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            VB-353      SF  Journal
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             <b>1894</b>    (cont.)                                   A*
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<b>30  May</b>       Memor/Lal    Day.     Q&f   Eldreys    Rosetta,     Maggie",    Susie,
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                           Ella,    Lucy,   May   cind  Emma   went   to   cemetery.
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                            (Each   day   there   is  a  daily    routine     of  "chores"     or
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                           washing     etc.   and   then   "work   at   shirts.")
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<b>11  July</b>      Eldress     Rosetta,     Eva  and   Lucy   to   the  Meeting     House    to
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                           make   cushions     for   the   seats.
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<b>14  July</b>      Some   attend     Susan^Love's      funeral     at  NF.     f*yr
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<b>30  July</b>      Go   to  Albany    to  get   the   Ministry     carpets    that    had  been
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                           taken    there   for   cleaning.       Beans    are   being   picked    "by
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                           hired    help."
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<b>15  Sept</b>      Canning     tomatoes     and  pears,     drying    corn   in  kiln,    15
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                           sisters     working    on   shirts.      IG/goes    to   Albany    about   3
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                           times    a  week   either    with   eggs    and  butter    or   with   other
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                           sisters     who  were    having    teeth   pulled.
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<b>30  Sept</b>      Jennet^Angus       died   "after    a  long    life   of  faithful     use-
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                           fulness"     as  nurse    at  CF.     tu. 9*f
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<b>25  Oct</b>       Genevra     DeGraw    moved    to  Lebanon.
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<b>12  Nov</b>        "The  work    of  the   week   has   been   cleaning,     putting     up
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                           stoves    and   pipes    and  everying      in  general     - washing,
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                           ironing,     shirt    making,    going    to  market.       IG  went
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                           twice,    Wed.    & Fri.,    with   canned     stuff,   very    few   eggs
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                            (the  hens    have   not   got  to   laying    after   moulting),       some
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                           butter     (but  the   cows   have    not  come    in  so  that    is
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                           scarce),     some   poultry,     to   sell.     Bought    some   turkeys
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                           for   Thanksgiving       and  cranberries."
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<b>29  Nov</b>       Thanksgiving.         We  have   meeting     at  home,    a  very   good
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                           one.     Turkeys    for   dinner.      IGVput    new   dishes    in  dining
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                           room,    new   oil  cloths    on   tables    and   table   mats    for   hot
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                           thing Sy. "
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<b>2  Dec</b>        Jacob /Bauer      taken   sicfc   "seems   to   have   a  stroke    of   the
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                           palzy    limb."
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<b>17  Dec</b>       IG   to  Troy   with   Sarah    Neal   to   see  about    some   children.
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<b>19  Dec</b>       IG  to   Albany    with   Sarah    Neal   to  meet    Emma   Jane.
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<b>20  Dec</b>       Make   candy    for   Christmas.
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<b>21  Dec</b>       Chores    getting     done,   Christmas      presents     getting     made.
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<b>25  Dec</b>       "Christmas      has   come   and   all   are  rejoicing      over   the   good
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                           things    that   are   provided     for   each   and   all,   great    and
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                           small.    Our   dinner    was   oysters,     cranberries,       celery,
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                           cabbage     slaw,   turkey;     our   supper    fruit    cake.     Enter-
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                           tainment     at  the   CF,   all   the   family's     young   people    went,
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                           16   from   here   at  6,  back    home   after    8.
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<hr>             <b>1895</b><br>
<b>1  Jan</b>        Work   at   shirts.      All  have    plum   pudding     for  dinner.       Go
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                           to   2d  Family    in  evening     for   entertainment       &  refresh-
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                           ment.     Special     pieces,     sing   and  have    a  small   Christmas
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                           tree   for   children.       All   go  but   3  sisters     & 2  brethren.
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<b>29  Jan</b>       Jacob^died      in  afternoon,       "was   feeble,    very    nervous,
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                           nearly    blind,    had   a  stroke."       A-^IO ($MAA^- %^^~&w*jJfy)
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<b>30  Jan</b>       OB   and  Frank    to  Cohoes,     home   right    after   dinner,     tTien
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                           got   Jacob   s  coffin.       "IG   "fixes    the  coffin."
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