1 Sat Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Quite showery all afternoon but we hauled in three loads of hay.
2 Sun Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. Jim Rundlet and wife and Mr. Blackden and wife here on a visit.
3 Mon Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. I took a tub of butter to Fred Lowell today. 50 lbs @ 16 Cents
per pound.
4 Tue Clear and warm with a NW wind. Sewing Circle here today. Twelve females and one male. (The
earliest church in Mars Hill is the East Ridge Union Church. It came about as a result of the East Ridge Sewing Circle, which had started in 1877. These ladies wanted to have a meeting house, and by ice cream sales, quilting bees, and various other fundraising techniques, they raised enough money to get started.)
5 Wed Clear and warm with a NW wind. We was using the mowing machine today. Hauled in one big load.
6 Thu Some clouds with a warm NW wind. A good hay day. Mowed some, raked and hauled in 5 loads.
7 Fri Some clouds with a warm SE wind. Commenced to rain about noon and rained till bedtime.
8 Sat Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. I was home all day. Harden went up to John Bartley’s
this afternoon.
9 Sun Clear and warm with a NW wind. Ed Cain here today on a visit. Myself and wife went up to
Straight’s on a visit.
10 Mon Rained heavy this morning. Cleared off about noon. Harden and Fred raked hay in the afternoon.
11 Tue Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. We finished mowing today. George W. Fulton and wife
called here.
12 Wed Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. Rained most all day with heavy thunder shower. The weather looks unsettled yet.
13 Thu Clear and cool with a NW wind. We finished haying today. Perry Cox and a Wiggin’s boy called.
(The Wiggins boy was likely Thomas Wiggins, age 14, son of Benjamin and Melisie Wiggins who lived just across the lines)
14 Fri Dull and rainy morning. I went to the Post Office today and took dinner at Larrabee’s. Sent one
dollar to the Star Herald.
15 Sat Cloudy and warm with a North wind. I was home all day. Commenced raining about noon. Old man Blackden and wife here today. (Napoleon B. Blackden, born March 5,1823, was seven years younger than Robert M Fulton, but still earned the title ‘old man.’)
16 Sun Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Rain the previous night. Perry Cox here all night. Went today. Fred came home tonight.
17 Mon Clear and warm with a NW wind. We mowed four bushels of oats today for the first. Clear and
cool tonight.
18 Tue Cloudy and warm with a NW wind. It rained from 8 o’clock AM to 2 PM heavy. Fred started
blueberrying.
19 Wed Some clouds and cool with a NW wind. I gathered 1/2 bushel of cucumbers today. Viola Gray
called here this morning.
20 Thu Some clouds and cold with a SE wind. Fred is away after blueberries. John Lindsey and wife
here tonight. Some frost.
21 Fri Cloudy and cool with a SE wind. Commenced to rain about one o’clock. It rained heavy till
bedtime. John Lindsey and wife left this morning.
22 Sat Warm rain all the previous night and all day today. W.W. Larrabee and wife and family here. Fred and Stella came home.
23 Sun Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. W.W. Larrabee and family, John Lindsey and wife, R. Bell and
wife, Fred and wife here.
24 Mon Warm and cloudy with a SE wind. Signs of rain this evening.
25 Tue Cloudy and very warm with some showers today. The wind from the SE.
26 Wed Some clouds and warm with a NW wind. Myself and wife went out to the store. Called to R.Bell’s.
27 Thu Clouds and warm with a SE wind. Elder Barker here to dinner today. Myself and went to Len
Bartley’s today. Got Roles.
28 Fri Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. Drizzling rain all day and still raining heavy at bedtime. Rusty and dull weather for grain. Potatoes all rusty.
29 Sat Cloudy and cool with a NW wind. We commenced to cut our buckwheat this morning over the
brook.
30 Sun Cool and cloudy all day with a NE wind. Dr. A.J. Fulton’s wife and son here. Came here last
night.
31 Mon Some clouds with a NE wind. We mowed some buckwheat and hauled in two loads of oats.
