Following is part 2 of a diary generously donated by Theresa Ruffing. Many thanks to Theresa.
| (Page 20) 1867 June the 8 commenced work on the road June 12 finished work on road 16 dayes June 13 commenced to cultivate corn June 11 went to Canandaigua to by me a suit of cloths price 20 Dollars June 15 in the after noon fine shower June 17 & 18 & 19 sheared sheep had 182 sheep June 22 turned bull out with yerling to pasture Aldrich place June 27 first swarm of bees at Noon warm day June 26 sheared sheep for William's tide up wool June 29 Seconte swarme of bees 2 swarms in one hive June 30 Load buckwheat June 30 first swarm come out went back in July 1 2 swarms at noon boath there hive went into one hive July 1 worked on hay rack July 4th plastred corn fore noon verry warm July 2 went to canandaigua for paint July 3 filed boxes on reaper warm day July 4 warm fine shower afternoon south July 9 rainy day rathar cool went to freedon for honey Tredwell wheat west of house July 15 commenced to cut grass July 18 commenced to cut wheat (Page 21) 1867 July 19 Bat Cahal began work July 19 Friday one Day in wheat 2.50 July 20 Satturday one Day in wheat 2.50 July 22 Monday 1 D. in wheat 2.50 July 23 one Day in wheat 2.50 July 24 one Day in wheat 2.50 July 26 one Day in wheat 2.50 July 27 one Day in wheat 2.50 July 29 one Day in hay on Moday 2.00 July 30 one Day in hay 2.00 July 31 one Day in hay 2.00 August 1 one Day in hay 2.00 August 7 one half day in barly 1.00 August 8 one Day in barly 2.00 August 9 one half day in barly 1.00 Settled August 5 1867 in ful 29.50 August 18 Charles Binbow comenced work at $12 per month Sep 22 qit work went home sick (Page 22) 1867 Oct 2 finished cutting corn South houy Oct 2 commenced to pick fall Apples Oct 3 commenced to husk corn Oct 4 thrashed Buckwheat fine Day Oct 5 cleaned Buckwheat had 29 Bushels Oct 12 Polly Dickinson come Down from Michigan Oct 20 turned Buck with Ewes Oct 20 went out town of webster wayne co. Oct 23 went to Canandaigng Suragate cort No the 8 Wilson Payne Died Age 41 years No 11 Diched 2 men 6 Dayes 2 Dayes before 14 Dayes Also Michael cut and split rails No 18 split rails Aldrich place No 3 put up hogs to fat in pen No 23 finished Ditching Aldrich place No 25 Getherd and put in celler turnips No 25 rains very little from south No 26 went to Canandaigua bought a new Regulater stove and pipe $20.40 No cleaned out and coverd up Ditch No 30 Sold 44 busls of wheat at the Locks $2.50 cents per bush No 30 cold Day wind west December 1 fetched young cattle home from pag (page 23) January 1 1868 Jan 1 put Stag up to feed Snowey Day from the East Jan 7 commenced drawing much 2 teems Jan 8 drawed much to teems fine day Jan 9 blustering cold day snow flyes west Jan 4 went to William Dailors got 25 busels barly Jan 12 went to Pewsalem to meting, quaker Jan 13 bought 7 bushels colore sead of A. Markham $7 Dollars Jan 14 bought of Wm Rushmore and Elias Rushmore 69 bushels ov clover sead $7.50 bushel Jan 15 waid in the sead paid them $512.44 Jan 16 cold day Jan 17 went to fredon with a Load for Maltman Jan 17 Samuel D. went to Pelps afternoon Jan 18 snowd som wind west Jan 22 drawed hay into horse barne 6 Loads Jan 21 Sold one 2 years old stag for $55 Dollars Jan 23 a warm thawey day sun shines warm Jan 23 Drawed much 3 hands 2 teems Jan 24 went and got horses shod Jan 25 snowey day Northe East Jan 29 went to H. Baily get Bloomfield Millers corn Jan 30 come home cold Day wind west Jan 31 snowes afternoon from the west (page 24) Aprile 1 Burnt brush on Aldrich place Ap1 2 Sowes had pigs 7 a peace Ap 1 comenced to plow for barly A 2 cleaned up 45 bushels of oats Ap 7 snowed all day A 8 fine morning but at 10 o'clock it commenced to snow and blow hard Also commenced to saw wood and had to stop Ap 10 finished sawing wood A 14 went to palmyra Lafe Smith Apr 15 bought of Daniel Hoage one pare of 4 year old steers for $220 Ap 16 bought a cow for $70 Dolars Also sold H. Herendeen sow and pigs for 20 Dollars A 18 commenced to so barly cold day Ap 19 finis soing barly Ap 25 sold Nathan Aldrich stack of hay $72 dollars Ap 25 bought a 5 years old cow of him Ap 27 sowd oats also timothy seed Aldrich place Ap 27 comenced to plow corn ground East of house Ap 28 bargaind for 12 Acres of land of Read Ap 29 chained out Land May the 1 comenced to plow sod for oats on the new Purchas (page 25) March the 11 at noon 1868 Charles Joslin began work 8 months at 21.50 per month Aprile 8 ten dollars cash $ 10.00 Ap 30 tobacco $1 string .35 Jun the 7 Three Dollars in greenbacks 3.00 June 8 worked on the road 19 days June 8 went to Canandaigua P Dickinson June 10 washed sheep to maclouth June 14 short tailed cow to buhl June 12 sold 5 pigs to H. Bloodgood June 12 bought a yerling bull of Bloodgood June 8 horse and buggy to go to palmyra $ 2.00 cloth for overalls ninety eight cents .98 June 26 thirty Dollars cash 30.00 July 4 foure dollars cash 4.00 July 4 horse and buggy 2.00 52.30 (Page 26) May the 5 1868 first thunder shower May the 4 2 years old heffer had his calf May 6 sold to Lucas of Canandaigua 925 pounds of wood 42 cents per pound Amount 386.14 Als william sold to the same man 30 pounds for 43 cents Amount is $9.90 May the 6 paid Wilkinson Herendeen $200 Dollars for a pare of white oxen canada May the 6 paid Joseph Webb $159.20 Borrowed Monney May 7 cold Day with some rain from S. East May 18 rained all day verry heavey May 20 2 men commenced to Ditch south of house May 21 in the afternoon heavey rain May 20 yellow heiffer to bull May 24 rany morning good for grass May 26 planted corn East of the house May 30 8 bushels to Hiram Bloodgood May 13 16 bushels to Hiram Bloodgood June 3 planted corn South of the house June 5 rainy morning June 6 hevvy rain June the 7 cool June 6 went to Thomas Curn raising of his barn (page 27) 1868 June 8 worked on road 19 Day June 10 washed sheep to maclouth June 12 sold 5 pig for 20 Dollars June 12 bought yerlan bull of H. Bloodgood June 12 sold 12.60 pounds of hay Shortsville June 12 short tailed cow to bull June 15 & 16 verry warm Dayes June 16 Aldrich cow als small red heiffer to bull June 15 planted beans June 16 soad turnip sweet south of house June 12 & 13 & 14 & 15 & 16 cultivated corn June 22, 23, 24, 25 sheard sheep to Smiths Sam D. Young June 26, 27 plowed fallow Aldrich place July 1 comenced to plow fallow at home June 30 comenced to mow west of house July 3 drawed in 5 loads of hay for first Samuel D. and Charly Joslin tiered out July 1, 2, 3, 4 verry warm to warm for labour July 8 Charles Joslin went home Michigan July 20 began to cut wheat for the first August 6 finished haing also wheat Sep 10 commenced to so wheat Aldrich place Sep 14 commenced to cut corne east of the house Sep 17 finished sowing wheat south of the house (Page 28) 1868 Sep 18 commenced to thrash barly 350 bushels Sep 19 finished thrashing barly had 350 bushels Sep 20 rainy morning from the southe Sep 22 & 23 & 24 rainy weather Sept 26 drawed cedar out of the swamp Sept 27 Jackson Humphry and family was at our hous from Phelps fine day October 6 Lent John Read fifty Dollars October 17 Sold John Read 16 sheep for 24 Dollars Augus 6 Let Wilkinson Herendeen have 100 Dollars Paid Sept 14 Let William Young hav 20 dollars cash Paid Sept 30 Let William Young have 100 Dollars Paid November 24 Drove sow to H. Nichols Boare No 25 Finished drawing in corn south of house No 26 rany morning thanks Giving Day warm No 25 Let Marvin McLoath have a buck December 1 Let H. Bloodgood hav a buck De 2 put buck with Ews also taged them December 2 snow 4 inches Deep Still it snowes December 1 put cattle and sheep in stable for the first snowed on Monday De 7 snowed all day snow 1 foot deep from S. East De 8 wind from the west blowse verry hard roads Drifted De 9 wind west roads drifted ful but not verry cold (Page 29) 1868 December 29 went to East Bloomfield De 31 verry pleasant day sun shines pleasant 1869 Jan 28 went to mill with 16 busels of Eares of corn Feb 5th went to mill with 16 bu of Ears of corn cattle Feb the 4 & 5 stormy snowey dayes North East Feb 3 fed the Last hay out of the sheep barn Feb 4 Drawed hay into the sheep barn Feb 9 D. 6 Loads of hay into the horse barn Feb 11 went to Rochester bought sircle saw for 15 Dollars Feb 13 made bine fence in the woods south of the house Feb 14 & 15 sawed wood for T. Curn finished noon Feb 15 at noon commenced to saw wood for me Feb 16 Finished had 28 cords 4 foot wood Feb 20 Sheled 50 bushels of corn Feb 20 10 bags of corn to manchester mill Feb 25 Butcher cow weight of beef hide and tallow 850 pouns Feb 27 verry blustrin Day & cold wind West March 4 finished drawing hay into big barn had 12 loads Mar 15 young Sow to Nicholas Boare Mar 11 heiffer her calf yellow 3 years old heffer Mar 16 Sow had 9 pigs from Nicholas boare (Page 30) 1869 March 19 white cow fanny had her calf Mar 22 cold morning within 6 degrees of zero March 22 went to manchester with 20 bushels of wheat Mar 22 went to the springs after a mare traided for Mar 27 bought 2 yerlin colts H. Herendeen for $1.10 Also a 3 years old heiffer for 35 Dollars Also a sow with pig for 22 Dollars Also a corn cultiavates for $2 Dollars April 12 commenced to so cloverseed April 13 commenced to plow for barly April 17 commenced to so barly East of House Apr 18 finished sowing barly soad 29 bushels Ap 23 sowed oats south of house sugar orchard Lot May 20 old yellow cow to bull May 21 commenced to plant corn west of the house May 22 finished planting corn May 29 old sow to H. Nichols bore June 8 commenced to paint my house June 12 finished painthing my house 3 men 4 Days price per day $250 And 3 Dollars Gaining June 10 old yellow cow to bull Amount $38.25 June 12 my white cow to bull my bull (Page 31) 1869 June 29 young heiffer to bull July 4 young sow had pigs No. 8 July 21 sold 856 pounds of wool for 3.30.66 July 23 commenced to cut wheat on hill Sept 4 commenced to thrash oates thashing Sept 11 finished thrashing 4 dayes and half No. of b 80 of wheat 450 of barly 550 of oats Sept 4 John Powin at noon commenced work October 5 first frost October 6 frost November 6 finished digging potatoes also picking apples also pulln beans Also it commenced to snow in the eavning No 7 snowed all day snow 7 inches deep wind blowes Nove 11 sow to boare D. Arnold boare Nove 26 put 4 bucks with Ewes 1 old 3 young ones December 10 old sow to boare De 10 went to Ambrose Young visiting December 29 went to Rochester pantterns boots $5 Dollars and Overcoat $18 the amount 51.50 Callicos factry Mareno furs is $21 Dollars 1870 Jan 12 warm thawey Day with rain Jan 13 snowd and rained all Day wind N. East (Page 32) Jan 13 brought Lambs home Snowey Day Jan 17 commenced to work on hog pen warm day Jan 18 finished miking hog pen cold day Jan 19 drawing wood in wood shed fine day Jan 15 sent one Dollar for the Argus Albany Jan 12 made barrack to put hay in south Jan 23 warm with some rain wind south Jan 24 wind S E and cold at noon commencing to snow Jan 24 Drawed 2 Load of hay to Ews 1 Load of straw Jan 24 John Knight Died Age 83 Sick 2 years Jan 25 fare sleighing put up weathers and lams Jan 26 John Knight's funerl South meeting house Jan 26 young sow to boare pleasant Day Feb 10 heiffer had her calf price for thrashing Feb 15 thrashed cloversead Feb 18 wind turned west and snowes March 4 commenced to draw wood to railroad March 4 Drawed hay into sheep Barn Ma 5 sow had 12 pigs laid on seven hild Mar 12 in the afternoon snowed fast Ma 13 snowed hard all day N. East March 30 went to Rochester Bought a new table 14 foot long cost 19 Dollars (Page 33) 1870 June 19 commenced to sheer sheep March 31 old sow had her pigs warm Day March 30 Herendeen cow had her calf Aprile 7 Hariet Herendeen Died Ap 12 sow to boare Arnold sow Ap 14 turned lambs out also weathers Ap 13 taged sheep Ap 15 fetched in sap buckets A 28 commenced to plow for barly A 29 Soad cloverseed East of the house A 30 Sold 42 of cloversead Canandaigua Ap 30 commenced to so barly west house May 1 turned cowes out to pastuer May 8 soad oats south of the house May 13 soad peas on the hill 16 bushels May 16 commenced Ditch south of house May 18 commenced to plow for corn May 23 rainy morning May 15 C Petty colt to pastuer May 31 planted potatoes west of the hill June 1 went to Canandaigua to get set of teath for wyfe price 30 Dollars (Page 35) June 4 1871 washed sheep 4 men June 15 Michal Hosey hav thirty Dollars June 17 Wilkinson Herendeen hav $200.00 June 20 commenced to shear sheep June 25 finished shearing sheep had 213 sheep June 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 verry warm 100 degrees June 22 commenced to cut clover June 30 commenced to cut wheat E of house July 7 commenced to cut barly July 11 cut barly west of house July 11 fine rain in the Eavning July 11 finished drawing in wheat July 6 Edward Herendeen Died July 10 Funerl Age 76 Yeares July 14 finished drawing barly July 15 commenced to plow barly Grouns July 18 took 69 pounds of wool Bryant also 4 1/2 for fene for stocking yarn July 19 sold 11.26 pounds of wool for 38 cents per pound Amount 409 is foure hundred and seven Dollars (Page 36) 1871 July 23 Soud turnips south of the house July 24 fine shower so verry warm day July 27 thrashed 250 bu of barly & 25 of wheat August 6 drawed oats 20 Loads August 18 thrashed oats had 325 bushels August 18 Cat Cahal commenced to ditch August 22 Molly heiffer to bull Sept 5 Soad wheat on hill 17 bushels Sept 6 Soad wheat South of house 12 Sept 7 commenced to cut corn South house Oct 25 drawed stalks stack Oct 25 finished drawing of apples had 167 barrels No. 19 sold 42 Lambs for $175 cents pe head No 14 first Snow for the first of the season December 10 Buck with Ewes Dec 9 Henry Sawyer Died Ag about 60 Dec 31 drawed a Load of wheat to manchester Dec 31 Sold a 6 years old mare to Joseph Welll January 2 Drawed a Load of wheat to manchester to Shep field for $200 Dollars Jan 1 & 2 warm dayes for the season Jan 10 butcherd hogs 9 old 15 pigs Jan 11 Sold 15 pigs weight 2687 for $19473 cents (Page 37) Samuel D. Young 1870 January 26 five Dollars cash $ 5.00 Feb 1 three Dollars cash Eighty five 3.85 one quarter tobacco .25 E string 3.00 March 19 cash for fiddle bow 2.01 1 quarter of tobacco .25 20 cents cash .20 Ap 8 five Dollars cash 5.00 June 1 twelve Dollars cash 12.00 June 19 five dollars cash 5.00 Aug 7 five dollars cash 5.00 Sept 3 fifty cents to circis .50 Sept 9 one dollar to picknick 1.00 Sept 10 five dollars cash boots 5.00 Oct 24 one dollar cash 1.00 Oct 26 ten dollars cash 10.00 No 28 five dollars cash 5.00 63.98 Deu on settlement one hundred Dollars 65 cents 100.65 For oats corn plowing 29.75 Deu seventy Dollars ninety 70.90 (Page 38) John Pwers For 1869 & 1870 commenced work December first 1869 1 quarteer of tobacco .25 money for Doctor Pratt 13.00 cash at Canandaigua 2.00 3 quarters of wood 1.75 one of tobacco quarter .25 March 4 cash at Canandaigua 2.00 March 19 cash 3.00 May 29 1870 cash to go to Lakes 5.00 June 4 five dollars cash 5.00 July 3 two dollars cash 2.00 July 19 thirty five dollars cash 35.00 July 24 five dollars cash 5.00 July 31 ten dollars cash for Gir 10.00 Au 7 five dollars cash 5.00 August 14 two dollars cash 2.00 Oct 2 three dollars cash 3.00 Oct 25 one bushel of oats .50 No 11 one-half pound of tobacco chewing .50 No. 19 ten dollars cash 10.00 No. 23 six dollars cash 6.00 111.25 121.25 (Page 39) 1869 Ashly Haton commenced Aprile 9 for 8 months for 160 Dollars April 10 tobaco at different times $ 1.35 April 18 to cloth for shirts 1.68 May 15 cloth for overalls 2.33 M 17 ten Dollars cash 10.00 June 2 two dollars fifty cents 2.50 June 8 one half pound of tobacco .50 Jun 8 ten cent cash .10 June 15 one half pound tobacco .50 July 1 twenty five Dollars cash 25.00 Jul 6 one half pound tobacco .50 July 15 three dollars fifty cents 3.50 July 21 two Dollars cash 2.00 July seventeen Dollars forty seven cents 17.47 Asly Haton 70.43 Charles Barney 30.50 Bat Cahal 32.50 William Burn 22.50 Jessy Hire 4.00 Hiram Hire 3.00 Michal Cumming 5.25 for thrashing Isac Anderson 3.00 (Page 40) 1868 Last time D/H Decebe 22 went to Bloomfield to get cutter Shuse William Pound for 8 Dollars per month commenced work May the 24 1869 June 12 five Dollars cash for cloaths $ 5.00 June 19 two Dollars cash for shoes 2.00 1869 November the 29 John Powers commenced work Page 6 1879 Apr 15 Mr. Wms took 4 gallon jar butter to Font - 27 lbs - at one shilling per lb. $3.50 May 22 B. Wms took 20 lbs butter to Font - at 1 shilling 2.50 |
Photo of Abbie C. Smith and Julius F. Aldrich Wedding Invitation
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