No Name – Lillie B. Atwood
1903 Diary

January, 1903

Thurs. 1
May & I drove to Littleton for stove lining & engaged
chessmaker & c.

Fri. 2
F. Read came to tea. Mrs. D. Cameron & babies called. Also
Mrs. Drapher & Mrs. Abel Abott a few minutes.

Sat. 3
Mrs. Osgood called in morn. I blew for Mary a while in morn.
Sewed on mocha wrapper in aft.

Sun. 4
98 at church. 51 in eve. Ell & Lizie came. I wrote a letter to
Miss Anderson.

Mon. 5
May & I carried some clothes to Mrs. Whitney & borrowed a
[bette??] & wedges at Mr. P. Wrights.

Tues. 6
S & I went to Lowell in morn. Stormy. Mr. Brurce came in aft.
for church book.

Wed. 7
Had Littleton dressmaker. Will went away in morn.

Thurs. 8
Fair meet. at Miss Wheeler’s. While May & I were attending that
Mrs. Barruand called.

Fri. 9
May drove to Laura [Syrumnes??] with clothes from Nora. S &
I called on Mrs. Wilson & S on Annie Kimball while I on Mrs.
Woodbury.

Sat. 10
I walked to Houghton’s in aft. & called on Mrs. Roby on way
home & told Mrs. Allen she could have our horse.

Sun. 11
Miss Wood & I went to church to N. Chelmsford. Small hox at
Forge so church closed. Snowed aft. & eve.

Mon. 12
Annual church meet. this aft. Then I walked Haley’s hay a bill.

Tues. 13
May & I drove to C & I went onto Lowell to buy silver for church
with Mrs. Wheeler. Dinner at Ell’s. Cantata sing in eve.

Wed. 14
May & I went to parson. in morn. to pick up a few things. The
horse left us in aft. I wrote letter to Eds. Mother received one
from Mr. [Rofer??]. I went to meet. in eve. to Dr. [Drafere??].

Thurs. 15
Mrs. Wheeler called in morn. I called on Mrs. Hardy at dark &
on [Lourse??] a few minutes.

Fri. 16
Washed. Mrs. Hardy staid to dinner with us.

Sat. 17
Swept the house all over. Very warm. [Louse??] spent the eve.
arranging [miss.] meet.

Sun. 18
Miss Wood & I attended church at W. Chelmsford. Had
Leonard’s horse.

Mon. 19
10 degrees below zero. Too cold to go out.

Tues. 20
Called on Mrs. A & L. Day.

Wed. 21
Rainy & slippery. Worked on my white waist. in fat. Wheelers &
I went to parsonage to look it over. Read a letter from Mr.
Roper & Emily Reaid.

Thurs. 22
M & I walked to S. Wrights to order some hay & we called on
Mrs. Smith. Ell was here to dinner. Mrs. L Wheeler called a few
minutes.

Fri. 23
M & I walked to Rick Leightons & called. Then I called on Mrs.
Hardy on way home.

Sat. 24
I blew for May ½ hour. Then went to Leonards for a check &
called on Mrs. W. Wheeler.

Sun. 25
Stormy. 45 at church. Mr. [Riee??] of Boston preached. 27 in
eve.

Mon. 26
I called on Mrs. C. Fletcher & Mrs. Suzie Anderson. Wrote to Mr.
R & Lothers.

Tues. 27
Ell spent day here. I walked to Mrs. Palmer’s to see if she would
sing in Cantata. Mark brought me home.

Wed. 28
I wrote a letter to Ed. Blew for May a little while. Then went to
Mrs. Wheelers a few minutes.

Thurs. 29
Ell spent day here. Mrs. L Wheeler called in aft. I sent a letter
to Ed.

Fri. 30
I walked to Mrs. [T. Syrurmes??] and called. Rainy in morn.

Sat. 31
Walked to & from the station & spent day at Lowell. Called on
Emily Read.
February, 1903

Sun. 1
Mr. Hiller took diner with us. I borrowed our horse & carried
him home. 40 in eve. I didn’t go to church until noon.

Mon. 2
Mrs. Will Wright, Mrs. L. Wheeler & Louise called in aft. in eve.
Mr. & Mrs. Wheeler & Louise came & witnessed wills.

Tues. 3
I walked at noon to Si. Wright’s & paid for hay. Laura
[Symenes??] & girls called at dark. S & May called on Mrs. H
Fletch v Jenkyns.

Wed. 4
Rainy. In at. [Heny??] and I [parhited??] par. floor. Worked
on my collar. Meet. in eve. at Mr. Johnson’s.

Thurs. 5
Walked around square. Called on Mrs. Parson, Nora, & Mrs.
Ferguson. Miss Wood spent eve. & we played [halura??]. C.
Chamberlain called in eve.

Fri. 6
Mrs. Foss called. I blew for May then she & I called on Mrs. L.
Wheeler.

Sat. 7
Ell & Cal here to dinner. H.D.O., Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs L Whitney, &
Mis Patten called. I walked down to Mrs. F Hildreths about the
sale dinner.

Sun. 8
Mr. Wood preached 92 at church. Came on snowing hard. Miss
Wood sang.

Mon. 9
May & I started to walk around square but Mr. [Hurnston??]
offered to bring us home.

Tues. 10
Called on Mrs. Foss & Mr. Wood a few minutes. Worked on a
collar for fair. Sing in eve. for fair.

Wed. 11
El spent the aft. wrote for D. [Journd??]. Rainy in eve. meet.
here.

Thurs. 12
Washed. Blew for May then she & called at Leonard’s. I called
on Mrs. Hardy.

Fri. 13
May & I were at Lowell all day. I bought fish Pond articles.

Sat. 14
Leonard & I rode to see Mr. Hiller in aft. Then I blew for May
at home. Nora & Eleanor called.

Sun. 15
94 at church. Mr. Wood preached. 40 in eve.

Mon. 16

Tues. 17

Wed. 18
4 below zero. Worked on collars.

Thurs. 19
2 below zero. Did pictures for fair in eve.

Fri. 20
Made candy & c. Blew for May in aft. then she & I went to Mrs.
L W’s. Did pictures in eve.

Sat. 21
Went to Hall & arranged tables in aft. Rehearsal in eve.

Sun. 22
103 at church. Mr. Gustin preached. 37 in eve.

Mon. 23
Very pleasant. Cleared nearly $90 at the sale.

Tues. 24
Worked at Hall in morn. Wrote for paper in aft. Mrs. L. Wheeler
called.

Wed. 25
Worked up at Parson. with Leonard in morn.

Thurs. 26
Ell was here in aft.

Fri. 27
Called on Mrs. L Day who is ill. Also on Mrs. G Farrow & Mrs. A.
Day. Ell was here to dinner. Miss Wood spent eve.

Sat. 28
Blew for May a while. Rehearsal in eve.

March, 1903

Sun. 1
83 at church. 39 in eve. Mr. Gustin preached.

Mon. 2
May Bruce & I went to see Mr. Hiller in aft. & called on Miss S.
Richardson. Sing at our house in eve.

Tues. 3
Went to library & called a Mrs McIntire. Church meet. & prayer
meet. in eve. at church.

Wed. 4
Walked to Mrs. Grecy Boynton, Osgood, & Waller’s & called.
Mrs. Wheeler spent eve. here.

Thurs. 5
Some rainy. Called on Mrs. Hardy. Miss Wood spent eve. here.
Wrote a letter to Mr. R.

Fri. 6
Blew for May then she & I called on Maggie B. & Mrs. Noyes.
Then I called a few minutes on Arthur D.

Sat. 7
The trustees met at Parsonage to look it over then Ell & Grace
came.

Sun. 8
Rainy. 27 at church. No meet. in eve.

Mon. 9

Tues. 10
I called on Mrs. Wheeler.

Wed. 11
Miss tea & meet. in church in aft. Then I wrote for paper in eve.

Thurs. 12
Rehearsal in eve. Mrs. Jenkyns came for first time.

Fri. 13
We borrowed our horse & went to see Mr. Hiller about cantata.
Wrote to Mrs. Lord.

Sat. 14
Mrs. Draper & Wheeler came in aft. to select paper for
parsonage. I blew for May then called on Mrs. Hardy.

Sun. 15
105 in morn. 31 in eve. Walked down to Nora’s with a pie &
jelly in morn,

Mon. 16
Prepared a supper for Ellie & Miss Carmichael but they did not
come. Rehearsal.

Tues. 17
Took out my wheel for first time & rode through town.

Wed. 18
Went on wheel in morn. to Ed. Boynton to engage a Manchester
reader & get people to hull off paper at parsonage.

Thurs. 19
Buy & prepared [parsupe??] for butcher. Went on wheel to
station for a time table for S.

Fri. 20
Carried S to station for Milford in morn. then Moth, May, &
Mrs. Wheeler drove. I worked at Par. All day pulling paper.
Miss Wood spent eve.

Sat. 21
Blew for May. Went in eve. to rehearsal & entertainment of Mrs.
Jenkins at Hall.

Sun. 22
91 at church. 41 in eve.

Mon. 23
Worked at parsonage in aft. tearing off paper. Wrote to Jullia
D. R.

Tues. 24
Sarah came home at noon. She & May & Moth. Drove in aft. I
wrote to Abbie May Evans to read for us. Wrote to Jane.

Wed. 25
May & I went to [ohera??] in Boston. Walked to & from station.
Rehearsal in eve. at church.

Thurs. 26
Washed & May & I worked out doors. Mrs. Wheeler called in aft.
Miss Wood. Spent eve.

Fri.27
May went to Lowell & Mother with her to Chelmsford. I finished
the paper at Parsonage. Worked out doors in morn. went on
wheel to G to see Miss Carmichael. Meet. here in eve.

Sat. 28

Sun. 29
95 at church. 53 in eve.

Mon. 30
I went on wheel to Mrs. Sargents Reuben’s. Mrs. Harrman &
around the square about cantata. Rehearsal in eve. Prepared
for Miss Carmichael but she was ill.

Tues. 31
Went on wheel to Mrs. Frank Hildreth’s about ice cream.
April, 1903

Wed. 1
Prof. E. H. Barker took tea with us. Rehearsal in eve.

Thurs.2
Mrs Keyes called. I went on my wheel to cemetery & solicited
milk frome Mrs. Walkers

Fri. 3
Blew for May in morn. [Rainy??] while washed at Parsonage
all day. I went up twice. Meet. at Mrs. Wheeler’s in eve.

Sat. 4
Sarah & May went to Boston. Moth. & I carried them to station
& rode to C. Wrights. I went for them in eve. Rehearsal in eve.

Sun. 5
80 at church. Mercury at 20. 47 in eve.

Mon. 6
We drove to cemetery in morn.

Tues. 7
Painted at Parsonage all day.

Wed. 8
Painted at Parsonage in morn. alone. Blew for May in aft.
Rained very hard.

Thurs. 9
May & I drove to Chelmsford & I went to Lowell & paid church
insurance. Last cantata rehearsal in eve. Miss Carmichael at
tea here.

Fri. 10
Cantata today. Made $35.16.

Sat. 11
Cleared up at church.

Sun. 12
152 at church. 54 in eve. Mr. Hiller’s first sun.

Mon. 13
Horse came home today lame. Went on wheel to station & got
some paper for parsonage. Carried home lilies for church.

Tues. 14
Went on wheel to Annie Cooledge’s with lilies for Frank &
stopped a minute at Mrs. Ferguson’s.

Wed. 15
S, M, & I cleaned at the parsonage in aft. Very rainy.
Conference in Lunenburg.

Thurs. 16

Fri. 17

Sat. 18
Staid at Mrs. Hardy’s all day as she is sick.

Sun. 19
112 in morn. 47 in eve. Ell & Jessie came to dinner. Called on
Mrs. Hardy at noon.

Mon. 20
Trimmed berry bushes. Took picture of house & rode up on st. &
took some.

Tues. 21
May & I planted 1 pt. of Mott’s [Excelsior peas??] between
raspberry vines. In aft. look [??] & got a chery tree at 7
[Sycamore??]. Pictures in eve.

Wed. 22
Spaded & sewed grass seeds. In aft. went to Graniteville for bag
of mixed feed.

Thurs. 23
Finished [??] grass seed & dug around & enriched the new
raspberry vines.

Fri. 24
C. Wright plowed the garden & planted a row of peas. In aft.
May & I called on Bertha Farrar, [Mactieed??] & ordered eggs
at Mrs G’s. Miss Wood came in eve.

Sat. 25
Sewed in morn. Lettuce, beet, radish, & parsley. Jane Davis
came in aft.

Sun. 26
122 at church. Called on Mrs. Hardy’s at noon. 75 in eve. S &
I attended a [vesper??] service at Unitarian at 6.

Mon. 27
Mr. Hiller is in Boston for 2 days.

Tues. 28
Mrs. Ferguson, Effie R & we girls clean the parsonage this aft.
Went to cemetery in morn & mother & Mrs. Wheeler went
driving for first time.

Wed. 29
S & Mrs. Hiller called in Parkerville. I called on Mrs. Hardy.

Thurs. 30
Hot. May & I drove to Chelmsford & Lowell. Miss Wood spent
eve. here.
May, 1903

Fri. 1
Washed. Cooler. S &I drove to Ed. Boynton about singing at
funeral. Then M & I called on Suzie & blew at church. Sold 60
cents of rhubarb.

Sat. 2
Cleaned back room & cooked. Blew at church then M & I
called on Mrs. J. B. Fletcher.

Sun. 3
92 at church. Edna & Ed Boynton staid here to dinner as Mr.
Seifer’s funeral was at 1. 62 in eve.

Mon. 4
Mrs. Hardy had her sitting room painted in morn. so I went by
& helped. Worked on shades at parsonage in aft.

Tues. 5
Drove to Houghton’s for money & called on Mrs. Ghaney. Hoed
in morn.

Wed. 6
In aft. Mrs. [Dirget??] & I put Mrs. Hardy’s carpet down. Then I
drove around square.

Thurs. 7
Shaded the driveway. Miss Wood spent eve. here.

Fri. 8
Planted ½ row of early corn & ½ row bush beans. Went to
cemetery with flowers in aft. Reception to Mr. Hiller in eve.

Sat. 9
Ell & Jessie were here all day & Ell & I settled our accounts.

Sun. 10
126 in morn. 62 in eve. Fed the horse with grass in aft. Miss
Wood, Lizzie, & Grace [here??].

Mon. 11
Mr. Hiller drove me to N. Chelmsford & I went in to Lowell on
bank business while he visited in N. Chelmsford.

Tues. 12
We then all went to Boston for bank business & C. came home
on [electries??]. Left horse at Ell’s.

Wed. 13
Large wash. Mr. Hiller & Mrs. L Wheeler called in aft. May & I
drove to May [Briued’s??] for correspondence.

Thurs. 14
Planted 45 holes of beans. 6 to a hole. 1½ rows string beans 1
inch apart. 2 rows champion brush beans.

Fri. 15

Sat. 16
Dumped some rubbish & got some lime for eggs at Colburns.

Sun. 17
121 in morn. 42 in eve.

Mon. 18
Hot. S & mother drove to Chelmsford for a pattern. Planted a
few more string beans.
Tue. 19
Hot. Mowed & dug some dandelions from the lawn. Called on
Mrs. Hardy in eve.

Wed. 20
Mr. Hiller & I called on [Brunees, Seifers, Sweetsen, &
Burnharms??].
Thur. 21
May & I hoed in the far corner. S carried Mr. Hiiller to Ch. I
called at Mrs. Calburns on Miss Mason to engage her.

Fri. 22
Took up dining room carpet. May planted 3 hill of cucumbers.
Miss Wood & I drove to Littleton to Mr. [Henley’s??].

Sat. 23
S & I drove to Ell’s & went to Lowell. I started an account at
Union Bank. Miss Wood spent eve. here.

Sun.24
Memorial Sun at the Unitarian. 68 in eve.

Mon. 25

Tues. 26

Wed. 27

Thurs. 28

Fri. 29
Jane came in aft to stay til [sew??] aft.

Sat. 30
May & I drove to cemetery with flowers in morn. then S & I went
to memorial service at Hall. Mrs. Hardy & Mr. Hill called.

Sun. 31
138 in morn. 52 in eve.
June, 1903

Mon. 1
[Henry??] began [chimney??] today.

Tues. 2
M & I called on Mrs. Steele Hendricks & Amy Johnson, Mrs.
Draper & Miss Samuels called.

Wed. 3
Mrs. Wheeler & I called on A Cooledge, Mrs. [Comey??]. Mr.
Hiller called. I carried mother to ride by Mr. [Brunce’s??].

Thurs. 4
Sowed a little lettuce & beets. Carried Mrs. Hardy to ride to
Mrs. Osgood’s. Cleaned up after the chimney & c.

Fri. 5
Began to throw wood into shed. Mrs. Osgood called a few
minutes.

Sat. 6
In eve. Suzie &I attempted to call on Mrs. Whiting opposite H.
Wrights. Miss Babbitt & Alma R. called.

Sun. 7
134 in morn. 93 in eve. in the auditorium.

Mon. 8
Gave Mrs. Hardy’s strawberries. Set out begonias in beds.
Dressmaker in aft. Rained some for first time of any amount
for 55 days.

Tues. 9
Good showers. Sold two qts strawberries. Mr. Hiller & May
[Brume??] came to our house in aft. Nom. Com. Meet. in eve.

Wed. 10
Mr. Hiller had our horse all day. G in morn & Osgood
neighborhood in aft.

Thurs. 11

Fri. 12
Mr. Hiller went to G with our horse in morn.

Sat. 13
Sold 10 qts straw. Rained all the week. Gave Mr. McDougal &
Hardy some.

Sun. 14
129 at church. 48 in eve.

Mon. 15
Sold 13 qts of straw. Got up at 5 & picked. Then rain poured
the rest of day.

Tues. 16
Planted 3rd lot of corn.

Wed. 17
Rode to Littleton for potatoes, glass, & c. Ell took [??]. Planted
beets in whole 2nd bed.

Thurs. 18
S & I went to Lowell, G, Chelmsford.

Fri. 19
Attended graduation.

Sat. 20
Sowed more cucumbers today. Sold 7 qts straw. Gave Mrs.
McDougal some.

Sun. 21
Very rainy. 50 at church in morn. 44 in eve.

Mon. 22

Tues 23
Mowed lawn in aft. Mr. Hiller called at supper time. Mr. D.
Wheeler called in eve.

Wed. 24
Sold 5 basket strawberries. Called on Mrs. Hardy.

Thurs. 25
S & I called on Miss S. Richardson & Mrs. Polley. Washed in
morn.

Fri. 26
S & May went to Lowell. I planted corn where other did not
grow. Grace & Jessie came at night for a visit. Called at Mrs.
McDougal.

Sat. 27
Sent rhubarb to Mrs. Ferguson & McDougal. Edith Seifer came
to tea from Lowell & S & I drove her home after rehearsal.

Sun. 28
182 at church. 52 in eve. Children’s sun. in aft. May & I drove
to Chelmsford about insurance.

Mon. 29
Planted 2 hills of hubbard squash.

Tues. 30
May went to Boston to banks. Moth, I & the two girls went to E.
L. station for lilies.
July, 1903

Wed. 1
May went to Worcester & S & I to Lawrence to banks. About 1 h
ride from Lowell. Mrs. Day & J. Cameron called.

Thurs. 2
S spent day at Chelmsford at dressmakers.

Fri. 3
Planted last corn & some lettuce & one hill of hubbard squash.

Sat. 4
Ed, Carrie & Priss came tonight.

Sun. 5
140 at church. 69 in eve. Callers all aft.

Mon. 6
Ed., C. & Priss went away at noon.

Tues. 7
Mr. Johnson cut grass at night. May & I threw lots of wood in
shed & dug up some strawberry plants.

Wed. 8
Shingled part house. Mr. Hiller & I attended council at
Littleton. Then called on [Mrs. W. Sweetser, Griffin & Mr. H on
Mrs. Sherman’s??].

Thurs. 9
Mr. Johnson put hay in barn & finished cutting grass.

Fri. 10
Walter spaded straw. Bed threw in shingles & spread hay cut
beside roads.

Sat. 11
Went after Edith [Seifer??] & carried her home. My back is
pretty lame.

Sun. 12
113 in morn. 42 in eve. Ed came in aft.

Mon. 13
Ed & May went to Chelms. in aft.

Tues. 14
Set out 26 cabbages. Mother & I carried Ed to electrics in aft. S,
Mrs. L. Wheeler & Mr. Hiller went to W. Chelmsford eve.

Wed. 15
Planted 1 hill hubbard squash yesterday. Carried 7 qts cuc &
ras. Mrs. Osgood & Mrs. Wh. called. 14 glasses rasb. jam.

Thurs. 16
Mary Cutler & I went to Lowell by Chelms. in morn. Cooked our
first string beans.

Fri. 17
S drove Mr. H calling north. Then May & I went after flowers.
Read a letter from Julia.

Sat. 18

Sun. 19
59 in morn. 50 in eve. Rainy. Mr. H. had our horse in aft. sent
a letter to Mr. R.

Mon. 20
Called on Mrs. Goode, W. Hildreth, & Suzie. Shaded driveway.
M & I drove to Mrs. Taylor’s for [sew bonnet pattern??].

Tues. 21

Wed. 22
Attempted to call on Mrs. Whiting but she was busy. Then took
mother to dressmaker. Tomatoes are beginning to form on our
plant. Gave Mrs. Osgood some raspberries.

Thurs. 23
Gave Mrs. Foss some string beans. Finished mothers sew bonnet
& skirt.

Fri. 24
May went to Lowell. I pulled strawberries and weeds. Called
on May Anna & Mother & I took Mrs. Ferguson to ride.

Sat. 25
S & May went after blueberries for the first time. Mrs. M. Kay & I
gathered flowers for church. Mr. Hiller called.

Sun. 26
116 at church. Gave Mrs. Hardy some raspberries. 53 in eve

Mon. 27
S & I too mother to the dressmaker after her dress then we rode
to Houghton’s about Mr. Hiller’s vacation. Then I called at
Wheeler’s on way home.

Tues. 28
Ed, Carrie, & Priss came tonight. Sowed a few turnips seeds
today.

Wed. 29
So rainy did not go to meet. in eve.

Thurs. 30

Fri. 31
Ed, Carrie S, Priss, & I went berrying in aft. Mr. Callighan, the
Smith, & Anthony furnace man came in aft.
August, 1903

Sat. 1
Gave Mr. Hardy’s son blueberry pints. M & I gathered wild
carrot flowers in morn. for church & Ed’s automobile came
today.

Sun. 2
110 at church. 87 in eve. Mr. Lang preached.

Mon. 3
Priss broke her writs this morn. Carrie. S. went to Boston.

Tues. 4
Ed & Priss went to Boston to hospital in morn. Rainy.

Wed. 5

Thurs. 6
Ed & family came home on 6 train.

Fri. 7
Ed’s family went to [Wolfboub??] this morn. Sowed a few more
turnip seed.

Sat. 8
May & I went to Framingham to the assembly this morn.

Sun. 9
128 in morn. Between 30 & 40 in eve.

Mon. 10
The most interesting assembly I ever attended.

Tues.11
Came home from Framingham in morn. Picked blackberries
and made jelly. Mr. H called about his plums.

Wed. 12
Went on wheel & called on Mrs. Parson & Keyes. Mr. H had
horse to take his mother to W.C. to dinner. 29 at meet.

Thurs. 13
Went to Carlisle station for S & M. Then to Clara W’s about calls
the Hiller’s & we took tea at Wheeler’s. They had our horse go
to Graniteville.

Fri. 14
Mr. H & mother went away on his vacation. I called on Mrs.
Farrar.

Sat. 15
I went on wheel & S in carriage to N. Chelms to meet Ed, Carrie,
& Priss. Had our first summer squash today. Meet. about fair.

Sun. 16
112 in morn. 29 in eve. Mr. Hudson preached.

Mon. 17
Moth., Carrie Shaw, & I drove to Littleton. Enriched the
cabbage & squash in morn.

Tues. 18
Had our first corn for dinner. Called on Mrs. Drew & Hilton
with Alice Lambert & called Mrs. Hardy & gave her some
blackberries.

Wed. 19
Sent 1 bushel of apples. Had our first cucumbers today. Ed,
Carrie, May & I went berrying.

Thurs. 20
Sewed on mother’s dress & cooked.

Fri. 21
Went on wheel to Chelms. & 4 others in carriage. Then went to
Lowell. Dinner at Ell’s.

Sat. 22

Sun. 23

Mon. 24

Tues. 25
Mr. Roper came this eve. Ed & Carrie S went to Rhode Island at
noon.

Wed. 26
I took Mr. R to station at night. S & he drove in forenoon.
Worked hard getting ready for beach.

Thurs. 27
S & I went to the Willows this morn. Ordered the furnace in the
morn. at Lowell.

Fri. 28
Went to Marble Head for the day.

Sat. 29

Sun. 30
S & I went to Salem to church. 42 in eve.

Mon. 31
Came home from beach tonight.
September, 1903

Tues. 1

Wed. 2
Mr. Harchett & the carpenter worked on furnace.

Thurs. 3
Priss went to [Wintrhop??] at noon. Girls came home from
beach at night. Carpenter worked here today.

Fri. 4
May, Carrie S. & I called on Miss Loker in aft. I blew a while &
picked golden rod for sun.

Sat. 5
Furnace nearly set up today. Miss Norris came to occupy a
room here. Ed & Carrie went to [Winthrop??] in morn.
Carpenter finished.

Sun. 6
140 in morn. 76 in eve. Ell & Lizzie came to dinner.

Mon. 7
Attended En. Conv. at Littleton. Ed came at night. Mr. John
cut our hay.

Tues. 8
Ed went off with his auto. afternoon. Mrs. L Wheeler spent aft.
here. C. Colburn removed chimney.

Wed. 9
Washed. Mr. Hiller called in morn. We take care of hay.

Thurs. 10
Walter & Prescott got in our hay & front shingles. Sent 3
bushels of bart. Pears to Boston. Gave Mr. Hiller some pears.
Blew for May.

Fri.11
Called on Mrs. Lyman Smith. Sent some plums & pears to the
Johnson& gave Mr. Hill some.

Sat. 12
[Pennineas??] at Nabnasset. I carried two loads.

Sun. 13
62 in eve. 143 in morn. Arranged purple asters at church.
Called on Mrs. Hardy at noon. Taught my S.S. class.

Mon. 14
The monument was set today. We went in the morn. then did
ice scream soliciting. Moth. & I had horse shod in aft. Mr. H
called in eve.

Tues. 15
Two men came & finished the furnace.

Wed. 16

Thurs. 17

Fri. 18

Sat. 19
Ed. & Carrie S. came to Chelmsford at noon. Adolph came here
at night. Howard & I hosted posters all the morning.

Sun. 20
Arranged [vistors??] in morn. 61 in eve. 148 in morn. Adolph
went away in aft. Ell, Carl, & Jessie came in aft.

Mon. 28
In aft. called on Mrs. John M & Herbert Fletcher & Mrs. Wheeler
about carrying dinner to Mrs. Hardy.

Tues. 29
Carried Mrs. Hardy’s dinner to her. S & I went to circle supper
at Luces. Mrs. A Day & baby called. Gave $6 for Edna’s present
& S served for her. Gave Emma Johnson some beets.

Wed. 30
May picked a barrel of baldwins from the trees. I carried Mr.
Hard to ride in aft. & May & I went to station for Edna but she
rode with Prescott so we brought up Mr. Johnson.

Thurs. 24
May & I got hemlock in morn. & set up table in aft. made
candy & c.

Fri. 25
Fair today. Cleared $126.05.

Sat. 26
Worked at Hall from 7 till 1 then mother & I drove to Carlisle
with dahlias boxes. Edith Seifer spent the night.

Sun. 27
Rainy in eve. 129 in morn. 22 in eve. Edith helped me
arrange flowers. May & I called on Mr. Hardy.

Mon. 21
Ed, Carrie S, & I went to Lowell on banks business & I bought
fish pond articles.

Tues. 22
Ed & Carrie went away for good at noon. May went to Lowell
in morn. In aft. May & I went to Littleton with bicycle wheel to
be mended & [??] by Edith Siefers.

Wed. 23
Made candy in morn. In aft. moth. & I rode around with eggs
& sugar for Fair & other fair business.
October, 1903

Thurs. 1
Louise & I called on Mrs. George Gould, G. Whitney, C. Fletcher,
& H. Right & housekeeper. H. Colburn called in eve.

Fri. 2
Evelyn came at night. In eve. I wrote to Julia & Lizzie
Houghton. We picked off ½ barrels for apples.

Sat. 3
Priss, S. & I called on F. Wilson then I blew. Then May & I went
into Mrs. Hardy’s a few minutes. Cleaned small cellar in
morn.

Sun. 4
114 at church. Called on Mrs. Hardy S.S. time. 54 in eve.

Mon. 5
Mrs. Hiller called a short time about dark. In eve. I called on
Mrs. W. Wheeler.

Tues. 6
S & I attempted to call on Mrs. Abott & Chamberlain. Our
family carried Mr. Hiller to Parkerville & went after him.

Wed. 7
Pelham sing, but cloudy so we didn’t go. M & I drove to Della’s
[to??] a fowl & to Fisher’s to sell Mr. Kimball 2 bush of seckle
pears. Sold Mr. Johnson ½ bush.

Thurs. 8

Fri. 9
Ruth came at night. I pulled up our beans & holes. Took up
house plants.

Sat. 10
I blew for May then called on Mrs. Hardy. May, Priss, & Ruth
drove up [north??]. Rainy in aft.

Sun. 11
Rainy. 74 at church in morn. 28 in eve.

Mon. 12
Mr. Hiller spent the eve. Rainy all day.

Tues. 13
Ruth went home in morn. May & I sold a peck pears each to
[Jimmey] & Andrew.

Wed. 14
Mr. H came after meet. to bed. Evelyn Good by, Priss, May, & I
drove to Chelmsford in morn. to engage Mr. Mitchel. Picked a
few barberries.

Thurs. 15
Priss went away in morn. S, M & I went to Lowell. Maggie &
Jane called.

Fri. 16
I called on Jane in aft.

Sat. 17
So rainy did to have any choir rehearsal.

Sun. 18
113 in morn. 59 in eve. Ell, Carl, & Mr. Mitchell came in aft.

Mon. 19

Tues. 20
Farrar worked for us in aft. took up sitting room carpet to
Sarah went to Lowell in aft.

Wed. 21
Three of us drove to Acton to [all ??] conference. 20 went from
Westford.

Thurs. 22
Put down Hall & sitting room carpets & O.

Fri. 23
Did a large wash. Mrs. L. Wheeler called in eve. Also Henry.

Sat. 24
S & I drove a while then I carried Jane as far as 7 Hildreth’s.

Sun. 25
118 in morn. 73 in eve.

Mon. 26
M went to Chelmsford at 5 in morn. for Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Farrar
worked on drain 7 hours. Got in beets & corn.

Tues. 27
Had the last summer squash. Mrs. J [?.] Abott called. F.
[Scucth??] picked russets yesterday.

Wed. 28
Moth. & May took a drive in morn. & May & Jane drove to
Littleton in aft. after a [spring??].

Thurs. 29
In eve. May & I carried Mr. Mitchell home.

Fri. 30
Had first bible meet. in eve. ready up in aft.

Sat. 31
Called on Mrs. Robert Fletcher, C Miner, Mrs. Clement & Hardy.
November, 1903

Sun. 1
Spent night at Mr. Hardy. 123 in morn. 63 in eve. Mr. Hiller
sick so could not preach. Had Miss exercise. Lizzie & Jessie
called a few minutes.

Mon. 2
S & I went to Lowell by Chelmsford. Had the horse shod on way
home. Mrs. Wheeler called in eve.

Tues. 3
May & I went to Littleton & called on the Cutter’s.

Wed. 4
Mr. Farrar finished the drain in morn. The last nice warm
day.

Thurs. 5
Called on Mrs. A Day & Ros Greene. Rather stormy.

Fri. 6
Staid all night with Mrs. Hardy. Put down dining room carpet
& cleaned attic. Snowed quite a lot.

Sat. 7
Called on Mr. H & paid him. S & May went to Boston. Jane & I
went after Cyprus for church & inquired for W. Wright who is
sick. In morn. engaged Mr. & Mrs. Farrar to help clean church.

Sun. 8
101 at church. Have called on Mrs. Hardy every day last week.
57 in eve.

Mon. 9

Tues. 10

Wed. 11
Mother & I spent in aft. soliciting for the sociable.

Thurs. 12
Jane & I went to Parkerville to tell them of sociable & home by
Mrs. F. Hildreth’s. Mrs. W. Hildreth called.

Fri. 13
Sociable at church made cake for it & set the tables. Cleared
$18.80.

Sat. 14
S & May went to Boston. I carried some sociable food to
Farrar’s. Cleared up dishes at church in aft.

Sun. 15
98 at church in morn. 57 in eve. Called on Mrs. Hardy a few
minutes before meet.

Mon. 16
Rainy. Cut out my vesting waist.

Tues. 17
Rainy. Sewed on my waist. Wrote a letter to Mr. Harris about
Miss [Hardy??].

Wed. 18
May & I drove to the [dump & bought back nine boughs??].
Finished sweeping the attic.

Thurs. 19
Called on Mrs. Nate Prescott & Mrs. J. B. Fletcher.

Fri. 20
Warde cake & [rode??] for Suzie. Went to Bible meet. in eve.

Sat. 21
May & I carried some food to Suzie & called on her & Mrs.
Cheney. Mrs. Wheeler called.

Sun. 22
114 in morn. 60 in eve. Called on Mrs. Hardy at noon.

Mon. 23
Mrs. C. Fletcher called. S & J cleaned the kitchen.

Tues. 24
May & I carried Jane to Mrs. Day’s for a comforter & I drove to
Granite & C.

Wed. 25
Cleaned pantry all day. Mr. Hiller capped in aft.

Thurs. 26
Ell spent Thanksgiving here. Started furnace for winter.

Fri. 27
Began on barrel sugar.

Sat. 28
Mrs. R. Leighton called.

Sun. 29
109 in morn. 54 in eve. Lead meet. in eve. Called on Mrs.
Hardy.

Mon. 30
S.S. convention from 2 till 5:30. I went to station for speakers.
Mrs. H came in eve.
December, 1903

Tues. 1
May & I called on Mrs. Harnblet, Miss Richardson, & enquired
at door for Mrs. Polly.

Wed. 2
64 at meet. Littleton Em. 500. Carrie in eve. May & I called on
Mrs. John Wright & Goode.

Thurs. 3
Weather snowy. Cleaned up at church in morn. Mr. H here in
aft.

Fri. 4
M & I called on Mrs. Hilton. in morn. carried first to pars. For
Boston. Went to C. Whiting for money & enquired about
[dols??].

Sat. 5

Sun. 6
144 at church. 80 in eve. sermon.

Mon. 7

Tues. 8
May & I went to Lowell via Chelmsford. We had a trustees meet
at parsonage in eve.

Wed. 9
Called on Mrs. Noyes. Read in the Miss’s meet at Mrs. J. B.
Fletcher’s Played piano in eve. meet.

Thurs. 10
Mr. Miller called in aft.

Fri. 11
Mr. Hiller brought his friend Mrs. House here to lodge until
mon. we had our horse to go station.

Sat. 12

Sun. 13
44 in morn. 28 in eve.

Mon. 14
May & I called on Mrs. P Wright, Mrs. McDougal, & Mrs.
Wheeler, Mrs. Hardy’s. Mr. Hiller had our horse to carry Mrs.
House to W. Chelmsford.

Tues. 15
Called on Andrew about Mrs. Hardy. Mr. Hiller had our horse
& called here when he came home.

Wed. 16
Called on Mrs. Davis Lambert & Peckins.

Thurs. 17
May & I called on Mrs. P. Wright & McDougal E Seifer & I went
round square soliciting for Mr. Hiller’s [friend??] & Mrs.
[Hardy??].

Fri. 18
May & I went to Lowell. Left our horse in Ch. Shed. Very cold &
windy. Mr. Hiller called in eve.

Sat. 19
Blew for May then called at library on May Brunce. Called on
Mrs. Wilson a few minutes.

Sun. 20
59 in morn. No meet. in eve. so stormy.

Mon. 21
Nominating com. meet. here in eve. Called on Mrs. L. Wheeler
a while & blew for May.

Tues. 22
Called to see Mrs. Drew. Carried some food. Mr. Hiller had our
horse in aft.

Wed. 23

Thurs. 24
Moth. & I rode around in morn. inviting people to tree & C, Ell
& Grace here to dinner.

Fri. 25
Mr. R called in morn. cleaned up stairs at church a little about
night. Helped May on her silk waist.

Sat. 26
Snowed in morn.

Sun. 27
45 in eve. 75 at church. Mrs. Drew died this morn. I called
there after church.

Mon. 28
I spent the day at Mrs. D Cameron’s helping her.

Tues. 29
Called on Mrs. Wheeler at Mrs. Hardy’s.

Wed. 30
I called on Miss M. A. Hildreth. May & I had our first sleigh
ride. Wrote for journal.

Thurs. 31
I called on Mrs. A. Day. Mrs. L. Wheeler called in morn. Mrs.
Wheeler at Mrs. H’s called Mr. Heller was here when I got home
from Days.