Croton January 1906

Fri Jan 4th cloudy and cool. I bought of beef. {Rures} boy Albert Logan was buried this after noon

Sat Jan 5th clear part of the day. Sarah was here cleaning house and cooking

Sun Jan 6th a moderate winter day

Mon Jan 7th clear part of the day the air Sharp Mr. Newcomb came over part of the after noon

Tue Jan 8th clear and pleasant. I went over to James Clarks and bought a pair of Spe Sy Secks specks and left glases to fit in frames

Wed Dec Jan 9th clear and pleasant not a cloud to be Seen all day the road got Sloppy Bilton was here part of the fore noon

Thu Jan 10th cloudy and moderate. a prospect of a Storm. James Clark brought my Specks that had repaird.

Fri Jan 11th clear and moderate. Sarah was here cleaning house and bakeing. Charley and Duncan Bolton came in a while this after noon. I got word this after noon that Old Mrs Sashbrook was dead. Dick was here and had dinner with us.

{second page}

Sat Septer 12th cloudy and cool. Bilton was here Boilsons boy was here for the gun

Sun Jan 13th cloudy and mild

Mon Jan 14th cloudy and Soft. Fred calld in this fore noon he told me of Mrs Fred Smith's death

Tue Jan 15th Snowing windy day

Wed Jan 16th cloudy and moderate

Thu Jan 17th cloudy about 3 inches of Snow fell last night a Stranger calld here for James Clark Bilton was in a fiew minutes

Fri Jan 18th cloudy and Soft Sarah was here cleaning the house and bakeing

Sat Jan 19th cloudy and mild the Snow about all gone Garret brought home the Shot gun

Sun Jan 20th cloudy part of the day but warm 60 deg above zero to night when I came from the Church

Mon Jan 21st cloudy and the Same as yesterday. Bilton was in part of the fore noon.

Tue Jan 22ond cloudy and cool thirty deg Colder than yesterday. no one in to day

Wed Jan 23rd cloudy in the morning after noon clear and pleasant. Garret and the minister was in this after noon and Charey Mok

Transcription Tips

• Follow the example of transcribing provided in the first few PDF files of this diary.
• Click Edit when you’re ready to start transcribing.
• Click Detach to move the transcription box to a convenient location.
• Copy the text as it is, including misspellings and abbreviations.
• Start each new day with a new line. Otherwise ignore spacing and alignments.
• Use toolbar heading options for any headings in the text, i.e. diary titles.
• Use toolbar table generator for any tables in the text, i.e. finance records.
• Use toolbar comment option to add your own comments, i.e. illegible text or uncertain names or description of drawings.
• Use toolbar stroke through text option to transcribe crossed-out text.
• When done press "Save Transcription" to save your work.
• Note: If a line on one page appears to carry over on the same line on the next page, please check the next page and (if applicable) transcribe both pages together as if they are one page. Type your unified transcription under the first of the two pages.
• View more transcription tips.(Opens in new tab)