Albert Slade Diary 1874

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1874 N East
cloudy & a very wett
rainy morning it has
rained most all day I
have been down in the
Hollow after some sugar
& other things the Store
was full of drunken lof
ers they acted like the very
devil

Sam
SUNDAY 17 N West
clear & a cool but ple
asant morning Arnold
Jay Elwin Timothy George
been here today it has
been like a town meeting
here today than it has
like Sunday
Simpson

MONDAY 18 S East
cloudy & a very warm
muggy & wett morning it
has rained part of the
day quite hard Father
been shaving shingles
to pay my tax bill we
have been getting out
some manure this after
noon Walter been here
to day