June 1891

Robert M. Fulton Diary

1891

June

1
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. I worked in my garden. Harden and Fred was rolling logs

and burning them. Good Friday.

2
Some clouds and warm with NW wind. I set out cabbage plants, tomato plants and strawberry

plants.

3
Some clouds with a cold NE wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred went to River de Chute.
4
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. We planted cucumbers today on new land. Pumpkins and

squash.

5
Clear and cold with a NW wind. Hard Frost. Broke ice at the door in tub. I went out to B.F.

Pierce and sold 18 dozen eggs for $2.70.

6
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We finished planting our potatoes today on the new land.

Richard Bell’s house burnt today.

7
Clear and cool with a NW wind. Richard Bell here today. James Forsythe called in. The fires

are raging bad at the present time.

8
Clear and cool with a NW wind. Sowed the first of our buckwheat today. Planted corn and

beans in the new land.

9
Clear and cool with a SE wind. Dreadful smoky. Fires raging. We was plowing and planting

beans today.

10
Clear and cool with an East wind. Enoch Lovely called here this afternoon. We was planting

beans.

11
Clear and warm with an East wind. We harrowed in the buckwheat at the other side of the

brook today. Some thunder, no rain.

12
Cloudy and warm with a West wind. I was home all day. Fred worked at a wagon body. Harden

drove out to the factory.

13
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We finished planting our beans on new land today. I

fixed my buckboard fills. (Possibly the lacing that binds the cushion together on the seat)

14
Warm with a drizzling rain most all day. Wind from the SE. I was home all day. Fred and

Stella went out to see Mrs. W. Shaw. She was dead. Perry O. Cox called.

15
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Sowed the last of our buckwheat today. Myself and wife went

to Mrs. W. Shaw’s funeral.

16
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. I was home all day. I set out cabbage plants and tomatoes

today and hoed some potatoes.

17
Some clouds and warm with a NE wind. I went to B.F. Pierce and got Mod shawed. Wife went to

R Bell’s. Got butter tub.

`8
Clear and warm with a SE wind. We put up-’ our pasture fence today. Turned our cows in.

19
Clear and warm with a SE wind. Harden and Fred went down and helped RBell raise his house.
20
Clear and warm with a SE wind. Fred and Stella went over on West Ridge today. Harden went to

factory with Len Bartley. (Leonard Bartley, age 37, of Knoxford, N.B. Wife’s name, Matilda

age 37, with four children, Austin, Lewis, Edgar and Olive. Annie’s parents, Thomas and Jane

living with them. Len Bartley, Harden’s brother-in-law)

21 Sun
Clear and warm with a SE wind. Thomas Bartley and Ephraim Lawrence here today. Fred and

Stella came home tonight.

22 Mon Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. All signs of rain. I worked at the wagon body today.

Fred helped Harden to fix his drain.

23 Tue Warm with a SE rain all day. The rain was much needed as crops was suffering for

rain.

24 Wed Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. Some rain through the day. We sowed our turnip seed

today.

W.W. Larrabee here.

25 Thu Cloudy and cool with a NE wind. Me and Fred went up to Brown’s for Larrabee. Drove

out to Brown’s and up to Blackden’s. Mrs. Lindsey here.

26 Fri Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. Harden took a load of boards to Robinson’s Mill for

W.W.Larrabee today with the double team.

27 Sat Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Rained quite heavy in the night and showered today.

Harden and Fred stoned up the well today.

28 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NE wind. We was home all day. Richard Bell and wife here to tea this

afternoon.

29 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a NE wind. We cultivated our potatoes, the first today for the season.
30 Tue
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. We finished cUltivating our potatoes. J. Lindsey and wife

went home. (John D. Lindsey and Mary Ann (Fulton) Lindsey, Robert’s third born)

May 1891

1 Fri
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred finished chopping some trees today.

2 Sat
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred went over on West Ridge to bring Fred’s cow over.

3 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. I was home all day. Signs of rain. G.W. Fulton and wife here to dinner.

4 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Some snow and some rain. Israel Tracy here today to dinner. Cow with him. (Israel Tracy, age 74, was born July 6,1817. Israel married Jemima Jones, October 25th, 1843. Jemima was born Feb. 7th, 1819. They had 6 boys and 2 girls, all of Knoxford)

5 Tues
Cold with a SW snow storm this forenoon. We finished hauling our wood this afternoon and commenced hauling manure.

6 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Mrs. James Rundlett came after Fred to saw wood. (Arvilla F. (Blackden) Rundlett, age 35, Fred’s older sister. James and Arvilla had a son, Amos, age 14, who would later study law under John W. Kelley and was admitted to the bar in 1909. Amos would live with his aunt and uncle, Mr. And Mrs. Owen E. Blackden, in Dexter for several years)

7 Thur
Cloudy and cold with a NE wind. I was home all day. T. Bartley went home. (Thomas Bartley, age 70, of Knoxford. Annie (Bartley) Fulton’s father.)

8 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. Froze quite hard. Commenced to plow for the first below the barn. Fred came home.

9 Sat
Clear and warm with a NW wind. Harden and Fred was plowing all day for peas and oats.

10 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a South wind. Harden and Fred up to Straight’s. R. Bell and wife, Levi Cookson, Irene Blackden, Amos Rundlett on a visit today. (Levi Cookson was probably a brother to Fred A. Blackden’s mother, who was Lydia Whiting (Cookson) Blackden, born in Greenfield, Maine Mar. 18, 1835. Irene was Fred’s younger sister, all living on the West Ridge)

11 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a NE wind and some rain. Harden and Fred plowed an acre of land over where we sawed our wood.

12 Tues
Clear and warm with a NE wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred went down and worked for R. Bell today with horses. Fred’s cow calved.

13 Wed
Some clouds and cool with a NE wind. We sowed and harrowed in six bushels of peas and oats and bushels of clear oats for the first.

14 Thur
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I trimmed my apple and plum trees today. Old man Fletcher here. Got the checkerberry paid up.

15 Fri
Clear and cold with a SE wind. W.W. Larrabee here to tea this evening. I went to McDonald’s today for a turkey.

16 Sat
A cold SE rain storm all day. Mr. Blackden and wife here to dinner. Fred and Stella went with them to F. Glidden’s little girl’s funeral. (Mr. Napoleon Bonapart Blackden, born in Madison, Maine on March 5th, 1823. Wife, Lydia (Cookson) Blackden)

17 Sun
Cold with a NW wind and rain about all day. Steady rain now about 36 hours. Rain. Rain. Fred and Stella got home from the funeral.

18 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I went to Rey’s and sold him 397 eggs for $3.97. One cent per egg.

19 Tues
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. Harden and Fred was hauling rocks and plowing. I moved my garden fence.

20 Wed
Clear and warm with a SE wind. I put up my garden fence today. Fred and Harden plowing and hauling rocks.

21 Thur
Warm with a NE wind. Some clouds and foggy in the forenoon. We was cutting seed.

22 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a North wind. We plowed our garden in the forenoon. In the afternoon we planted half an acre of potatoes for the first this Spring.

23 Sat
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We was planting potatoes all day. Mr. Blackden and wife, Eli Fletcher and wife here to dinner.

24 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. Dr. Syphers and G.W. Fulton called today.

25 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. We finished planting two acres of potatoes today and sheared our sheep.

26Cloudy and warm with a SE wind in the forenoon. In the afternoon the wind from the NW brought rain.

27
Clear and cool with a NW wind. I had manure hauled on potato ground below the barn today.
28
Cloudy and warm with a West wind. I put my piece of potatoes in today below the barn. Sowed 9 1/2 bushels of oats this afternoon.

29
Clear and warm with a SE wind. We planted my potatoes in front of the house. Burnt the foller today. Eli Fletcher here.

30
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. We finished sowing oats and planting potatoes this afternoon on old land. Four acres of potatoes.

31
Clear and warm with a West wind. Myself and wife went out this morning and called to W. Shaw’s and took dinner at W.W. Larrabee’s and tea at G.W. Fulton’s. Called to R. Bell’s and came home.

April 1891

1 Wed
Clear and warm with a NW wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine today and got six bbls of phosphate of J. Bubar.

2 Thur
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. The selectmen here today. Harry Frost and Alden Sylvester. I was home all day.

3 Fri
Cold with a NE snow storm very heavy all day and heavy wind. I was home all day.

4 Sat
Snowed all night and all day. Wind from the NE. Robert F. Jones and one of the Hunter boys here.

5 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Perry was away to the funeral of George York’s child.

6 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. I was home all day. Fred Blackden here today.

7 Tues
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Perry left here last night. We was hauling wood.

8 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. The colt died today. Harden went to Knoxford today.

9 Thur
Clear and cool with a West wind. I went out to Frank Pierce. Brought Alice in home with me.

10 Fri
Clear and cool with a North wind. I was home all day. Me and Harden was sawing wood today.

11 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. Signs of a storm. I took Alice home today. Called at R. Bell’s on my way.

12 Sun
A SE rain all day and quite cool. I was home all day. Orris Cox here to supper.

13 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Fred Blackden here today and brought a trunk. R. Bell came here this morning to finish our wood sawing. Mod lost her cold today.

14 Tues
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We was sawing wood all day with R. Bell’s machine. Fred Blackden moved here today.

15 Wed
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. R. Bell finished sawing our wood today. Took the machine home tonight.

16 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. Me and Harden was hauling wood. Seven loads. Fred sold his mare. Fred went home today.

17 Fri
Clear and warm with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred went to Knoxford.

18 Sat
Warm with a SE wind. Clouded up and rained in the afternoon. We hauled seven loads of wood today. Harden went to Knoxford.

19 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Henry Wing here after butter. Evelyn Fulton called here.

20 Mon
Cold with a NE snow all the forenoon. Ephraim Lawrence here to dinner. Railroad meeting today.

21 Tues
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Sam Cormey and John Close here. (Samuel Cormey, age 33, a farmer from Knoxford. His wife Anna, age 30 and two boys, Charles and George, ages 6 and 3. All Free Christian Baptists)

22 Wed
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Rain in the afternoon. Fred went to his father’s with the buckboard.

23 Thur
Cold with a NE snow storm most all day. Very heavy snow. Fred and Harden wooding the horse hoe today. Cold.

24 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a West wind. Froze hard this morning. Harden and Fred finished sawing wood today across the brook.

25 Sat
Cold with a NW wind and snow squalls all day. Fred split up the wood at the door today.

26 Sun
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. It was froze very hard this morning. Cold tonight.

27 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Fred and Harden finished splitting wood today. Harden went to Knoxford.

28 Tues
Cloudy and cold with an East wind. I drove out to B.F. Pierce with the mare and buckboard. Settled with Frank and got Mod shawed. Set my bees out.

29 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Fred and Harden helped Jim Hutchinson.

30 Thur
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Fred was helping Jim Hutchinson frame his barn today.

March 1891

1 Sun
Very cold and blustery. Snow storm this morning. Wind from the West. I was home all day. Cleared off in the afternoon.

2 Mon
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden went out to F. Hewitt’s today. Howard Lindsey here tonight.

3 Tues
Clear and pleasant today with a SW wind. I was home all day. Harden Fulton went to Houlton.

4 Wed
Cloudy and cold with an East wind. I was home all day. Signs of another big storm. So ends the day.

5 Thur
Cold NW snow storm commencing in the night. It snowed and blowed and drifted all day and still snowing and drifting and bedtime. Harden came home from

Houlton.

6 Fri
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. Twelve inches of snow fell. It blowed and drifted very heavy all night and all day. Roads impassable for teams.

7 Sat
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. The wind blew and drifted heavy all day. The roads almost impassable.

8 Sun
Clear and pleasant and quite warm. We was home all day. Harden and wife and Jim here to tea this afternoon.

9 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. R. Bell here to breakfast. Old man Fletcher here.

10 Tues
Heavy SE rain commenced in the night. It rained all the forenoon. I was home all day. We picked over potatoes.

11 Wed
Mostly clear and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. Harden went down to Robinson’s Mill today.

12 Thur
Cloudy with a SE wind. Signs of a storm. Me and Harden went to Blaine. I gave Harden his deed and came home. Mary A. Lindsey here.

13 Fri
Cloudy with a SE wind. I was home all day. Lindsey girls left here this morning. Mr. T. Bartley here. Heavy rain today.

14 Sat
Cold with a SW wind. I was home all day. I was mending the snow plow for Mahan. It was very squally this afternoon and snow.

15 Sun
Clear and cold with a West wind. I was home all day. Mr. Bartley left here this morning for home.

16 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind in the forenoon. It the afternoon come round to the NW and snowed heavy.

17 Tues
St. Patrick’s Day. Snowed and drifted very heavy all night and all the forenoon. Almost a blizzard.

18
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Me and Harden measured up our grain today. Ready to go to the Mill.

19
Some clouds and cold with a West wind. Me and Harden went to the Mill today with grain. I got one bbl of flour.

20
Clear and cold with a SW wind. Harden and Perry hauled some wood today on the crust. Judson Straight got the pot.

21
Clear and warm with a SE wind. It clouded up in the afternoon and looked like rain. Len Bartley and wife and two children and T. Fulton here today.

22
Warm with a SE rain today. Len Bartley and wife went home this morning. Fred Blackden and wife came here tonight.

23
Warm with a SE rain most of the day. Fred Blackden and Harden went to Town Meeting today. John McPherson bought his wood.

24
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. Will Wilson and John Clough here today after snow plow.

25
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Fred Blackden here to tea. R. Bell and wife here today. He left Dolly and took Stella home.

26 Thur
Clear and cold with a North wind. Dolly Bell here. B.F. Pierce here today on business. Harden and Perry went after oats.

27 Fri
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden took Dorothy Bell home this morning. Emery Hawksley here.

28 Sat
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. Me and Harden hauled up six loads of wood today. 29 Sun Clear and quite warm and pleasant with a North wind. I was home

all day. Got a letter from Louisa.

30 Mon
Some clouds with a North wind. I was home all day. Harden was down to Bell’s. Harvey Fulton here tonight.

31 Tue
Clear and warm with a North wind. I was home all day. Jim went to Blaine today and got his phosphate for potatoes.

1891 February

1 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NE wind. I was home all day. Fred and Stella came here tonight.

Snowed most of the previous night.

2 Mon
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Perry stayed home this afternoon to

shovel the snow off the kitchen.

3 Tues
Cold storm all the previous night and all day and still snowing at bedtime. I was home all

day. Stella and children here.

4 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Hav Delong had a fit and fell in the

snow between here and Harden’s this morning early.

5 Thur
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Signs of more snow. I was home all day. Fred came home

tonight from Will Wilson’s to get his mitts fixed.

6 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I was home all day. Signs of a storm. Harden got his sheep from here today. Arthur Hutchinson hauled them up.

7 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a North wind. I was home all day. Stella and children here yet. Perry went to Knoxford today.

8 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a NE wind. I was home all day. Fred came with team today from Will Wilson’s and took Stella home.

9 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. Perry cut his hand this afternoon. Mod is lame. Signs of a big storm soon.

10 Tues
Cold with a SE snow storm all the previous night and half the day. Fell 7 or 8 inches. Wind changed to the NW and began to drift bad.

11 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Cold and blustery day. We did turn our stock out of the stable, the weather was so bad.

12 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I was home all day. Mod was lame. Stormed a little in the afternoon.

13 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Home all day. Got the heifer off the Spring Road. Like never got to the barn. About five feet of snow.

14 Sat
Clear and cold with NW wind. Ten below zero. Mod still lame. Arthur Hutchinson here this morning and helped dress Perry’s hand.

15 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. Signs of more snow. Supposed to be five feet here now. Seven feet up country.

16 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind in the forenoon. In the afternoon the wind came round to the NW and rained some.

17 Tues
Some clouds and cold with a NE wind. I went out to Frank Pierce’s today with Arthur Hutchinson. Traded some and then went to Larrabee’s. Fred came here today and got bark rack.

18 Wed
Cold with a SE snow storm and heavy wind. Wind came round to NW very heavy in the afternoon.
19 Thur
Clear and cold with a NW wind. Very blustery. I was home all day. Harden quit work for Will Wilson. Weather very cold.

20 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Very stormy looking. I was home all day. Nothing special to note. So ends the day.

21 Sat
Cold with a SE snow storm most all the previous night and day. Fell 5 or 6 inches. I was home all day. Roads almost impassable.

22 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Some very heavy squalls through the day. Very heavy wind. I

was home all day.

23 Mon
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Signs of another storm.

24 TuesCloudy and cool with a SE wind. Looks like rain. I was home all day. Harden’s mare came home

tonight.

25 Wed
Cloudy and rainy this morning. Wind from the SE. We was picking over potatoes today. Still raining at bedtime. I was home all day.

26 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Signs of another storm. J.W. Fulton called in today.

27 Fri
Cold with a NW snow storm and drifting all day. I was home all day. It blowed and difted very heavy. We was in the house all day.

28 Sat
Clear and cold in the forenoon. The wind came round to the SE and looks very much like a storm.

So ends the month of February

January 1891

1 Thu Clear and cold with a West wind. Finished hauling up our wood today that Richard Bell sawed for us. Arthur

Hutchinson and wife here to tea.

2 Fri Cold SE snow storm in the forenoon. In the afternoon it turned to rain. Harden went to Knoxford with

Hutchinson.

3 Sat Some clouds with a cold West wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine with the double team and done our trading. I

took dinner at W.W. Larrabee’s.

4 Sun Some clouds with a cold West wind. I was home all day. G. W. Fulton and wife here to tea this evening. Some

signs of more snow. I went up to see Jim today. He did have a toothache.

5 Mon Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. We put our wagons in today and hauled some wood. Richard Bell’s wife, W.W. Larrabee’s wife and son, Fred Blackden and wife and their two children here this afternoon.

6 Tues
A SE wind and some snow the previous night. Some snow through the day. We was yarding up up today. Some signs of more snow. Nothing special to note.

7 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. It snowed some all day. I was home all day. Harden and Perry was hauling wood.

8 Thur
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry hauling wood. J. Hallett helped this afternoon.

9 Fri
Clear and cold with a West wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry was hauling wood. Signs of a storm again.

10 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine. Settled with J. Chandler. I took dinner at Larrabee’s. Dr. A.J. Fulton called.

11 Sun
Some clouds and warm with an East wind. I was home all day. Fred Blackden was here to dinner today. Harden and wife went to Knoxford.

12 Mon
Cold with a SE rain and snow all the previous night and rain all day. I was home all day. Perry went to school today for the first.

13 Tues
Some clouds with a NW wind. I was home all day. Fred Blackden is here tonight. Nothing of any consequence passed today.

14 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. Fred Blackden went home tonight and Howard Lindsey come.

15 Thur
Clear and cold with a West wind. I was home all day. Harden went down to Jerry Tracy’s. Howard Lindsey left here this morning.

16 Fri
Clear and cold with a North wind. I was home all day and Perry went to school and went from school down to Richard Bell’s to help Fred.

17 Sat
Some clouds and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. Harden drove out to Blaine. It commenced to snow tonight.

18 Sun
A SE snow storm all the previous night and all day and still snowing at bedtime. It snowed near two feet. Few storms to equal it.

19 Mon
Cold with a NW wind. It snowed all night and all day and still snowing at bedtime. We had to break roads. Two feet of snow fell.

20 Tues
Cold and snowing and drifting all day and all the previous night. Still snowing at bedtime. I was home all day. Fred Blackden here tonight. So ends the day.

21 Wed
Clear and cold with a SW wind in the forenoon. In the afternoon it clouded up and looked like snow. Fred Blackden came here with sleds to fix tonight.

22 Thur
Cold with a SE snow storm all day till night. Then it commenced to rain. Fred Blackden, me and Harden working at bobsled today.

23 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Me and Harden and Fred Blackden was working at barak rack. Harden broke through the district.

24 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. Me and Harden and Fred Blackden went out to Frank Pierce’s today. Called at Bell’s and to Larrabee’s. Had two shoes set on Mod.

25 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We was home all day. George W. Fulton and wife and Mary Ann Fulton to dinner. Went home tonight.

26 Mon
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Old Man Straight here this morning. Harden took the team to Fred this morning.

27 Tue
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. Perry went up to Lister’s after a turkey tonight. Signs of a storm.

28 Wed Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Signs of more snow. I mended a boot for Mathias McDonald this afternoon.

29 Thu
Some clouds with a SE wind. I was home all day choring and Harden went to Bridgewater. He called to Robinson’s to get the Dyer note.

30 Fri
Cloudy. It stormed all the previous night and nearly most all day. Snowed 7 or 8 inches. Wind from the NE. Snowing and blowing.

31 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. It blowed and drifted bad all night. Signs of more snow. Fred Blackden came here to get the sleigh.

December 1889

1 Sun
Some clouds and cool with a West Wind. I was home all day. Harden and wife and Mrs.Bartley went up to Rideout’s.

2 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I started to go to brother Thomas’ funeral. Got part way and found he was buried. Came home and went to Blaine.

3 Tues
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry went to Bell’s to help thrash. Nehemiah Stairs here with apples.

4 Wed
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry came from Bell’s this afternoon. Very cold this evening.

5 Thur
Clear and cold with a SE wind. Me and Harden killed our hogs today. Signs of a storm this evening.

6 Fri
Cold with a SE snow storm all the previous night and all day. The snow fell about six inches. Me and Harden went to Blaine with a load of grain.

7 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. It snowed the most of the afternoon. Harden and Perry went down to help Richard Bell saw wood.

8 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I was home all day. Wife went down to Knoxford with Harden and wife to Mr. Bartley’s. Signs of a storm.

9 Mon
Heavy SE rain all the fournoon. We killed our beef today. The snow sunning off very fast. John Hawksely got sheep from Harden.

10 Tues
Some clouds with a cold NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry hauled me two loads of wood on the long sled. Hauled some manure.

11 Wed
Cloudy with a SE wind this morning. Commenced to snow between seven and eight o’clock and still snowing at bedtime.

12 Thurs
Cloudy and cold and very blustery. About six or seven inches of snow on now. Harden and Perry was hauling manure today. A minister and book peddler here today.

13 Fri
Cold with a NW snow most all day. I was laid up with a lame side. J.W. Fulton here this evening.

14 Sat
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day with a lame side. Harden went to Robinson Mill for me.

15 Sun
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden took Sarah Fulton to Knoxford. Mathias McDonald and Hub Brown here.

16 Mon
Clear and cold with a West wind. I was home all day. Cut up our beef and sold Jim one quarter. Jim took dinner here. So ends the day. (Beef was hung in the barn for exactly one week before being cut up.)

17 Tues
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine. L.H. Fulton got a grist of Buckwheat, 21 bushels. Sold Beef and hide to Safford’s. I took dinner at Joneses.

18 Wed
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. It snowed a little today. Harden cleaned up our wheat to go to the Mill. Fred
Redstone got the machine in the afternoon. Arthur Hutchinson here.

19 Thu
Cloudy and very foggy with a SE wind and heavy rain part of the day. Still foggy at bedtime.

20 Fri
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. Harden took our grist of wheat to the lines and got it ground and brought it home. Perry went to Wade’s. We put up 14 bbls of potatoes for Stinson.

21 Sat
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Harden went to the Mill today and brought the bobsled from Turner’s. Leslie W. Herd here tonight, a clock fixer and peddler.

22 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. I was home all day. R. Bell and wife here to dinner. Herd W. Leslie here tonight. Snow heavy in afternoon. (Grandfather having difficulty getting this man’s name in order)

23 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Snowing and drifting all day. We done nothing but choring and seeing to the stock. Leslie fixed L.H. Fulton’s machine and then went to Jim’s to work on his clock.

24 Tues
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Herd Leslie left here this morning. Got six bushels of oats from Harden. Me and Harden went to Blaine today and took ten bushels of peas and oats and gave to Chandler.

25 Wed
Crosmas Day. Cold with a NE snow storm and drifting all day. Myself and wife started to go to Larrabee’s. Got out to the Hilt place and came back.

26 Thu
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I was home all day. R. Bell and wife and Harden and wife came from J. Bartley’s today. Herd Leslie here tonight.

27 Fri
Cloudy and cold. Snowing and blowing all night and day with 20 degree temperature above zero. Could do nothing but keep the house warm and feed the stock. Herd Leslie here tonight.

28 Sat
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Cold and drifting all day.

29 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Commenced hailing about dark. Herd Leslie here tonight. So ends the day.

30 Mon
Some clouds and cold with a West wind. We was hauling wood today. Mr. Straight called. Herd Leslie left here today.

31 Tue
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Me and Perry sawing wood and caring for the stock. Harden was away with the team helping H. Delong haul fodder. This ends the year 1889. I thank the Lord for His mercys and favors the past year hoping and trusting for His mercys for 1890.

November 1889

1 Fri
Clear and cool with a West Wind. We was hauling manure all day up by Harden’s. Fred Blackden came here tonight. Some signs of a storm.

2 Sat
Clear and warm with a SW wind. G.W. Fulton and Fred Blackden and wife here tonight. Signs of a storm tonight.

3 Sun
Warm with a SE rain all the previous night and all day very heavy. Fred and Stella here. Dyer came to give his girl to us.

4 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. We commenced plowing our potato ground today. Fred and Stella here. Mike Dyer here.

5 Tues
Clear and cold with a West wind. I went to B.F. Pierce today. Called to Bell’s and took home his meal. Got of Pierce two gallons of Molasses, tea, soap and got a horse blanket at Safford’s.

6 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Me and Harden took the horses this morning and hauled our birch logs out to Blanchard’s Mill and came home.

7 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. I was plowing below the barn. Fred went home today. Signs of a storm.

8 Fri
Mostly clear and cool with a SW wind. Myself and wife and Stella went to Mr. Straight’s today on a visit. Took dinner and tea.

9 Sat
Mostly warm with a SW wind. I was putting in a hen house floor. Ed Cain was here to dinner and stayed all night. Fred and Stella went home.

10 Sun
Clear and warm with a NW wind. I was home all day. Ed Cain left here for home this morning. J.W. Fulton and L.H. Fulton here today.

11 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. We drove out to Blanchard’s Mill and hauled out birch lumber. 1,465 ft. Went to Safford’s. Took dinner at Bell’s. She sat on Mod.

12 Tues
Cloudy and warm with a West wind. We drove up to Fred Hawksley’s this morning and got some hay. We sold the oxen today to William Owens of N.B.CC, for $60.00. We plowed some.

13 Wed
Cloudy and warm with a NE wind. I thrashed our beans today. Harden and Perry was helping Richard Bell thrash today. Looks like rain.

14 Thur
It rained all the previous night and all day from the SE. We plowed some and cleaned up 2 1/2 bushels of beans, 1 1/2 bushels of peas and done some mending of shoes.

15 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a North wind. We finished plowing today and I finished laying my hen house floor. Some flurries of snow. Freezing hard tonight.

16 Sat
Clear and cold with a NW wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine with the double wagon this morning. Paid Joseph Chandler $60.00 on oxen.

17 Sun
Clear and cold with a West wind. Myself and wife and Dorothy Bell took dinner at Harden’s today. Mrs. R. Bell here last night. Went home today.

18 Mon
Clear and warm with a West wind. R. Bell moved his thrashing machine here today. P.Blanchard here. Joseph Chandler called.

19 Tues
Clear and warm with a SW wind. I drove to Blaine this morning with the buckboard and wagon wheel. Turner repaired it and I brought it home. Finished thrashing buckwheat. Bell went home.

20 Wed
Cold with a SE rain all day. We put buckwheat straw in today. James W. Collins here today. Harden brought his heifer home from Mahan’s.

21 Thur
Cold with a SE rain all the fournoon. Me and Harden went to Blaine and took 12 bushels of buckwheat to Robinson’s Mill for hog feed.

22 Fri
Cool with a NE rain most all day. Frost all out of the ground and people plowing. R. Bell machine here and we thrashed our wheat. Cassy Frost here to dinner.

23 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a NE wind. We finished thrashing our peas and oats today, 60 bushels. Commenced our oats. Richard stayed all night at Harden’s.

24 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. Myself and wife took the horse and carriage and drove out see Mr. Silsby who was sick. Very muddy road.

25 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. We was thrashing oats all day. We thrashed 104 Bushels today. It snowed a little this evening. Arthur Hutchinson here this evening.

26 Tue
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. We was thrashing all day. We finished today 80 bushels, making 180 bushels of oats. Bell went home tonight. The York boy drowned today.

27 Wed
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We was putting in our straw. Moved the stove, put in the bee hive in the cellar. Looks stormy.

28 Thu
Cold with a NE snow storm all the previous night and all day. We finished putting in our oats and straw today. We have six or seven inches of snow tonight.

29 Fri
Some clouds and cool with a SW wind. Myself and Harden drove to Knoxford this morning with horses and sled. Good sledding. To see brother Thomas that was very sick. Then came home.

30 Sat
Cloudy with a cold NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry went down to help Richard Bell thrash. Brother Thomas died today. Fletcher here.

October 1889

1 Tue
Cold with a SE rain most all night and all day. We cleaned up 17 1/2 bushels of buckwheat today. T. Fulton and Nehemiah Stairs, apple peddler, here.

2 Wed
A SE rain most all night and cold showers all day. We finished digging the acre below the barn today. About 100 bbls.

3 Thu
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. Me and Perry was digging today and Harden hauled his 7th load, making 76 bbls.

4 Fri
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind and some rain. Me and Perry was digging potatoes most all day and Harden hauled his 8th load out to Frank for $1.00 per bbl.Making 86 bbls.

5 Sat
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. We was digging and hauling in potatoes all day today. Harden hauled his 9th load to Safford’s today. Making 97 bbls.

6 Sun
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind .. Myself and wife went to Richard Bell’s and took dinner and tea and came home. A lot of young folks came here to sing this evening.

7 Mon
Cold NE rain all the previous night and all day very heavy and still raining at bedtime. Richard Bell here to dinner. He got Harden’s colt. John Hallett got 35 Cents of honey.

8 Tue
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Me and Harden took the horses and went to Blaine, I paid Hewitt $5.00 on a note. Joshua Jones here tonight.

9 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a SW wind. Me and Perry was digging potatoes all day. Harden and wife went to Jane Bartley funeral.

10 Thu
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. We was digging potatoes this fournoon and we pulled turnips in the afternoon. Harden took 11 bbls to the factory today. Martin, the medicine man, here today.

11 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We finished pulling 10 bbls of turnips today and took them out to John Turner. Dug potatoes in the afternoon.

12 Sat
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. We was digging potatoes all day. The Christies and Insas, 23 bbls. I put six bbls of eating potatoes in the cellar and Harden put six in cellar.

13 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a North wind. Frost this morning. Old Mrs. York, Mrs. J.W. Fulton, and Mrs. Robert Irvin to tea and a host of young folks here to sing.

14 Mon
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Harden took two loads of potatoes to factory today. Last this fall, 144 bbls hauled out. Richard Bell helped us dig today.

15 Tue
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We was digging potatoes all day today. Eli Fletcher here. Clear and cold tonight.

16 Wed
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We was digging potatoes all day today. Some signs of a storm tonight. So ends the day.

17 Thu
Mostly clear and warm with a SE wind. We was digging Early Rose all day on the Sod Ground down next to the brook. Hersom got sheep from Harden. Signs of a storm tonight.

18 Fri
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We was digging potatoes all day. Some signs of a storm tonight. So ends the day.

19 Sat
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. We finished digging our potatoes today and hauled them in the cellar. Hauled in our beans. Wife went to School Exhibition.

20 Sun
Cloudy and very foggy with a SE wind and some rain till the afternoon. The wind came round to the NW and cleared away quite cool. Temperature ranging from 48 to 52 above zero.

21 Mon
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. We was pulling and topping turnips all day today. Signs of a storm.

22 Tue
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. Harden took a load of turnips out to Blaine to Turner.Me and Perry finished pulling our turnips. Sent a registered letter to Mrs. Hume, 23.

23 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind with quite a flurry of snow this morning on the ground. I went out to Blaine and got mare shod by Turner. Harden went to the Mill.

24 Thu
Clear and cold with a West wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine with a load of potatoes for Nutter. Took dinner at Nutter’s and came home and hauled in a load of turnips.

25 Fri
Clear and cool with a SE wind. Harden went to Watson’s Mill today and got our grist, 12 bushels of buckwheat. We finished our turnips and hauled them in today.

26 Sat
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Harden went up to Murray’s today with some provisions for them. P.T. Blanchard was here today. Raining some now.

27 Sun
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Drizzling rain a little at times. Harden came home from J. Bartley’s today. Perry went over to Fred’s.

28 Mon
Cool with a NE rain all day and all the evening. Harden and Perry went down to help Richard Bell to thrash today and I finished banking the house. Perry stopped to help tomorrow.

29 Tue
Cold with a North snow storm and rain all the previous night and all day. Still snowing. I was home all day. Harden and Perry helping Bell thrash.

30 Wed
Cloudy with a NE wind. Some little drizzling of rain and snow through the day. Me and Perry commenced hauling our manure.

31 Thu
Clear and cold with a NW wind. We was hauling manure and hauling rocks all day. Wife visiting to Mahan’s this afternoon.

Wiggins Family

1891 Wicklow, Carleton Co, New Brunswick

189 Wiggins, Benjamzin M 49 M  NB NB NB FCB Farmer
189 Wiggins, Melisie F 38 M W ” ” ” ”
189 Cox, Sophia F 16 M D ” ” ” Meth
189 Cox, James M 30 M  ” ” ” FCB Labourer
189 Cox, Perry M 18   US ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Thomas M 14  S NB ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Ada F 13  D ” ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Lambert M 11  S ” ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Georgie F 9  D ” ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, John M 7  S ” ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Benjamin M 4  S ” ” ” ”
189 Wiggins, Dorcas F 1  D ” ” ” ”

September 1889

1 Sun
Very Smoky and warm today. Wind from the NW. Thomas Bartley and wife and Jud Straight

called here

2 Mon
Clear and warm with a SW wind. We hauled in one load of oats and three of peas and oats today. Mrs. Hill called on the Lindsey girls.

3 Tues
Clear and warm with a NW wind. Sold four sheep to J.Herson for $12.50 cash. The Lindsey girls went home today.

4 Wed
Clear and warm with a SW wind. We finished mowing our peas and oats today. George Jollimore, Beef Peddler, here today.

5 Thur
Clear and warm with a South wind. We finished cutting our wheat today. Opened a bbl of flour today. Mrs. Hill called on the Lindsey girls.

6 Fri
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. We was mowing buckwheat and binding wheat.

7 Sat
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. It rained last night. We was cutting buckwheat and hauled two loads of peas and oats. Towle and daughter here. We drove to Safford’s.

8 Sun

Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We was home all day. Howard Lindsey and Lister here to dinner today.

9 Mon
Mostly clear and warm with a West wind. We finished hauling in our grain today, except buckwheat. Nutter, Apple Tree Agent, here today from New Hampshire.

10 Tues
Mostly clear but very Smoky and warm. Ninety degrees in the shade. We finished cutting our buckwheat today. Mrs. James Aheran here.

11 Wed

Clear and warm with a West Wind. I went to Blaine and got $2.50 from Job Hersom. Got a hat from Hussey’s. Got a pig from Bell’s. Pulled our beans today.

12 Thur
Clear and warm with a West wind. We was raking and hauling in buckwheat. Cleaned up four

bushels of buckwheat. Richard Bell brought the pot home.

13 Fri
Clear and warm with a SE wind. We was raking and hauling in buckwheat. Nehemiah Stairs, Apple Peddler, here today.

14 Sat
Clear and warm with a South wind. We was raking and hauling in buckwheat. Harden went to Knoxford for wife. I was sick.

15 Sun
Some clouds and very Smoky. Cool with a South wind. I was home all day. Some signs of rain. Quite a number of young folks called in.

16 Mon
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. I went to Blaine this morning and got the wagon wheel. Got dinner at Larrabee’s. Got 1/2 bushel of salt and a box of butter salt.

17 Tues
Cool with a NW rain most all night and all day and still raining at bedtime. Howard Lindsey and two Brewers here today to dinner.

18 Wed
Rained all the previous night and all day with wind out of NW. I was wooding a wagon Ex

19 Thur
Cool with a SE wind. Dot Larrabee here. Me and Harden wooded a forward Ex in our wagon today and done other chores.

20 Fri

CIoudy and cool with a SE wind. Signs of rain. We commenced to dig our potatoes today. We lug 13 1/2 bbls of Snowflakes. George Jollimore called in. (Snowflakes: A brand of potato)

21 Sat
Cool with a SE rain all day. Still looks like rain. Harden took our first load of potatoes to the factory, 10 bbls at 50 cents per bbl. John Aheran called in.

22 Sun
CIoudy and cold with a NW wind. A.J. Fulton and Alice Larrabee and Ralph Forsyth was here ) tea this evening. So ends the day.

23 Mon
Mostly clear and cold with a NW wind. We was digging potatoes all day today. John Mahan got the carriage to take his wife to the doctor.

24 Tues
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind and frost this morning. Harden took two loads of potatoes today, 11 bbls each time.

25 Wed

Clear and warm with a SE wind. WE was digging potatoes all day and hauling into the cellar. We put 12 bbls in cellar for our own use.

26 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. Harden took his 4th load to the factory today. Eli Fletcher paid in eggs.

27 Fri

Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Harden took his 5th load tot he factory today. We was digging potatoes today. It rained very heavy last night. The Paper Agent here today.

28 Sat

Cold with a NW wind. Rain showers all day and one heavy shower of hail. The first this Fall. Harden took the 6th load of potatoes today. 11 bbls and got $11.00 for his load.

29 Sun

Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Heavy frost this morning and ice froze in the tub at the door. William and Viola Gray called in.

30 Mon

Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Ice froze 1/2 inch thick at the door this morning. A dead freeze, George Jollimore, Beef Peddler, here today.

So Ends the Month of September

August 1889

1 Thur
Some clouds with a SW wind. We was mowing and hauling in hay. It rained a little after 4 o’clock.

2 Fri
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. It rained heavy last night and a little today. I went to Blaine today to get Harden’s mare shod.

3 Sat
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. Thunder showers in the afternoon. We hauled in two loads of hay before the rain.

4 Sun
Clear and cool with a West wind. We was home all day. J.W. fulton here to dinner. I saw Jones here today.

5 Mon
Cloudy and warm with a West wind. I was home all day. John Mahan was here. Harden and Perry worked for Doyle.

6 Tues
Some clouds and cool with a West wind. Myself and Jim started in the morning and drove to the Fort and fed. From there to Caribou to Presque Isle and home. Frank Luce here.

7 Wed
Cloudy and some rain. Rance W. Shaw, Esq. Called here this morning. John Aheran here today. We finished mowing our grass today.

8 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a NE wind. I took a tub of butter to Blaine this morning and brought a

bbl of flour home. Mrs. Mack went to Jim’s Mowing Bee.

9 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a SW wind. We was mowing buckwheat this morning. Finished our hay today and helped Jim in the afternoon.

10 Sat
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. We finished cutting an acre of Buckwheat by the Hawksley Road today.

11 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Len Bartley and wife and children here today. We had the first green peas and cucumbers this season.

12 Mon
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. I drove Mod to Blaine this morning and out to I.D. Kinney’s. I got one bunch of lathes from Blanchard’s Mill.

13 Tues
Mostly clear and cold with a NW wind. Perry and Harden commenced plowing this morning. I got out stuff for house.

14 Wed
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. John Boyd called here. We hauled in one load of Buckwheat tonight. ;Rain this evening.

15 Thur
Cold with a NE rain all day. Jim Mahan and Thomas Paddock was here today. Paddock got a jar of butter.

16 Fri
Warm with a SE wind all day and some rain. I was home all day. Harden and Perry was plowing and finished the sod ground today.

17 Sat
Cloudy with a SW wind. It rained all last night. Me and Harden went to Blaine this morning with a wagon wheel to be repaired.

18 Sun
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. I drove over to West Ridge this morning and brought over Stella. Richard Bell and wife, F. Delano and wife, Fred and wife, G.W. Fulton and wife here.

19 Mon

Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. We commenced mowing oats today over the brook. I begun to shingle the house today.

20 Tues
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. Finished shingling the front side of the roof today. Fred and Stella here. Fred helping to shingle.

21 Wed
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. Fred Blackden and Harden finished shingling house today. Fred and Stella here.

22 Thur
CIoudy and warm with a SW wind. Smoked out Bee Hive today. Fred went home today. Kinney here with his horse this afternoon.

23 Fri
CIear and warm with a NW wind. We raked up hauled in an acre of buckwheat by the Hawksley Road today. The meat peddler here.

24 Sat
CIear and warm with a NE wind. John McDonald had the buckboard to the lines.

25 Sun
CIear and warm with a NW wind. I was home all day. Dell Nutter called in here. Stella went home today.

26 Mon
CIear and warm with a NE wind. We hauled in two loads of oats today. The first this season. Had Jim to help us. So Ends the Day.

27 Tues
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. We got in three loads of oats and mowed some oats.

28 Wed
Clear and warm with a NW wind. I went to Blaine this morning and called to B.F. Pierce. Paid 15 doz Eggs. Went to Kinney’s and took dinner. Smyth was here to buy the oxen.

29 Thu

Clear and warm with a SE wind. We finished mowing the peas and oats by the garden. Aaron and wife here tonight.

30 Fri
Mostly clear and warm with a SW wind. I was home all day. A.J. Fulton and wife went from here this afternoon.

31 Sat

Clear and warm with a North wind. We raked and hauled in four loads of oats today. David Frost called here. Mother and Perry to School Exhibition.

So Ends the Month of August

July 1889

1 Mon

Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Me and Perry was weeding potatoes today. James Craig got his meal from here today.

2 Tuesday

Clear and warm with a SE wind. I wrote a letter to Aaron tonight. John Close here this evening with a load of turnips.

3 Wed
Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. I went to Blaine with a firken of Butter and sold it to Jones. Sold ten dozen eggs to B.F. Pierce. (Firkin: A small wooden vessell or tub for butter)

4 Thursday

Warm and rainy morning. The wind from SE and still raining at bedtime.

5 Fri
Cloudy and cool with NW wind. We was cultivating our potatoes on sod ground.

6 Sat
Clear and cool with a North wind. Richard Bell and wife called here going to meeting. Left Leroy here today. Harden went to the Mill.

7 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. Myself and wife was up to Straights. Richard Bell and wife stopped here and got tea coming from meeting. Jud Straight called in.

8 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a North wind. Me and Perry worked on the road today. G.W. Fulton and wife here tonight.

9 Tues
Cloudy and cool with a West wind. Me and Perry was working on the road today. I took George’s wife home this afternoon. Road tax for 1889 $11.66.

10 Wed
Some clouds and cool with a NE wind. We was weeding potatoes all day today. Our Bees swarmed today. The first this season. (Swarmed: A group or body of Honeybees that emigrate from a hive accompanied by a queen to start a new colony)

11 Thur
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. A man called today named Jordan. He had lost one arm. He was hurt on the Grand Trunk Railway.

12 Fri
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We was hoeing potatoes all day today. A Jinson woman and son here tonight from the Province.

13 Sat
Clear and warm with a SE wind. We was hoeing our potatoes today. Signs of rain. Got our roles. (Roles: Could have meant ‘Rolls’ for the list of students for Fall Semester at Fulton School) Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. We was home all day. Cleared off clear in the evening. Signs of a frost.

14 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We commenced haying today. H. Delong and Old Mammy Tid here. Mod foaled today.

15 Mon
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. I went to Blaine and called to Will and got dinner. Aaron here tonight.

17 Wed
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. It is 72 deg. In the shade. B.F. Jones called in.

Mrs. Hutchinson here. I took Aaron to B.F. Pierce.

18 Thur
Mostly clear and warm with a NW wind. We hauled in three loads of hay today for the first this season.

19 Fri

Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. We was mowing and hauling in hay today. Viola Gray and Mrs. Mahan here.

20 Sat
Wind and rain from the SE. I was home all day. R. Irvin brought a bbl of flour here for George Hallett.

21 Sun
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. We was home all day. J.W. Fulton called in tonight.

22 Mon
Some clouds and warm with a West wind. I went to Blaine this morning to 1.0. Kinney’s. \/Ir. Fendlesen was here.

23 Tues
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. John Close, Israel D. Kinney, Jim Giberson here today. We was mowing and hauling in hay. Got some rain. Brundage here.

24 Wed
CIoudy and cold with a NW wind. Some rain showers. We was mowing today. Finished cutting what

there was up at Harden’s.

25 Thur
CIoudy and cold with a West wind. We went to Blaine this morning and got a horse rake. Came home and raked and hauled in all by Harden’s.

26 Fri
CIear and cold with a NW wind. We commenced mowing on the other side of the brook today. Jim Mahan put up our picken fork today.

27 Sat
We was mowing and hauling hay today from across the brook. Cloudy and warm with a NE wind. Harden and wife went over to see Stella today. The Sabbath School folks came here to have a sing.

28 Sun
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. We was mowing today. John Leath took dinner here. Sold him two pigs. Mrs. Wing called in.

29 Mon
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. We mowed some. George Hatch was here to dinner. Rained some in the afternoon.

30 Tues
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. We was raking and hauling in hay in the afternoon. Martha Bell was here to dinner.

June 1889

1 Sat
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. We finished planting potatoes today. Havelock Bartley here tonight. Frank Larrabee was here. Fendlesen called here.

2 Sun
A SE rain most all night and all the fournoon. G.W. Fulton here to dinner. Havelock Bartley and Anna Murray here today. Frank Larrabee here.

3 Mon
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Some rain. We built our Line Fence down by the brook today. Marked our sheep and put them in the pasture.

4 Tues

A warm SE rain most all the previous night and today. We was fencing and plowing and cleaned out my cellar.

5 Wed
Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. It rained all the previous night and some throught the day. I went to Blaine.

6 Thur
Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. We planted our beans today. Mrs. F. Hawksley here.

7 Fri
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. We was plowing buckwheat land today. Sings of more rain. Mrs. J.W. Fulton here today. (Mary Ann York (Shaw) Fulton)

8 Sat

A SE rain most all the previous night and a great deal of rain through the day. We was plowing and stumping today.

9 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. Signs of more rain. So ends the day.

10 Mon
Cloudy and very foggy this morning. It rained all the previous night with a SE wind. I finished planting my garden today.

11 Tues
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. We was plowing and sowing buckwheat today. Mr. Hatch, the Apple Tree agent, here to dinner today.

12 Wed
Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. We was sowing buckwheat, plowing and harrowing. Mrs. Helen Lister here to tea. So ends the day.

13 Thur
Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We finished plowing today. T. Bartley, Harden and wife to dinner. Heavy thunder and lightening and rain tonight.

14 Fri
Mostly clear and cold with a NW wind. Me and Harden went to Bell’s this morning and swapped horses. We cultivated our potatoes today.

15 Sat
Warm and cloudy with a SE wind. Rained in the P.M. till eight. I went to Blaine and got Buck­wheat from Jones. Dorothy Bell here tonight.

16 Sun
Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. I was home all day. Dorothy Bell went home this morn­ing. Fred and Stella came over on a visit. Fred went home.

17 Mon
Some clouds with a cold West wind. We was hoeing potatoes today. G.W. Fulton was here to dinner today.

18 Tues
Clear and cold with a NW wind. Heavy frost this morning. John Close here today. I planted Peppers and Cucumbers today on new land. We was weeding potatoes.

19 Wed
Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. Wife and Stella went out to Delong’s on a visit. We was weeding and hoeing potatoes.

20 Thur
Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. I went to Blaine this morning and got Mod shod. Brought Alice home. Mary and Jane Delong and Evelyn Fulton here.

21 Fri
Clear and warm with a NW wind. Me and Perry was hilling up potatoes. Harden took the wool to the Mill. So ends the day.

22 Sat

Warm SE rain most all day. I took Alice and children home today. Traded some with B.F.Pierce. George called here.

23 Sun

Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. G.W. Fulton here to tea. Fred came and took Stella home today.

24 Mon

Clear and cool with a West wind. Me and Harden helped Jim fence today. Arthur Hutchinson and wife got buckboard today to go to Dr. Syphers.

25 Tues
Clear but very smokey and warm with a SE wind. We finished rolling our logs today for turnips. Mrs. Dave Irvin called.

26 Wed
Mostly clear and warm with a SE wind. The two Mrs. Listers here today. Me and Harden fenced for Jim. We set heaps afire.

27 Thu

Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. It rained heavy in the night and most all day. Me and Harden went out to Blaine and got a load of shingles from Jones.

28 Fri

Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. Finished one firken of Butter today. Me and Harden fencing for Jim today.

29 Sat

Clear and warm with a NW wind. G.W. Fulton, John Elkins here to tea. Evelyn Fulton and Lizzy Fulton here this evening.

30 Sun

Clear and warm with a NW wind. I was home all day. Emery and George Hawksley was here today. Herbert Fulton and Lizzy Fulton called.

May 1889

1 Wed

Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I went to Blaine this morning and wore by overcoat and mittens. Took dinner at G.W. Fulton’s. J. Mahan brought me in a bbl of flour from Frank Pierce.

2 Thursday

Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. Finished the buckwheat ground by the Hawksley Road. Fixed my West Line Fence. Harden and wife to tea. Mrs. Mahan called in.

3 Fri

Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We was plowing Green Sword for potatoes. B.F. Jones here today. It rained some today.

4 Sat

Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine today and called to Safford’s, Pierce’s, Grahams, Hewitt’s, Jones’ and Hussey’s.

5 Sun

Some clouds and cool with a West wind. I took Hatfield Delong out to Dr. Syphers today. He was sick. I took him with Mod and the buckboard. So ends the day.

6 Mon

Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. We was plowing all day. Abram Smith and John D. Lindsey and son was here today.

7 Tues
Some clouds with a SE wind. George Hatch here today delivering trees. We sheared our sheep this afternoon.

8 Wed
Mostly clear with a warm SE wind. We plowed sod in the fournoon. John close was here today with his horse. We went out to the store in the afternoon.

9 Thur
Mostly clear and warm with a SE wind. Mr. Oliver, a map peddler, called. We sowed 2 1/2 bushel of peas and oats. The first this Spring.

10 Fri
Some Clouds and warm with a NW wind. Quite a heavy thunder shower in the night. The first thunder we heard this year. John D. Lindsey took dinner here.

11 Sat
Mostly clear and cold with a NW wind. I went to Blaine today and got 4 bushels of oats from Safford’s. Got a letter from Aaron’s wife today. Brought bolts from Larrabee’s.

12 Sun
Some clouds with a warm SW wind. Myself and wife went over to West Ridge today to see Stella. G.W. Fulton was here today.

13 Mon
Some clouds with a warm West wind. We sowed our wheat today. Aaron Kinney, from Houlton, John Boyd and Cora Rogers here today.

14 Tues
Cloudy with a warm SE wind. I harrowed in one acre of Buckwheat today for the first this Spring. Fred Fenderson called here today. (Could be Fendlesen)

15 Wed
Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden and Perry went over to Giberson’s. Grear was here with his horse.

16 Thur
Cloudy with a SE wind. We planted 12 1/2 bushels of potatoes today for the first this Spring. It rained in the afternoon.

17 Fri

Some clouds and cold with a West wind. We was plowing and hauling manure.

18 Sat
Clear and warm with a SE wind. We planted our Christies Potatoes today. J.W. Fulton here today.

19 Sun
Clear and warm with a South wind. Harden and wife here today. I went up to see James Giberson this evening. He was sick. Paddock here and got 28 1/4 of flour. (Not sure what measure given) :

20 Mon
Some clouds with a warm SE wind. I was cutting potatoes all day. Mrs. Everitt and Mrs. Delong here today.

21 Tues

Warm with a SE wind and some rain. We Sowed 12 Bushels of oats today over on the oat ground across the brook. Got a letter from Aaron.

22 Wed

Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Very foggy with some rain in the fournoon. A young Kinney here today for onions.

23 Thur

Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. We planted an acre of potatoes and finished our peas and oats today of 7 bushels.

24 Fri
Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. Me and Harden went down to Bell’s this morning to take down a hog. Mrs. Cox here tonight. Frank Brown here.

25 Sat
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind and some rain showers. We helped Jim today to plow with the oxen. Mrs. Cox left here tonight.

26 Sun

Some clouds with a NE wind. Heavy frost this morning done some damage. Mathias McDonald called.

27 Mon

Some clouds with a cold SE wind. We finished harrowing in our oats today and burnt the foller. I went to Paddock Ford and Paddock for butter.

28 Tue

Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. Me and Harden went to Blaine, I took 17 1/2 doz. Eggs to Safford’s. Got 4 bushels of oats. I got a bbl of Indian Meal from B.F. Pierce.

29 Wed

Cloudy and colcl with a NW wind. Me and Perry was picking rocks off the potatoe ground. Harden was helping Bachelder haul logs.

30 Thu

Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. We hauled rocks and harrowed some potato ground. Jim Craig called.

31 Fri

Cloudy and very foggy in the morning. We planted an acre of potatoes this afternoon.