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)

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ” ” ” ”