Thu Dec 30: T. hauled wood and bark. S. sowed & split wood. W. piled bark and graded sloughs.
Fri Dec 31: Very hard wind all last night & rain. W. & T. dug ditch on the Allen "80". N.W. gale & rain in the afternoon. S. sawed wood and pin timber. [margin: Heavy rain last night.]
January 1876
Sat Jan 01: T. oiled harness. W. & S. made pin, sawed wood, & worked on the shop.
Sun Jan 02: All staid at home. Mr D'Arcys folks, Mrs. Ball, Arthur & Clarence White were here to dinner.
Mon Jan 03: All hands went to the Grand Ball at LaConner. Rained part of the way there and we got pretty wet. Had a good time. [margin: Rainy.]
Tue Jan 04: Arrived home from Ball at noon. Feeling pretty sleepy.
Wed Jan 05: All went down on Allen's line ditching, it is pretty wet. Went down to fix the box by the warehouse at 12 midnight. Too much tide.
Thu Jan 06: Ditching the same as yesterday. Went & fixed the box at 9 oclock. [margin: Cold & Rainy]
Fri Jan 07: Vinz packed the meat over. W. & S. ditching on South "80". T. working on the road. Ditching. Nice day.
Sat Jan 08: Ditching the same as yesterday. [margin: Pleasant day.]
Sun Jan 09: All staid at home. S. went around the dyke and found the "50 ft" slough box open. Went down and fixed it at night. Ball call in the P.M. Am reading "We and our Night on's" [margin: Clear & Frosty night]
Mon Jan 10: S. worked on the road 1/2 day, cutting tree our of the road and sawed word the balance of the day. T. hauled wood. W. worked about the house in the A.M. and went to LaConner in the P.M. [margin: clear & cold]
Tue Jan 11: S. sawed wood and made shakes in the P.M. T. Hauled mangolds. W. at LaConner. [margin: Mercury at 29°]
Wed Jan 12: S. made shakes. T. hauled rails & wood. W. at LaConner.
Thu Jan 13: S. made shakes. Have 800 made. W. & T. dug ditch. T on the road. S. & T. went to Fidalgo Island staid all night at Mr. Bests house. [margin: Clear & pleasant.]
Fri Jan 14: S. & T. went to Whites and then over to Graham's deer hunting. W. done chores, was writing &c. [margin: Rain.]
Sat Jan 15: S. & T. at Graham's. W. dug ditch.
Sun Jan 16: S. & T. came over to Sully's and staid all night at White's.
Mon Jan 17: T. & S. got home at noon. W. dug ditch in the AM. T. worked on road ditching in P.M. and W. & S. were on the Parish claim dyking.
Tue Jan 18: W. & S. worked ditching. In the P.M. worked down on the Parish chain dyking. T. worked on the road. [margin: Mrs. & Miss Leamer came down with Highbarger. Snowed all day.]
Wed Jan 19: S. made pin for fence. W. worked in shop making pins &c. T. oiled harness. Keany(?) was here; his boat was wrecked last night or rather the cargo lost.
Thu Jan 20: W. & S. worked on the Parrish claim. T. worked on the road.
Fri Jan 21: All worked on the Parrish claim dyking. Very cold & disagreeable weather for dyking.
1876 Jan 22-Feb 15 (pp 128-129)
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Sat Jan 22: All worked on the Parrish claim dyking. Al Leamer came down and staid all night. Siegfred called on us in the evening. [margin: Mercury at 23°]
Sun Jan 23: Mr. & Mrs. Leamer started for home this Morning. [margin: Mercury at 20, clear.]
Mon Jan 24: S. cut wood & poles or sleepers for a house out on the McCollum claim. T. hauled timbers for the same with the horses. W. filed saw and cleared away for the house. [margin: Clear & cold]
Tue Jan 25: W. started for Olympia. Trimble went to the station. S. sawed wood.
Wed Jan 26: S. & T. worked in the shop making pins and oiling harness. Billy Wallbuff(?) came up to Trimbles. [margin: Snowed most all day. Billy & Kenneth are elk hunting.]
Thu Jan 27:[diary date 26th] S. had sore thum(?) went up to Trimbles in the morning and sawed wood most of the day. T. cut wood. cold.
Fri Jan 28:[diary date 27th] S. sawed wood. T. oiled harness in the AM and cut wood in the P.M. [margin: cold & blustering Snowy]
Sat Jan 29:[dairy date 28th] S. cut barn timber in the fore noon and split wood in the P.M. T. hauled wood in the A.M. and oiled harness in the P.M. [margin: Rain 1/2 day.]
Sun Jan 30: Windy & Rainy. Staid at home all day. Trimble & his company called on us in the eve.
Mon Jan 31: Trimble went to the station today. S. & T. cut barn timber. [margin: warm & pleasant.]
February 1876
Tue Feb 01: S. & T. cut barn timber in the A.M. and worked on the road ditching in the P.M. Whitney came home from Olympia with bad cold. [margin: Strong went wind.]
Wed Feb 02: All worked on the Parrish claim ditching and ome on this side ditching.
Thu Feb 03: S. split wood. T. oiled & washed harness. W. worked at his account in the house. [margin: Rainy day.]
Fri Feb 04: Split wood, worked in the shop. oiled harness. all worked on the Parrish claim in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]
Sat Feb 05: Split wood. worked in the road. Worked on the Parrish claim dyking in the P.M.
Sun Feb 06: S. called on Trimble. T. on Ball. The rest staid at home. D'Arcy's folks took dinner with us.
Mon Feb 07: W. & S. made fence on Ball's line in the AM & T dug ditch by the preemptive house. W. filed saw in the P.M. S. & T. split and sawed wood. [margin: Rain in the P.M.]
Tue Feb 08: W. helped filed saws, Guss work. W. & S. worked in the timber sawing shake & shingles, cutting road &c. T. ditch in the forenoon and on road in P.M. Ball's dyke broke again [margin: High tide.]
Wed Feb 09:[margin: High tide.] W & S. making shakes and sawing shingle stuff. T. hauling them out. Ball went to the station.
Thu Feb 10: Dito yesterday.
Fri Feb 11: W. & S. cutting poles for a wood shed and making pickets. T. hauling them out.
Sat Feb 12: W. & S. worked on the wood shed and house foundation on the McCollum claim. T. hauling stuff with the horses.
Sun Feb 13: Guss went down to Mr. Ball's horse back. the rest staid at home. [margin:Rainy.]
Mon Feb 14: T. hauling mangolds to the barn. W. & S. graded sloughs and dyked on the Parrish claim. [margin: warm & windy.]
Tue Feb 15: S. went to the station and spaded mud in the dyke. W. & T. dyked and dug ditch north of the preemptive house. worked on wood shed a while in the morn.
1876 Feb 16-Mar 14 (pp 130-131)
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Wed Feb 16: All worked on the wood shed while the tide was in and dyed & ditched the balance of the day. [margin: Quite warm.]
Thu Feb 17: Dyked & diluted.
Fri Feb 18: Dyked on the Parrish claim. T. dug ditch in the p.M. on this side. [margin: Rainy in the morning.]
Sat Feb 19: Dito yesterday.
Sun Feb 20: T. & S. went up to Mr. Balls in the P.M. [margin: Rainy.]
Mon Feb 21: W. & S. made shingles in the A.M. Worked on wood shed in the P.M. T. cut wood and hauled out barn timbers. [margin: Rain 1/2 day.]
Tue Feb 22: Tillinghast went to the station. W. & S. went to McCollum house and hewed the sleepers.
Wed Feb 23: T. hauled barn timber out of the woods. W. & S. hewed barn timber. There was an old Deutschman here looking land.
Thu Feb 24: All went and dug ditch on Ball's line.
Fri Feb 25: S. made shingles in the fore noon. T& W. cut wood filed saw &c. S. sharpened posts in the P.M. West wind. Pleasant. [margin: Rain in A.M.]
Sat Feb 26: W. & S. went up and made staked on Jennings land and T. hauled them out on Ball's line. Pleasant day. [margin: Litter of 7 pigs.]
Sun Feb 27: S. went to the station. The rest staid at home.
Mon Feb 28: S. was at the station. W. & T. dug ditch & made fence on Ball's line.
Tue Feb 29: S. came home from the station & W & wife went. S. sawed gate-stuff. T. hauled wood &c.
March 1876
Wed Mar 01: W. came rom the station this morning. All dyked on the Parrish claim. Kory(?) Kruse staid here last night. [margin: Frogs have been croaking several days.]
Thu Mar 02: All dyked on the Parrish claim. Tide over the marsh in the morning. [margin: Hard rain last night.]
Fri Mar 03: Dyking on the Parrish claim some, rain. came up and made shingles until night.
Sat Mar 04: All dyking on Parrish claim.
Sun Mar 05: All staid at home. very windy.
Mon Mar 06: Made shingles & cut wood in A.M. T. graded sloughs in P.M. W. & S. laid house foundation by the McCollum house. [margin: rain in A.M.]
Tue Mar 07: Ball's dyke broke again this morning. Worked on the Parrish claim part of the day. [margin: Very high tide. Rainy]
Wed Mar 08: All dyked on the Parrish claim. [Guss went to D'Arcys.]
Thu Mar 09: S. & W. dyked. T. hauled up manure and fixed for a hot bed. Clear & cold. [margin: Hard frost.]
Fri Mar 10: All dyked on the Parrish claim as usual. Clear & pleasant. North Wind. [margin: mercury at 28°]
Sat Mar 11: Went down and staked out the canal in the "Gorman claim". W. & T. dyked in the P.M. on canal. S. made some gates. Got ready to go to LaConner but did not go.
Sun Mar 12: W. & S. went to Ball's saw Smith. T. & Mrs. Leamer were at home all day. Guss was at LaConner. [margin: windy]
Mon Mar 13: S. went to LaConner. Took Smith & Mrs. Leamer. T. hauled lumber &c. with horses. W. staid with the children.
Tue Mar 14: T. hauled timber for frame & wood. W. & S. repaired dyke in the P.M. between big sloughs. Snow in the evening. [margin: S. & Guss came from the station in the A.M.]
1876 Mar 15-Apr 10 (pp 132-138)
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Wed Mar 15: S. worked in the shop making oars. W. & T. worked around the house and split wood &c. Repaired dyke in the P.M. [margin: Rain in AM]
Thu Mar 16: All worked on the canal on Gorman claim. [margin: pleasant]
Fri Mar 17: Snow 8 inches deep and still snowing. 8 A.M. S. worked at the oars and made shingles. W. & T. split & sawed wood. [margin: Snow all day.]
Sat Mar 18: Went down on the Gorman claim dyking.
Sun Mar 19: Rain all day. T. went up to Ball's in P.M.
Mon Mar 20: All worked down on the Canal.
Tue Mar 21: S. & T. worked on the canal. W. & wife went to the station.
Wed Mar 22: Made shingles & topped out dyke in the A.M. [margin: Rain in A.M.]
Thu Mar 23: All worked on canal. Rainy towards night. Billie(?) was here to breakfast. [margin: Hot bed doing well.]
Fri Mar 24: A pleasant day. W. & S. worked on the canal. T. worked around the house hauling posts(?) &c.
Sat Mar 25: All worked on the canal. Mr. Wallace, Miss Leamer & Miss Bowden came up and staid all night. [margin: Rain last night.]
Sun Mar 26: Wallace & Ida went home in the P.M. Miss Bowden staid all night. Quite pleasant. [margin: Snow & rain last night.]
Mon Mar 27: All worked on the canal. Windy & rainy part of the day. D'Arcy worked on canal.
Tue Mar 28: All worked on canal. Ball went to station. [margin: Very windy.]
Wed Mar 29: Heavy gale this morning with rain & hail. Highbarger worked on canal in P.M. [margin: Tide over the marsh.]
Thu Mar 30: All worked on the canal. Pleasant in the P.M. Highbarger worked all day. [margin: Sullivan was here.]
Fri Mar 31: All worked on Canal. Highbarger with the rest. Took our 26 rods. Ground quite dry but prospect of rain. Highbarger worked.
April 1876
Sat Apr 01: Clowdy rainy morning. All worked on the canal as usual. Clear in the afternoon. Highbarger also.
Sun Apr 02: Pleasant day. T. S. & Miss Bowden went to Fidalgo. got home at 11 oclock. S. has lame back.
Mon Apr 03: Highbarger on canal. Whitney went to the station in P.M. Miss Bowden went with him. T. worked on canal. W. worked around the house & garde in A.M. S. had lame back. [margin: Pleasant with north wind.]
Tue Apr 04: W. at the station. T. worked on the bridge across Allen slough. W. pruned trees and grafted a few. Jake worked in canal.
Wed Apr 05: W. at the station. Came home at 4 oclcok. S. planted some peas and lettuce. and transplanted the hot bed, T. had a runaway with Roni & Orcam(?) & sled. Then went to harrowing. Highbarger worked on Canal.
Thu Apr 06: W. & T. & Jake graded sloughs. S. plowed sod with "Lona & George". Too soft to walk in the forenoon.
Fri Apr 07: T. & S. plowed. Highbarger & W. graded sloughs.
Sat Apr 08: S. graded sloughs and made a set of frohissbtus(?). The rest worked on the canal. Cold S.E. wind. [margin: Jake worked.]
Sun Apr 09: S. went to Catholic church and up to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home. [margin: Palm Sunday.]
Mon Apr 10: S. at LaConner. The rest worked on canal. Pleasant day. All the farmers plowing around LaConner. [margin: Jake worked. ]
1876 Apr 11-May 1 (pp 134-135)
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Tue Apr 11: W. worked on the canal and finished it except shoveling it out. S. plowed and T. also Highbarger went to the station.
Wed Apr 12: Plowed & graded sloughs. Highbarger worked in the blacksmith shop. Whitney also.
Thu Apr 13: Plowed & graded sloughs. Highbarger harrowed with Dolly & Leline. T. began plowing across Cultis slough. Highbarger began his [r margin: work by the month at noon today. He is to have work every day that it does not rain till Nov 1st at $50.00 per month. We are to plow and harrow an acre of his land for him.][margin: Rain in A.M.]
Fri Apr 14: Highbarger began harrowing with four horse abreast. S. & T. plowed.
Sat Apr 15: W. went down to Welchins & then over to the "Perry" and transplanted the hotbed in the P.M. Jake grade sloughs. T. plowed & graded sloughs. S. plowed. [margin: Not very drying weather. Went to help get the "Perry" in, at night.]
Sun Apr 16: Got the schooner in this morning & unloaded. T & Jake helped. Got through at 10 P.M.
Mon Apr 17: S. went after the Fanning mill in morning. W. & S. cleaned up and sacked the seed oats we got of Ball. T. hauled mangolds from the lower barn. Jake worked in the shop and graded sloughs in P.M. [margin: Dolly had a colt this morning.]
Tue Apr 18: T. hauled the oats out to the slough. Jake & S. went after them with scow. Graded sloughs and piled lumber in P.M.
Wed Apr 19: Brought the scow around to the ware house easly this morning. Rainy in morning. S. sowed 8 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed. W. piled lumber in A.M., doctored horse in P.M. T. planted some vegetables on the marsh. Allen was here all night. S. plowed in P.M. [margin: Dolly sick. S. & T. went to party in eve at D'Arcy's (8 sks oats.)]
Thu Apr 20: S. plowed. Jake harrowed. W. doctored horse & piled lumber. T. graded sloughs.
Fri Apr 21: S. plowed. Jake harrowed in oats. W. & T. piled lumber. Trimble helped piled lumber a little. Strawberries beginning to blossom. [margin: sowed 6 sacks of oats.]
Sat Apr 22: Sowed 4 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed them in. W. & T. graded sloughs. S. plowed with one team. [margin: Rain last night. very windy.]
Sun Apr 23: Sullivan came after the drill. S. went to LaConner. Miss Bowdin also.
Mon Apr 24: Jake harrowed. T. plowed. S. got home from the station at 2:30 P.M. via Marches. Trimble went to the station. [margin: Rainy in P.M. 16 Pigs(?)]
Tue Apr 25: S. owed seven sacks of oats. Jake harrowed. Rainy in A.M. T. & W. worked around the house and put in a bridge by the cow yard.
Wed Apr 26: S. made shingles. Jake worked in Shop in A.M. at home in P.M. T. made a cultivator. Graded sloughs in P.M. and cleaned out ditch. [margin: Rain in A.M.]
Thu Apr 27: W. graded sloughs. S. & T. plowed. [margin: Jake worked at home.]
Fri Apr 28: Pleasant day. S. hauled posts in the A.M. and plowed in P.M. T. plowed all day. W. fixed well made a gate and graded. sloughs. Jake harrowed. Dolly worked for the first time here since having colt.
Sat Apr 29: Jake worked at home. W. went to Fidalgo Island. Land very wet. S. & T. graded sloughs. Clowdy. [margin: Heavy rain last night.]
Sun Apr 30: Cold & clowdy. W. & wife at Fidalgo. S. & T. at home. Sam'l Calhoun, Wallace & Miss Bowdin were here to dinner. W. came home in the eve.
May 1876
Mon May 01: S. plowed Jakes Marsh garden. Jake harrowed. T. & W. plowed up land garden and planted potatos, &c. Sowed 2 1/2 acres of oats. [margin: 9 Berkshire pigs.]
1876 May 2-20 (pp 136-137)
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Tue May 02: W & wife went to the station. T. plowed down by the ware house. Jake harrowed across Cultis slough. S. hauled posts out of the woods and sowed 3 sacks of oats. [margin: Rainy last night.]
Wed May 03: Sowed 6 sacks of oats. Jake harrowed in oats. S. & T. plowed. W. made a flat boat and drained the lakes on the warehouse lot.
Thu May 04: Rainy in the A.M. Jake worked in shop in the fore noon and for himself in the afternoon. W. worked in the house. S. worked in the house some and graded sloughs in the P.M. T. planted potatos. Worked on harrow some.
Fri May 05: T. went to the station. Jake worked at home. S. & W. worked on bridges across Cultis slo. Mrs. Hyde & Ida came down this evening. [margin: Strawberries in full bloom.]
Sat May 06: S. & T. plowed across cultis slough. Jake harrowed in oats and harrowed his garden. W. planted garden stuff on the marsh and some potatos also. [margin: Rainy in the P.M. did not stop work.]
Sun May 07: A volunteer oats have grown 1 1/4 in per day this week. Timothy in marsh garden stand from 1 ft to 18 inches. Rye over two feet. Winter wheat and volunteer oats mixed n. part of house- 1 ft -18 in. Orchard grass in upland garden 3 ft high. Apple trees in Bloom. Tomato plants budding- [margin: S. & Guss went to the station with Mrs. Hyde & Ida. Mrs. Smith came from Whatcom.]
Mon May 08: Highbarger worked at home. W. & T. plowed. S. at the station. Pleasant. Trimble had all the ponies to plow his garden.
Tue May 09: S. & Guss got home at 8 A.M. S. & T. plowed. W. grade sloughs. Jake plowed his garden with the ponies. Began plowing the Allen "80". [margin: Old sow pigged.]
Wed May 10: W. graded sloughs & cleaned grain. Highbarger harrowedin the field by the ware house.
Thu May 11: S. plowed. T. plowed in the marsh garden. Jake harrowed in oats. Fine weather. W. wokred in the garden hoeing, &c. [margin: Sowed 15 bushels black oats.]
Fri May 12: S. plowed on the Allen "80". T by the house. W. sowed oats & fixed fence on the Cultis dam. Highbarger harrowed by the ware house.
Sat May 13: Jake worked at home. S. & T. harrowed. W. graded sloughs & planted garden on the marsh. Mr White's folks came over today. [margin: Sowed 10 bushs black oats and twelve of white.]
Sun May 14: All staid at home. Mr White's folks here. Mrs. Smith & Ollie called in the P.M. Pleasant.
Mon May 15: Trimble helped corduroy road 3 or 4 hours. Mr White's folks went home this morning. Jake worked at home. S. T. harrowed. W. hauled posts. with Celina & Brown(?). [margin: Cold & showery sowed 8 bushels white oats. Sowed 19 bushels B. oats.]
Tue May 16: S. & T. harrowed in oats. Land very soft. Jake worked at home. Mr Best & Mrs Jenkins came over.
Wed May 17: W. went to the station. Guss & Mrs. Smith went with him. T. plowed. Jake harrowed.
Thu May 18: Jake harrowed. T. plowed. Whitney made bridges across Cultis slough & on Allen line. S. sowed grain & hauled rails & posts. [margin: Sowed 30 bushs oats. Trimble making fence.]
Fri May 19: Jake harrowing on the Allen "80" W. worked in garden & set out 73 tomatos. T. plowing. S. finished hauling rails & posts.
Sat May 20: Jake harrowing on Allen "80". S. harrowed the piece in front of the house. W. planted garden. T. planted garden in A.M. and plowed in P.M. Planted potatos, parsnips, carrots, beets, corn &c. [margin: Sowed 6 bushels oats.]
1876 May 21-Jun 8 (pp 138-139)
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Sun May 21: S. went to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home.
Mon May 22: W. harrowed. Jake & T plowed. S. got home and started for Whatcom via Fidalgo.
Tue May 23: W. went to the station. Jake & T. plowed & harrowed. S. at Whatcom.
Wed May 24: S. got home at noon. Plowed & harrowed. Jake worked in the shop some in P.M. [margin: Sowed 17 bushs oats. Rain in P.M.]
Thu May 25: Jake harrowed. S. hauled some stakes down to the Allen bridge & plowed. Till plowed. W. fixed seat on the roller & graded sloughs some. Till. set some cabbage in the eve. [margin: Rain last night.]
Fri May 26: Jake harrowed & began rolling grain with the ponies. T. & S. plowed. W. made gates & graded sloughs. [margin: Red clover in bloom. Rain last night.]
Sat May 27: Jake rolled grain. S. & T. plowed. W. graded sloughs. and helped Trimble fix up the fence. Drove Ball's cattle off from the marsh. Mr. Bests folks and Mr Griffin came over this eve. [margin: Jim MacDonald borrowed the wheel barrows.]
Sun May 28: Pleasant day. Andrews & wife & Mr Allen came up to day. Mrs Bests folks went home this eve. Dave was sick.
Mon May 29: S. & T. plowed. W. graded sloughs and sowed grain. Rain some. Jake harrowed.
Tue May 30: S. went down and sowed oats till ten A.M. T. finished plowing the land by the Preemption house. Jake harrowed in P.M. plowed on the Allen 80 in the A.M. S. & W. went to the station in the eve. via Stearns boat slough. Mrs. Dodge went with us. [margin: Rain most all last night. Sowed 23 sacks oats.]
Wed May 31: Jake & Trimble harrowed with two teams 7 hours. W. S. & Co. were at Pleasant Ridge to tend the wedding. Edgar & Ida married.
June 1876
Thu Jun 01: Jake & Trimble finished harrowing the land by the Preemption house. T. worked at gardening. S. & W. got home at 5 P.M.
Fri Jun 02: Very pleasant day. S. & T. plowed on the Allen "80". Jake and W. graded sloughs on the same. Rain in the eve. [margin: Trimble rolled with the ponies.]
Sat Jun 03: Plowed, graded sloughs &c. on the Allen 80. Jake worked. T. set out cabbage in the evening. [margin: Trimble rolled.]
Sun Jun 04: All staid at home. Clarence & Arthur came over and Mr Ball's folks came over in the P.M. Winter oats & wheat are heading fast. [margin: Plum trees had made a growth of 17 inches.]
Mon Jun 05: Trimble rolling as usual. Highbarger plowed and harrowed. T. plowed and set cabbage. S. dug ditch for slap drain and sowed oats. W. was getting ready to leave the country. [margin: Sowed 18 bushels oats.]
Tue Jun 06: Trimble worked 3 hours. Jake harrowed some and worked in the blacksmith shop. S. & T. butchered a yearling bull and worked about the house helping Whitney pack up etc. Whitney & wife with their boys bid good bye to Bay View & started for S. California. Whitney & Tillinghast agreed to give Sisson deed for 100 acres on demand. [margin: S. & Ida went to station.]
Wed Jun 07: Trimble worked 1/2 day rolling. Tillinghast plowed all day. Highbarger harrowed in A.M. plowed in P.M. Took 2 hours morning in account of rain. Disagreeble wet day. S did not get back. [margin: S & I went up to Pleasant Ridge after things. Rainy day.]
Thu Jun 08: Till & H plowed till 3 OK. then harrowed & J gardening. Trimble rolled S. & wife got back in the eve.
1876 Jun 9-30 (pp 140-141)
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Fri Jun 09: Trimble & Jake did not work. T. hauled oats & timber in A.M. and harrowed in oats with three horses in P.M. S. made mosquito bars, dug ditch & sowed oats. [margin: Rainy hard last night. Sowed 12 bu oats.]
Sat Jun 10: Jake harrowed in the last oats and graded sloughs in the P.M. S. dug ditch for shop drain. T. worked in garden and graded sloughs. Marked the pigs with a notch in the right ear. [margin: Rain all last night. Clowdy day.]
Sun Jun 11: S. & Ida staid at home. T. went to Dog Island. Very pleasant day. Went up to Mr. Ball's in the eve. [margin: Hard the first strawberries for dinner. Pleasant day.]
Mon Jun 12: S. plowed with gang plow. Trimble on the roller. T. & Jake graded sloughs.
Tue Jun 13: S. ran the gang plow. Trimble the roller. Highbarger went to the station. T. fixed road and worked in the garden. Dry pleasant day.
Wed Jun 14: Jake ran the gang plow. Trimble worked a half day rolling; finished. S. & T. mowed early hay on the slough banks. [margin: mosquitos think. Clear & pleasant.]
Thu Jun 15: Trimble worked today. hoeing in the garden, potatos. S. also. S. fixed the road to the stable some. Jake plowing with gang plow. Till. spreading, raking hay and hoed the marsh garden. [margin: Fine weather.]
Fri Jun 16: Jake plowed. Trimble & Sisson hewed the cut of the barn timber. T. put up hay and worked on the path to the slough.
Sat Jun 17: Jake plowed as usual. J. & Till hauled the hay. S. cut some posts and hoed garden. [margin: Mercury at 78° at sundown.]
Sun Jun 18: T. went up to Balls. the rest staid at home. very warm. Miller was up here in the P.M.
Mon Jun 19: Jake plowed with the gang plow. S. & T. hoed garden. Trimble hauled barn lumber in A.M. In P.M. S., T. & Trimble killed a cow.
Tue Jun 20: Jake went to plow as usual. Trimble hauled timber. T. hoed &c. S. went to the station and took the beef. Mrs. Leamer came home with us.
Wed Jun 21: Sisson sick- sore throat. Rain in A.M. Jake worked in shop in fore noon sharpening plow points, &c. Plowed in P.M. J. spouted potatos chored around & graded sloughs. Lill cow had calf.
Thu Jun 22: Jake plowed & Tillinghast grading sloughs. Sisson no better. Inflamed throat & fever.
Fri Jun 23: Rain. Jake plowed until 10 A.M. In P.M. Jake & T filled ditch for shop drain. Rained hard at night.
Sat Jun 24: Jake plowing with gang plow. Till hoeing garden in front of house. Oats & timothy lodging some. Settled up with Trimble. S. around the house picking strawberries &c. rather weak. [margin: mosquitos not bad. Strawberries very thick.]
Sun Jun 25: Tillinghast & Mrs. Leamer went to Fidalgo. S. & wife staid at home. Cool & clowdy. Billy Welkoff rolled in the P.M.
Mon Jun 26: Jake & Trimble did not work. T. hoed garden & set out cabbage in the A.M. S. & T. began digging for barn foundation in P.M.
Tue Jun 27: Jake did not work. S. & Trimble worked on barn. T. hauled timber with horses. Had a mess of turnips. Very warm & pleasant. [margin: Mosquitos bad.]
Wed Jun 28: S. & Trimble worked on the barn. Jake plowed with gang plow. T. hauled barn timber. Pleasant.
Thu Jun 29: Dito yesterday. T. began hauling shakes for barn.
Fri Jun 30: Jake plowed by the Premption house too soft on Allen "80" Trimble , S. on the barn. T. graded sloughs and help on the barn. Ball helped raise.
1876 Jul 1-Jul 19 (pp 142-143 Duplicate of next)
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July 1876
Sat Jul 01: S.& T. hoed garden. Jake plowed with gang plow. Trimble did not work. [margin: Mosquitos medium. Pleasant.]
Sun Jul 02: T. went up to Ball's. The rest staid at home. Mrs. Smith, Miss Eldridge & Miss Ewing came over and called on us. S. & wife took a horse back ride in the evening. Very warm and pleasant.
Mon Jul 03: S. mowed weeds. and pick strawberries for the 4th. T. picked strawberries. Jake plowed.
Tue Jul 04: Jake did not work. All went to LaConner to the celebration. Came home at 10 oclock.
Wed Jul 05: Jake plowed. S. & T. did not work. T. got home from the dance at 5 A.M. Clarence White came with him. Mrs. Wallace came home with us last night.
Thu Jul 06: Tillinghast sick with cold. Trimble not working. S. worked on the barn. Jake plowed. Pleasant. Winter oats falling down. [margin: Had fresh new potatos & peas.]
Fri Jul 07: S. helped Trimble has potatos in the A.M. in the P.M. worked on the barn and Trimble also. T. went to Ball's and got his mower and mowed in the P.M. jake plowed as usual.
Sat Jul 08: S. & Trimble worked on the barn. T. mowed with Ball's mower. Jake plowed with gang plow. Mr Wallace & Eddie Stacey came down in the eve. [margin: Rainy in morning.]
Sun Jul 09: Rain in the morning early. Alls staid at home all day.
Mon Jul 10: Wallace's folks went home this morning. Trimble worked on the barn. Vinz haying. Jake plowing.
Tue Jul 11: S. went to the station. T. haying. Trimble haying in the afternoon. Jake plowed.
Wed Jul 12: S. & Trimble worked on barn began putting on shakes. T. mowed in the fore noon with mower. Took it home at noon. Raked hay in the P.M. [margin: Highbarger not working.]
Thu Jul 13: Fine weather. S. worked at Harvestor setting it up. T. worked on Harvestor in A.M. and raked hay in P.M. Trimble worked on barn and cocked hay some. Siegfred's folks here and staid all night [margin: Jake not working.]
Fri Jul 14: Trimble worked 3/4 day putting shakes on the barn. Jake worked in the P.M. putting on shakes. S. worked on barn and finished setting up Harvester. T. worked on fence trying to shut our pigs.
Sat Jul 15: Trimble fixed fence in fore noon and did not work in the P.M. Jake helped fix fence to keep pigs our of the garden and worked in the shop the balance of the day. S. worked on hay rigging. Al & Martha Leamer came down last night also Mrs. Leamer. T. hauled timber for barn floor, a load of shakes and fixed fence. [margin: Rainy some.]
Sun Jul 16: All went home to day. Staid at home all day.
Mon Jul 17: S. & Trimble worked on the barn finished shaking it. T. & Highbarger fixed fence and cut a road through the oats for Harvestor and began make bridge across lagoon.
Tue Jul 18: Trimble haying. Tried the Harvester cut the three cornered piece of balunction oats. Jake & Vinz bound. Jake worked for himself in the P.M. S. cut oats with cradle and went to Ball's to change cradles. T. shocked oats and worked on bridge over lagoon. [margin: Very pleasant.]
Wed Jul 19: Trimble stopped hog holes & mowed the garden in the P.M. Shocked oats. Jake, T. & S. cut & shocked oats. Used Harvestor. T. hauled oats our of the McCollum claim in P.M.
1876 Jul 20-Aug 7 (pp 144-145)
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Thu Jul 20: All worked in harvest. Trimble & Jake included. Fine weather. Mosquitos not very bad.
Fri Jul 21: Jake & Trimble cut, bound & shocked oats. T. & S. worked in the oats some and hauled a load of hay. S. went to see Hanson in afternoon. Trimble & T took D'Arcy's scow home in the eve.
Sat Jul 22: Trimble worked 2 hours cutting & shocking oats. The rest worked all day in the oats. with Harvester. S. started for Pleasant Ridge but came home again, tide too high. [margin: Thunder shower last night.]
Sun Jul 23: All staid at home all day. Cloudy. Wm. Hanson came to work.
Mon Jul 24: All worked on Harvest. Trimble did not work. Jake & Hanson did. Cut 3 hours with Harvester. Commenced cutting on north side of road to ware house. [margin: Fine weather. Wm. Hanson began work.]
Tue Jul 25: Trimble went to the station, Mrs. S. went with him. Jake, S. & T. on Harvestor. Hanson shocked grain.
Wed Jul 26: Steven's came up with Trimble from the station last night to see the Harvester. Bartholomew came up and Siebert to see about work. S. & Jake worked in Harvest. Trimble helped Till haul hay in the P.M. Hanson hoed garden. Pleasant. Finished shocking the piece of grain north of the ware house.
Thu Jul 27: T. & Trimble worked hauling day. S. put sun shade on Harvestor and cradled grain. cut the Rye. Jake cradled volunteer and bound oats. Hanson bound oats. [margin: Very warm and pleasant.]
Fri Jul 28: Worked in Haying & Harvesting. Jake & Trimble both worked. Ran Harvestor all day. Fine weather.
Sat Jul 29: All worked in the Oats as usual. A little rainy but not enough to stop work. S. went to Fidalgo Island in the P.M.
Sun Jul 30: S. & wife at Fidalgo. The rest at home. Milt Leamer came down. Frank Ball also. [margin: Light Rains.]
Mon Jul 31: Trimble began plowing with Roan & Cream on the Allen "80". The rest working in Harvest. Finished cutting winter oats and the wheat & volunteer oats. [margin: W.A. Bartholomew began work.]
August 1876
Tue Aug 01: Tillinghast at LaConner. Trimble plowing. The rest at work in Harvest. Run the Harvester.
Wed Aug 02: All worked in harvest. Finished cutting all winter grain north of Allen slough. Trimble plowing on Allen "80".
Thu Aug 03: T. & Bart. hauled hay. S. made a rigging no 2. Worked on Barn some and finished shocking oats. Began making a fence around the stock yard. [margin: Rain in the afternoon a little.]
Fri Aug 04: Hanson cut the barley. finished making stock yard and began stacking oats. Trimble plowing as usual on Allen "80".
Sat Aug 05: Finished the first stack, put in all the volunteer. Highbarger & Bartholomew hauled his hay in the P.M. Hason & S. worked on barn in P.M. Till made slough bridges.
Sun Aug 06: All staid at home. S. & wife took horse back ride. Mrs. Ball called in the P.M.
Mon Aug 07: Rain in the morning. Jake began plowing stubble. Terrible plowing S. & Hanson work on the granary. T. & Bart. on the road fixing slough crossings &c. The last sowed oats beginning to head.
1876 Aug 8-28 (pp 146-147)
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Tue Aug 08: Trimble plowing. The balance stacking. Clowdy. Ball went to the station. [margin: Mosquitos very bad.]
Wed Aug 09: Dito yesterday. Finished stacking autumn oats. Ball's brother came yesterday. The well water is very bad.
Thu Aug 10: Trimble plowing as usual. Began cutting wheat. Rainy in the fore noon. Wheat good but weedy. [margin: Rain a considerable last night.]
Fri Aug 11: Pleasant day. Finished cutting wheat.
Sat Aug 12: All hands work stacking. Trimble finished plowing on the Allen "80". S. went to Pleasant Ridge in the eve. Fine weather. [margin: Bartholomew quit work. Too slow. Gave him due bill 21.25.]
Sun Aug 13: S. at Pleasant Ridge. T. to Fidalgo.
Mon Aug 14: Began cutting around spring oats. S. made a pump and fixed cradle. Went to the station in the evening.
Tue Aug 15: S. at LaConner. Trimble plowing. T. hauled rails to cover granary. The rest cutting oats by hand. [margin: Siebert began work.]
Wed Aug 16: Tried the Harvester it did not work. Siebert worked in Harvest. The rest also. S. started for LaConner & Coupeville to get Reaper with Billy Wokopoff(?). Trimble plowing.
Thu Aug 17: S. at Coupeville. Did not get a reaper. Got home at Mid night. Hanson & T fixed barn and hauled in hay. Jake & Trimble plowing stubble.
Fri Aug 18: S. cut oats in the P.M. Billy & Siebert binding. Jake & Trimble plowing. T. & Hanson cut pole for change stakes. Hauled the hay out of the Preemption.
Sat Aug 19: Jake & Trimble plowing as usual. Hanson not working. S. & Seebert working in the oats. T. & Billy staked out the channels. White's young folks came over in the eve. March came & got a scow load of grain, Rye &c.
Sun Aug 20: White's folks went home in the afternoon. All went horse back riding up to Balls. [margin: Rain all day.]
Mon Aug 21: Clowdy damp day. Jake & Trimble plowing. The rest work at the oats. Killed a steer in P.M. Till & Billy went to LaConner in the eve. [margin: Had the first mess of tomatos.]
Tue Aug 22: Jake & Trimble plowing. T. & Billy got home from LaConner at noon. Worked in the oats after dinner. Tried the Harvester with no better success. [margin: Clowdy.]
Wed Aug 23: Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson & Sisson began the water tank down at the barn. The rest working at the oats. Fine weather.
Thu Aug 24: S. & Hanson worked on tank. Jake & Trimble plowed. The balance in Harvest. Fine day with strong north wind. [margin: Finish plowing up by Siegfreds]
Fri Aug 25: Jake & Trimble plowing. S. & Hanson wokring on the tank. T. grading sloughs & put the flooring in the barn down by dyke. Wokpoff & Seebert Harvesting. mowing oats & binding.
Sat Aug 26: Allen & Fords staid here last night. Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson worked on tank. The rest in the oats. Ida sick. Sisson not working. [margin: Rain in the P.M.]
Sun Aug 27: Staid at home all day. Tillinghast went to the station to get pictures taken. Miller called. [margin: Ida a little better.]
Mon Aug 28: Jake & Trimble plowing. Hanson work on tank. The rest in oats moring. S & wife & Billy went to the station in the P.M.
1876 Aug 29-Sep 19 (pp 148-149)
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Tue Aug 29: Hanson on tank. Jake & Trimble plowing. The rest mowing oats. Billy & S. came home from station with Reaper. [margin: Fine weather.]
Wed Aug 30: Jake plowed in A.M. S. & T. set up Reaper and began cutting in P.M. Hanson, Seebert & Billy worked in grain. Trimble plowed. [margin: Eddie Stacy began work.]
Thu Aug 31: All worked in Harvest. S. ran the Reaper. It works pretty well.
September 1876
Fri Sep 01: Dito yesterday. Oats shelling badly.
Sat Sep 02: All worked in the Oats. Are getting first oats finished cutting east of Cultis slough. Early grain. [margin: Fine weather.]
Sun Sep 03: Staid around home all day and had no company. Pleasant. [margin: S. not very well.]
Mon Sep 04: All worked in Oats. Began to cut on the Allen "80" too green. Run the Reaper across Cultis slough in P.M.
Tue Sep 05: Trimble went to the station. All the rest worked in Oats. Began cutting the 8 acre piece over next to the dyke. Pretty green.
Wed Sep 06: Jake plowed in A.M. yesterday. All worked in oats to day. Finished all early oats across cultis slough. Pleasant in P.M. Foggy in A.M.
Thu Sep 07: Worked two hours then it was too wet. Jake cradled oats some. T. & Hanson worked on stables down to new barn in P.M. [margin: Rainy day.]
Fri Sep 08: Hanson went home. Trimble, Seebert & Billy did not work. Jake worked in the shop some & mowed & bound oats in the P.M. T. worked on stables. S. in the P.M. [margin: Rain in A.M.]
Sat Sep 09: Showery, could not work in harvest. Trimble plowing. Billy & Jake began to work in oats but it was too wet. S. mended sacks & cradle in the A.M. Best came over and brought the hog home. Till & Mrs. Leamer & Eddie went to Fidalgo in the P.M. [margin: Showery bad harvest weather.]
Sun Sep 10: T. & Mrs Leamer came down in the P.M.
Mon Sep 11: All worked binding oats. They were quite wet. Till. went to LaConner in the evening. [margin: Fine day.]
Tue Sep 12: Tillinghast at the station. S. ran Reaper in A.M. The rest stacked wheat.
Wed Sep 13: Stacked Oats. S. sick. Fine weather. Jake sick in the P.M. and quit work. Tillinghast mowed oats and bound.
Thu Sep 14: S. ran the Reaper. The men bound all but Jake who was sick. Broke a rake & rake arm to Reaper. Clowdy with indications of rain.
Fri Sep 15: S. ran Reaper. Cut the 8 acre piece on the Allen 80 and began the 4 acre one. Ed & Ida went to Pleasant Ridge. Trimble rough harrowing with 4 horses. The rest binding oats. [margin: Clowdy but no rain.]
Sat Sep 16: Pleasant day. S. ran Reaper finished cutting that piece on Allen "80" next the fence. Broke the Reaper. Put up one stack and bound some.
Sun Sep 17: Pleasant day. All staid at home, but S. who went to Bests to get him to work. Ida & Ed came home. S. got home after dark. Had a hard time, S.E. storm in Eve.
Mon Sep 18: Bound oats. Best came and ran the Reaper in the P.M. Pleasant day. Hanson mowed around the piece over next the dyke.
Tue Sep 19: Best ran the Reaper. Sisson went to the station. The rest stacked oats. D'Arcy helped load the Separator & power and started for home with it. Did not get home. S. came home at 9:30 Mrs. Siegfred with him. [margin: Gave Conner note for $500. for one year, interest 8 percent.]
1876 Sep 20-Oct 12 (pp 150-151)
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Wed Sep 20: Rain in the fore noon. Darcy & Siegfred came down with the Thresher. Unloaded the thresher & bound oats in the P.M.
Thu Sep 21: Commenced binding at 9 oclock in the field by the ware house. They shell very bad. [margin: Rain hard last night.]
Fri Sep 22: Run Reaper all day. Hanson went home. Clowdy, but no rain. Finished piece by the ware house. [margin: Very warm. Storm last night.]
Sat Sep 23: Rainy & Clowdy. Cut & bound oats all day. Siegfred worked in the P.M. Frank D'Arcy staid all night with us.
Sun Sep 24: All staid at home and at in the house. [margin: Rainy day.]
Mon Sep 25: Trimble went to the station. S. ran Reaper finished cutting on he Highbarger Ranch and began on the Allen "80".
Tue Sep 26: S. ran Reaper, the rest stacking. Fine day. Siegfred made stacks. Trimble came in the eve. Haskins came with him.
Wed Sep 27: S. ran Reaper. Stacking & binding. Milt Leamer & Caption Coupe staid all night last night. Alf came down but did not stay. [margin: Haskins began work.]
Thu Sep 28: S. bound oats. T. ran Reaper. Stacking.
Fri Sep 29: Dito yesterday.
Sat Sep 30: Clarence White worked today. Stacked the oats by the warehouse. Finished binding the Allen "80". [margin: Jim Gaches came.]
October 1876
Sun Oct 01: Tillinghast & Clarence went to Millers. The rest staid at home. Fine day.
Mon Oct 02: Made the last stack by the barn. Finished cutting. Fine weather. Billy shocked.
Tue Oct 03: Stacking & binding. Began to stack on the Allen 80. Upson came. Chase brought his team down with D'Arcy's scow.[margin: Very fine weather.]
Wed Oct 04: Had Mr Loeb(?). Upson & Sisson worked on threshing machine. The Bobs were stacking & binding. Ball came from the station this morn.
Thu Oct 05: Bound in the fore noon and rigged up the threshing machine. Threshed in the P.M. 400 bushels winter oats. [margin: Pleasant weather. Chase 2 hours Ball 1]
Fri Oct 06: Finished one setting, Threshed all day. Had good luck. Jake hauling grain with his oxen. [margin: Chase 2 hours, Ball 3 hours.]
Sat Oct 07: Threshing down by the barn. Threshed 800 bs. Pleasant weather. Allen came with family. [margin: 58.00 Due Hanson. Chase 2 Ball 2]
Sun Oct 08: The men went to LaConner. Staid at home. Pleasant. Hanson came up and gave us a chicken. [margin: 2700]
Mon Oct 09: Threshing. Finished down by the barn. Began the wheat.
Tue Oct 10: Finished wheat and threshed a patch of black oats. 586 bs. Very wet and hard threshing. S. went to station.
Wed Oct 11: Threshed 530 bushels. White got a load of sacks of Gaches. Fine weather. Had some very wet straw. Jake hauling oats & wheat to the new barn. S. helped thresh in the P.M. Trimble caped oats in shock.
Thu Oct 12: Threshed 440. Broke spring knuckle to the jack. T. went to LaConner to telegraph for another one. Hauled grain. Darcy got a scow load for Andrews. 77 sacks of chicken feed, 70 of winter oats. & 43 wheat. Fine weather.
1876 Oct 13-Nov 4 (pp 152-153)
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Fri Oct 13: Binding in A.M. Threshing in P.M. Tillinghast LaConner to sent telegram. Jake & Upson, Sisson & those fixing machine in A.M. Threshed 1320 bushels of white oats up to date.
Sat Oct 14: Stacking in the A.M. Threshing & stacking in P.M. Ball helped us stack. Threshed 500 white oats.
Sun Oct 15: Threshed 790 bushels oats. 36 bs black oats. Clowdy & Rainy. Haskins quit. Billy went to LaConner in the P.M.
Mon Oct 16: Threshed in the A.M. Hauled grain and stacked in the P.M. Upson & Sisson killed a pig in the P.M. Billy worked in the P.M. Threshed 348 bs black oats. [margin: Hard shower in P.M.]
Tue Oct 17: Pleasant day. Strong south wind. Threshed over 900 black oats. Rain in the eve. [margin: Rain last night.]
Wed Oct 18: Rained most all day. Finished threshing across Cultis slough and moved 68 sacks. Ball went to the station.
Thu Oct 19: Threshed white oats in the P.M. Rained in the morning. Set the machine before dinner.
Fri Oct 20: Threshed all day had to set machines also Allens Siwashs(?) stacking straw.
Sat Oct 21: Did nothing. [margin: Rain all day.]
Sun Oct 22: Rained in A.M. Threshed 220 bushels white oats in P.M.
Mon Oct 23: Threshed 2 hours and moved up to Allens "80". began stacking. S. & Upson went to LaConner in P.M. Saw steam thresher at Calhoun's. [margin: Dodge bound.]
Tue Oct 24: S. & Upson got home from LaConner at 10 A.M. Threshed 430 bushels in P.M. fine day.
Wed Oct 25: Finished threshing and moved up to Balls. Set & threshed over a hundred bushels. Fine weather.
Thu Oct 26: Threshing at Balls. T. hauling grain.
Fri Oct 27: Dito yesterday. Old George very lame, can not work.
Sat Oct 28: Rain all the fore noon. Did not thresh any today. Ida & Ed went to P. Ridge. T. & J worked till the P.M. shoveling over grain, heating badly.
Sun Oct 29: Finished threshing at Ball's finished. T. sacking at the new barn.
Mon Oct 30: S. went to station. sowed grain in the A.M.5 sacks. Jake harrowing. Brought the horses home from Ball's. Lark(?) quit work. [margin: Trimble worked. 1st frost.]
Tue Oct 31: Upson & S. came home at night. Ida & Ed also. Jake & Trimble harrowing in oats. T. hauling grain. Pleasant day.
November 1876
Wed Nov 01: S. sowing grain. Glover(?) here after oats. Brought some shakes. Upson & jake harrowing in oats. [margin: Fine weather. Frosty mornings.]
Thu Nov 02: S. sowing grain. Upson & Jake harrowing- Trimble & Tillinghast shoveling over grain. It is heating again. Pleasant weather. [margin: Trimble worked.]
Fri Nov 03: Finished sowing all that is plowed on the Highbarger Ranch. S. sowing grain sowed 35 bushels. Jake & upson harrowing. T. hauling grain from the Allen "80". Fine weather. [margin: Had sowed 100 bushels up to date.]
Sat Nov 04: Jake has worked up to date 159 1/2 days. Jake worked in the P.M. harrowing. Upson also. S. fixed road to barn down to ware house and cut a mast for sail to boat. T. hauled grain. Upson worked down to the barn in the A.M.
1876 Nov 5-30 (pp 154-155 Duplicate of next)
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Sun Nov 05: All staid at home. Pleasant day. Hanson came up and killed a steer for Ricards logging camp.
Mon Nov 06: Finished harrowing north of Allen slough. began on the Allen "80". Upson harrowed in the A.M. went to the station in the P.M. with a load of wheat & oats. Trimble harrowed and jasckson in the P.M. T. finished hauling oats. S. chored around &c. [margin: John Jackson began work.]
Tue Nov 07: Johnnie harrowing. All the balance of the folks went to election. Pleasant day. [margin: Sold Gaches 3000 bushels of oats.]
Wed Nov 08: Sowing & harrowing in oats.
Thu Nov 09: Dito yesterday. [margin: Hard rain last night.]
Fri Nov 10: Worked at the box some in the morning. S. finished sowing oats. [margin: Sowed 175 bushels of winter oats.]
Sat Nov 11: Worked on the Dyke fixing boxes in the fore noon. Till. Sisson & Trimble & Jake. Johnnie & Upson harrowing. Rainy Friday eve. S. & wife went to Fidalgo in the P.M.
Sun Nov 12: S. & Ida at Fidalgo. J. P. Conner came down last evening with a load of barley. The rest staid at home.
Mon Nov 13: S. got home and went to LaConner with a load of oats for Conner. Johnnie & Upson finished harrowing in oats. [margin: Hard rain last night.]
Tue Nov 14: S. came home from the station in the eve. The men moved the threshing machine & sewed sacks. [margin: Rain all last night.]
Wed Nov 15: Johnnie & Tillinghast hauling straw. Upson & Sisson sacking oats. Eddie went to D'Arcys. Glove brought over a load of shakes and took some chicken feed.
Thu Nov 16: All worked down to the barn sowing sacks. Rainy & Clowdy. Siegfred hauled his straw. [margin: Rain.]
Fri Nov 17: Rainy in the P.M. All sowed sacks. Jake & Trimble hauled straw some for us.
Sat Nov 18: All worked down to the barn sowing sacks &c. Upson made barn doors. [margin: Heavy Rains.]
Sun Nov 19: All staid at home. Rainy.
Mon Nov 20: Made barn doors & sowed sacks. Tried to kill a calf but failed.
Tue Nov 21: Till & Upson went to La Conner with a load of grain for Andrews. Hauled some plank dow to the barn for wharf. The schooner is in the bay after grain. C. Bowdin. Fine day. [margin: Fine day.]
Wed Nov 22: The schooner came up this morning. Began loading in the P.M. Jake & Trimble & Jake helping. Rainy day. Mr Ball's brother in law came today. Tillinghast & Upson came home. [margin: Callahan ]
Thu Nov 23: Finished loading. Jake & Trimble helped 3013 bushels. Eddie went to Darcy's and got lute of butter.
Fri Nov 24: T. went to LaConner with Jim Gaches. Johnnie sowed sacks in the P.M. Hauled wood from the McCollum wood shed. Upson filed saws in the A.M. and the P.M. Upson & S. cut timber for machine shed. [margin: Rain last night. School meeting in the eve.]
Sat Nov 25: All worked on the machine shed. got the posts set and rafters up.
Sun Nov 26: S. & Wife went to Pleasant Ridge. The rest staid at home.
Mon Nov 27: S. at Pleasant Ridge & LaConner. [margin: Rain in P.M.]
Tue Nov 28: Upson & Johnnie went to the station and took a load of oats for Carlson. S. got home from LaConner at night. [margin: Kelly arrived. Upson started for home.]
Wed Nov 29: S. & T worked on machine shed putting on roof.
Thu Nov 30: S. split cuts for siding up shed in the A.M. and went to Glovers in P.M. with a load of grain and brought a load of shakes.
1876 Dec 1-28 (pp 156-157)
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December 1876
Fri Dec 01: Finished the machine shed. T. hauled some wurtzels. [margin: Pleasant day.]
Sat Dec 02: Pleasant day. Sacked grain & made eave troughs for the new barn.
Sun Dec 03: Pleasant. T. went to Balls. S. & Ida went down to Siegfreds in the P.M.
Mon Dec 04: S. made sail in the fore noon and went to the station in the eve or P.M. Ed Stacey with him. Took 16 sacks to Andrews. T. worked in the barn sacking grain &c. [margin: High tides.]
Tue Dec 05: S. got home at 8 P.M. T. done chores fixed pig pen, &c.
Wed Dec 06: Dug ditch in the grain field.
Thu Dec 07: Dito yesterday.
Fri Dec 08: Dug ditch & chopped a tree for stove wood. [margin: Tied up two ducks to fatten.]
Sat Dec 09: Till. dug ditch. S. sawed wood.
Sun Dec 10: Staid at home in the P.M. & went up to Kellys calling in the eve. P.M.
Mon Dec 11: S. fixed the book and sawed wood. Till. hauled wood & grain for hog feed.
Tue Dec 12: Till went to the station. Ida & Ed also. S. fixed chicken house and plowed down by the ware house. [margin: Fine Weather. Got the chickens in the eve.]
Wed Dec 13: S. & T. plowing. Trimble went to the station. [margin: Pleasant.]
Thu Dec 14: S. & T. plowing. Fine weather. Made kraut in the eve.
Fri Dec 15: S. & T. plowing as usual. Very foggy. Ed came home to day. Ida went down to stay all night with Mrs. Siegfred.
Sat Dec 16: S. & T. plowing. Ed harrowing. Fine weather. [margin: Foggy.]
Sun Dec 17: T. took Mrs. Leamer over to Marches. the rest staid at home. Kelly's folks called in the P.M.
Mon Dec 18: Plowing & harrowing. Began sowing wheat in the P.M.
Tue Dec 19: Finished sowing the lot east of ware house. Sowed 12 bushels on 9 acres. T. went to the station in the P.M. Took wheat for Andrews. [margin: Sowed wheat. Fine weather.]
Wed Dec 20: Finished harrowing the wheat and began plowing stubble across Allen slough. T. got home from station. Cow got mired in the ditch up at Siegfreds line. S. fixed some seed wheat with vitriol on.
Thu Dec 21: S. & T. plowed in the wheat stubble. Misty & foggy.
Fri Dec 22: S. & Eddie plowed. T. started for Whatcom to spend Christmas. Misty & foggy all day. [margin: Jake plowing for himself.]
Sat Dec 23: Rainy in the A.M. did not plow any. Ed worked in the wood shed. S. went down and shoveled over the wheat and fixed a step at the horse barn door.
Sun Dec 24: Very quiet Sunday. Staid at home all day. Rainy. [margin: Rainy.]
Mon Dec 25: Spent Christmas at home. Ed. up to Allen's. Till in Whatcom. Arch & Jim McDonald were here in the morning. The Perry is loading grain at Ball's.
Tue Dec 26: S. went to the station. Load the schooner in the fore noon. Jake & Trimble helped.
Wed Dec 27: S. came from the station at 3 P.M. T got back from Whatcom. Ed done the chores. [margin: Rainy]
Thu Dec 28: S. went down Siegfreds to work. went to the logging camp and to Hansons. T. sacked oats.
1876 Dec 29-Jan 22, 1877 (pp 158-159)
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Fri Dec 29: S. & T. worked down to the barn sacking oats &c. [margin: Rainy & misty.]
Sat Dec 30: Sacked oats in the fore noon and went to school meeting at Allens in the P.M.
Sun Dec 31: Staid at home all day.
Mon Jan 01: Very pleasant day. Sacked oats all day. In the A.M. at the old stable and in the P.M. at the new barn. Ida went down with pain in the P.M. [margin: Settled with Ball.]
Tue Jan 02: T. went to the station. Eddie & Sisson finished plowing the wheat land. Pleasant.
Wed Jan 03: Sacked oats.
Thu Jan 04: Sacked oats at the new stable. [margin: Rain all day.]
Fri Jan 05: Ed. & T. sacked oats at the Premption house. S. worked on a new harrow.
Sat Jan 06: T. hauled rails for cow pasture. Ed. done chores and trimmed the berry bushes. S. made harrow &c. Pleasant.
Sun Jan 07: All staid at home in the A.M. In the P.M. went calling up to Allen's and Kelly's. [margin: Pleasant.]
Mon Jan 08: Hauled railed some. S. made a face cradle. Trimble & Ed went to the station. T. mended sacks in the P.M. [margin: Rain in the A.M.]
Tue Jan 09: S. mended sacks. T. spit up bark for fire wood. Trimble & Ed at home from LaConner. The marsh abound with rain water. [margin: Rain all night & all day & all night.]
Wed Jan 10: Heavy west wind all day. T hauled wood some. S. fixed wagon tongue. All went down and fixed dam at 4 P.M.
Thu Jan 11: S. & T. worked putting in sluice box up toward big lagoon. Dug the outlet and got lumber together for box. Ed cut wood. [margin: Very pleasant.]
Fri Jan 12: Finished sluice box & put it in the dyke. Ed cut wood.
Sat Jan 13: T. finished covering the box. S. & Ed cut wood. Warm & pleasant.
Sun Jan 14: All staid at home. Ed Siegfred, Miss Palmer & Miss Ida Conner called & took dinner with us.
Mon Jan 15: Rained all day. Jake worked in the Blacksmith shop. S. filed saw & made whiffletree. Ed. & S. cut & split wood. Hard wind in the eve.
Tue Jan 16: S. went to LaConner. Highbarger & Trimble killed Hogs. Rained very hard. [margin: Rain all day.]
Wed Jan 17: S. cut up the hog and sawed wood. T. hauled wood & went up to Trimbles and got some potatos. Pleasant. Frosty.
Thu Jan 18: Sisson cut wood. Ed also. T. hauled wood and fixed the hog pen out to the McCallum house. [margin: Frosty.]
Fri Jan 19: S. went down to see Jeff about going to LaConner with Carlson's oats. Cut wood the rest of the day. T. hauled wood and posts for cow pasture fence. Went down to the Gorman & Parrish house in the morning.
Sat Jan 20: Sent Carlson's oats with Jefferent(?) Joe. Cut wood some and fix a gate of the box by the ware house. March came over and brought Mrs. Leamer.
Sun Jan 21: Pleasant day. Al Leamer, Mrs Wallace and Mrs Cornelius came down to see us.
Mon Jan 22: Till cut wood. S. Oaseting(?). Had a dance at Allen's in the eve.
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