Saturday, August 12th 1916

 Looks lousy and sprinkled some. Sidney picked 3 qts of blackberries for a shortcake and huckleberries for pies. Children picked a few. Mora and Maud rode with the Cotett girl, went to Little France. Got 10# sugar, a pkg of oats, 1# soda and lamp chimney. Sidney went to  Gayville to quarterly meeting this ee, got home at 11 p.m.

Friday July 21st 1916

 Hot dry, clouded up awhile but no rain. Sidney rode with Edd Cotett's girl a.m. went to Besonson's and got flour, sugar and BK powder. Mrs. Besonson gave him 5 sticks of candy. Mrs. Russel and girls came eve. also Bell. I rec'd a letter from Susie.

Monday May 15th 1916

Rainy, thunder showers all night. Children went to school except Mora. She went to Elmer Cottet's at 5 p.m.. Other children went to Cassy Potters after school, she gave our Cassy a nice little new hat. Mora and Lillian went to Johnson's to get a little sour milk. Mrs.J. gave them cookies. Pa's birthday. Mrs. Russel came for flowers. Put Maud's duck setting.

Thursday May 11th 1916

Cool, high wind. Children went to school. Mora came home and went acrost to {page ripped, unreadable} tonight Maud and Memphis got {page ripped, unreadable} uncle Billy's this eve to prayer meeting. Mora went with Cottetts folks to social at Roscoe Bisbo's last night. I sent a letter to sidney, got 1/2 sack bread flour off Mr. Wilson, also can of red cross milk, paid 3 cents a can. Mrs Kent gave Memphis some dahlia and gladiola bulbs tonight.

Tuesday May 9th, 1916

Fair, quite cool. Children went to school. Mora came home and got some clothes and went over to stay with Blanch Cottett. Hazel Williams has another baby girl.

Saturday March 25, 1916

Warm, thawing with a rush. Mora went to Fisher's. Nell gave her some wrappers for me to cut over. Sidney went to work but Claud had to work for Elmer Cottett, so he got 1/2 bu. corn, a pail of milk and came home. Cut us some wood and taped some more trees. Sap runs pretty good. I hulled some corn.

Saturday March 18, 1916

Clear, not so cold. Alf. said he could not work as he had to go to store. Sidney cut us wood a.m. and went to quarterly meeting p.m. Harry Howard called and went with him eve. Sidney went and got a pail of milk at E.B. Potter's also qrt. of vinegar at Elmer Cottets.

Tuesday March 14, 1916

Stormy all day. Sidney or I haven't felt well today. Sidney did not feel like cutting wood but he cut some at home. Mora is 14 years old. they wanted to go to meeting but Sidney did not feel able to go with them tonight. Sidney got 1/2 bu. potatoes off Elmer Cottett and he gave him 2 messes beets and some carrots last night.

Saturday October 23, 1915

Cold raw wind. I got up a 1 o'clock and drove Charles Runga's cattle out of our garden and they came right back and I drove them out again at 2. Mr. House put them in Fisher's lot and this morning they jumped over the fence and came back in our garden at noon again. {Unable to read, ripped} them as far as Johnson's, they have eaten {unable to read, ripped} cabbage, and some turnips too. Mora and Maud went over to Lettie's and also to Elmer Cottett's a.m. Blanche gave them each a pumpkin. Mr. House gave Lillian a *toque that was Hazel's. Bell came a.m. a little while. Sidney got home at 9 p.m. having walked from Brewerton. He brought some groceries from Claud Davy's.



*small brimless hat.

Monday October 11, 1915

Hard white frost and a lovely day. Children all went school. Mora went to stay with Lettie tonight. Sidney went to Little France to trade, this morning got ride with Edd Cottett from his place over. Cut wood p.m. Arthur Getman was over the route today with Mr. Ferguson. He expects to commence carrying the mail next week. Our brown leghorn pullet layed her first egg today.

Monday August 30, 1915

Cloudy, cold. Sidney rode as far as Bisbo's corner with Edd Cottett, then walked to W. Monroe and back, got 20# meal, finished Bell's brush and dug some of our potatoes. They are small. He kept very busy. Maud went to school, Mora got there at the same time, but as the register's had not come, they came home at noon. They said they liked the teacher very much. She was very much disappointed to have to close school just as it had began. Mora started across so as to get there at 5 and eat supper with Letta, so not to disappoint her. She was expecting her.

Friday August 27, 1915

Beautiful bright day, but a very cold morning. Mora started Little France 6:15 this morning, rode with Edd Cottett far as his place. Took 1 doz. eggs (24c./doz), got pkg. Quaker oats and 2 pencils for school. Got home 8:30 a.m., walked fast, she was pretty tired.