Saturday, January 9, 1869

This has been a dull, cloudy day, and some storming. It is a good deal colder to night. Rob came home this afternoon to stay until to morrow night.

We have got our quilt all ready to quilt. We baked bread and churned and moped. I feel about sick with sick head ache. Will has gone down town to a theatrical show. Rob has gone down.

Friday, January 8, 1869

This has been a dull, cloudy day, and this afternoon it commenced to rain, and it is raining this evening. Billy and Melia and I went down town this afternoon to take the chickens. We got 9 cents per lb. for them. Went and got some calico to set a quilt together with. It was 15¢ per yd. and we got some batting. It was 15¢ per yard.

Thursday, January 7, 1868

Another exceedingly warm day for this time of year. The sun has shone clear and bright all day. We killed and dressed 8 chickens this forenoon. They weighed 28 lbs.

This afternoon I mended my shoe.

Melia has been doing some baking this afternoon.

Pa and Will have been at work for Mr. Galliger this afternoon, clearing out a marsh [?].

I mended my dress this evening.

It seems like spring, it is so warm to night!

Sunday, January 3- Wednesday, January 6

Sunday, January 3, 1869

            This has been a very warm day. The snow is most all gone. Maria come up to day, and she has gone back again to night. Rob did not come home to day. I have been writing a letter to Add to day.

            I don’t feel very well to day. I have sick head ache.

            The sleighing is all spoiled now. The sun has not shone, but the air is warm and it looks like rain.

            Monday, January 4, 1869

            Another thawing day. We have washed and got our clothes dry. I have been at work on Clara’s dress this afternoon, and this evening I helped the girls sew some carpet rags. It is some colder to night, and I believe it will freeze to night.

            My head aches again to night.

            I have been making Clara’s dress, yoke, and hilt [?].

           

            Tuesday, January 5, 1869

            This has been a cold, windy, and stormy day. It has snowed most all day, but Melia and I went down town this afternoon to mail my letter. We took 3½ doz. of eggs and got ½ gallon of oil, which was 25¢. Then we went over to Maria’s and staid with her for awhile, for she was alone.

            I cut Clara’s dress waist this forenoon, and Melia iorned.

            Wednesday, January 6, 1869

            This has been a beautiful day. The sun has shone clear and bright all day. The snow is all gone that came yesterday.

I finished Clara’s dress.

I feel some better to day. I took some pills this morning and my head feels more clear.

Will has been hunting to day. Tom Stevens came over to go with him.

Saturday, January 2, 1869

This has been a stormy day, but now very cold. It is splendid sleighing again now. It rained enough last night to make the snow pack good. Will helped Mr. McLean [?] butcher 2 hogs this forenoon and this afternoon went down town. I made some pies and bread this forenoon, and this afternoon done my mending, and this evening commenced to make Clara’s new calico dress.

Thursday, December 31, 1868; and Friday, January 1, 1869

Thursday, December 31, 1868

Well, I suppose this is the best day of this year, and it is quite cold to night! It seems to be such a short year.

I have been sewing carpet rags most of the day. This afternoon I hemmed my handkerchief that Maria gave me and this evening I have been knitting. I commenced to foot a pair of stockings.

I have felt about sick to day. Have had sick head ache.

Friday, January 1, 1869

Well, this is the first day of another year, and it has been a very stormy day, and the wind blows, and snow is drifting into great banks. I have been doing some baking, and I have finished my stockings that I commenced to foot. It is not so very cold, and has commenced to rain some this evening, rain and freeze.

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Neice Notes: The journal that Celia wrote in was only dated to go through the year 1868. When 1869 began, she went back and wrote her entries on the dates when she had been really sick the year before. When those ran out (as I'll note later) she simply took blank pieces of paper and wrote the dates in herself, fitting the paper in a pocket in the back of the journal.