Monday, January 6, 2014

Monday, January 6, 1868 - "I sold a tub of Butter to day..."

This is also a very fine day.  I went to Margretville to day. I went by Clarks Factory. I sold a tub of Butter to day for $.40 per lb.
Frank and his wife is here to night.
W.W. Forrest is here to night.
The School marm is here to night.
There is Singing School to night in New Kingston. There is Spelling School to night.  Mag Lewis, Mary Lewis, Jane Lewis*, Jane Forrest, Miss Dennis, Beck Scott, Rob Scott, W.W. Forrest, John Forrest, Tom Winter, H. Warren** and Bill Thompson were at the S.S. tonight.  Bill Thompson went home with Mag Lewis tonight.


*Likely Mag, Mary and Jane were sisters, the daughters of John and Barbara Lewis.  Jane was born in 1843, Margaret in 1844 and Mary in 1850.
**This likely is Harry or Harvey Warren, the son of Horace and Clarissa Warren, who lived off the upper end of Cape Horn Road.  Harvey, born in 1846, died in Iowa in 1872.  He is mentioned several times in the diary.

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