DIARYOF ALSON WARD
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Jan 1945 11.During the night there was a small addition to our sleighing of perhaps three inches. There is but little snow but being very solid with little it makes quite sleighing. Mary and mys~lf went to Pokeepsie on a visit to Mrs Vail.· Spent part, of·_the afternoon and evening returned home about :.b,cy'Jf_ past eleven .ocJock....Miss Vail returned with us to spend a few days with us: 12.Sabbath went to church in the morning and evening Mr Wiles preached. 13.Spent the day mostly in the house Father tended mill In the morning Miss Vail sister Mary and myself went to Uncle Daniels on a visit Caroline Thoughson being there spending a few days. 14.Spent part of the time in the house and part in the mill In the afternoon I trimmed the buffalow cut coloured flannel for sowing on for trimming & In the evening went to church Mr Sayr and Frayzi11 were appointed by Presbtterian to visit our church they expect to spend a few days for the purpose of exciting the people to action on the subject of religion
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15.Spent the forenoon in the mill and house. Father and Mother went to the funeral of Rev John Clark former minister of our church. He died last Sabbath and was brought up by the steamer Utica yesterday together with the family Mrs Clark Mr Hackinson and others The Corpse and friends came at Grandpas·and spent the night. In the afternoon Miss Vail Mary and myself started for Pokeepsie called at Mr Platts found they were preparing for a sleigh ride on the turnpike expecting to come our way and call for us and go to\the Hollow but we varied the arrangement left our horses at Mr Gidleys got in their sleigh and went to Hide Park instead of the Hollow returned to the eastern house and stopped for our supper Atter our oyster supper we staid until ten oclock it rained some at that time Mr Gregory lent us some old clcaaks umbrellas & we went as comfortable as possible. We left Miss Vail at her house and returned to ours through the storm which insued until we got to our destined spot (home) about one oclock. 16.Wokeup sometime in the forenoon found it raining quite hard it being a confirmed rain storm January thaw &Spent part- of the time in the house writing a letter to Carpenter and James the rest part in the mi11 Father spent most of th~ day in the mill office making brushes f~r putting on cilinders for the purpose of brushing peaches. 17.Spent most of the day in the mill it being quite a stormy day raining moderately The thermometer stood most of the day at the freezing point therefo,r the snow did not waste much. Just at evening Harvey Ingraham came at our house staid all night. 18.Cleared off during the night quite cold so as to.freeze hard. Went to Pokeepsie in the covered cutter found the sleighing tha'h~1r'e1<:pected Crapo Lake Jr rode along to Pokeepsie. The gatekeeper sent a small bag of spesie by me to tee farmers and manufacturers bank. In the evening went to Daniel I Wards to a small party as company
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19.Sabbath. Went to church in the forenoon and evening Mr Sayrs preached expects to s~end the week with us 20. Spent the day in the~ ~ill Father went to the funeral of Mrs William Thorn in the forenoon in the afternoon wenttto Stephen D. Underhill fo,r the purpose of seeing William Sanders in regard to getting some oat~ to pay his IDnest debt. In the evening we all went toi' meeting in th~;h~rse sled.
