Friday.–We asked Grandmother if we could have some hoop skirts like the seminary girls and she said no, we were not old enough. When we were downtown Anna bought a reed for 10 cents and ran it into the hem of her underskirt and says she is going to wear it to school to-morrow. I [...]
Thursday. – Father and Uncle Edward Richards came to see us yesterday and took us down to Mr Corson’s store and told us we could have anything we wanted. So we asked for several kinds of candy, stick candy and lemon drops and bulls’ eyes, and then they got us two rubber balls and two [...]
Wednesday.–Captain Menteith was at our house to dinner to-day and he tried to make Anna and me laugh by snapping his snuffbox under the table. He is a very jolly man, I think. (December 8, 1852)
Sunday. – Rev. Mr Kendall, of East Bloomfield, preached to-day. His text was from Job 26, 14: “Lo these are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him.” I could not make out what he meant. He is James’ and John’s minister. (December 5, 1852)
Tuesday.–Grandfather took us to ride this afternoon and let us ask Bessie Seymour to go with us. We rode on the plank road to Chapinville and had to pay 2 cents at the toll gate, both ways. We met a good many people and Grandfather bowed to them and said, “How do you do, neighbour?” [...]
Saturday. – Our brother John drove over from East Bloomfield to-day to see us and brought Julia Smedley with him, who is just my age. John lives at Mr Ferdinand Beebe’s and goes to school and Julia is Mr Beebe’s niece. They make quantities of maple sugar out there and they brought us a dozen [...]
Canandaigua, N.Y. November 21, 1852.–I am ten years old to-day, and I think I will write a journal and tell who I am and what I am doing. I have lived with my Grandfather and Grandmother Beals ever since I was seven years old, and Anna, too, since she was four. Our brothers, James and [...]
Thanksgiving Day.–We all went to church and Dr Daggett’s text was : “He hath not dealt so with any nation.” Aunt Glorianna and her children were here and Uncle Field and all their family and Dr Carr and all his family. There were about sixteen of us in all and we children had a table [...]
Saturday Night, July. – Grandfather was asking us to-night how many things we could remember, and I told him I could remember when Zachary Taylor died, and our church was draped in black, and Mr Daggett preached a funeral sermon about him. and I could remember when Daniel Webster died, and there was service held [...]
Sunday, June 1. – Rev. Dr Shaw, of Rochester, preached for Dr Daggett to-day and his text was: “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” He said by this water he meant the pleasures of this life, wealth and fame [...]
March 3, 1856. – Elizabeth Spencer sits with me in school now. She is full of fun but always manages to look very sober when Miss Chesebro looks up to see who is making the noise over our way. I never seem to have that knack. Anna had to stay after school last night and [...]
February 6 (1856).–We were awakened very early this morning by the cry of fire and the ringing of bells and could see the sky red with flames and knew it was the stores and we thought they were all burning up. Pretty soon we heard our big brass door knocker being pounded fast and Grandfather [...]