 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche has gone to circle to Mrs. Robinson's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, August 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank has gone to Baptist picnic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, August 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men put in two loads of oats. Nice and fine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, August 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite fine but looking like rain. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, August 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Had a dreadful storm last night. Thundered, lightened & rained. A </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">young man was here. Came in out of the storm. The good Lord </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">kept us from harm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, August 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Don't feel very happy. Wish my children were good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, August 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank is away for a few days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, August 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am working on my dress as fast as I can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, August 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel sad about my children. Hope they'll be better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, August 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche invited to a class reception at Prof. Knowlton's. B. Mitchel </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">& wife are here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, August 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby & boys put in a culvert. Mr. & Mrs. Mitchel here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, August 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town and got some groceries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, August 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">None of us went to church but Frank. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, August 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very fine. Men are ploughing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, August 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to Association and stayed all day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, August 31 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel tired. Guess it don't agree with me to go to association. We </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">had lovely sermons</span></div>
Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431543893562122006-12-29T17:31:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:57:57.971-05:00September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Sept. 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men butchered a heifer. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Sept.2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite cool. Very busy looking after the meat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Sept. 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cooking meat and making mince pies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Sept. 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Heard Elder Young preach this afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Sept. 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite warm. Cutting more mince meat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Sept. 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Made eight mince pies. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Sept. 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very, very busy writing and making mince pies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Sept. 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank & his father are away today. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Sept. 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Commenced digging potatoes. Quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Sept. 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband took 28 barrels of potatoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Sept. 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank & Blanche went to church. We went in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Sept. 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hired man came this afternoon. Morning took 28 bbl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Sept. 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Nice and fine. Took 28 barrels of potatoes away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Sept. 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Man gone home. Took 13 bbls away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Sept. 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Still raining. Took 14 bbls to factory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Sept. 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite fine. Man back again. Took 28 bbls away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Sept. 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town and paid H. Jones what I owed him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Sept. 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank & Blanche went to church. Hubby, Gertie and I went in the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Sept. 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town. Rode after the colt. Paid Dow tax $4.08. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Sept. 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Took 28 bbls of potatoes away. All quite well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Sept. 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Took 28 bbls of potatoes away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Sept. 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Took 28 bbls of potatoes away. Digging potatoes all the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Sept. 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town & got a stew kettle & pan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Sept. 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Preserved a kettle of plumbs. Had good luck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Sept. 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Mild & lovely. Blanche & Frank went to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Sept. 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Do not feel very happy. The tonge is a wicked thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Sept. 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite dull. Don't feel very happy. But I am to blame. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Sept. 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel better. Hope the Lord will forgive me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Sept. 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am very busy. But feel better. Bless the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Sept. 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Bless the Lord, oh my soul. He is so good.</span><br />
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Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431465397236692006-12-29T17:30:00.000-05:002016-12-21T17:59:18.880-05:00October<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Oct. 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Sent Madigan & Madigan $150.00 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">[Note: I did an internet search of "Madigan & Madigan" and found </span>an 1895 Houlton Maine Directory that lists Madigan & Madigan as attorneys. Houlton is in Aroostook county and probably where she sent the money.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Oct. 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very cold, but we are all well, thank God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Oct. 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Gathered crab apples. Rained in the afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Oct. 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town. Got some paint & other things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Oct. 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men very busy getting out potatoes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Oct. 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men did not work in the afternoon. Put our stove up in the front </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">room. Makes it very comfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Oct. 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">How I would like to see my children give their heart to the Lord. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">How happy I should be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Oct. 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am preserving and canning. Mrs. Shaw here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Oct. 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am real sick. Did not sit up much of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Oct. 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Feel better. Husband & Frank up country for cattle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Oct. 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">They are ploughing with the new oxen. In the afternoon a man </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">came to buy some land. Blanche is down town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Oct. 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband, Gertie, and I went to the Fort. Had a nice time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Oct. 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to the Union. Had a nice time. Frank came for me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Oct. 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Husband wants me to go to Washburn. Think I'll go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Oct. 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to Washburn yesterday. Had a pleasant drive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Oct. 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Frank. Had a good sermon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Oct. 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Thrashers came and set up their machine.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Oct. 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Am very busy. Four extra men to dinner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Oct. 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men left after breakfast. Am not sorry. Kept us busy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Oct. 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining today. Hubby & Frank helping Mrs. Shaw. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Oct. 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Wrote for Blanche this afternoon. Am very busy this afternoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Oct. 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby, Gertie and I went to the fort. Got a Wolf Robe & some other </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Oct. 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Quite dull. All went to church but Laurie. Came home in the rain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Oct. 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband ploughing. I wrote for Blanche. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Oct. 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and her father gone to town. Hope my children will be </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Oct. 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Washed today. Want to see my children better. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Oct. 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Last night Husband went to the doctor for one of our neighbors. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">This morning I went down but had only been a short time before </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">they sent for me. We had company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Oct. 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Wrote a long time for Blanche. All well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Oct. 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">My sister's birthday. Do not know how old she is. Should like to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">see her and my dear mother. Perhaps I will.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Oct. 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Laurie. He went in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Oct 31 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Wrote in the morning. Sewed in the afternoon.</span><br />
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Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167431337400363322006-12-29T17:28:00.000-05:002016-12-21T18:00:12.383-05:00November<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Nov. 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Snow on the ground. It makes me feel sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Nov. 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Clear and cold. Butchered a cow. Mrs Varnum here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Nov. 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town. All well, thank the good Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Fri, Nov. 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Got the bottom of a hogshead. Lots of molasses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Nov. 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine, but very busy. Wrote what i could. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Nov. 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Laurie. He and Frank went in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Nov. 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Laurie commenced to go to school. Very fine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Nov. 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Election day. Husband went and voted. Did not stay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[Note: Josephine did not vote because women could not vote in 1892. Her husband probably voted for the incumbent Benjamin Harrison in the Presidential election. Aroostook county and the whole state of Maine went for Harrison. Nevertheless, he lost to Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. 44 states voted in the election that year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another interesting bit of information regarding the election that year was the rise of the Populist party. One thing the Populist party advocated was inflation of the money supply by putting more silver coinage in circulation. Cleveland was a hard money advocate and not in favor of inflating the money. This information is from Wikipedia]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Nov. 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Made soup. Went over to Mrs. Shaw's in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Nov. 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cold & freezing. Got ready to go to the village. Found it too cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Nov 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Hubby went to look for a cow. I went part of the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Nov. 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Nice & fine. Men are hauling out rails. Am baking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Nov. 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Laurie. He and Frank went in the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Nov. 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & mild. Went down to Mrs. Wallace. Sold a lot of land to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Grimes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Nov. 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men stumping & ploughing. Still mild & lovely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Nov. 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Hope it will fill the wells. Brother Arch came to see us </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">today. Dr. Luce died this afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Nov. 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men are ploughing. Are nearly done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Nov. 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men are ploughing. I am making mince pies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Nov. 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Butchered our hog today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Nov. 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Mild & muddy. All went to church today but Blanche & Laurie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Nov. 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband & Arch gone to the woods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Nov. 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frozen real hard. Hubby & Arch gone down town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Nov. 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Snowing. Hubby & Arch gone to look at a farm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Nov. 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Frank's going after dinner. Hubby and I went for a ride in the </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">sleigh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Nov. 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men in the woods cutting & sawing wood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Nov. 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to auction at Mrs. F. Got some things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Nov. 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Husband and I staid at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Nov. 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Did the washing all myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Nov. 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">John Spaulding married today. Should like to have gone to </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">dedication at Mapleton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Nov. 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men are busy in the woods. Quite dull.</span><br />
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Herrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38191569.post-1167356191352050392006-12-28T20:36:00.000-05:002016-12-21T18:01:42.022-05:00December<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Josephine Jordan was my great, great, grandmother. She lived the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">life of a common farm wife in northern Maine. She kept a line a-day </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">diary. I have her complete diaries from 1892 to 1898. You can </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">learn more about Josephine, her diaries, and some historical </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">perspective by going back to the </span><a href="http://1892farmwife.blogspot.com/2006/12/about-josephine-jordan-her-diaries_29.html" style="font-size: xx-large;">first installment of this series</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Your questions, insights, or comments about this month's diary </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">entries are welcomed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Dec. 1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Raining. Men only worked half the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Dec. 2 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband went to the woods. I staid with Mrs. Tuttle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Dec. 3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men cutting rift. Frank got his sheep home today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Dec. 4 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">All went to church but Arch & Laurie. Came home in snow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Dec. 5 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche washed. I made brewing and fried doughnuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Dec. 6 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche sent her M. today. Hope she'll get a good price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">[Note: I'm wondering what exactly Blanche sent this day? Was it a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">manuscript of some sort? Is it what Josephine was helping her to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">write in previous entries? It's a mystery.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Dec. 7 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men in the woods. Gertie got some Christmas presents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Dec. 8 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Wanted to go to the Union but could not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Dec . 9 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to Mrs McLishe's. Sent for material for a dress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Dec. 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men did not come out of woods until about two. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Dec . 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Heard the presiding Elder preach a good sermon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">—Mond, Dec. 12 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine & lovely. Washed. Men away. All well. Thank God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Dec. 13 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine. Got the ironing done. L. Varnum here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed. Dec. 14 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went down town. Staid with Mrs. Wallace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs. Dec. 15 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Storming real fast but we are all well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Dec. 16 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men are cutting rift. Arch cut his thumb. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Dec. 17 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Men cut in the forenoon. Baked G. apple pies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Dec. 18 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Went to church. Was real cold coming home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Dec. 19 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Snowing real fast but we have lots to be thankful for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Dec. 20 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Cut out my dress. Gertie real sick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Dec. 21 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Dear little Gertie better, thank the Lord. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Dec. 22 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Husband and Arch went down with rift. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Dec. 23 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Storming. Men in the house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Dec. 24 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Blanche and her father went down town. Got things for Xmas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sund, Dec. 25 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Very very cold. Did not go to church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Mond, Dec. 26 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Colder than yesterday. Men in the woods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Tues, Dec. 27 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine but cold. Washed. Husband gone with rift. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Wed, Dec. 28 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine, very fine. Mrs. Brown here. Took a load of rift. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Thurs, Dec. 29 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Another fine day. Am working on my dress </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Frid, Dec. 30 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Lovely & fine. Mr. & Mrs. Hitchings spent the evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">--Sat, Dec 31 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-large;">Fine as September in the afternoon. Husband, Gertie and I went </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">down town. Did some shopping. Had a nice drive. Roads most </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">lovely. Poor old year most gone. If my life is spared another, I hope </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">I'll be more faithful.</span></div>
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