DABuckingham - 1878 page 32

3 Sept Sister Irena Bates died.

24 Sept C Copley went to Albany with Henry George and in getting out of wagon, stumbled &
fell, breaking his leg. Dr. Wade came the next day and set it.


14 Oct Gathering apples. 76 barrels today.

15 Oct Apple gatherers got 88 bbls of Greenings & Bellflowers.

21 Oct Jeremiah Lowe of 2d Family died.

1 Nov Have been drying apples a mew way at 2d Family. "The apple when dried looks as white
as a piece of white cloth,, and tastes as good when made into pie as green apples do. "

5 Nov Are getting an order of sweet corn ready for Baltimore, 150 Ibs. to a barrel e
Gardeners are boxing cans of tomatoes for Oneida Community.


15 Nov C. Miller shipped "some 100s of weight of Chicory Ext. "

29 Nov Cut down a "water poplar" treejust south of wash house, 5 ft. in diameter at stump,
7 f t . above,over 16 ft. in circumference.


I Dec. Always kept by Society as a day of "confession of sin. " (DAB would always then list
all the brethren in the family, but not the sisters.)

6 Dec DAB is making fancy basket rims. Has 30 doz. under w a y *

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1879
6 Mar New divisionof manure between farm and garden: Garden - cowyard (east of new barnV
office barn, office privies, garden barn & privy, 2 north privies.
Farm - cowyard (west of barn), ox yard, bullyard, yards of young cattle & calves,
sheep yards, pig pen & yard, washhouse & brick shop privies.

I1 Mar "James Eyles, a youth of 17, brought up among us, was sent offbecause of bad conduct.
He intends going to his fatherin N.Y."

13 Mar Henry George took Joanna Myers & her daughter Elliette to Albany, "the latter has
forfeited her home among the Believers."

31 Mar C. Miller went to Albany to get Joanna Myers "on her return home after caring for.her
daughter who has'left her home among us."

5 Apr Sister Mariah Glllet, nearly 80, died. "She got a sliver in the ball of her thumb (as she
thought) which very soon began to swel 1 and was extremely painful. Itcontinued to swel
until itaffected her w h o l e
arm, which turned as black as a stove. That whole side of
her body became useless and finally she died. It is doubtful whether the sliver (ifany)
was the cause or not."
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8 Apr DAB set over 200 panes of glass fornew hot bed.

20 May DAB has f painted woodwork of the sisters'room & dining room and varnished a cupboard,
counter and 3 cases of drawers at Office*,