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December 1892

1 Thurs
Very cloudy and cold with snow and rain all day. I was home all day choring. About three inches of snow on the ground now. Every sign of rain at present.
2 Fri
Cold snow and rain all the previous night and all day from the NW and still the same at bedtime. W.W. Larrabee [...]

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November 1892

1 Tue
Cloudy and cold with a NW wind and a sprinkle of snow all the forenoon. Cleared off in the afternoon with wind out of the NW. I was home all day. Will and Harden was plowing in
back of the barn for the first.
2 Wed
Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Commenced to snow about [...]

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October 1892

1 Sat
Cloudy and cold with a heavy NW wind. The wind blew a gale in the night and all day and still blowing at bedtime. Kept me
gathering apples all day. Blew down the henyard.
2 Sun
Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. Myself and wife went up to Mr. Straight’s today. Made a good visit. [...]

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September 1892

1 Thu
Some clouds and cold with a SW wind. We was cutting peas and oats today. W.W. Larrabee and wife went out this morning and got his hens.
2 Fri
Clear and cool with a SW wind. I was home all day. We was mowing our buckwheat and oats. Harden and wife went over to Green’s. Mod [...]

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August 1892

August 1892
1 Mon Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. We commenced to hauling hay today. Four loads for me. Eli Fletcher here.
2 Tue Some clouds and warm with a SE wind. Signs of rain. I was helping Jim [...]

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July 1892

1 Fri Cloudy and warm with a SE wind. I was home all day. James Murray wife left here today. Eli Fletcher here today selling medicine.
2 Sat Some clouds and warm with a SW wind. I [...]

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June 1892

1    Wed    Cloudy with a South wind. I set in my onions this morning. We planted potatoes in the afternoon    till it came on heavy thunder and hail and rain. We had to quit.
2    Thu    Cloudy and warm with a SW wind. In the afternoon a heavy thunder shower. Watten here this morning and got [...]

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May 1892

May 1892
1 Sun Cloudy and cool with a West wind. I was home all day. We set out our bees today. Clouded up this afternoon. Wind from the SE. Signs of a storm.
2 Mon Cloudy and cold with a North wind. Me and [...]

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April 1892

1 Fri Clear and warm with a SW wind. I took Alice and Bertha and went on to Blaine. Paid Pierce the balance of my tax. Paid York $5.00 and brought Dot with me. (Today is Robert and Martha’s 51st Wedding Anniversary. )
[ Alice and Bertha Larrabee, daughters [...]

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March 1892

March 1892
1    Tue    Clear and cold with a North wind. Harden hauled two loads of spalts up from Collin’s Mill today. Mrs. Mahan and Mrs. Michaud here on a visit this afternoon.
(Sphalts? I assume that    these are what we refer to as slats. They were fastened to the studs of a building so that plaster [...]

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February 1892

February 1892
1 Mon Some clouds and cold with a NW wind. Me and Harden was making sled benches for the bob sled today. Some signs of warmer weather.
2 Tue Clear and cold with a NW wind. I was home all day. My wife [...]

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January 1892

January 1892
1 Fri Cloudy and cold with a NW wind. Signs of a storm.
2 Sat Cloudy and cold with a SE wind. Very foggy and signs of rain. Me and Harden drove to Blaine with the double team. I took my dinner at [...]

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