EXCERPTS FROM JOURNAL, kept at WaterVliet Iftwrtr Family, 1857 - 1881

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1857
19 March Sisters packed up 52 doz. bonnets for New York market
21 Apr, James Wilkins & James Hilton went to Charlton to get pipe stems
18 Aug. Shubel Prentiss takes Mary Delvin & Sarah Jane Adams to Albany. 'They have
turned their sense to please themselves."

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1858
9 June Jarnes Freely has gone to the world from whence he came.
10 July Mercury "at blud heat."
11 July A very heavy hail storm. Hail fell from 2 to 3 inches in length. Itbroke
from 5 to 6 hundred panes of glass for us,
12 July A very heavy rain. Ithas rained 5 inches in 24 hours.
21 July Eldress.aster and Nancy clean 6 boxes of glass,
1 Sept, A day of celebration among the world. The telegraph laid across the Atlantic.
6 Oct. Catherine Darnph fell from the garret window of our dwell ing house at 4 a.m..
and breathed her last at 7:30 a.m. Aged 57.
13 Oct. There is a large comet to be seen every night for some time.
11 Oct. & 17 PameMaEarl & Mary Train went to Doctor Wade's "to watch with his woman. "
26 Oct.. Several attended funeral of Doctor Wade's wife.
Sun., Nov. 21 and every year on one of the early Sundays in November: "We have the yearly
giftto open our minds."

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( Jan. 27 James Maloon & Catherine Macgraw ran away to Niskayuna & got married.
(Were married by the minister of the Niskayuna Reformed Church .)
28 Jan. We settled with James and he and Catherine went away, he said to Cleveland,

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4 Nov. "All the brethren liable to military duty are called to report themselves to
the Commissioner at Albany today. "
25 Dec. "Christmas, We have a good meeting. Augustus Blase goes to see a poor
family, carrys a basket of vttuals to them. . . "

1864 tf-
10 Mar. "Abraham Hendrickson died ?fCHH." (^
8 Apr. "A beautiful day, all nature seems to smile, the birds are sweetly singing, "
7 July Making & canning currant jelly.
8 July Canning peas.
12 July Shelling & canning peas,
14 July Canning peas.
15 July Making currant jelly.
23 July "Extensive fire on the plains," started July 20th, has done good deal of
damage, caught in Church Family & South Family woods but brethren put itout
1 Aug. Warmest day in years, mercury at 104.
3 Aug. Rained all day - 3 1/2 in.
/ Aug. 16 Began canning sweet corn - canned 55 doz.
18 Aug. All hands canning corn.
19 Aug. Drying corn, canning tomatoes.
20 Aug. Canning corn.
Mon.,Aug.22 Washing, Ironing, & canning corn