The Diary of Lewis Wainwright

Part 2

July 1887

Fri. 1 Weather fair part of the day and rain part. Went peddling in forenoon and hauled wood in afternoon.

Sat. 2 Weather cloudy and rain part of the day. Went peddling in forenoon and cut wood in afternoon.

Sun. 3 Rain in the morning. Had the toothache all the night before and had it pulled today or broke off.

Mon. 4 Weather fair all day. Went out to Holkem Grove to celebrate. Took Mary Scott out. Had the sick headache in the afternoon. Got $.10 from Scott.

Tues. 5 Weather fair all day. Went peddling meat in forenoon and dug post holes and set posts in the afternoon.

Wed. 6 Weather fair all day. Dug and set posts in forenoon and hauled in afternoon.

Thur. 7 Weather fair all day. Dug post holes and set posts all day.

Fri. 8 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and had a runout. Went out after the wagon in afternoon.

Sat. 9 Weather fair all day. Went peddling meat in forenoon and tended shop in afternoon.

Sun. 10 Weather fair all day. Went swimming in forenoon and done nothing in afternoon.

Mon. 11 Weather fair all day. Done odd jobs in forenoon and cut grass in afternoon. Butchered a sheep and beef.

Tues. 12 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and raked and cocked hay in afternoon.

Wed. 13 Weather fair all day. Tended shop in forenoon. Cut and put up hay in afternoon. Stayed out to Mackenzie’s all night.

Thur. 14 Weather fair all day. Fetched a cow home from Mackenzie’s in the morning. Cut and put up hay the rest of the day. Butchered in the evening.

Fri. 15 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Cut and put up hay in the afternoon.

Sat. 16 Weather fair. Went peddling in forenoon. Cut and put up hay in afternoon.

Sun. 17 Weather fair all day. Rain at night. went swimming in forenoon and afternoon.

Mon. 18 Weather fair all day. Cut grass in forenoon. Done odd jobs in afternoon. Butchering in evening.

Tues. 19 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and stacked hay in afternoon.

Wed. 20 Weather fair all day. Stacked hay in forenoon and butchered. Went down to the camp with ice and meat.

Thur. 21 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and tended shop in afternoon. Butchered.

Fri. 22 Weather fair all day. Took hay rake home and killed calf. Hauled water in afternoon and butchered in evening.

Sat. 23 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Hauled water in afternoon and killed calf.

Sun. 24 Weather fair all day. Went swimming in afternoon and church in evening.

Mon. 25 Weather fair all day. Went down to the canyon in forenoon. Hauled water and butchered in afternoon.

Tues. 26 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in the forenoon. Hauled water and butchered in the afternoon.

Wed. 27 Weather fair all day. Hauled posts all day.

Thur. 28 Went out to Weir after calves and went peddling in forenoon. Hauled water and butchered in afternoon. Thunder storm in evening.

Fri. 29 Weather fair all day. Tended shop in forenoon. Went down to the camp and out to Weirs after calves and butchered them in the afternoon.

Sat. 30 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and home in afternoon. Received $10 from Scott for working. Went home to see Amy. She was very sick.

Sun. 31 Weather fair all day. Went to church in the morning and over to Nigerville to church and Sunday school in the afternoon. Came home in the night. got here at twelve o’clock.

August 1887

Mon. 1 Weather fair all day. Done odd jobs in forenoon and hauled posts in afternoon. Butchered beef.

Tues. 2 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Down to the camp in afternoon and hauled water.

Wed. 3 Weather fair in the forenoon and cloudy in the afternoon. Hauled manure all day and butchered.

Thur. 4 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and hauled water and tended shop.

Fri. 5 Weather fair all day. Hauled manure in forenoon. Went down to the camp and butchered in afternoon.

Sat. 6 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in the forenoon and hauled water in the afternoon.

Sun. 7 Weather fair all day. Went down to Armitage’s and stopped till after dinner. Came to town and went swimming.

Mon. 8 Weather fair all day. Set posts in forenoon. Went down to the camp and hauled water in the afternoon and butchered in the evening.

Tues. 9 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Dug and set posts in afternoon.

Wed. 10 Weather fair all day. Hauled water most of the day and went down to the camp. Thunder shower at night.

Thur. 11 Weather fair all day. Dug and set posts all day and butchered in the evening.

Fri. 12 Weather fair all day. Had the colera morbus all day. Lost one days work. Helped kill calf.

Sat. 13 Weather fair part of the day. Went peddling in the forenoon. It rained. rest of the afternoon done odd jobs.

Sun. 14 Weather cloudy. I went down to the camp in forenoon. Layed around in afternoon.

Mon. 15 Weather fair all day. Dug potatoes in forenoon and cut weeds and butchered in afternoon.

Tues. 16 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and went down to camp and set posts in afternoon.

Wed. 17 Weather fair all day. Helped S. Clegg dig cistern all day.

Thur. 18 Weather fair all day. Helped S. Clegg dig cistern.

Fri. 19 Weather fair all day. Went down to Armitage’s in forenoon. Went down to camp and butchered in afternoon. Had sick headache.

Sat. 20 Weather fair. Went peddling in forenoon and set posts in afternoon.

Sun. 21 Weather stormy part of the day. Did nothing but fool around all day. Rain.

Mon. 22 Weather rain part of the day. Went after a calf in the forenoon. Husked and cut corn in the afternoon. Helped kill calf in evening.

Tues. 23 Weather cloudy and cold. went peddling in forenoon. Cut corn in afternoon.

Wed. 24 Weather fair all day. Cut corn in forenoon and part of afternoon. Butchered.

Thur. 25 Weather fair in forenoon cloudy in afternoon and rain at night. went down to the camp and cut corn.

Fri. 26 Weather fair all day. Cut corn all day. Butchered in evening.

Sat. 27 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and tied corn in afternoon.

Sun. 28 Weather fair all day. Went down in the woods in forenoon and out to Weirs in afternoon.

Mon. 29 Weather fair all day. Cut corn in the forenoon. Went out to Joe Prisk’s in the afternoon after calf. Butchered.

Tues. 30 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Husked corn and cut in afternoon.

Wed. 31 Weather fair all day. Cut corn all day. Butchered in evening.

September 1887

Thur. 1 Weather cloudy and showery. Went peddling in forenoon. Cut corn and went down to the camp.

Fri. 2 Weather cloudy and rain part of the day. Cut corn and butchered.

Sat. 3 Weather stormy rain in forenoon. Went peddling in forenoon and down to the camp in afternoon. Received $10 from Scott.

Sun. 4 Weather cloudy part of the day. Went down to the river in forenoon and washed off horses. Went up to Daniel’s in afternoon. Church in evening.

Mon. 5 Weather rainy most all day. Tied corn in forenoon.

Tues. 6 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Husked corn and butchered in afternoon.

Wed. 7 Weather fair all day. Cut corn all day.

Thur. 8 Weather fair in forenoon cloudy and rainy in afternoon. Went peddling in forenoon and down to the camp in afternoon.

Fri. 9 Weather fair all day. Cut corn and butchered.

Sat. 10 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and cut corn in afternoon.

Sun. 11 Weather fair all day. Had the sick headache all day.

Mon. 12 Weather stormy part of the day. Husked corn in the forenoon and cut wood in the afternoon and butchered.

Tues. 13 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and down to camp in afternoon. Hauled up some corn.

Wed. 14 Weather fair all day. Hauled corn fodder in forenoon and hauled manure in afternoon.

Thur. 15 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in afternoon. Went down to the camp in afternoon. Hauled two loads of manure.

Fri. 16 Weather fair all day. Hauled manure all day. Butchered in evening.

Sat. 17 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and down to the camp in afternoon.

Sun. 18 Weather fair all day. Went out along the grads in the forenoon and out to Rush Creek in the afternoon.

Mon. 19 Weather fair all day. Husked corn in forenoon. Hauled it up and butchered in afternoon. Received $.60 from Scott for work.

Tues. 20 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and went down to camp and plowed in afternoon.

Wed. 21 Weather stormy all day. Plowed a little in forenoon.

Thur. 22 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and picked seed corn and butchered in afternoon.

Fri. 23 Weather fair all day. Picked seed corn in forenoon and plowed in afternoon.

Sat. 24 Weather fair in forenoon and cloudy in afternoon. Went peddling in forenoon and plowed in afternoon.

Sun. 25 Weather cloudy in forenoon and fair in afternoon. Went down to the bridge in afternoon.

Mon. 26 Weather rainy all day. Went down to the camp in afternoon.

Tues. 27 Weather cloudy all day. Went peddling in forenoon and plowed in afternoon.

Wed. 28 Weather cloudy in forenoon and fair in afternoon. Plowed all day. Butchered in evening.

Thur. 29 Weather showery. Went peddling if forenoon. Plowed in afternoon.

Fri. 30 Weather showery all day. Plowed all day.

October 1887

Sat. 1 Weather cloudy. Went peddling in forenoon. Hauled fodder and cut wood in afternoon.

Sun. 2 Weather showery all day. Went with the Bakers hunting and got lost.

Mon. 3 Weather fair all day. Plowed all day and butchered in evening.

Tues. 4 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and down to the camp in afternoon and plowed some.

Wed. 5 Weather fair all day. Husked corn in forenoon and hauled load of wood from the camp and butchered.

Thur. 6 Weather cloudy part of the day. Went peddling in forenoon. Plowed in afternoon.

Fri. 7 Weather fair all day. Went down to the river after a load of wood. Took a load of cement down to camp. Dug potatoes in the afternoon.

Sat. 8 Weather cloudy rain in afternoon. Went peddling in forenoon.

Sun. 9 Weather cloudy all day. Went over the river with Henry Lewis and B????? Robesion.

Mon. 10 Weather fine all day. Husked corn In the forenoon. Hauled it up and some fodder in the afternoon.

Tues. 11 Weather cloudy all day. Wen peddling in forenoon and went down to camp and butchered two hogs.

Wed. 12 Weather fair all day. Plowed sod all day.

Thur. 13 Weather fair all day. Plowed sod part of the day and butchered a hog.

Fri. 14 Weather fair all day. Plowed all day.

Sat. 15 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Plowed in afternoon. Cut wood.

Sun. 16 Weather cloudy all day. Picked hickory nuts in forenoon. Watched them blast in afternoon.

Mon. 17 Weather cloudy all day. Run after cattle in forenoon. Went over to Armitage’s to make a wood rack in afternoon.

Tues. 18 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and husked corn and butchered in afternoon. Received twenty dollars from Robert Scott for work.

Wed. 19 Weather fair all day. Husked corn and dug potatoes.

Thur. 20 Weather fair all day. Husked corn in forenoon and went over to Burk’s after wood and did not get any.

Fri. 21 Weather fair all day. Went after wood in forenoon. Sawed wood and killed a hog in afternoon.

Sat. 22 Weather stormy. Went peddling in forenoon. Done odd jobs in afternoon.

Sun. 23 Weather stormy. Stayed home all day.

Mon. 24 Weather fair all day. Husked corn all day.

Tues. 25 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon. Hauled load of wood in afternoon.

Wed. 26 Weather fair all day. Hauled wood all day.

Thur. 27 Weather fair all day. Hauled corn fodder and corn in forenoon and wood in afternoon.

Fri. 28 Weather fair all day. Hauled wood all day.

Sat. 29 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and hauled wood in afternoon.

Sun. 30 Weather fair all day. Went out to Woodbine in forenoon to see the track layers.

Mon. 31 Weather fair. Hauled wood all day.

November 1887

Tues. 1 Weather fair. Hauled wood all day.

Wed. 2 Weather fair all day. Hauled wood all day.

Thur. 3 Weather fair all day. Drove a cow down to slate house and hauled a load of fodder in forenoon. Hauled wood in afternoon. The cares got here this forenoon.

Fri. 4 Weather fair all day. Hauled wood and butchered.

Sat. 5 Weather fair all day. Went peddling in forenoon and went home in afternoon. Lost half day.

Sun. 6 Weather fair all day. Went to church in forenoon. Came back to Elizabeth in evening.

Mon. 7 Weather fair all day. Sawed wood all day.

Tues. 8 Weather cloudy all day. Hauled shingles from the camp.

Wed. 9 Weather stormy in the morning Sawed wood in forenoon. Husked corn in afternoon.

Thur. 10 Weather cloudy in forenoon fair in afternoon. Husked corn all day.

Fri. 11 Weather fair all day. Husked corn in forenoon. Butchered in afternoon.

Sat. 12 Weather fair all day. Husked corn all day.

Sun. 13 Weather fair all day. Went down to bridge in afternoon.

Mon. 14 Weather cloudy all day. Hauled up corn and husked a little.

Tues. 15 Weather fair all day. Husked corn all day.

Wed. 16 Weather fair all day. Went out to Pierces in forenoon to kill a beef. And husked in the afternoon.

Thur. 17 Weather fair all day. Husked corn in the forenoon. Hauled corn and fodder in the afternoon.

Fri. 18 Weather fair all day. Hauled up load of fodder and husked corn in forenoon. Sawed wood in afternoon.

Sat. 19 Weather stormy and snowed all day. Hauled up potatoes in forenoon. Sawed wood in afternoon.

Sun. 20 Weather fair all day. Layed around all day.

Mon. 21 Weather fair all day. Hauled up corn in the forenoon and husked in the afternoon.

Tues. 22 Weather foggy all day. Husked corn all day.

Wed. 23 Weather cloudy all day. Husked corn all day. Went down to the boarding cars in the night. snow in night.

Thur. 24 Weather cloudy all day. Butchered in the forenoon. Hauled up a load of corn in the afternoon.

Fri. 25 Weather cloudy all day. Butchered in the forenoon and husked corn in the afternoon.

Sat. 26 Weather cloudy part of the day. Snowed in the evening. Husked corn and hauled it up. Split wood in the afternoon.

Sun. 27 Weather fair all day. Went down to the cars with meat in afternoon.

Mon. 28 Weather fair al day. Went over to Ingram’s after a cow. Went down to the cars with meat.

Tues. 29 Weather fair all day. Went over to Crummer’s after beef and helped S. Clegg haul wood and hauled fodder.

Wed. 30 Weather cloudy all day. Split wood and tended shop.

December 1887

Thur. 1 Weather cloudy all day. Set up corn fodder in forenoon. Cut up meat in afternoon.

Fri. 2 Weather stormy all day. Ground sausage meat and made sausage all day. Went to the festival at night.

Sat. 3 Weather rainy all day. Stayed in shop all day.

Sun. 4 Weather fair all day. Stayed home all day.

Mon. 5 Weather fair all day. Cut wood in forenoon and part of the afternoon. Helped fix up shop.

Tues. 6 Weather fair all day. Tended shop in forenoon and hauled load of fodder and cut wood in afternoon.

Wed. 7 Weather fair all day. Cut wood all day.

Thur. 8 Weather cloudy all day. Cut wood most all day and butchered a hog. Went to the concert in the evening.

Fri. 9 Weather cloudy all day. Made sausage all day.

Sat. 10 Weather cloudy all day. Went over to Armitage’s in forenoon. Cut wood in afternoon. Snowed in evening.

Sun. 11 Weather snowing part of the day and fair part. Home all day.

Mon. 12 Wather cloudy all day. Went out with Katie and broke colt to halter in forenoon and cut wood in afternoon.

Received from Robert Scott $10 for work.

Tues. 13 Weather fair all day. Hauled corn fodder most all day and helped hauled two loads of Clegg’s stuff down.

Wed. 14 Weather cloudy part of the day. Hauled fodder in forenoon. Cut wood in afternoon. Went to the lecture in evening.

Thur. 15 Weather cloudy part of the day. Tended shop in forenoon. Sawed wood in afternoon.

Fri. 16 Weather cloudy all day. Cut wood in forenoon. And went after a cow over to Bainbridge’s and tended shop.

Sat. 17 Weather cloudy part of the day. Cut wood all day.

Sun. 18 Weather fair all day. Had the sick headache all day.

Mon. 19 Weather fair all day. Butchered and took Katie out to school in the forenoon. Went down to the river and fixed the road.

Tues. 20 Weather snowing all day. Shoveled saw dust all day in the ice house.

Wed. 21 Weather fair most all day. Shoveled saw dust in forenoon. Tended shop in afternoon.

Thur. 22 Weather fair all day. Came home with B. Eaustice. Received $10 from Robert Scott for work.

Fri. 23 Weather fair all day. Stayed home all day. Went over to Gobel’s at night.

Sat. 24 Weather stormy part of the day. Went to warren and had my teeth fixed. Went to littery in evening.

Sun. 25 Weather fair all day. Went to church and Sunday school in morning and over to Nigerville in afternoon & to church in evening.

Mon. 26 Weather cloudy part of the day. Helped butcher hogs in forenoon and went over to Richard’s in afternoon & had supper in evening. Stayed there all night.

Tues. 27 Weather story all day. Stayed at Richards’ and went to Warren with Mr. Bond and had tooth pulled.

Wed. 28 Weather fair all day. Stayed home all day and helped make sausage.

Thur. 29 Weather fair all day. Went down to the sale & from there down to the new town with Henry Richards.

Fri. 30 Weather stormy all day. Stayed home all day.

Sat. 31 Weather stormy all day. Went over to the store in forenoon and fixed up stable in afternoon.

Memoranda

Jan 1.1887 Loaned Loren Shaw $10
Started to work for Wesley Bond Monday February 21, 1886
March 19, 1887 received $5.00 for work, W. Bond
balance due $8.00 Paid
Received from Mr. Scott $5.00 for work, April 23
May 16, Received from W. Bond $8.30 for work
Received $10 from R Scott, July 4
Received $10 from R. Scott, July 30 for work
Received $10 from Robert Scott, September 3
Received from Robert Scott $60, September 19
Received from Robert Scott, October 15, $20
Received from Robert Scott $10, Dec 12, 1887
Received from Robert Scott $10, Dec 22, 1887
Received from Robert Scott $10, Jan 24, 1888
Received from Robert Scott $5, February 4, 1888
Received from Robert Scott $10, Feb 14, 1888 for work
Lost half day June 4
Lost one half day July 30
Lost one day August 13
Lost one half day Nov. 5

Cash Account

Jan. 3 E. A. Eaustice Recvd. $ 1 .75
3 G. Goble Pd. .22
4 L. Shaw Recvd. 40 .00
6 Ax handle Pd. .25
9 Crackers Pd. .10
13 Under shirt Pd. 1.00
15 Stockings Pd. .30
Mending Pd. .35
Leggings Pd .80
18 Loan Pd. .55
19 Shoes Pd. .25
20 Ear tabs Pd. .25
24 L. Shaw Recvd. 2.10
25 Sleeve holders Pd. .10
Car fare Pd. .80
Board bill Pd. 1.00
Car fare Pd. .90
rink Pd. .15
Feb. 2 Car fare Pd. 1.68
2 Dinner Pd. .25
5 Oranges Pd. .10
5 Lemons Pd. .25
18 Under shirt Pd. .50
Collar Pd. .20
Neck tie Pd. .25
Car fare Pd. .72
Car fare Pd. .72
Dinner Pd. .25

Mar. 4 rubber boots Pd. 2.75
18 Handkerchief Pd. .10
19 W. Bond Recvd. 5.00
22 Medicines Pd. .75
29 Pants Pd. 1.00

Apr. 1 Hat Pd. 1.75
Under shirt Pd. .55
8 Pants Pd. 1.50
Pants Pd. 1.00
Shoes Pd. 3.00
Stockings Pd. .25
10 Blackening Pd. .15
23 Scott Recvd. 5.00
Fixing shoes Pd. .15

May 2 Knife Pd. .50
10 Straw hat Pd. .16
11 Shoes mended Pd. .25
16 Hair cut Pd. .20
Bond Recvd. 8.30
28 Pants Pd. 6.75
Suspenders Pd. .25

June 4 Scott Recvd. 5.00
13 Shoes Pd. 1.75
25 Straw hat Pd. .75

July 4 Scott Recvd. 10.00
6 Medicine Pd. .25
7 Shirt Pd. .75
8 Pants Pd. 1.35
14 Collar buttons Pd. 1.35
24 Hair cut Pd. .20
30 Scott Recvd. 10.00
31 2 Shirts Pd. 1.00
Lemons Pd. .25

Aug. 13 Medicine Pd. .45
23 Handkerchief Pd. .10
25 Mending shoes Pd. .20

Sept. 3 Scott Recvd. 10.00
12 Boots Pd. 4.25
Soles Pd. .15
19 Scott Recvd. 60.00
19 Hazelnuts Pd. .50
Pants Pd. 1.25
27 Hair cut Pd. .20

Oct. 18 Scott Recvd. 20.00
19 Pants Pd. 1.25
Time check Pd. 2.75
26 Salts Pd. .05
timeche Recvd. 3.50
T. C. Pd. .25

Nov. 1 hair cut Pd. .20
Boot black Pd. .05
22 Jacket Pd. 1.75
Stockings Pd. .30
29 Gloves Pd. 1.25

Dec. 12 R. Scott Recvd. 10.00
19 Harmonica Pd. .30
20 Pants Pd. 5.00
22 Scott Recvd. 10.00
24 Present Pd. 2.00
Cuffs Pd. .40
Collar Pd. .25
Medicine Pd. .50
Teeth Pd. 1.00
27 Teeth Pd. .50
31 Stockings Pd. .25