Alida Moore's Diary February 1891

Alida Moore February 1891

Sunday February 1
Warm At home all day The children went to Moreland and to Beaver Dams in the eve Ed, Allie and children came here after church Aaron called in the pm and Dr. Seaman
Monday February 2
Quite warm Done a large washing, Mrs. Upson helped Isaac went and got her and then went to Townsend and got his wagon and took Mrs Upson home Again Arthur and Loren went to wood bee to Beaver Dams in pm Will Lafever here in eve
Tues February 3
Rainy, turned colder Baked and ironed some and usual work It rained quite hard Arthur threshed beans and cut wood Isaac went to Beaver Dams in pm Had one calling, a Mr. Thompkins, trying to get up a lodge Leon called Tended baby, it was awful cross
Wednesday February 4
Cold day I finished sawing up what wood we had, drawed up in the am In the pm Loren and I went down to the Dams Ma and Anna ironed Mrs. Lafever called
Thursday February 5
Cold and windy Baked bread and cake and usual work Changed Hattie’s clothes and bed, she sat up for the first Pa’s folks were over Anna went up to Mrs. Harwood’s to Missionary Meeting Arthur took her when he got back from drawing a load of shingle bolts.
Friday February 6
Warm Washed, baked ginger snaps and usual work Boys went up on hill and got Isaac’s mowing machine in am In pm Isaac went to Watkins Arthur drawed up wood Agnes, Dora, Mate, called and Carrie and Alma
Saturday February 7
Mderate, snowed hard Baked cookies and done usual Saturday work, ironed Boys cut wood Melacthon and Vine were here Had a hard snowstorm
Sunday February 8
Quite moderate Changed Hattie’s beds and clothes Washed and dressed the baby, done usual Sunday work then went to SS to our church. Expected to hear our new minister but he did not come Arthur, Anna and Loren went to Y.P.S.C.E. (Young People’s ? Christian Endeavor?)

Monday February 9
Stormy Washed and usual work Arthur went to Beaver Dams and to Ed’s in am Isaac went and had horse shod in pm Arthur washed off the single harness
Tuesday February 10
Cold Hung up clothes and usual work Allie and children were over and Dana and Mrs. Lafever in eve Arthur oiled his harness and Isaac went to town meeting
Wednesday February 11
Pleasant Baked bread and cake sprinkled clothes and c? Hattie put on her dress for the first Isaac and Arthur went to Beaver Dam and hitched up the colt and drove around the square Annie and Arthur went down to Minnie’s at night


Thursday February 12
Pleasant Done usual work Ironed some in evening Anna and Arthur come home from Minnie’s George was here to dinner, he took a load of logs Rhodese’. Isaac went to Rhodese’s to get timber for hay rigging In the pm the Sagler women called while the men went to creamery meeting Arthur went with them Hattie sat up most of the day Robi was over in the pm Frank come after her and staid for supper
Friday February 13
Quite Pleasant Baked pies and cake and finished ironing. Washed and ironed diapers. The boys went to Beaver Dams in pm, drove the colt. Arthur and Anna went to Culver’s in the eve to necktie partie. Arthur drawed up wood.
Saturday February 14
Pleasant but cold Done usual Saturday work. Leh? Stevens was here visiting. The boys went to Beaver Dams in am. In pm sat in the house most of the time.
Sunday February 15
Rained and thawed in the night Isaac and I went to Beaver Dams to Church, the other children to Moreland. Geo and Van came and staid all night. Loren went to C.E.
Monday February 16
Rainy and foggy Done housework, baked a cake. George’s and Aaron’s were here, also Mart and Ed called.
Tuesday February 17
Washed, baked and c&c .Hattie begun to help some. The boys cleaned up wheat and Arthur went to Beaver Dams in am. In the pm drawed manure. The Culver young folks were here in the eve.
Wednesday February 18
Thawing and windy Washed the woolen clothes, hung up the white ones. Baked a cake and usual work. Hattie ironed diapers. Isaac drawed manure, went and got some coal, then worked at wood. Ed Anthony came over and brought the will, then he and Isaac went and took it to Watkins.
Thursday February 19
Pleasant Ironed, churned and cleaned, or the girls did. I went over to Frank’s then to Pa’s, then went to prayer meeting in eve. Isaac went down to Minnie’s to serve papers on her to attend the reading of her Pa’s will. Arthur drawed wood. He and Loren came over to prayer meeting after me.
Friday February 20
Stormy in the am Anna baked pies and ginger snaps. I washed diapers and cleaned. Arthur went over to Ed’s in am, in pm went to mill with feed. Isaac went to Beaver Dams, Loren to school. The children went to Mr. Thompkins in the eve.
Saturday February 21
Thawed, rained some. Done usual Saturday cleaning, ironed. The boys cut and drawed shingle timber and wood. Arthur took me over to Ed’s, staid all night.
Sunday February 22
Cold wind Ed brought me home in time to go to Moreland to church Mr. Kellogg preached his first sermon. The children, Arthur, Annie and Loren went to Beaver Dams
To Christian Endeavor in eve


Monday February 23
Pleasant but quite cold Anna and I washed, Hattie done other work. The boys went up on the hill and got a load of hay for Mr. Burns, then sawed shingle bolts.
Tuesday February 24
Warm and thawing Baked bread, ironed, usual work in am. In the pm Hattie and I went down to Mr. Lafever’s. Isaac took us, it was the baby’s first ride. In the am the boys went up on the hill and got a load of hay for Mr. Burns. In the pm sawed shingle bolts. Loren went to school and to Allie’s and stayed all night.
Wednesday February 25
Rained in morning Done usual housework, baked pies and jelly cake. In pm patched. Annie went over to Allie’s afoot. Isaac went over to Ed’s and to Beaver Dams in am. Arthur fixed bee hives. They sawed wood in pm. Melangthon and Vine called towards night.
Thursday February 26
Cold and snow squalls Done usual work, had compant; Henry Gray and wife, Mary Alisa, Vine and Melanghton called again and brought Mother Moore, she staid all night. The boys sawed wood and went to Beaver Dams and got the mail. Loren went to school and to prayer meeting in eve. Mrs. Ostrander was buried.
Friday February 27
Cold, squally Washed diapers, baked pies, cake and cleaned. Arthur split wood, Isaac went to Will Sayler’s and Beaver Dams twice. Charley came on the noon train. Minnie and George came at night.
Saturday February 28
Cold and blustery Went to Watkins to hear the will read. Minnie went with us and Mr. Thompkins. Allie and Ed came here to dinner, then took Minnie and children home with them. Charley went back on night train. Darth came here in am.